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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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Put my car away for winter storage a couple of weeks ago - On the last day I drove it I had a lot of funny things happen - I had some kids walking home from school waving like crazy at me and giving me a thumbs up...

Then at the gas station the clerk who didn't speak much english knew enough to say "You bought a very nice car". A older lady around 80 pulled in at the gas station and wandered over - She wanted to know what kind of car it was.

Then on the way home I had a girl pull up next to me at a stoplight and she was waving and yelling "I really like your car..Great color"

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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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was i driveing your car........cuz i mean i get attention like that all the time....lol
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I think you should have invited the 80 year old and the chick at the stoplight home for a threesome
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by MeHeartCorvettes
I think you should have invited the 80 year old and the chick at the stoplight home for a threesome
...and that would be a twoandahalfsome on a good day!
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Happens all the time to me. I have a convertible and pedestrians talk to me, people at gas stations, drivers next to me. All the time. Its part of the mystique.
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I was driving down I10 thru the heart of Phx when traffic backed up. A young lady in the car next to me showed me her biznoobies and yelled "I love you car"! All I could say was I love your.....

That's the kind of attention I'll take anyday!
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by eddie44
I was driving down I10 thru the heart of Phx when traffic backed up. A young lady in the car next to me showed me her biznoobies and yelled "I love you car"! All I could say was I love your.....

That's the kind of attention I'll take anyday!
That's it. I'm taking a roadtrip to Phoenix....
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Originally Posted by eddie44
I was driving down I10 thru the heart of Phx when traffic backed up. A young lady in the car next to me showed me her biznoobies and yelled "I love you car"! All I could say was I love your.....

That's the kind of attention I'll take anyday!
I knew I should have moved out there when I had the chance.
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Originally Posted by eddie44
I was driving down I10 thru the heart of Phx when traffic backed up. A young lady in the car next to me showed me her biznoobies and yelled "I love you car"! All I could say was I love your.....

That's the kind of attention I'll take anyday!
Why can't that happen to me!!!!!!!!
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by rcs128
That's it. I'm taking a roadtrip to Phoenix....
Yo RCS. We have alot of good "Biznoobies" here on the East Coast too. Usually 2 per person. I know, the grass is allways greener,,,,,,,
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Yes the attention that comes with Vettes is nice.
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Originally Posted by old55
Yo RCS. We have alot of good "Biznoobies" here on the East Coast too. Usually 2 per person. I know, the grass is allways greener,,,,,,,
Yeah but here they are blonde with nice tan
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Originally Posted by gpracer1
Yeah but here they are blonde with nice tan
That's true. But all that Sun seems to dry 'em out too much for my likeing.
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Originally Posted by MeHeartCorvettes
I think you should have invited the 80 year old and the chick at the stoplight home for a threesome

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I have a funny story. I had to take the wifes car to the dealer for some work. We both drove to the dealer today to pick her car up. 3 sales men where walking their way over my way. I am thinking or great.. they want to sell me a car.. I passed them as we where walking to the service department.. and they did not say a word... I turned around and these three guys where checking out my Vette One guy looked over and me and gave me the
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Originally Posted by JCFILM
Put my car away for winter storage a couple of weeks ago - On the last day I drove it I had a lot of funny things happen - I had some kids walking home from school waving like crazy at me and giving me a thumbs up...

Then at the gas station the clerk who didn't speak much english knew enough to say "You bought a very nice car". A older lady around 80 pulled in at the gas station and wandered over - She wanted to know what kind of car it was.

Then on the way home I had a girl pull up next to me at a stoplight and she was waving and yelling "I really like your car..Great color"

Yeah, O.K. But did anything unusual happen that day?
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These cars do attract some attention.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
These cars do attract some attention.


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Heres the deal...The Corvette has always been the only true American "sports car" and in proportion, not many are built and they are the envy of millions of people
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