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Old Jun 2, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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God I love these cars! I'm now convinced that I've never owned a car with as large a trunk as the C5. Yesterday I managed to cram two cornhole boxes in there, today I have several golf bags and room for a cooler. Someone was asking yesterday why they don't have backseats? I think I've discovered the best answer. Performance and room for the other guy essential....stuff!
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Old Jun 2, 2007 | 01:34 PM
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Yup. They hold a lot! When we go to Carlisle we carry the following in the trunk:

One 10x10 pop up canopy
2 folding chairs
A large container filled with cleaning supplies
two duffles of clothing
a cooler
and a model and turntable in the little coopie hole in the center.

Everyone is surprised at how much these babies hold.
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Old Jun 2, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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Sure more attractive than a luggage rack too. Not knocking the older cars with racks, I had one on my 70 vette, many years ago and it worked well for me then. Just less worry about theft and weather with stuff INSIDE the C5.
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Old Jun 2, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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Oddly enough after selling the C3 and not being interested in Corvettes, It was the C5 on a whole and particularly the TRUNK coming back to the car that perked my interest.
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Old Jun 2, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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Amazing how they designed the car with storage space in mind. My C5 has more room for storage than any of our other cars which are both sedans.
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$379.54 of Costco Groceries and a Pregnant Passenger Fit in my C5!!

Wife is suprisingly supportive of the corvette as the grocery vehicle
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Old Jun 2, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Angrybob
$379.54 of Costco Groceries and a Pregnant Passenger Fit in my C5!!

Wife is suprisingly supportive of the corvette as the grocery vehicle
Too damn funny

Wifey is a good sport, and best of luck with the new addition
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I thought you were inquiring about SPEEDOS...
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Originally Posted by iurutherford
God I love these cars! I'm now convinced that I've never owned a car with as large a trunk as the C5. Yesterday I managed to cram two cornhole boxes in there...
What in the hell is a cornhole box, if I might ask?

Sounds obscene to me!
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Even the Vert does well. I did a road trip with two suitcases a soft bag and a laptop case.

Amazing
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Are you good at Cornhole, Sailor?
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Old Jun 2, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Angrybob
$379.54 of Costco Groceries and a Pregnant Passenger Fit in my C5!!

Wife is suprisingly supportive of the corvette as the grocery vehicle
Two sets of clubs a cooler and then some.
Why so angry Bob? Sounds like there's food on the table and you got lucky at least once.
Thats more than some people around here.
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Old Jun 2, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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Cornhole's a game, mostly a midwest think I think. It's kind of like horse shoe's but with bean bags. I didn't coin the name!
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Originally Posted by Angrybob
$379.54 of Costco Groceries and a Pregnant Passenger Fit in my C5!!

Wife is suprisingly supportive of the corvette as the grocery vehicle
That's very funny.
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