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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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after having several camaros and a 04 gto, i finally stepped up and bought a 02 torch red vette. And i must say this is by far the best vehicle i have ever driven. i look forward to chatting with you guys and here are a few pics of my ride.




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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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best decision you will ever make.

you should not be able to have this much fun for around 20 grand.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Torched_Vette
after having several camaros and a 04 gto, i finally stepped up and bought a 02 torch red vette. And i must say this is by far the best vehicle i have ever driven. i look forward to chatting with you guys and here are a few pics of my ride.






Looks like a real nice C5. Congrats and welcome
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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Congrats on the car!
Most fun machine I've ever driven, every day is like the first day I bought it
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 08:10 PM
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Nice looking ride!
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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Enjoy that new vette

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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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thanks everyone. the only thing that i regret, is that i was dumb enough to not get one of these much sooner!
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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Torch red '02 vettes are the best...but I'm a little biased.

Welcome and enjoy the ride.

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Congrats, beautiful car and the best color!
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Originally Posted by MagRedConv
Nice looking ride!
and you made the right choice in Color: Torch Red
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Welcome! Great color. Enjoy
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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Congrats, and welcome.
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Beautiful car, great color!
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Congrats. Looks like a nice one there. Watch out for the mod bug around here. Once you start making those improvements to the car, it is hard to stop...
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Congrats on a fine looking 'Vette,enjoy!
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Very Nice CONGRATS!!
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 01:44 AM
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Wow what a gorgeous car. I've always loved black cars but sometimes I wonder if I wouldn't have liked a red Vette even more. Mine to is my first, and I totally agree it's the best vehicle I've ever driven.
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