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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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Hi, pretty new to the board and thought I’d post up an intro. I picked up a 02 Z06 a few weeks ago from a dealer down in Commerce Georgia. Flew down from Omaha and drove it back which was pretty fun. So far VERY happy with the car. Brings a smile to my face every time I drive it, especially with the new catback I just put on it. Can’t wait to get it out to more autox’s and get it out on the road course to drive it the way it was meant to be driven. I’m use to an AWD WRX which was heavily modified for autox and the road course, so I have a little driving style modification to make which shouldn’t take too long. Anyway here are a few pics and one of my old car.









The old silver bullet.

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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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Welcome and that's a nice looking ride .... Think you're gonna like the decision to move to a Vette
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 08:51 PM
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That is a sweet car.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 08:54 PM
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Hmm, 02 QS Z06 you say. I approve!!! Congrats, welcome and enjoy...
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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sharp ride! Congrats!!
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm already kicking myself for not making the move sooner.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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Very nice, I think I saw you the other day off of Industrial Rd.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Lethal1
Very nice, I think I saw you the other day off of Industrial Rd.
You weren't by chance in that red convertible vette that was getting on I-80 were you?
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No I was coming from Blair in my work truck, I saw a silver ZO6 turning left in front of me about 5ish.

If it wasn't you than there are way too many silver ZO6's in Omaha.
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Originally Posted by omaha03wrx
Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm already kicking myself for not making the move sooner.
Don't kick yourself too hard you need both legs to operate your Z! How do you think I feel, I waited till I was 55.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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congrats and welcome! i also purchased an '02 QS recently and am very happy...
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those pictures are great, did you photoshop them to make them look like that?
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 08:07 AM
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The second to last two are HDR photos. It was the first time the two friends that took the pictures had used an HDR program, but they didn't turn out too bad at all. They also do the GotCone.com photos for a lot of the Midwest SCCA events including Solo Nationals.
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