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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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I'm sure your prom date will show you some gratitude for driving her to prom in that

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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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Nice ride.
Just remember you don't have to prove to all the ricers that you are way cooler in the Vert than they are with the beer can exhaust.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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Hey dude.. congrats on the vette. Play it safe and you'll get to enjoy that car for many years
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Burnt C6
Nice ride.
Just remember you don't have to prove to all the ricers that you are way cooler in the Vert than they are with the beer can exhaust.
haha just the look of my vette is enough to have the ricers scared. but i have been revved on, and i just laugh, shake my head and drive away.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by AlexSmith
I'm sure your prom date will show you some gratitude for driving her to prom in that

-Alex
dad's got a jag xkr for that
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by daniel5625
holy sh*t thats horrible , looks like a fellow vette driver came to check it out, or is that your vette in the backround?
My vette in the background. My son called to tell me about the wreck. That was the first C5 I drove. 6 months later I bought one. Sad thing is they fixed that car. It was just sold in the Miami area last year. he got $29,000 for it. It had a clean car fax and only 8600 miles on the clock.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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My vette in the background. My son called to tell me about the wreck. That was the first C5 I drove. 6 months later I bought one. Sad thing is they fixed that car. It was just sold in the Miami area last year. he got $29,000 for it. It had a clean car fax and only 8600 miles on the clock.
WOW should have had a salvage title at the least.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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thanks again to all, I had a cop pull me over today for going 30 in a 25!?

let me off with a warning!
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by daniel5625
thanks again to all, I had a cop pull me over today for going 30 in a 25!?

let me off with a warning!
Lucky you, I got ticketed for going 4mph over. Not kidding.

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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:15 AM
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Don't race anyone in the rain, I made that mistake when I was 17 (nothing bad really happened but I did spin out into a ditch) This was 9 years ago tho.

Actually....just don't race anyone. Ever.
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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Nice ride congrats...I have had mine since xmass but my cars been in the family since birth....ohhh and btw I am a senior in high school and she doesnt come out the garage when I go to school... I cant risk scratches scuffs fingerprints or any of that foolishness

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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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Hello and welcome
Easy does it.
Take that "Cop" catcher off rear view mirror. Don't give-em any reasons to pull you over.
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