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Goodbye
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Racer
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From: melbourne beach fl
Goodbye
Just wanted to say goodbye to all I have conversed with since 2000.
After 9 years and 105,000 miles I decided to drive a comfortable sedan instead of a sports car for awhile, so I sold my vette and ordered a 2010 Mercury Milan Premiere V6. Fully loaded with every option except AWD. Nav, rear camera, traffic blind spot warning, Sync (voice activated nav, music, bluetooth), etc. A lot of car for the money.
I have thoroughly enjoyed participating on the forum, and am grateful for the wealth of information that has been provided. The first (and probably most important) piece of information I gleaned from this forum was about the CLB (column lock bypass) which I immediately installed, and am sure that it saved me from needless aggravation.
If the economy ever turns, and I can unload some investments, I will probably get another vette. Most likely a C6 coupe, manual, with F55 suspension (the Z51 suspension on my C5 was wonderful for handling, but too bone jarring for my next vette).
Good luck to all of you with your vettes
After 9 years and 105,000 miles I decided to drive a comfortable sedan instead of a sports car for awhile, so I sold my vette and ordered a 2010 Mercury Milan Premiere V6. Fully loaded with every option except AWD. Nav, rear camera, traffic blind spot warning, Sync (voice activated nav, music, bluetooth), etc. A lot of car for the money.
I have thoroughly enjoyed participating on the forum, and am grateful for the wealth of information that has been provided. The first (and probably most important) piece of information I gleaned from this forum was about the CLB (column lock bypass) which I immediately installed, and am sure that it saved me from needless aggravation.
If the economy ever turns, and I can unload some investments, I will probably get another vette. Most likely a C6 coupe, manual, with F55 suspension (the Z51 suspension on my C5 was wonderful for handling, but too bone jarring for my next vette).
Good luck to all of you with your vettes
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Racer
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From: melbourne beach fl
See http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...claim-uhp.html
The ride in my C5 Z51 with run-flats was comfortable on good pavement, but still harsh on subpar roads. But don't get me wrong - overall the vette was a GREAT sports car. Never regretted owning it for a minute. Just getting older and my tastes have changed.
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Good luck with the Mercury and glad you were a part for all those years/before my time.
I do feel better knowing you are not in a C6 or a FerrariLamborghiniAstonMartinPorsche, at least for now.
Hopefully I'll see you on the C6 forum someday.
I do feel better knowing you are not in a C6 or a FerrariLamborghiniAstonMartinPorsche, at least for now.
Hopefully I'll see you on the C6 forum someday.
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Enjoy your new ride! Did you check out the Ford Flex? I got one in December and love it. Oh, you will be back into a Vette one day.....I promise.
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Best of luck to you with the Mercury - nice car. But, you do know you can still stick around here even if you don't have a Vette.
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