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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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I had a white vert and replaced it with this red one . They were both 04's.



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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 01:53 PM
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Nice new TR Vert you have
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 01:54 PM
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Congratulations !!! Beautiful! My most favorite color!
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 01:58 PM
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CONGRATS Torch Red is one of my favorite colors too.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:12 PM
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Congrats!! Looks great!
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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What happened to the white one?
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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TrAded the white one on the red one . They were both 04,s
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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Very nice color--you have extremely good taste
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There are Red Vettes, then there are regular Vettes.
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Highway patrol red vette is a lot more fun to polish than a white one.
I've had both, both looked good . . . but red shines up better.

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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Hard to go wrong with white or red - your new TR one looks real nice!
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Looks great I hope mine turns out half that good.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:55 PM
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Very nice enjoy
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 09:00 PM
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Nice-congrats.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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Looks like new.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 10:16 PM
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Good taste - works very well in So Cal
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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You just can't go wrong with red
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Nice one!
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Congrats - looks like the car was really taken care of by the shine it has.
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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Nice... recently grabbed a TR/tan/tan/6-speed '03


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