First road trip
Jul 3, 2010 | 04:01 PM
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First road trip
First road trip to Des Moines Street Rod Nationals in the 01 convert.90 degree weather,rods ,muscle cars and eye candy.Sorry no pictures forgot camera,took wife instead.She enjoyed driving home.I may have her hooked again on Corvettes!
Jul 3, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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forgot the camera....
Jul 3, 2010 | 07:15 PM
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forgot the camera....
shame on you
Jul 3, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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Now how are we to know if you REALLY took that trip?..
Jul 3, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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First road trip to Des Moines Street Rod Nationals in the 01 convert...
Instate? That is not a road trip, that is going out to dinner
Jul 4, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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O.K. The next road trip is going out of state.Camera will be with me and my sons as witnesses.
Jul 4, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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Glad you had a good time, but pics would have made this post so much better.
Jul 4, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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Forgot the camera? This thread is truly useless without pics!
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Jul 5, 2010 | 07:47 AM
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useless............... LOL!!
Jul 5, 2010 | 08:21 AM
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So what did you think about how the Vette handles and behaves on a road trip?
Jul 5, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Jet-Jock.I loved it on the highway.It was so smooth unlike a c4 I used to own.A bit windy with the top down but we loved the stares.Why I waited so long!
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Jul 6, 2010 | 07:12 AM
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Excellent, I concur as I found the experience similar coming from a '93 coupe. I did a 2200 mile trip after picking up my '01 vert!