Homewrecker is BACK
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Homewrecker is BACK
Although it's weird to refer myself as the 3rd person I need to announce my intentions to return! I bring nothing to the table, I will offer no real helpful device nor will I'll give intelligent feedback, I just miss this forum!
I moved from Hawaii to Los Angeles July 2009, I left my C5 back at home and purchased a Toyota Tacoma. After a year of not driving my C5, I returned home to visit my family. There she was, as beautiful as ever! So I'm back, I chose life - I choose to park as far away as possible, I choose to spend my hard earned cash on anything C5, and I choose to use my truck to drive so I don't put unneccesary mileage on my baby.
Here she is!
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Here is what i had to live with!
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I moved from Hawaii to Los Angeles July 2009, I left my C5 back at home and purchased a Toyota Tacoma. After a year of not driving my C5, I returned home to visit my family. There she was, as beautiful as ever! So I'm back, I chose life - I choose to park as far away as possible, I choose to spend my hard earned cash on anything C5, and I choose to use my truck to drive so I don't put unneccesary mileage on my baby.
Here she is!
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[/IMG]Here is what i had to live with!
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Welcome back! How was the drive from Hawaii to California?! 
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The C5's a beauty - hope you drive it a lot from now on. And welcome back.
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Although it's weird to refer myself as the 3rd person I need to announce my intentions to return! I bring nothing to the table, I will offer no real helpful device nor will I'll give intelligent feedback, I just miss this forum!
Sounds like this came from my computer....
Welcome Home....
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Buddy snapped a pic, indicated the damage on the delivery receipt, got on the phone and received confirmation to cover the paint repair. 
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Make sure to check the mirrors as they tend to get knocked most often. A friend of mine had his 98 shipped from Chicago down to Florida and I was at his house when the transport company arrived. He was walking around the car when I noticed that the driver was standing in front of the passenger mirror and not moving. I then asked him to move and "what a surprise", there was a nice 2 inch gash on the mirror that the driver knew nothing about. Buddy snapped a pic, indicated the damage on the delivery receipt, got on the phone and received confirmation to cover the paint repair.
Buddy snapped a pic, indicated the damage on the delivery receipt, got on the phone and received confirmation to cover the paint repair.
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it's great to back, thanks for all the responses...first order of business...skid plates, I have a steep driveway!! then I'll put jacks under it and do some routine stuff...like look at it all day!
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Just to ease your mind on shipping your car. My friend shipped his 98 T/A from Riverside, CA to FL. The guy in Riverside decided to take it out for doughnuts, no not the pastry kind, and local PD/Sheriff pulled him over. Well they attempted to anyways. He ran, over the curb, into yards, more curbs, etc. I think it was about 1 more broken wheel from being totaled. Wait, on second thought that probably doesn't ease your mind at all.
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Just to ease your mind on shipping your car. My friend shipped his 98 T/A from Riverside, CA to FL. The guy in Riverside decided to take it out for doughnuts, no not the pastry kind, and local PD/Sheriff pulled him over. Well they attempted to anyways. He ran, over the curb, into yards, more curbs, etc. I think it was about 1 more broken wheel from being totaled. Wait, on second thought that probably doesn't ease your mind at all.
I have to return the C5 to stock height before I ship it
I don't even know how that looks anymore!
