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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 12:50 PM
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Well, today on this rainy/snowy Philadelphia day in October and crazy night last night at Atco Raceway. I think its finally time tointroduce myself. I've been creeping around these forums for a few years now not as member but, just to
gather knowlege from all of you great people. I fell in love with this car at first sight back in 2001. My Dad was purchasing a brand monte carlo ss, when I seen one being unloaded from the delivery truck and knew i needed to have it. Back on May 25 2011 i finally decided to pull the trigger. I searched high and low and found what seemed to be the best price of that time on a 2002 EB Z06 in kentucky. After several conversations with the salesman i feel i got a decent deal of 24,500 for a car with 18,000 miles and in showroom stock condition. I bought the plane tickets that night and was set to fly out the next day. Philadelphia, chicago, Louisville Ky was the destinations. I arrived in Chicago just as some of them spring storms spawning nasty tornados were arriving. After being stranded there for 6-7 hrs and meeting some pretty cool people I was off to Ky. The whole time I'm crossing my fingers that the dealer doesn't close on me. I arrive and sure enough the salesman John is waiting outside as said in a brand spanking new 5 series Bmw(dealer was a Bmw dealer). After taking some heat for wearing my Phillies hat and some good baseball talk we arriveat the dealership As we are pulling in there she was in the showroom under the lights with a sold sticker on her windshield. I walk in and the sales manager busted my stones about my crazy trip out there. All fun and games. I look the car over with a fine tooth comb and the car is everything they said even with brand new GY eagle F1's After signing the papers and a hand shake. I was off but, before leaving John(salesman) says hey them storms are coming up fast from the southwest better book it. Hahaha didn't have to tell me twice, didn't want my new to me Z swooped away in a tornado. So the 14hr ride began thru the night. The whole ride i had a smile from ear to ear. I ended up stopping 3 times (energy drinks, gas, energy drink and food) My gps took me thru some crazy back rds almost running over a few critters here and there. Luckly these breaks are pretty good On the final stretch of my ride down Rt 1 car covered in bugs and all i was still getting stares and the attention of local PD haha. I finally arrived home at 8am and hit the bed like a sack of bricks. Well thats my story and would like to thank yous for pretty helping me select the beautiful rocket of a car
I will post about my 12.07 run in the drag race forum


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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 01:22 PM
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Awesome looking ride. I still love the EB color and still miss mine. Sounds like you had a pretty good adventure getting your vette. Congrats on the new ride and welcome, officially, to the forum.
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Eddie 70
Awesome looking ride. I still love the EB color and still miss mine. Sounds like you had a pretty good adventure getting your vette. Congrats on the new ride and welcome, officially, to the forum.
Haha Thank you! yes, almost like a nightmare with a happy ending.
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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Nice! Looks just like mine when I bought it new Sept 2001.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 04:59 AM
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You got the best/fastest color Z06 too
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 06:45 AM
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Sick ride man and nice deal!! I just picked mine up in PA Friday night and had to drive thru all that weather in PA/VA heading back home to NC.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 07:54 AM
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You got the best/fastest color Z06 too
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 08:12 AM
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Nice ride and great story!
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Sounds like a great deal on the car and a fun ride home.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 11:35 AM
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Thanks everyone. originally I was trying to pick a yellow one up in jersey but the Stealership wasn't budging from 28,000 and had 33,500 miles. They thought i was nuts to save a couple g's and pick another up in Ky. whos laughing now hahaha. Hey iceman, congrats! Your face is gonna begin to hurt from the constant smile, this car puts on your face. I had to put my S10 in awd to drive around because the streets were sheets of ice. I can only imagine the fun you had haha
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Congrats on the Z06! I bought my yellow Z06 back in march of 2011 from a dealer in Rehoboth Delaware. It was well worth the 3 hour drive to get her...she is a beast of a car...i just can't enough of driving her! Check on the northeast section for events and hopefully you can show up to meet alot of great people...see you soon!
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So next spring you need to plan come out to the track (road course) with us and learn about HPDE (High Performance Driver Education). Trust me you'll love it! We're beginning to work on our 2012 schedule starting next week. Normally we would have Pocono in May but looks like they'll be repaving the tri-oval, so we'll likely have something at NJMP or Summit in April and May. Hope to see you there!

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Originally Posted by EPMM 03 C5
Congrats on the Z06! I bought my yellow Z06 back in march of 2011 from a dealer in Rehoboth Delaware. It was well worth the 3 hour drive to get her...she is a beast of a car...i just can't enough of driving her! Check on the northeast section for events and hopefully you can show up to meet alot of great people...see you soon!
Thanks! and congrats to you. I will keep my eyes glued and try and come out! Jim, definitely! i would love to see what this car can really do.
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