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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 11:57 AM
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Around 7pm tonight my gf and I will begin our road trip from Northern NJ to the Corvette Museum and Factory, Tennessee to see my Grandpa, and then to Myrtle Beach SC for a few days. We are driving overnight to Tennessee, about 16 hours, staying there for 2 nights, then 12 hour trip to SC for 4 nights, then another 12 hours back up to NJ. It looks to be about 2300+ miles round trip! Very excited, will be my second trip to Bowling Green, First time with my Vette
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 12:14 PM
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Sounds like fun! Safe travels.
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 12:52 PM
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Have fun and be careful!
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 01:52 PM
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You will like it!!!

I just got back from a lil road trip and it was the best ever.

Good luck!
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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Enjoy. I know I did when I went to the museum and especially the plant.
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Enjoy and wishing you a safe trip!
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You'll love Tennessee, be sure to visit the Dragon.
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 04:25 PM
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That does sound like a great trip. Have fun and stay safe out there on the roads.
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I am just outside of Myrtle Beach if you want to grab a bite or something let me know. Suppose to be a wet week here. But the weather is pretty up in the air this time of year. Have safe travels!
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left at 7pm and was down here by 10am, let the gf drive for about 3 hours while i slept lol. filled up 2 and a half times. it really wasnt a bad drive, i caught up with a black c5z at around 530am in some traffic near what may have been nashville?

tmrw were heading to bowling green for the day
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As long as you don't have to bring tons of luggage, a C5 is a wonderful trip cruiser. I had fun running better than 6k miles from Mississippi, to California and back. Have fun, enjoy!!!
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Enjoy and wishing you a safe trip!
Sounds like fun!
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Old Aug 21, 2012 | 10:20 PM
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factory was awesome again... had a bunch of 60th anni C6's on the line, a few 427 verts and a few ZR1's
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Originally Posted by Phanni
You'll love Tennessee, be sure to visit the Dragon.
on both counts
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Have a safe drive!!
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