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Old 06-05-2013, 02:38 PM
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I know there are a lot of Corvettes in Texas but I haven't seen many. I spent 4 days in San Antonio and didn't see a single Vette. I saw 1 in Port Lavaca while on my way to Galveston. Been here 2 days and have seen 2 more. All C6 coupes. My car has got a lot of attention during the trip. You Texans ever get those Vettes out where people can see them?
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Originally Posted by Suthunman
I know there are a lot of Corvettes in Texas but I haven't seen many. I spent 4 days in San Antonio and didn't see a single Vette. I saw 1 in Port Lavaca while on my way to Galveston. Been here 2 days and have seen 2 more. All C6 coupes. My car has got a lot of attention during the trip. You Texans ever get those Vettes out where people can see them?
Come on up to Dallas. You'll see plenty.
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Mine will be in the Frisco Texas area, June 21 through July 5th......
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I just bought mine down in Houston and drove it back up here to the Seattle area. There is now one less Vette down there.
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I'm in San Antonio and there are plenty vettes here. Not sure what side of town you were on but I pass 3 to 5 vettes everyday on the way to and from work and I only live 6 miles from my job.
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Mine sits right in outside of Fort Worth and is driven daily.
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in mine everyday I 20 then South on 35,I see a couple every day,,,,most of the times i get a wave back.
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Come to Midland - 2 on every street corner!
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Come to Midland - 2 on every street corner!
Same with Amarillo, they're EVERWHERE near the Panhandle area.
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I drive and work all over the country .... I brought this up not to long ago , I don't see them much either ... One thing is for sure and that is you wil rarely see mine on the road yeah it's a garage queen
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Last Friday I drove from Dallas to San Antonio, drove around Austin for a while on the way. Spent 4 days in San Antonio and didn't see a Vette. I found it odd and know they are there somewhere. I left San Antonio Tuesday morning headed to Galveston. I saw one in Port Lavaca and I've seen 3 in Galveston. Not one of them was a C5. 3-C6s and 1-C4. All coupes. I'm betting when I head home I won't go through Houston without seeing at least 1. Probably a C6. I know we still see a lot of C5s.........but not as many as it use to be.
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I drive and work all over the country .... I brought this up not to long ago , I don't see them much either ... One thing is for sure and that is you wil rarely see mine on the road yeah it's a garage queen
Mine spends plenty of time in the garage too. But I do drive it. When I got it 19 months ago it had 10700 miles on it. By the time I get home I will have almost doubled the miles. I've enjoyed every mile, but its impossible to keep it perfect when you drive it. I know there is a lot of debate about how everyone uses their car. I understand why some drive their cars daily, some occasionally and some seldom. It's all good with a Corvette.
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Mine is my daily. I see at least one every day. C4, C5, or C6. A C3 every now and then.
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Mine is a DD and has 136k on it, so I would yes I get mine out! L8R ZFLASH
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Mine sees duty every day. See plenty of vettes on the road. Good old DFW. The other day I cruised through traffic with a McLaren MP4-12C. It was a lot of fun. I wish I had a dashcam installed.
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I see a bunch of them around the Dallas/Plano area quite a bit.

It depends on what part of town you're in, and of course the more you're in that area, the more likely you'll see some cruising around.
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Drove from Galveston to Little Rock today. As I was waiting to pull out of hotel parking lot a brand new GS Vert with the top down came cruising slowly by. I gave them a big wave, they looked at me like WTF are you doing, no wave back. When I saw the temp tag I figured they were newbies. The woman wearing the big floppy hat in the Vert should have given me a clue.

Saw one more, an orange C6 coupe, in Houston.

I still find it odd I didn't see any more Corvettes than I did on my trip. But, I have came to the conclusion not many people use them for traveling. I covered a lot of miles on my trip but the ones I did see were in cities.

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I will be rolling down I-35 tomorrow going to Denton for a graduation. I wave at all vette drivers.

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