Zr-1Mike00

With 2013 in the rear view mirror what were your Corvette related highlights of the past year.

It could be anything:

Mods over the past year
Best memory in your C5 of the year
Personal best at the drag strip or road course
Road trips/Favorite road trip of the year
C&C's or your favorite Corvette/Car get together
Maybe you got your first Corvette this year
Maybe you won your 1st show or 1st place of many
Met a Forum Member
Really anything Corvette Related that stood out to YOU during 2013.

The next part is what were your favorite pictures that you took of your car or others over the past year?

I'll start. 2013 was the most eventful year for me when it comes to what I did with my Corvette. Granted I have only had the car for 2 years, it was a pretty good year!! It was used in a family wedding. Took multiple cruises with fellow Forum Members as far North as Boothbay Harbor in Maine and as far South as Tennessee. Not to mention getting to know some of you over social media and in person. I hope to continue that in the new year and meet even more members!




This was my year in a nut shell:

Open House Cruise at East Coast Supercharging. Made a long weekend out of it travelling from Boston for the get together:




Vettes to Vets at the local VA Hospital. 400+ Corvettes!




3,000+ mile road trip down the East Coast that included stops at The Tail Of The Dragon, Blue Ridge Parkway, (And numerous amazing roads) NCM, Bowling Green, and Carlisle.






My Vette inside the NCM to have the Engine Covers signed.




And a few of my favorite shots from this year.











TOTD Romp:



And the best part of it all was simply being able to drive it everyday!!

Vetteman Jack

Went back to Bloomington Gold after missing it for the past four years.

Met a few forum members over the course of the year.

Did a few appearance mods to the car (mainly engine compartment bling).

choyt

Didn't do anything like you people have BUT I finally got the car I've wanted sense I was 6 years old!!!!

bradc6

Drove the Z06 to the NCM for the Bash in April.



Saw the C7 in person for the first time at the Bash. Mine will be this color.



Won best original Corvette with my '66 at a show in October.



Had the transmission rebuilt in the Z06 in November. No pics of that but now I can use 4th gear without grinding.

703

Best memory of the 2013 season was on June 1st went I went and picked up my first corvette

2000 6speed
62k
Yellow w/ mod red interior

SumToy

It would be when I finally got the Vette. I had always had Ford Mustangs and Lightings but like the Vette. So got a wild hair and got one. Never look back now.

Surfer G

Buying my first vette back in May (at 64), with lots of help from my brother (c5vetteguy) and meeting up with him at Calisle, was a great weekend, can't wait for this years event.

Surfer G

just testing pics hope it works!

Leo23

Being invited to participate in the "Fairway Drive", one of the opening events for the inaugural Pinehurst Concours d Elegance. It was a great lineup of Corvettes and Porsches on the first fairway of Pinehurst #3 golf course. Unfortunately, we had some light showers that morning, and some of the Vette owners were weenies, afraid to get their cars wet, and the Porsches outnumbered us by more than 2 to 1, but still a great day.

s'noJob

2013 was a big year for me.

• Mayhem Motorsports in Raleigh upgraded my shocks, sway bars, spark plugs, stainless steel brake lines and dyno-tuned my car.
  
• I bought a helmet and attended NCCARs Open Track Day as well as two events at VIR: their Open House and a Hyperdrive.
  
• I met three forum members, with one of whom I attended a Mayhem Motorsports sponsored drag race.
  
• I put 10,000 more miles on my daily driver, including tours of Daytona Int’l Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway!

Videos:

• Corvette C5 Corsa Pace Car & Blackwing Dyno Pull
• Corvette C5 NCCAR Open Track Day 2013, C4 Rain Spinout
• Corvette C5 Hyperdrive at VIR OctoberFAST 2013 in Rain

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QCVette

I took a 1700 mile road trip to the Corvette Museum and then to the Tail of the Dragon.

The two mods I liked the best were to add C6 Z51 sway bars and new Hankook tires.

olbear1962

2013 was a big year for my C5,
Coil Overs, & heavier sway bars; C6Z06 brakes; under hood cosmetics.
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Visited the Corvette Museum for the first time earlier this year, was a hoot!
Many fun drives thru rural Wisconsin and some beautiful fall drives.
Looking forward to what 2014 brings!

MSG C5

Honestly, I'm glad to show 2013 the door. We lost a parent and we have another one who has been battling lung cancer for over 15 months and although we're happy she made it through the holidays, we are expecting another loss soon.

As a result, I didn't get to enjoy too much butt-time in my Corvette this year, however I hope to make up for it in 2014 with some extended road trips and shows.

Although the planned mods on my soon-to-be 10 year-old vert are pretty much done, I guess the highlight of 2013 was that I was able to finally mod my garage as I find it to be a great stress relief when I keep busy with a side project.

















I've since started my new project...The mancave home office. Now that I work full time out of my home, I've already installed some custom shelving and desk space, now I just need to finish up with some electronics, i.e. flat screen, wall mount TV and some new furniture.

Zr-1Mike00

Those were some of my favorites for the year as well!

Nothing better than trophy wins, mods and races. BTW 703 I'm digging the yellow/mod red option! Also congrats to those with new to them C5's

Al I am saddened to hear of your family troubles I wish you and your family the best for 2014.

slvr bulit

Mike, this summer you gotta come down and hang by the pool for a day. Looking forward to 2014

Zr-1Mike00

Count me in!

GrandSportRob

I left the C5 family in 2013, loved this car for over 8 years:



But the deals on C6's were insane so at $12300 off sticker I had to move to a G.S.

j.grif

This nice c5 m6 became a 2nd owner car on 12/13/13, and I love it!

Suthunman

Road trip to San Antonio and Galveston and a second trip to the National Corvette Museum and Nashville.

Bobd207s

Had a lot of fun in my Vette in 2013 - here's some hi-lites:
Met CF members - Mike ZR100, Alan and Joe and drove our Vettes to Boothbay Harbor , Me also Drove our Vettes to the Smokey Mts - trip included Skyline Drive, Blue Ridge Parkway, Tail of the Dragon, Cherohala Skyway, NCM, Corvette Plant and Corvettes at Carlisle - what a fantastic trip - can't wait to redo this in Aug 2014 with this crew
Attended numerous events with Mike and Kristina including Boston Cars & Coffee events, North Shore Corvette Club cruise nites, Vettes for Vets
No mods to mention
Looking forward to a great 2014 - can't wait to get my car out of storage and back on the road in April
here's some pics freom the Smokey Mt trip -