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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 10:15 PM
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Took many Years....but I Finally Entered the Corvette World.....2002 C5 ,,One Owner...a Older Lady Owned it...She Traded it on on a New One...47k on Car...Everything in Great Shape...Everything Works...Only Found One Small Chip on Trunk Lid..(convertible).....Looking Forward to my New Corvette World....It's In the Garage...

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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 10:21 PM
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Congratulations and welcome to the Forum. I love yellow on a Vette. Nice looking car!
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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 10:21 PM
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Looks great!!! Welcome to the forum!! There is a wealth of information on here!!
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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 10:27 PM
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Thanks All....She Also Installed a Brand New Top on it...So Guess That's a Good Thing
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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 10:49 PM
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Congrats !!!! NICE !!!!!!!!
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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 10:55 PM
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Very sharp! Enjoy!
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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 10:57 PM
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Congratulations and welcome. Looks really nice!!!
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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 11:00 PM
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Very sharp looking C5 you bought - from the pic obviously well maintained. Welcome to the forum. Be sure to watch out for the mod bug that hits many owners on the forum.
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Congrats...

I love that feeling I get when I walk out into the garage and see her sitting there...
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 12:57 AM
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it looks nice congrats
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 02:15 AM
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Yellow is such a fun color and I really hope it brings lots of it to your life. Greetings, Rob
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Welcome to the forum and congrat's on your great looking C5
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 07:15 AM
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I will Post a Better Pic Today.....Yea I know about the Mod Bug....LOL...I traded in my Harley Davidson for this Car...we don't even want to talk about Harley Mods....LOL and the $$$
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 07:49 AM
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Nice! Love the color. Welcome to the Forum. Lots of great information here.
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 07:58 AM
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congratulations! Problem is; now your hooked. But there are a LOT of worse things to be problems.
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Nice pick up, older lady owned and 47,000 miles. At least it was driven and enjoyed. Must be a pretty cool person..
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Congrats! Looks great!!!
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Very nice looking car. Welcome to the forum and enjoy driving your new C5.
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Pappy11
I will Post a Better Pic Today.....Yea I know about the Mod Bug....LOL...I traded in my Harley Davidson for this Car...we don't even want to talk about Harley Mods....LOL and the $$$
Harley mods lol, you mean spending a bunch of money on Chinese chrome accessories?

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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 08:46 AM
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It will change your life lol! Finally got mine after years and following corvettes very young and got my 04 z06 last year at 36yrs old. Great people and there always is a Corvette owner happy to talk and share things everywhere I have been.
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