GTs 58

A day to remember. She's finally out of a 17 month storage and at the new home. I'll be spending the rest of my holiday refreshing the fluids and burning off all the old rubber on rear so new tires can be installed. Can't wait to get this tagged and back on the road.

echoman

Sweet ride man, like the tag too!

4XLR8N

Vetteman Jack

Has to be a great feeling to get the car out again. She sure looks good.

knewblewkorvette

17 months Nice Corvette though

GTs 58

Yah, 17 months in storage and the two year old new battery was dead. Imagine that. Got it charge up and took it around the block after scrapping my nose on the stupid rolled curb at this new pad. A 45 degree angle coming off the curb and it still scrapped. I was thinking about dropping it but that's out of the question now unless I can drive down the sidewalk and in the yard before hitting the driveway.
What a blast getting in the drivers seat again, it's like starting all over with a new car.

Riteaidkid84

Nice. Good idea to keep low miles!

Riteaidkid84

You will look like a baller driving down the sidewalk and grass to get over that curb, hahahah, I can picture your neighbors faces. Priceless

Slo Yelo C5

1.) Beautiful Corvette.

2.) Try this for steep driveway to street drop off...it's called Curb Cushion. Mine used to scrap...bad. No longer. This works great for my C5. You can find them at RV stores.

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping...-cushion/87763

Roddy13

Very nice!!!

GTs 58

That's a pretty sweet set up. Ever have the street sweeper mess it up, or do you have it removed the majority of the time? I'll have to check out the home owners association here to see if there is any petty BS about dealing with these assn9 rolled curbs. So far I've been fined twice in less than a years time. My initial idea was a permanent piece of plate steel 8' long anchored into the asphalt and concrete, along with painting it a concrete gray. I'll be dealing with this issue once I get the car ready for the road.

GTs 58

Ahhh, twins? Mine's a 02 with Torch Red.

mstromquist

Nice that it's out again and I bet it feels good to be in the seat. Where you located in Mesa? I'm far east and south.

GTs 58

I used to live at Lindsey and Brown but I moved to Gilbert, Recker and Ray, 17 months ago after living in Mesa since 1959. I tried to change the location here but couldn't find an editing tool for changing. I also lost my home page on this site, guess they deleted those years ago.

Slo Yelo C5

I leave mine out all the time from April-November (non-snow months--I think the snow plows would damage it--I haven't had any issues with street sweepers or garbage trucks hitting it). It's heavy (75 pounds?), so you can certainly move it, but it might be a pain to move back and forth on a regular basis.

For what it's worth...I live in a giant townhouse neighborhood with a strict neighborhood association (Ive been contacted multiple times over the years for stupid violations). They haven't said a word about it. A number of neighbors asked me about it because they scrap low cars against the driveway-meets-curb area. The best part is...it comes in a box and you assemble it. During assembly, it has pre-fabbed screw holes which allow you to adjust the rubber mats up or down for less steep or very steep driveway entrances.

Black 03 Z06

Seen a car like that before somewhere!

Great that it is back on the road.

Question for you. How did the trailer handle with the car backed onto the deck? I have seen cars loaded like that before with the dreaded "trailer sway" happening.

Good luck getting all the maintenance done. Enjoy.

pbergmann

Pm sent regarding a question.

GTs 58

The trailer is 16' and there's plenty of room for a Corvette with either a front or rear loading. I have no problems with trailer sway and I was cruising at 70 mph bringing it home. Once the majority of the weight is way past the rear axle and your load is not balanced that's when you'll start having issues. If my front wheels were on the dove tail I'm sure the trailer's tail would be wagging.

mstromquist

Yeah I'm a little farther east then you are then. I live off Crismon & south of Guadalupe. I have a Gilbert school district with a Mesa/Apache Junction address. I'm sure we'll see each other around someplace.