Once a Corvette owner, Always a Corvette owner!
10-28-2017, 11:15 AM
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Once a Corvette owner, Always a Corvette owner!
About two and a half years ago I was in a bad accident that totaled my 50th AE convertible. The car had only 10k miles on it. Took a lot to get past that but after a couple of Camaro's and a Mustang GT thrown in for good measure my heart is back where it belongs: in a Corvette!
This is my 10th one, I bought my first when I was 19 and loved the cars from around 10 years old. It feels good to be driving one again, I love the C5's and was fortunate to find a real beauty. It's a 2001 red convertible with 26K and looks like it's been pampered the past 16 years.
This is my 10th one, I bought my first when I was 19 and loved the cars from around 10 years old. It feels good to be driving one again, I love the C5's and was fortunate to find a real beauty. It's a 2001 red convertible with 26K and looks like it's been pampered the past 16 years.
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10-28-2017, 01:34 PM
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I agree that once a Corvette owner always one. I bought my first at 19 in 1969. Your new Corvette looks great!
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10-28-2017, 01:59 PM
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Nice find and welcome back. 
I agree, once a Corvette owner, always a Corvette owner.
I got my first Corvette in 1978, 9 days before I turned 19 and I have been a Corvette owner ever since.
I agree, once a Corvette owner, always a Corvette owner.
I got my first Corvette in 1978, 9 days before I turned 19 and I have been a Corvette owner ever since.
10-28-2017, 02:33 PM
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Nice ride and welcome back into Corvette ownership.
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10-28-2017, 02:59 PM
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Nice color choice!
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10-28-2017, 03:43 PM
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Looks good. Those aren't stock brakes 
10-28-2017, 06:57 PM
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No amount of Camaro SS or Mustang GT driving can scratch the Corvette itch. I'll even throw in BMW 335i, Jaguar XK and Mercedes CLS550. None of those fulfilled me like a vette does. I'm on my fifth one in 13 years.
Yours is beautiful. Enjoy it.
Yours is beautiful. Enjoy it.
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10-28-2017, 07:10 PM
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Nice! Welcome back
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10-28-2017, 07:35 PM
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Looks like a beautiful, low mileage convertible. Welcome back
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