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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 03:14 PM
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Spent the day getting her ready for 3000 mile 3 week road trip on Sunday. Washed, waxed, tire dressing and 50/50 top, looks new and did interior. Looks too good to be driven. LOL but that’s what she is made for. Not a garage Queen, right !!!!.




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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 03:23 PM
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Looks great have a good trip.
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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 06:13 PM
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Looks great man, enjoy the drive!
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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 06:19 PM
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It does look new. Where ya headed? Hope you get good weather.
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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 08:49 PM
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Beautiful car and as clean as it is, should be good for 1-2 mpg increase (less drag on the car).


Best of luck on your trip and be safe.
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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 10:46 PM
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2X Cross country in my 03...enjoy, life's too short!!
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Sure does look purty ... be safe and have a great time!
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Looks great. Always nice to start a trip with a cleaned up car. Enjoy your trip.
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Originally Posted by flyingmfrc
It does look new. Where ya headed? Hope you get good weather.
Murphy NC, Centreville VA, Logan OH, Brookfield WI, Paducah KY and home to Punta Gorda FL. Expect weather to get cold the more north we get. Thanks for the nice comment on how she looks. 😀😍
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
Beautiful car and as clean as it is, should be good for 1-2 mpg increase (less drag on the car).


Best of luck on your trip and be safe.
thank you and the rest for the kind remarks 😀Fin
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Originally Posted by dleibman


Murphy NC, Centreville VA, Logan OH, Brookfield WI, Paducah KY and home to Punta Gorda FL. Expect weather to get cold the more north we get. Thanks for the nice comment on how she looks. 😀😍
Sounds like you will have all the relatives covered... LOL They will be impressed with your car!!!
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Originally Posted by dleibman


Murphy NC, Centreville VA, Logan OH, Brookfield WI, Paducah KY and home to Punta Gorda FL. Expect weather to get cold the more north we get. Thanks for the nice comment on how she looks. 😀😍
Hello from across the river in Port Charlotte. Your trip (Charlotte County to NC to the Milwaukee area and back) is similar to my October 2015 in my 2000 silver supercharged Corvette C5, only I did the trip in the reverse order. On the first leg, I went with 4 other Corvettes (members of the Corvettes of Charlotte County club) to the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. Then I went solo and visited Evansville, IN, then on to the Milwaukee suburbs of New Berlin (borders Brookfield) and Mequon. After visits to central WI and eastern WI, I visited Hickory, NC, then drove back to Port Charlotte. In total, I drove 4400 miles. An absolutely wonderful trip, especially because the autumn colors were at their peak.
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