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Old Jan 17, 2020 | 08:53 PM
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Aside from a brief stint in my old coworker’s garage and an even more brief stint in my parents garage, my speedway white z06 has lived in an apartment parking lot and a condo parking lot for the past 8 years. Finally closed on a house today, and the very first thing I had to do was park the corvette inside.




my RX7 will be its garage mate, but no one cares about that so it’s still sitting outside my work to be driven over some time next week.
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Old Jan 17, 2020 | 09:15 PM
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my RX7 will be its garage mate, but no one cares about that
FD? I care. #jdmcarsmatter
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Old Jan 17, 2020 | 09:21 PM
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Old Jan 17, 2020 | 09:25 PM
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Old Jan 17, 2020 | 09:25 PM
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FD? I care. #jdmcarsmatter
believe it or not I’m not a big fd fan. Mines an 88 turbo ii which aside from the 10ae rx7 is my favorite rx7 ever made.


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Old Jan 17, 2020 | 09:27 PM
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Old Jan 17, 2020 | 09:42 PM
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Congrats, that’s gotta be a great feeling on several levels!
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Old Jan 18, 2020 | 10:47 AM
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Congrats on your new house. Having a garage for the cars is always a great thing.
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Used to have an fc as well. Car was hella fun. I sometimes think of getting another one... maybe one of these days.

I LS swapped it, but it was still a ton of fun.
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Old Jan 18, 2020 | 01:06 PM
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Congrats. Looks like a big garage too. Room for more cars. Or projects. Or karate.
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Old Jan 18, 2020 | 08:18 PM
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Enjoy your new home! Always nice to have garage space to protect the babies! Congrats!
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Congratulations on the house. There's probably nothing better than having enough garage space. I'll let you know if I ever get to that point.
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Originally Posted by FYRARMS
FD? I care. #jdmcarsmatter
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I’ve owned an ‘84 GSL-SE and a ‘90 GLX, both fun cars, especially the GSL-SE.
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Congrats sir.
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Old Jan 19, 2020 | 04:16 PM
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I'm sure your car thanks you!!
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Old Jan 20, 2020 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by dhorner77
Used to have an fc as well. Car was hella fun. I sometimes think of getting another one... maybe one of these days.

I LS swapped it, but it was still a ton of fun.
yeah mine is an LS/t56 car now which has been 85% complete (running/driving but not well sorted) for the past 8 months. Need a garage to get the rest of the work done, so I’m glad I can finally do so.
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I care. Proud owner of 5 FB's. LOVE RX-7's. Love my Corvette more, though

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Old Jan 23, 2020 | 08:56 AM
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Congrats on buying a very nice garage with a house attached! Now you get to decorate that awesome space with some posters, signs, cabinets, shelves.... send pics of your progress!
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