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From: Hickory NC
2025 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2022 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2020 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
St. Jude Donor '17 thru '26
Best wishes to you!
Like others I appreciated your insight (even though I still have run-flats
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Like others I appreciated your insight (even though I still have run-flats
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Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Greensboro Nc
Glad I popped on today before you kill your account. Sad to see you go, but looks like you’re not going to be too far from me now.
Good luck with the move and maybe I’ll see you on the parkway one day
Good luck with the move and maybe I’ll see you on the parkway one day
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Wisconsin
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Wisconsin
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Palm City
St. Jude Donor '06-'11
Test drive a ZL1 while your at it, I guess it depends what your looking for. I bought a ZL1 for a back seat for my 9 year old. Its a pony car with a Z06 motor. Ill still always be a corvette guy but its a good option.
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From: Ideals are peaceful...History is violent...St.Charles, MO.
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (appearance mods)
C5 of Year Winner (appearance mods) 2019
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'12 thru'22
Paid $16,000 7 years ago, drove it 34K miles and sold it for $12,000 to the first people that looked at it. Easy Peasy. Had a dozen people inquire about it in the first hour. Probably could have got more for it, but I figure I got my money out of it. Not sure what will replace it. Maybe a C7 or Mustang GT Vert so I can haul more people.
Sold it on Facebook Marketplace. Great place to sell vehicles.
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Sold it on Facebook Marketplace. Great place to sell vehicles.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Wisconsin
No more posting on the C5 forum, even though it's a hard habit to break.. There are people a lot smarter than me on this forum and I learned from them. They made owning a C5 much more enjoyable and gave me the courage to attempt things I would never have tried. Replacing the EBCM comes to mind.
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2002
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From: Bonita Springs, Florida
Glad to hear you will be staying. I no longer have a C5 but C5 General is still my favorite section and I still love the C5. My three favorite Corvettes were my '74 Coupe,my '02 Z06 and my '99 Coupe. The C6 and C7 are great looking and great performing Corvettes but the C5 is much simpler and I wouldn't be surprised if I end up back in a C5 Z06 or a Lingenfelter C5 someday or maybe a C3 Restomod. Right now I enjoy racking up the miles in my '06 Convertible. It's a great car and awesome driver. I do prefer the C6 shifter and the spark plugs and exhaust manifolds appear to be more easily accessible.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: West Virginia
Not sure Mustangs have had proper back seat room since the 5.0 Fox bodies.
Despite enthusiasm from some posters for the current Camaro, it would not be my choice - too high a waistline and too small windows, and cramped in the rear. I read an article the other day pointing out that if you really want an old style muscle car, buy a Challenger. Mustangs and Challengers outsell Camaros, hands down, BTW.
p.s. I've always enjoyed your posts. We all don't all have to have the same priorities; a bit of variety, not to say dissent is good for the soul.
Despite enthusiasm from some posters for the current Camaro, it would not be my choice - too high a waistline and too small windows, and cramped in the rear. I read an article the other day pointing out that if you really want an old style muscle car, buy a Challenger. Mustangs and Challengers outsell Camaros, hands down, BTW.
p.s. I've always enjoyed your posts. We all don't all have to have the same priorities; a bit of variety, not to say dissent is good for the soul.
Last edited by jackthelad; May 29, 2020 at 11:35 AM.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Wisconsin
Not sure Mustangs have had proper back seat room since the 5.0 Fox bodies.
Despite enthusiasm from some posters for the current Camaro, it would not be my choice - too high a waistline and too small windows, and cramped in the rear. I read an article the other day pointing out that if you really want an old style muscle car, buy a Challenger. Mustangs and Challengers outsell Camaros, hands down, BTW.
p.s. I've always enjoyed your posts. We all don't all have to have the same priorities; a bit of variety, not to say dissent is good for the soul.
Despite enthusiasm from some posters for the current Camaro, it would not be my choice - too high a waistline and too small windows, and cramped in the rear. I read an article the other day pointing out that if you really want an old style muscle car, buy a Challenger. Mustangs and Challengers outsell Camaros, hands down, BTW.
p.s. I've always enjoyed your posts. We all don't all have to have the same priorities; a bit of variety, not to say dissent is good for the soul.
Must get a convertible for cruisin the Blue Ridge mountains.. Not a lot of choices if you want to haul some passengers once in awhile. I have loved Challengers ever since I saw the original Vanishing Point back in the early 70s. If they offered a convertible I would definitely consider it. Buying a house will be first priority and then the search for the right sports car will commence.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: West Virginia
Thanks for the kind words.
Must get a convertible for cruisin the Blue Ridge mountains.. Not a lot of choices if you want to haul some passengers once in awhile. I have loved Challengers ever since I saw the original Vanishing Point back in the early 70s. If they offered a convertible I would definitely consider it. Buying a house will be first priority and then the search for the right sports car will commence.
Must get a convertible for cruisin the Blue Ridge mountains.. Not a lot of choices if you want to haul some passengers once in awhile. I have loved Challengers ever since I saw the original Vanishing Point back in the early 70s. If they offered a convertible I would definitely consider it. Buying a house will be first priority and then the search for the right sports car will commence.
WRT buying a house. Strange things are happening in the market right now. A friend put a house up for sale here recently, and far from cheap. I thought it was maybe too expensive for the area. It sold in a matter of weeks - for cash. Heard about a couple more just the same in the 20 mile radius. I would have expected the market to be dead, but apparently not so. The bargain hunters are definitely out and about.
Anyway, good luck!
Last edited by jackthelad; May 29, 2020 at 04:18 PM.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Wisconsin
I remember a drive from the DC area down through the Blue Ridge en route to a conference in the last '80's. Rental was a Hertz 5.0 Tbird. Colleague also heading to the same place in a Town Car. Anyway, after miles of brake, accelerate, turn, I arrived at the conference location. Came to a stop at the gatehouse and the car was absolutely enveloped in blue smoke from the front pads. I thought the brakes were heading south and indeed they were. The Town Car then rolled up - another huge cloud of smoke! The security guard was not impressed, thought the two of us were hooligans and not the buttoned down exec types who had rented the facility.
WRT buying a house. Strange things are happening in the market right now. A friend put a house up for sale here recently, and far from cheap. I thought it was maybe too expensive for the area. It sold in a matter of weeks - for cash. Heard about a couple more just the same in the 20 mile radius. I would have expected the market to be dead, but apparently not so. The bargain hunters are definitely out and about.
Anyway, good luck!
WRT buying a house. Strange things are happening in the market right now. A friend put a house up for sale here recently, and far from cheap. I thought it was maybe too expensive for the area. It sold in a matter of weeks - for cash. Heard about a couple more just the same in the 20 mile radius. I would have expected the market to be dead, but apparently not so. The bargain hunters are definitely out and about.
Anyway, good luck!