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01 Z, put every mile on it, 34 miles from the big double century. Did a drive that I thought would pull up the 200k at my drive way but came up short. There is always tomorrow, with God's Will.
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The car spent most of its life from 50 to 250k as a race car, so the maintenace is a bit more than most, but nothing outlandish. Original trans (M6) was rebuilt at around 160k if I remember right. It had all the common little issues - HUD window fell, column lock issues, etc. but now it's sorted and I drive it daily.
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2001 with 54,000. Bought it this year. I will drive it... everywhere. Whenever I can. Not going to be a garage queen. I will put LOTS of miles on this car.
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Second owner, but I have all the records from the first.
The car spent most of its life from 50 to 250k as a race car, so the maintenace is a bit more than most, but nothing outlandish. Original trans (M6) was rebuilt at around 160k if I remember right. It had all the common little issues - HUD window fell, column lock issues, etc. but now it's sorted and I drive it daily.
The car spent most of its life from 50 to 250k as a race car, so the maintenace is a bit more than most, but nothing outlandish. Original trans (M6) was rebuilt at around 160k if I remember right. It had all the common little issues - HUD window fell, column lock issues, etc. but now it's sorted and I drive it daily.
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22
Both of you remember to SAVE THE WAVE
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I also waved at a C3 once but I was in my Nissan grocery getter and I don't think they even paid attention to me haha.
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Speaking of save the wave, I do wave to EVERY Corvette I see and was excited to be part of 'the club'. There are lots of Corvettes around where I live and what I have noticed is the C7 and C8 people never seem to wave. They are too cool or something I guess. I have yet to get a wave from a C7 or C8 and seen maybe 5 of them while on drives. C6, C5 and C4's I have seen all wave except for one C6 I saw.
I also waved at a C3 once but I was in my Nissan grocery getter and I don't think they even paid attention to me haha.
I also waved at a C3 once but I was in my Nissan grocery getter and I don't think they even paid attention to me haha.
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I have seen 2, possibly 3 C8's.
Two at the dealer when I was looking at corvettes. One was black, one was white. I really dug the white one and was walking all around it, opening it and looking at it. I didn't sit in it though.
I have seen a white C8 in the wild and was possibly the same one I saw at the dealer so that's why it's 2, possibly 3.
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Speaking of save the wave, I do wave to EVERY Corvette I see and was excited to be part of 'the club'. There are lots of Corvettes around where I live and what I have noticed is the C7 and C8 people never seem to wave. They are too cool or something I guess. I have yet to get a wave from a C7 or C8 and seen maybe 5 of them while on drives. C6, C5 and C4's I have seen all wave except for one C6 I saw.
I also waved at a C3 once but I was in my Nissan grocery getter and I don't think they even paid attention to me haha.
I also waved at a C3 once but I was in my Nissan grocery getter and I don't think they even paid attention to me haha.
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Keep on Keeping on guy! Same thing I bought mine for. To drive. '03 coupe and bought it 28Mar2017 with 109,324 miles and crossed 145000 this morning checking things in town before Laura gets here in SW Louisiana.
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Good luck with the storm. Stay safe. I hope everything goes well for you.
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I can say for sure 2 of the C7's didn't wave back but yeah, doesn't matter to me - I'll keep waiving haha.
I have seen 2, possibly 3 C8's.
Two at the dealer when I was looking at corvettes. One was black, one was white. I really dug the white one and was walking all around it, opening it and looking at it. I didn't sit in it though.
I have seen a white C8 in the wild and was possibly the same one I saw at the dealer so that's why it's 2, possibly 3.
I have seen 2, possibly 3 C8's.
Two at the dealer when I was looking at corvettes. One was black, one was white. I really dug the white one and was walking all around it, opening it and looking at it. I didn't sit in it though.
I have seen a white C8 in the wild and was possibly the same one I saw at the dealer so that's why it's 2, possibly 3.
Last edited by MWWarlord; Aug 26, 2020 at 04:55 PM.