What a Blast
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From: Grace Valley: A small, peaceful & beautiful valley in the Volunteer State
What a Blast
Took BB (aka Black Beauty) in for her annual physical (emissions, brakes, etc) and the technician asked me if I was an Explosives Expert. I asked him why he thought so and he said "well on your license plate I know TNT means dynamite and I figured C5 was an upgrade over the plastic C4". I gently explained to him corvette nomenclature, but had a big laugh when I got home and told the story to the Mrs. 
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That's pretty funny...... 
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Originally Posted by vernrose
Took BB (aka Black Beauty) in for her annual physical (emissions, brakes, etc) and the technician asked me if I was an Explosives Expert. I asked him why he thought so and he said "well on your license plate I know TNT means dynamite and I figured C5 was an upgrade over the plastic C4". I gently explained to him corvette nomenclature, but had a big laugh when I got home and told the story to the Mrs.
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From: Grace Valley: A small, peaceful & beautiful valley in the Volunteer State
Originally Posted by spiral04vette
Funny story, the scary part is the Tech didn't know what C5 meant? Oh boy I hope he had his coffee before he opened the hood and begain working. 
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Originally Posted by spiral04vette
Funny story, the scary part is the Tech didn't know what C5 meant? Oh boy I hope he had his coffee before he opened the hood and begain working.
