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St. Jude Donor '07-'08,-'13-'14, '16-'17
First Blush
Well I've had some time to spend with the Vette since I brought her home Saturday night, so here are my first impressions. Keep in mind this is my first one, so it's all new to me.
First I spent about 3 hours on the interior Saturday morning, cleaning what the dealer seemed to have missed, although I'll say they did an OK job. It has a ton of nooks and crannies, but it cleaned up so nice. The interior is a joy to look at, especially with the Shale color.
On the outside I cleaned her up real good and layed down a good coat of Maguires NXT, and then a coat of Maguires #26, and WOW did the paint pop. The Le Mans Blue has a hint of metal flake in it, and it just wanted to jump off the car. Really a stunning paint job. There was no orange peal anywhere. Chevy did an outstanding job painting the car.
Oh yeah almost forgot, but washing and waxing this car is totally a sexual experience. I chased my wife around the house for an hour after I was done.
My first driving impressions are as follows. It is an increadibly easy car to drive at speed. When taking off camber or closing radius turns the car pivots amazingly, what is more amazing is it feels like the pivot point is almost dead center in the car. It is point and shoot at it's finest. The 1st to 4th thing is coming out immediatly, although the engine does not seem to mind it one bit. The power is way smoother than I expected, not much harshness there at all, (although I'm being nice to her for a few more hundred miles) The rush just seems to be endless, but I'm sure I'll outgrow it soon enough. The stick shift is half to an inch to tall, I'll need to rectify that in the near future. The gear box is percise and clean, but it could be tighter and shorter. The gears seem to be spaced perfectly and ask to be shifted often, however the engine is amazingly able to use almost any gear it is in, so if you get lazy the car does not seem to mind a bit. It is so easy to find a great driving position. I programed in a comfortable position in memory 1 and an agressive driving position in memory 3. The car sounds pretty nice for a stock vehical, but for sure the exhaust is first to come off.
So far I am in total WOW mode, and I can feel the mod craze coming on...
Peace
Willfulone
First I spent about 3 hours on the interior Saturday morning, cleaning what the dealer seemed to have missed, although I'll say they did an OK job. It has a ton of nooks and crannies, but it cleaned up so nice. The interior is a joy to look at, especially with the Shale color.
On the outside I cleaned her up real good and layed down a good coat of Maguires NXT, and then a coat of Maguires #26, and WOW did the paint pop. The Le Mans Blue has a hint of metal flake in it, and it just wanted to jump off the car. Really a stunning paint job. There was no orange peal anywhere. Chevy did an outstanding job painting the car.
Oh yeah almost forgot, but washing and waxing this car is totally a sexual experience. I chased my wife around the house for an hour after I was done.
My first driving impressions are as follows. It is an increadibly easy car to drive at speed. When taking off camber or closing radius turns the car pivots amazingly, what is more amazing is it feels like the pivot point is almost dead center in the car. It is point and shoot at it's finest. The 1st to 4th thing is coming out immediatly, although the engine does not seem to mind it one bit. The power is way smoother than I expected, not much harshness there at all, (although I'm being nice to her for a few more hundred miles) The rush just seems to be endless, but I'm sure I'll outgrow it soon enough. The stick shift is half to an inch to tall, I'll need to rectify that in the near future. The gear box is percise and clean, but it could be tighter and shorter. The gears seem to be spaced perfectly and ask to be shifted often, however the engine is amazingly able to use almost any gear it is in, so if you get lazy the car does not seem to mind a bit. It is so easy to find a great driving position. I programed in a comfortable position in memory 1 and an agressive driving position in memory 3. The car sounds pretty nice for a stock vehical, but for sure the exhaust is first to come off.
So far I am in total WOW mode, and I can feel the mod craze coming on...
Peace
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06
Great write up 
it look like the mod bug has already entered your head.
welcome to the forum you will have fun here
Plus your reference to washing and waxing the car being totally a sexual experience will get Mr Antonio BananaS all worked up
it look like the mod bug has already entered your head.
welcome to the forum you will have fun here
Plus your reference to washing and waxing the car being totally a sexual experience will get Mr Antonio BananaS all worked up
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St. Jude Donor '14
[QUOTE=Willfulone]Well I've had some time to spend with the Vette since I brought her home Saturday night, so here are my first impressions. Keep in mind this is my first one, so it's all new to me.
First I spent about 3 hours on the interior Saturday morning, cleaning what the dealer seemed to have missed, although I'll say they did an OK job. It has a ton of nooks and crannies, but it cleaned up so nice. The interior is a joy to look at, especially with the Shale color.
On the outside I cleaned her up real good and layed down a good coat of Maguires NXT, and then a coat of Maguires #26, and WOW did the paint pop. The Le Mans Blue has a hint of metal flake in it, and it just wanted to jump off the car. Really a stunning paint job. There was no orange peal anywhere. Chevy did an outstanding job painting the car.
Oh yeah almost forgot, but washing and waxing this car is totally a sexual experience. I chased my wife around the house for an hour after I was done.
Is your wife also new?
First I spent about 3 hours on the interior Saturday morning, cleaning what the dealer seemed to have missed, although I'll say they did an OK job. It has a ton of nooks and crannies, but it cleaned up so nice. The interior is a joy to look at, especially with the Shale color.
On the outside I cleaned her up real good and layed down a good coat of Maguires NXT, and then a coat of Maguires #26, and WOW did the paint pop. The Le Mans Blue has a hint of metal flake in it, and it just wanted to jump off the car. Really a stunning paint job. There was no orange peal anywhere. Chevy did an outstanding job painting the car.
Oh yeah almost forgot, but washing and waxing this car is totally a sexual experience. I chased my wife around the house for an hour after I was done.
Is your wife also new?
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Originally Posted by Willfulone
washing and waxing this car is totally a sexual experience. I chased my wife around the house for an hour after I was done.
Did you catch her....
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Dang if that is the secret I think I am going to try to talk my wife into washing the car then maybe she will chase me around the house a bit. You never know I may even let her catch me 
Have fun, be safe, and welcome to the Forum!
Have fun, be safe, and welcome to the Forum!
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Originally Posted by Willfulone
There was no orange peal anywhere. Chevy did an outstanding job painting the car.
I don't mean to bring you down but, all C5's have orange peel. On most C5's it doesn't jump out at you, as you might think. Try looking at different angles and light. I didn't think mine had it either until I did that. I don't think I really understood what orange peel was until I finally saw it on mine. It's even on the C6, just not as bad.
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I have never seen one that didn't. Some you can't see right away but as I said before, with certain lighting and angles, it's there if even slight. There is just no avoiding it with the type of paint and process GM is forced to use.
write-up.
and the chase 
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Welcome to the family, welcome to the forum. This is the best corvette site on the net. Lot's of helpful people here Here's to miles of smiles As far as I can tell, the feeling never does subside. Here's a wave from the northeast for you
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Paul
Here's to miles of smiles As far as I can tell, the feeling never does subside. Here's a wave from the northeast for you:Paul
