So Long.....
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Intermediate
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Cary Illinois
So Long.....
HI All...
I sold my first and (most likely) last 'Vette. No real complaints about the car...it was everythning as advertised...but I will never shake the Blue Oval thing...and so now off to enjoy getting crazy with an '07 "Shelby" SVT GT500 and devoting more attention (read restoration $$) to the vintage ponies in the stable. The new GT500 is certainly not as refined, but a hoot to drive, and I am planning to have SA do some of their advertised mods at their shop in Vegas to boost power and handling.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1706539
Farewell, and good luck to all of you.
Shelby Tom
P.S. > Check back in a few days in "parts for sale" ...I have a few items that I am willing to part with at very reasonable prices.
I sold my first and (most likely) last 'Vette. No real complaints about the car...it was everythning as advertised...but I will never shake the Blue Oval thing...and so now off to enjoy getting crazy with an '07 "Shelby" SVT GT500 and devoting more attention (read restoration $$) to the vintage ponies in the stable. The new GT500 is certainly not as refined, but a hoot to drive, and I am planning to have SA do some of their advertised mods at their shop in Vegas to boost power and handling.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1706539
Farewell, and good luck to all of you.
Shelby Tom
P.S. > Check back in a few days in "parts for sale" ...I have a few items that I am willing to part with at very reasonable prices.
Burning Brakes
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From: Northwestern South Dakota
Sorry to hear that you're leaving. Good luck with your ponies. I had a V-8 HO mustang convertible once. Couldn't hold a candle to my vettes but to each his own. You don't have to own a vette to hang out here.
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If it were me...I'd would have chosen modifying the C6.
Come to think of it....that's what I did.
I guaranty the modified C6 is a hoot to drive as well.
To each their own....good luck with and enjoy your Mustang.
Come to think of it....that's what I did.
I guaranty the modified C6 is a hoot to drive as well.To each their own....good luck with and enjoy your Mustang.
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I think most of us have ties to cars that we grew up with. I'm a Chevy guy, so I have a C1, C2 and a C5. My first new car was a 64 Chevelle SS. Ever so often, I'll buy another one for a while and then sell it after several years, but keep on wanting another, so I'll buy another one, etc.
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