08 hatch pull handle missing
Drifting
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Le Mans Master
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Oh, cool. Maybe this will - in 30 years - become as rare as the radio delete plate in the C1 Corvettes that go through Barrett-Jackson.
Maybe I should remove the pull handle from my C6 and put it in a vault somewhere for safekeeping?
Maybe I should remove the pull handle from my C6 and put it in a vault somewhere for safekeeping?
Melting Slicks
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You also are missing a lock on your console lid... And, if you look under your hood, you may be missing a light.
I have all of those things with my 2006...
Hey! You have to pay for those additional horses!! (Just having fun!)
I have all of those things with my 2006...
Hey! You have to pay for those additional horses!! (Just having fun!)
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I will miss that little thing... you get used to it...and it keeps finger prints off the car....
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Unbelievable, I am calling my dealer right now to advise him that unless he provides a plastic pull down handle for my 2008, the deal is cancelled!
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Hey, you're right. I was wondering where the light in my hood went.
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Hah! Few of us are going to live long enough to see the gain from this. And if there is any gain 60 years from now it will likely go to a slack-jawed distant relative who contested the will and then donates the money to the "The Foundation for the Study of Displacement on Demand" six cylinder engines.
I dunno. I'm thinking this, increasingly rare, plastic handle on the inside of the decklid may be the next BIG Thing to look for in determining the rarity of a given Corvette. Think about it, there are no more L88 or L89 packages available anymore. They don't make those big gas tanks they put in the Sting Rays that seem to be so desirable.
Yes, it may be a long time before I realize any significant value in my "deck-handle equipped" C6, but I already had to have my young daughter co-sign for me on the loan - due to my advanced age - to the point of agreeing to put me on life-support systems until the final payment was made. I think that ought to keep me around long enough to realize some gain as a result of my uncanny timing in securing a C6 with pull handle, but with the non-locking center console.
I'm sure the Bloomington Gold people are already scratching their heads over this one.
