View Poll Results: What Generation Corvette, was your first?
C1 1953-1962
41
7.31%
C2 1963-1967
64
11.41%
C3 1968-1982
120
21.39%
C4 1984-1996
111
19.79%
C5 1997-2004
95
16.93%
C6 2005-Current
127
22.64%
I am still shopping...
2
0.36%
I had a Chevette... Does that count?
1
0.18%
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What Generation Corvette, was your first? And how long have you owned one?
03-16-2009, 12:52 AM
#41
Melting Slicks
C3: '73 Vert - silver/saddle - painted hardtop - 4-speed 350 - owned it 2 years
C4: '89 Coupe - red/gray - tinted plex top only - 4A 350 - owned it 8 years
C5: '01 Z06 - silver/ebony - owned it 3 years
C6: '08 Coupe - silver/ebony - 6MN LS3 - have owned since 2/08
...all bought new and sold to good friends*
*the guy that bought the '89... well nevermind.
C4: '89 Coupe - red/gray - tinted plex top only - 4A 350 - owned it 8 years
C5: '01 Z06 - silver/ebony - owned it 3 years
C6: '08 Coupe - silver/ebony - 6MN LS3 - have owned since 2/08
...all bought new and sold to good friends*
*the guy that bought the '89... well nevermind.
03-16-2009, 01:19 AM
#43
My first car at 16 my parents bought me an '81 vette cuz I bugged the hell out of them. I respected the car & kept it for 8yrs & put less then 30,000 miles on it traded it on a 1995 vette in 1997. I modded the crap out of that one sold it in 2002 bought a project '69 camaro which I never finished. Recently bought my keeper a '06 ZO6
03-16-2009, 01:43 AM
#44
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St. Jude Donor '11,'13
"I voluntarily took 60 days off from OT"
Bought my first Vette (99 Coupe) in January 2001 after I sold my beloved IROC-Z Camaro....(owned it for 11 years)
The Camaro..
The "first" Vette..(I still have it)
Bought my next Vette November 2002 after I paid off the Coupe....leftover new 2002 Convertible..$8K off MSRP and 0% 48 month financing
Bought my leftover new LS2 Vette "pick-up" in December 2006 after I paid off the silver Convertible....$15K off MSRP
Feb 2008, sold the silver 2002 convertible and bought a triple black 99 Convertible for $10K less...
That $10K windfall and $15K off MSRP made buying my C6Z the same month much less painful
The "boys" pose for a pic
The Camaro..
The "first" Vette..(I still have it)
Bought my next Vette November 2002 after I paid off the Coupe....leftover new 2002 Convertible..$8K off MSRP and 0% 48 month financing
Bought my leftover new LS2 Vette "pick-up" in December 2006 after I paid off the silver Convertible....$15K off MSRP
Feb 2008, sold the silver 2002 convertible and bought a triple black 99 Convertible for $10K less...
That $10K windfall and $15K off MSRP made buying my C6Z the same month much less painful
The "boys" pose for a pic
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03-16-2009, 06:30 AM
#47
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09 Coupe, Crystal Red,Cashmere Auto
99 Coupe, Pewter/black, auto
69 Convertible, Burgandy/black, 4 Sp 350/350
68 Convertible, Azure Blue/black (custom) 4 Sp, 427/435 Tripower
99 Coupe, Pewter/black, auto
69 Convertible, Burgandy/black, 4 Sp 350/350
68 Convertible, Azure Blue/black (custom) 4 Sp, 427/435 Tripower
03-16-2009, 06:48 AM
#49
Safety Car
Member Since: Aug 2005
Location: Eastern NC; Retired x 2 (US Army: 70-90 AD) (US Army: 91-16 DAC); yea, I'm old.
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I have lusted after a Vette since I first laid eyes on a black '63 split window 
when I was about 14... and got my first drive in one when a friend (you are no longer with us, but thanks again Ed.) loaned me his '68 roadster to take a girl out on a date......
I have had my first Vette, '05 coupe, since Aug 05, currently have 71k miles on the odometer and look forward to many more miles...
when I was about 14... and got my first drive in one when a friend (you are no longer with us, but thanks again Ed.) loaned me his '68 roadster to take a girl out on a date......I have had my first Vette, '05 coupe, since Aug 05, currently have 71k miles on the odometer and look forward to many more miles...
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03-16-2009, 06:49 AM
#50
Le Mans Master
03-16-2009, 07:06 AM
#51
Le Mans Master
I went shopping for a Corvette in 1975. They were junk. I thought they handled like a cow on ice and solid steel tires might have been a smoother ride. 10 years later I was looking for another Camero. Salesman insisted I test a Corvette. I kept telling him I had no interest because they were great looking but I knew they were terrible cars to drive. He insisted and 10 miles later I was in love. I kept that '85 until the repair costs just got too high. I didn't even have to sit in a C6 before I bought one.
03-16-2009, 07:57 AM
#52
Le Mans Master
Member Since: May 2005
Location: Hope, Arkansas - '07 LMB Coupe
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The '07 is my first one, so I've been a Vette owner for about 2 1/2 years. I got off to a late start, but better late than never.
03-16-2009, 08:16 AM
#54
Team Owner
I've had a '54 since '67.
03-16-2009, 08:21 AM
#55
Team Owner
I had two C3's for about 6 months each and none until my 2008 which I have had now for a year. Both C3's had major quality issues that kept me away from Vettes for all these years. Happy to say the 2008 is pure heaven to own and drive.
03-16-2009, 08:35 AM
#56
Melting Slicks
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CI 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Vet
St. Jude Donor '09-'10
C3-c5-c6
My first was a C3, which I purchased new and still own , my second was a C5, that I unfortunately totaled 
, and now my C6.
, my second was a C5, that I unfortunately totaled , and now my C6.
