Nice looking Vette.
Back in Black
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Cedar Rapids IA
Back in Black
I only had my 2011 GS for about 4 months before we decided that it would be best for my wife to leave her employer and start her own company. I hated to sell the GS but we didn't want to tie up too many funds in the car while trying to start the new business. The promise was that we would pick up another GS as soon as it made sense.
At the end of August, I was on the east coast for training and with the timing right, we shopped all the large Corvette dealers (also forum sponsors) in the area. I love the colored caliper and black wheel look so I tried to find a GS with the options I was looking for with that combo. No matter what--I wasn't going to buy a car with chrome wheels because I thought they looked too "pretty". I ended up finding the car I wanted at Kerbeck with all the options I wanted except it had those damn blingy chrome wheels.
The price was right and I had a private offer to use so I figured I'd buy the car and swap wheels later since it had everything else I liked.
Funny thing is that now after driving the car a while I really like the chrome wheels. I'll most likely pick up a set of black wheels for track tires so I'll get to enjoy both looks. Other than that, it had chrome GS badges that I swapped for black (much better!) and added M2W.
Here's the pics. Also included a couple pics of my son's STi and my all-original 79 low-mile T/A. I thought they were cool pics because of the diversity represented--the import tuner (and great fun on the autox course), the modern sports car, and the classic muscle car.
At the end of August, I was on the east coast for training and with the timing right, we shopped all the large Corvette dealers (also forum sponsors) in the area. I love the colored caliper and black wheel look so I tried to find a GS with the options I was looking for with that combo. No matter what--I wasn't going to buy a car with chrome wheels because I thought they looked too "pretty". I ended up finding the car I wanted at Kerbeck with all the options I wanted except it had those damn blingy chrome wheels.
The price was right and I had a private offer to use so I figured I'd buy the car and swap wheels later since it had everything else I liked. Funny thing is that now after driving the car a while I really like the chrome wheels. I'll most likely pick up a set of black wheels for track tires so I'll get to enjoy both looks. Other than that, it had chrome GS badges that I swapped for black (much better!) and added M2W.
Here's the pics. Also included a couple pics of my son's STi and my all-original 79 low-mile T/A. I thought they were cool pics because of the diversity represented--the import tuner (and great fun on the autox course), the modern sports car, and the classic muscle car.
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Cedar Rapids IA
Yea it is a little different style, but a great car for my son. The AWD gets him around during the winter months and the car is an absolute blast on the autox course. He appreciates V8 RWD cars too, but it just isn't practical for him yet until he can afford to have seperate toy and commuter cars.
Congrats your new Black GS is a beauty
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Congrats and welcome back to the world of GS!
Love the Subie. A lot of Vette folks look down on them a being too much rice, but they are well engineered cars and are quick and fast.
Love the Subie. A lot of Vette folks look down on them a being too much rice, but they are well engineered cars and are quick and fast.
