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Old Nov 6, 2022 | 06:31 PM
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So, little over a week ago I got my first Vette, a C7. In the interim found a great deal on a C6 and drove about 600 miles round-trip to get her. She's a 2006 Z51 3LT M6 with 41k miles. It was quite fun getting her on and off the trailer since she sits so low. Need to have the HUD to get it stable in the vertical plane. Other than that, I will think I will just have fun with it.






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She is beautiful.
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Nice 2006 and has some tasteful external mods, and like the ghost striping. Any mods on the engine?

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She is beautiful.
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Nice 2006 and has some tasteful external mods, and like the ghost striping. Any mods on the engine?

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@gdmoore01 No mods to the engine and no dyno tuning. The previous owner did do a muffler delete, so it is a bit louder than stock.
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Nice ride, perfect color!
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Did I understand this correctly? So you are a first time Corvette owner and you bought 2 of them within a week? Wow, what a way to join the party. Congrats!
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Did I understand this correctly? So you are a first time Corvette owner and you bought 2 of them within a week? Wow, what a way to join the party. Congrats!
That's correct! If you're going to go you have to go all in. I test drove and almost bought a C6 in 2011 and have had my eye on them since. Truthfully though there was just something about the look of this car that caught my eye and the deal was very well handled.
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Just checked out your C7 thread. Very nice C7 you got there also. Congrats on both.

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"BLACK is Beautiful"
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Nice.....love the all black!
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Originally Posted by TorchRedFred
Just checked out your C7 thread. Very nice C7 you got there also. Congrats on both.

Thanks. And think I am all set for a while now.
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Originally Posted by RetroGuy
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Once you go black, you never go back
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Congratulations! Now all you need is a C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and a C8 to complete the collection!
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Congratulations! Now all you need is a C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and a C8 to complete the collection!
Thanks. Since the lottery has been delayed I may have a chance to win and get the rest of the collection! Somehow don't see it happening, but they do say dreams can come true.
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Congratulations on two beautiful automobiles. We think the rag top surpasses the C7 in the looks department. "Eye of the beholder" of course; and no disrespect intended to the C7 crowd (of which we are a member).

Drive them both safely.

We trudge on.
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Congratulations on two beautiful automobiles. We think the rag top surpasses the C7 in the looks department. "Eye of the beholder" of course; and no disrespect intended to the C7 crowd (of which we are a member).

Drive them both safely.

We trudge on.
Thanks. No personal bias I'm sure. Have never been into convertibles, but this one just struck me. Hopefully it wasn't indigestion. Going to have fun driving both of them.
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