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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 01:54 PM
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Stuff happens.
At Dave Hill's retirement party, they mentioned that he was the first person to crash a C6. And the second.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LMB-C6
It must have rear tail light airbags to protect the soon to be rare Camaro tail lights.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by StingRaycer
Chill Bill I have a C7 ordered in the 2nd consensus -
that post was sarcasm aimed at the whiners and haters -
sorry if it didn't work.
I got it!
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Sleestak
That's what the MFer gets for not waving.
Laughed out loud
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by StingRaycer
Chill Bill I have a C7 ordered in the 2nd consensus -
that post was sarcasm aimed at the whiners and haters -
sorry if it didn't work.
My bad..however sarcasm does not work well in print. I found that out when I did it and caught hell just like I gave you.. You almost need to say it is at the bottom.


( not sarcasm )
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by sam90lx
I got it!
No wonder you got it. It was aimed at whiners and haters..
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill17601
My bad..however sarcasm does not work well in print. I found that out when I did it and caught hell just like I gave you.. You almost need to say it is at the bottom.


( not sarcasm )


Got it
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by lawdogg149
Photo shopped. Street sign blurred also look over the left rear corner. The guys pants leg isn't grey from the knee down?
If you look down the road, you'll see a grassy knoll. Puff of smoke coming from there. Maybe its from the misslle launcher used to bring down TWA flight 800. I bet it was used by Ford to hit the Vette's pasenger door and make Government Motors look bad? Huh?
And wait - in the second picture of the original post, reflected in the back window of the the blue Vette if you squint, you'll see a UFO heading towards "Area 51" with a banner that says "Paul is dead" !!!!!

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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 04:17 PM
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Guess thats one way to get a closer look at the C7
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill17601
No wonder you got it. It was aimed at whiners and haters..
Have a Beer.....or 10.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 04:50 PM
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Looks like the guy in the Lincoln is not an old fart. GM said it was wanting the C7 to attract the youngsters...and it looks like it did....right up to the impact.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 05:00 PM
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If it had enough Zaino on it the Lincoln would have slid right off of it.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 05:02 PM
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Wonder if the guy spilled his Slurpy.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JustinStrife
I'm no expert but I did stay in a Holiday Inn once. That Corvette took the impact damn well.
I found out how well a vette can take a hit on Xmas eve 1980. I was hit in the left rear of my 3 month old 81 vette by a Datsun 280Z that was racing another car and lost control and hit me, he admitted that he was doing around 80 when he hit me, I was doing around 40 inside a tunnel near the art museum in downtown Minneapolis and never saw it coming. Turned my vette to the right when he hit me and I darn near hit the tunnel wall before I caught it. The Datsun had the right front fender and passenger door torn off and had to be towed. I drove the vette home.

The top one I took the day I picked it up and the bottom is a photo I took on Xmas morning.

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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 07:25 PM
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I've seen pics of the al. body frame...wonder what the
frame of the door looks like. must be pretty hefty and
locks into the body frame well.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by lve2xlr8
If it had the agility of the z51 package that wouldn't have happened..

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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Sin City
Looks to me that the impact did not penetrate the inner wall.

I think the other car got the worst of it!

Yeah, Lincoln repair bill ~ $4000, C7 repair bill ~ 12000+.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 10:29 PM
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I still think it's a fake. If you look at the other picture posted from the rear, the "photoshop" shows dents in the Corvette. The Corvette body would break apart if hit, and not dent.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by zhopper05
I still think it's a fake. If you look at the other picture posted from the rear, the "photoshop" shows dents in the Corvette. The Corvette body would break apart if hit, and not dent.
This was my initial assessment as well. I looked at the C7 reflection on the ground and it looked like it was a C4 front end mirroring back. But I couldn't be certain.

But someone here said that it was confirmed by GM.
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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by zhopper05
I still think it's a fake. If you look at the other picture posted from the rear, the "photoshop" shows dents in the Corvette. The Corvette body would break apart if hit, and not dent.
:will y:
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