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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 08:00 PM
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Hello Everyone,

I just got a 2015 3LT Z51. Triple Black, Red Calipers, Transparent Roof, Carbon Flash Badges. This is my first Vette and I'm completely, absolutely, madly in love.

WHAT a beauty! I can't stop staring at it, so I decided to move to the garage .

Planning on adding a splitter and side skirts soon, other than that probably not much more. I was real close on buying a used Audi R8, but couldn't justify the cost for a used vehicle. I'm so glad I went with the Vette.

Thank you all for your insights, that helped me make this decision.

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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 08:05 PM
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Congratulations!

The R8 is a great car but IMO can't hold a candle to the magnificent design of the C7!

You chose wisely.
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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 08:07 PM
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Beautiful car. Welcome to America's sports car club. Save the Wave
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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 08:27 PM
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Congrats on your new vette, love the color
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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 08:34 PM
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Great car, congrats. Triple black normally refers to black exterior, black interior and black vert top, but who cares, you did good.

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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 08:59 PM
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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Demon
Great car, congrats. Triple black normally refers to black exterior, black interior and black vert top, but who cares, you did good.
Aaaaah I see, I thought the black rims made it triple black.

Originally Posted by docprego
Congratulations! The R8 is a great car but IMO can't hold a candle to the magnificent design of the C7! You chose wisely.
I agree, thanks

Originally Posted by geo2000
Congrats on your new vette, love the color
Thank you!

Originally Posted by Red-C6 of Jax
Beautiful car. Welcome to America's sports car club. Save the Wave
It's an honor.

Originally Posted by SevenTurns
Beautiful. Congrats.
Thank you

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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 09:28 PM
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Congrats on your new ride.


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I park mine in front of a V10 R8 at home. Both of us are white with black wheels. The R8 is the faster car, but the Vette looks cooler for sure .
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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 09:40 PM
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Congrats on your new car. Enjoy the ride.
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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
Congrats on your new ride. Let me help make your life easier here on CorvetteForum.....we have a Multi-Quote button! It's the middle icon in the lower right hand corner of each post. It allows you to respond to multiple people with ONE REPLY! It will look like this post above! Enjoy.
I'm using an APP on my phone and I don't see that option, probably need to be on the website.

Thank you though.
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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by shodanjr_gr
I park mine in front of a V10 R8 at home. Both of us are white with black wheels. The R8 is the fastest car, but the Vette looks cooler for sure .
Too cool and I agree.
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Old Jun 24, 2015 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by shodanjr_gr
I park mine in front of a V10 R8 at home. Both of us are white with black wheels. The R8 is the faster car, but the Vette looks cooler for sure .
Maybe not!


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Originally Posted by rkhegler
Congrats on your new car. Enjoy the ride.

Thank you

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Epic, and that was a V10 R8
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Old Jun 25, 2015 | 01:15 PM
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Congrats on the new car! Welcome to the Corvette family!!
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Beautiful ride. Congrats and enjoy!
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Nice combination on your new C7! The Audi's are really nice, but just aren't as good looking as the new vette. Saw an R8 yesterday with a group of work associates (from a client company) out to dinner. We were eating outside with a group of 10 of us. When the R8 went by (stopped at a light close to our table), only one person said anything and the rest just looked and went on with the conversation. A VY C7 was stopped at the same light about 20 minutes later the entire table stopped the conversations and looked at it and started talking about it. I let them go for a while before I told them I own one.
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Congrats and nice color choice!
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