All C7 Owners
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All C7 Owners
One month ago I picked up my AW C7 Z51 and I am enjoying every minute of it.
My cousin and I who are are close friends and knows I received my new corvette but has not seen it yet gave me a call and said he was downtown (small northeast Pa. town) this past week and seen a brand new white corvette with red calipers, Knowing this is what I ordered he followed it into the bank only to find out it was not me driving.
To his surprise (and mine) it was Mario Andretti.
I went on line and found a July 2015 (two month old) interview with Mario where he said he just bought a new Corvette ZO6.
I always felt I was in good company with all you top notch folks here on the forum, but this sort of kicks it up another notch. Enjoy your C7's. Casey
My cousin and I who are are close friends and knows I received my new corvette but has not seen it yet gave me a call and said he was downtown (small northeast Pa. town) this past week and seen a brand new white corvette with red calipers, Knowing this is what I ordered he followed it into the bank only to find out it was not me driving.
To his surprise (and mine) it was Mario Andretti.
I went on line and found a July 2015 (two month old) interview with Mario where he said he just bought a new Corvette ZO6.
I always felt I was in good company with all you top notch folks here on the forum, but this sort of kicks it up another notch. Enjoy your C7's. Casey
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To his surprise (and mine) it was Mario Andretti.
I went on line and found a July 2015 (two month old) interview with Mario where he said he just bought a new Corvette ZO6.
I always felt I was in good company with all you top notch folks here on the forum, but this sort of kicks it up another notch. Enjoy your C7's. Casey
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Yep, that's cool. I do remember the Magna Flow ( Flowmaster ? ) commercials where he is driving a C6, which I thought to be his.
Word of mouth is better than any GM P.R. and they don't have to pay him.
Word of mouth is better than any GM P.R. and they don't have to pay him.
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I suspect Mario can and does drive and own all kinds of cars, but he's been a Corvette guy for quite some time. He even used to advertise his Corvette along w. Magnaflow mufflers. Not sure about Michael tho....
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When I was writing for a local newspaper about 10 years ago, I got to interview him. All of my colleagues knew that I was the only one who gave a damn about racing, so they gave the story to me. He was truly just a nice guy and treated me with so much respect despite me being a 23 year old kid straight out of college asking him questions he's probably heard a million times.
He could tell by the questions that I was asking (it was May and I'm a huge Indycar fan) that I was a fan, so he offered me an autograph, but I had to turn it down (DAMN JOURNALISM!) That remains one of the few regrets from my old career.
He could tell by the questions that I was asking (it was May and I'm a huge Indycar fan) that I was a fan, so he offered me an autograph, but I had to turn it down (DAMN JOURNALISM!) That remains one of the few regrets from my old career.
