Found my Stingray - No longer part of the peanut gallery
12-31-2016, 08:04 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Found my Stingray - No longer part of the peanut gallery
Decided to change my plans for a Grand Sport garage queen in the spring after test driving some stringrays over the holiday break. No way I can keep this thing in the garage all week, so I'm ditching my daily for this. 250 miles in 24 hours. Love this car.
2LT Z51 from Boardwalk in Redwood City. Black badges are about it. Pretty basic but exactly what I wanted. Fantastic dealer, wish every car buying experience was like this one.
So many cars here. They actually had 2 of this exact car and I got to pick which one I wanted.
A ZR1 with about 50 miles on sits in the show room. Kind of sad, like a lion in a cage.
2LT Z51 from Boardwalk in Redwood City. Black badges are about it. Pretty basic but exactly what I wanted. Fantastic dealer, wish every car buying experience was like this one.
So many cars here. They actually had 2 of this exact car and I got to pick which one I wanted.
A ZR1 with about 50 miles on sits in the show room. Kind of sad, like a lion in a cage.
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12-31-2016, 08:09 PM
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Safety Car
Welcome, and happy new year!! Looks super!
12-31-2016, 08:10 PM
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Drifting
Congrats! Great daily driver and weekend warrior!
I've never seen a ZR1 in the wild.
I've never seen a ZR1 in the wild.
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12-31-2016, 08:23 PM
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The ZR1 is the only modern Corvette I would trade mine for. Congrats, enjoy.
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12-31-2016, 08:27 PM
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Nice car, you will be grinning for a long time!
12-31-2016, 08:51 PM
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Very nice, like those 2LT, Z51s 
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12-31-2016, 08:58 PM
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Melting Slicks
Good for you and congratulations! My 2008 Coupe has been my daily driver since August 2007 - almost 88,000 miles. Now my '16 will take over for the most part in being my daily car (unless it's below about 38 - my '08 is currently wearing Michelin all-season tires which are definitely an improvement over the Pilot Super Sports in cooler wet weather).
12-31-2016, 09:17 PM
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Congrats! Drive it in good health!
12-31-2016, 10:29 PM
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12-31-2016, 10:42 PM
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That's a sweet ride, congrats!
12-31-2016, 11:43 PM
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Happy New Year
What a fantastic way to celebrate the new year. You did good. 