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Old Apr 15, 2017 | 09:43 PM
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How many of you get stare at when you drive your Vettes, below is the stareability meter gauge, feel free to add your own.👊

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Old Apr 15, 2017 | 09:57 PM
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Every minute, every where I go, everybody is staring hard. I'm gonna have to limo tint all my windows incl the windshield lol
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Every minute, every where I go, everybody is staring hard. I'm gonna have to limo tint all my windows incl the windshield lol
I know the feeling👊
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Old Apr 15, 2017 | 10:08 PM
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WTF I stare at my own car .
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Old Apr 15, 2017 | 10:30 PM
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Woman flashing their hooters.

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Old Apr 15, 2017 | 10:33 PM
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Stares, photos, and shouted questions when the top is down! All good! Kind of surprised, actually.
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Old Apr 15, 2017 | 11:51 PM
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Hardly any stares. Very many high in cars in north TX
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Old Apr 15, 2017 | 11:54 PM
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I got a biker wave from a guy on a Harley the other day, thought that was cool.
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Woman flashing their hooters.

Now I really can't wait to get my z06!
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 09:13 AM
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Woman flashing their hooters.

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Now I really can't wait to get my z06!
He forgot to mention these are women 80 years old, living in their own younger dreamworld.
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Originally Posted by oldC5
WTF I stare at my own car .
I stare at your avatar.

In seriousness, the vast majority of the attention my car gets is from tailgaters and while getting gas. I have come out from paying and on more than one occasion had people taking pictures of it.

I personally don't care for any attention towards me myself, but I love it when the car itself gets attention.
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by budgreen3564
Hardly any stares. Very many high in cars in north TX
Sorry Icon, but I think this Avatar is better!! I guess it's all matter of taste LOL

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I stare at your avatar.

In seriousness, the vast majority of the attention my car gets is from tailgaters and while getting gas. I have come out from paying and on more than one occasion had people taking pictures of it.

I personally don't care for any attention towards me myself, but I love it when the car itself gets attention.
Very true. I think we all catch ourselves staring at our beauties after a nice, clean car wash!!
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Originally Posted by Z06NJ
Sorry Icon, but I think this Avatar is better!! I guess it's all matter of taste LOL



Very true. I think we all catch ourselves staring at our beauties after a nice, clean car wash!!


My car turns my own head, I fully admit.
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 09:57 AM
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Very attractive cars so comes with the package. My favorite part is watching people with BMWs and Audis trying to pretend they don't notice. Drop a couple gears and give em some pipe.
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 10:16 AM
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Staring seems normal, especially since mine is a bright color. The thing that baffles me is the engine revvers. What is the point of revving your engine, making yourself look like a total poser, to get my attention? Mostly been Chargers, Mustangs, Camaros, and jacked up trucks. Whenever they get near me in traffic or at a stop light they start revving their engines. I had a Viper go batshit crazy the other day trying to get through traffic to get next to me only to pull along side and rev his engine next to me.
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by PeteC7
Staring seems normal, especially since mine is a bright color. The thing that baffles me is the engine revvers. What is the point of revving your engine, making yourself look like a total poser, to get my attention? Mostly been Chargers, Mustangs, Camaros, and jacked up trucks. Whenever they get near me in traffic or at a stop light they start revving their engines. I had a Viper go batshit crazy the other day trying to get through traffic to get next to me only to pull along side and rev his engine next to me.
When they are revving their engines they are approving of your car.
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Young women keep on lifting their tops and mooning me when I am in my vert--wish they would stop.

(and wish this was true)
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 11:28 AM
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Had a guy in a Camaro come rushing past me on I-40. He slowed, revved his engine (NOT a standard exhaust) and went on. Guess I was supposed to be impressed.

P.S. I wasn't.
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Originally Posted by Red-C6 of Jax
When they are revving their engines they are approving of your car.
Yep! 99 times out of 100 they are just "talking" to a fellow car enthusiast in the common language of power- engine note!
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by US Icon
I stare at your avatar.
Yeah, I hear ya. She's just about perfect. Want more? Google "Charity Hodges".
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