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So a lot of activity last week concerning my Corvette ownership.
I sold a super clean 96 LT4, Z51 to my brother. It had 70k miles and some pretty tasty mods. Lingenfelter heads, GM hot cam, extrude honed and Port matched intake, BBK 52mm throttle body, long tubes and a full MagnaFlow exhaust. Really fun car but I always felt like a breakdown or major issue was right around the corner.
Now there was an empty spot in the garage.....can't have that. I had been shopping for a C6 or C7 for a month or so. Almost settled on a 14 3lt M7 stingray with @15k miles. No mods, very subtle, well optioned but a few things I honestly didn't need. Tuesday morning, doing my daily marketplace/cargurus/forum classies search and a new one is on marketplace. 17 1lt, m7 stingray with only 4300 miles! Black with black wheels and tinted windows, only an hour from me.
Shot the seller a DM and did a cursory profile look around......we have a mutual friend, a good friend of mine. Call my friend and ask him to contact the seller and vouch for me, let him know I'm not a tire kicker or a kid with no money. 3 days later, I'm driving it home....ear-to-ear grin engaged.
The car is not a z51 but has the look. Comp seats, red seatbelts, spoiler, 19/20 wheels. Soler TB, AFE Cai and a Corsa extreme axle-back. To say this is an upgrade from the C4 might be the understatement of the year. It is a Time Warp forward in comfort, handling, stability and power. No marks inside or out, full maintenance records and still smells new inside.
So a lot of activity last week concerning my Corvette ownership.
I sold a super clean 96 LT4, Z51 to my brother. It had 70k miles and some pretty tasty mods. Lingenfelter heads, GM hot cam, extrude honed and Port matched intake, BBK 52mm throttle body, long tubes and a full MagnaFlow exhaust. Really fun car but I always felt like a breakdown or major issue was right around the corner.
Now there was an empty spot in the garage.....can't have that. I had been shopping for a C6 or C7 for a month or so. Almost settled on a 14 3lt M7 stingray with @15k miles. No mods, very subtle, well optioned but a few things I honestly didn't need. Tuesday morning, doing my daily marketplace/cargurus/forum classies search and a new one is on marketplace. 17 1lt, m7 stingray with only 4300 miles! Black with black wheels and tinted windows, only an hour from me.
Shot the seller a DM and did a cursory profile look around......we have a mutual friend, a good friend of mine. Call my friend and ask him to contact the seller and vouch for me, let him know I'm not a tire kicker or a kid with no money. 3 days later, I'm driving it home....ear-to-ear grin engaged.
The car is not a z51 but has the look. Sport seats, red seatbelts, spoiler, 19/20 wheels. Soler TB, AFE Cai and a Corsa extreme axle-back. To say this is an upgrade from the C4 might be the understatement of the year. It is a Time Warp forward in comfort, handling, stability and power. No marks inside or out, full maintenance records and still smells new inside.
So a lot of activity last week concerning my Corvette ownership.
I sold a super clean 96 LT4, Z51 to my brother. It had 70k miles and some pretty tasty mods. Lingenfelter heads, GM hot cam, extrude honed and Port matched intake, BBK 52mm throttle body, long tubes and a full MagnaFlow exhaust. Really fun car but I always felt like a breakdown or major issue was right around the corner.
Now there was an empty spot in the garage.....can't have that. I had been shopping for a C6 or C7 for a month or so. Almost settled on a 14 3lt M7 stingray with @15k miles. No mods, very subtle, well optioned but a few things I honestly didn't need. Tuesday morning, doing my daily marketplace/cargurus/forum classies search and a new one is on marketplace. 17 1lt, m7 stingray with only 4300 miles! Black with black wheels and tinted windows, only an hour from me.
Shot the seller a DM and did a cursory profile look around......we have a mutual friend, a good friend of mine. Call my friend and ask him to contact the seller and vouch for me, let him know I'm not a tire kicker or a kid with no money. 3 days later, I'm driving it home....ear-to-ear grin engaged.
The car is not a z51 but has the look. Comp seats, red seatbelts, spoiler, 19/20 wheels. Soler TB, AFE Cai and a Corsa extreme axle-back. To say this is an upgrade from the C4 might be the understatement of the year. It is a Time Warp forward in comfort, handling, stability and power. No marks inside or out, full maintenance records and still smells new inside.
Congrats and enjoy your beautiful C7! 
New C7 owner.
