Trip: Once again C8s missing...
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Le Mans Master
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From: Commerce Texas
Trip: Once again C8s missing...
Just got back from a 2,300 mile road trip. Saw two (2) C8s... one in St. Petersburg, Florida, one just outside of Clearwater....I'm 82 and the car is comfortable enough for me to put in 600-mile days.... 
Do Not Quench The Spirit
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From: Fishers IN
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Well, there is only what 120K of them out there now? I go to the grocery store which is 5 minuts from me and see 2-3 everytime. Go on a 20-30 minute trip and see 6-10 of them. C8's are not a novelty any longer. I get I'm in SW Florida now and when I get back to INDY those numbers will probably be halved LOL
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Not really surprised. I don't know where the C8s hide out, but for all the ones that are sold nearby, I sure don't see many on any given day, and every day.
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I see more of them in the suburbs of significant cities than I do out in less built up areas. But I've seen them in places like Hilton Head, SC (out of season, so probably a local), Asheville, TN, and other smaller burgs. Just not as frequently.
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From: Commerce Texas
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Le Mans Master
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From: Commerce Texas
To those who say they see C8s "all the time I'm only reporting what I saw on a back and forth trip from 64 miles NE of Dallas to the St.Pete/Tampa/Clearwater area -- two C8s.
Been driving Vettes 32 years all over the country, and I watch for all sports cars. . My experience is that most Vette drivers are in cities and driving only in good weather.... me? I've got a rare 1LT. It has windshield wipers, as does my Ferrari...
Been driving Vettes 32 years all over the country, and I watch for all sports cars. . My experience is that most Vette drivers are in cities and driving only in good weather.... me? I've got a rare 1LT. It has windshield wipers, as does my Ferrari...
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To those who say they see C8s "all the time I'm only reporting what I saw on a back and forth trip from 64 miles NE of Dallas to the St.Pete/Tampa/Clearwater area -- two C8s.
Been driving Vettes 32 years all over the country, and I watch for all sports cars. . My experience is that most Vette drivers are in cities and driving only in good weather.... me? I've got a rare 1LT. It has windshield wipers, as does my Ferrari...
Been driving Vettes 32 years all over the country, and I watch for all sports cars. . My experience is that most Vette drivers are in cities and driving only in good weather.... me? I've got a rare 1LT. It has windshield wipers, as does my Ferrari...
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There is a difference between "local" and on the "highways". I live in one of the areas mentioned here in Florida and I see C8s every time I am out locally, Because I think, most C8 owners are using their cars for local commutes, going for Starbucks, etc, rather than taking a road trip. Same with other similar cars, Lambos, Ferraris, etc.
That's the way I drive mine -mostly locally, so you won't see my car on a cross country trip. In a year of ownership, I have only had mine on the highway, (as in a small road trip) once.
That's the way I drive mine -mostly locally, so you won't see my car on a cross country trip. In a year of ownership, I have only had mine on the highway, (as in a small road trip) once.
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I live on the southside of atlanta, work on the north side (nice commute) and I see at least one C8 every day, with 160,000 plus on the road, and 200 being built most days and cars on dealers lots waiting for buyers the exclusivity is over, but the Corvette has always been Americas sports car, powerful, great value and attainable
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None here in Bippus, Indiana. But there isn’t anywhere to drive to here, so figures.
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Le Mans Master
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I see lots of P-cars, saw one Lamborghini on this last trip (it was parked). I can't remember the last Ferrari I saw outside of a city (other than my own.)
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All of my Vettes (8) over the past 32 years have been DDs. I take a lot of trips. I lack about 3,000 miles to have a million miles in Corvettes. I should have that by mid-June at the latest.
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Don't see many in the Chapel Hill/Raleigh area but Im not out and about that often.
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From: Florida
There is a difference between "local" and on the "highways". I live in one of the areas mentioned here in Florida and I see C8s every time I am out locally, Because I think, most C8 owners are using their cars for local commutes, going for Starbucks, etc, rather than taking a road trip. Same with other similar cars, Lambos, Ferraris, etc.
That's the way I drive mine -mostly locally, so you won't see my car on a cross country trip. In a year of ownership, I have only had mine on the highway, (as in a small road trip) once.
That's the way I drive mine -mostly locally, so you won't see my car on a cross country trip. In a year of ownership, I have only had mine on the highway, (as in a small road trip) once.
