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Old Apr 20, 2025 | 03:45 PM
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Finally able to purchase a Corvette and i love the car.
Hysteria Purple with yellow calipers, yellow seat belts, high wing, body color accents and ground effects.
Hysteria Purple with yellow calipers, yellow seat belts, high wing, body color accents and ground effects.
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Over the years i have had 5 Corvettes 1976 C3, 1987 C4, 1989 C4, 2016 C7 and now a 2023 C8.And I can tell you each model gets better !!



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Nothing quite like bringing home your first Corvette. You've got a nice build there. My first was a '94 I bought in '09 in excellent condition. Loved and drove that car for 12 years and never got tired of looking at and driving it.
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Over the years i have had 5 Corvettes 1976 C3, 1987 C4, 1989 C4, 2016 C7 and now a 2023 C8.And I can tell you each model gets better !!



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Congratulations and welcome to the forum! Nice ride!
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Very nice! Congrats
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Beautiful ride you have a friend bought same color in Z06, love the color it pops beauty of the car!
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Welcome, your 1st vette and it looks awesome, drive safe and enjoy it.
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Nice. Love my c8. My first was a 64 that I bought in high school. Wish I still had it.
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Happy for you. Enjoy it because you deserve it.

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Awesome! I get lots of compliments on the color of my HP Stingray. My first Corvette was 2016 C7.
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Welcome to the Forum and nice car.
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In the shade the color looks like the color of my first vette-77 in a one year only dark blue. Congrats and enjoy. There is nothing like driving home a recently acquired performance
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