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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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I've ALWAYS wanted a Vette. I'm 50 years old and wanted 1 since I was about 16. Don't know if it's a middle-aged crisis thing or I could finally afford 1. I'd been looking for about 6 mos.and found my dream car. I'm now the proud owner of a MINT cond.,01, black with red interior, LS1 Coupe/targa top. I guess the 36 year wait paid off. The car's got 7500 actual miles and it's in showroom cond. NEVER driven in the rain or @ night. My wife doesn't care for this part 2 much but it's my favorite.....it's got a $13,000 Lingenfelter upgrade on it.

Would like to have some input from other Lingenfelter Vette owners on this site on what 2 expect from this car.....maint.,up-keep...etc. Also need to know how to post pics on this site. Thanks for any help.

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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 05:45 PM
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Welcome to the forum, check out the C5 section below for answers to any questions you have, and to post pics, check out the help section below for some tutorials..
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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Welcome to the Forum!!!!!! Sounds like a real nice, special C5! Enjoy the ride and the Forums.

Here is a tutorial on posting pics:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1565090658-post1.html


As to your questions about the car, I will defer to the folks who know best, those in the C5 Forums. Your best bet is probably the C5 Tech/Performance Forum:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-tech-1/

And / Or the C5 General. You will probably spend most of your time in C5 General so you might as well get to know it:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-general-103/
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Hey Mike welcome to the forum Congratulations on finding such a nice vette.
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 07:01 PM
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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WOW!!!! Thanks for the welcome 2 the board. I've been posting on the the softball forums for about 6 years. I'm ALOT more versed on softball than on corvettes. I look forward to picking the brains of some of you experts on here. Gotta start somewhere. I LOVE my VETTE!!!!

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