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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Hello everyone, my name is Rob. I am currnetly in the army, and am looking into purchasing a C5 Z06. Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated. I am fairly knowlegable about cars, but not so well schooled in corvettes.
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Welcome to the forum, Rob!

You should try the C5 General and Tech forums, they will be able to answer your questions and give advice. Good luck in your search!

Thank you for your service to our country!
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Welcome to the forum, Rob!

You should try the C5 General and Tech forums, they will be able to answer your questions and give advice. Good luck in your search!

Thank you for your service to our country!
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Welcome to the Forum!!!!!!!!! Also spend time in the C5 Z06 Forum, read, ask questions, learn. Good luck with your research and purchase. Enjoy the Forums.

Thank you for your service.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-z06-discussion-49/
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Welcome to the Forum Rob and hope you have that Z soon

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Welcome aboard and good hunting in your search for a Z06. Thanks for serving.
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Thank you all! I've been nosing around the c5 section for the past couple of days, and definitely have alot of reading to do.
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Welcome Rob, thanks for your service. You are looking at a great car at a great price. I don't think that a C5 Z06 can be beat as far as "bang for the buck" I've seen several with 50-60K miles for under 20K.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 10:09 AM
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i was figuring about $20,000 for the Z... only problem is that It's gonna take me about 3 years to save up the cash for it, which actually isn't so bad considering that i wont be driving for the next 3 years. I'm shipping out to korea tomorrow morning, my wife will be following me in about a month... assuming that all goes well with the paperwork to get the approval to get her over there.
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