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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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I'm the proud owner of a 2008 Base 3LT. I've never owner a car that makes me smile so much!
My bother found it (he has a '69 convertible). It has 26000 miles in near perfect condition.
I've been reading and learning a lot from the posts on this forum. I'm sure I'll be posting some questions of my own.

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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 12:04 PM
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Welcome to the forum and congrats on the purchase.

I had difficulty viewing the pictures, can you post so that we don't need to sign into drop box?

Good luck with your Corvette.
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Thanks.
I'm trying to figure out how to post pics.
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Welcome to the forum & congrats on your 3LT coupe. Looks real good.

For pic posting help just click Forums up on the left. And then Help on the bottom. First one up is what they call a Sticky.

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Welcome to the Forum and congratulations on your 08
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Originally Posted by paguru

I'm the proud owner of a 2008 Base 3LT. I've never owner a car that makes me smile so much!
My bother found it (he has a '69 convertible). It has 26000 miles in near perfect condition.
I've been reading and learning a lot from the posts on this forum. I'm sure I'll be posting some questions of my own.
Looks familiar.

This was from 3-1/2 weeks ago:



Congrats! Fun car isn't it?
Old Jun 12, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 08:35 PM
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Absolutely! Since I got it I have gotten much work done around the house though.
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Manual or auto?
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Congrats on your new ride and welcome to the forum!
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Auto,
I like the paddles though.
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Old Jun 13, 2012 | 06:55 PM
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Thanks to everybody for the nice welcome.
I think I have a sickness called "Vette Fever"!



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