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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 08:32 PM
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Bought a 2007 from Joe in Monroe, WA Oct 2011. Best sales transaction at dealer I've ever had. Thanks Joe

Good news is I installed skip shift. Love it!
I want HUD, but don't really need it after having car for a bit.
I want tint, but don't really need it. :-)

Bad news is car is at the dealership right now getting the rear differential rebuilt. Under 20k miles and 3 months out of warranty. I don't drive it hard, but who knows how the first 15k miles we're driven.

Good news is dealer is covering it under warranty so I'm not really bitching about it being there for so long. Will be 3 weeks Thursday.

Hopefully the rear diff is the only problem I have for the next 50k miles; otherwise, I'll probably stay away from American cars/trucks forever.

Anyway, I look forward to reading and posting in the forums along with better luck with the vette.

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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by gilhuly
drive it for best,most enjoyment and welcome to the forum!
Wish I could, it's been at the dealer for 3 weeks now. Latest estimate is one more week and that sounds pretty iffy at best. I stopped by the dealer today to visually check on my car. It's still sitting on the rack with the rear end out.

This is starting to get pretty frustrating.

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