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Greetings,
Living here in California, I wasn't surprised to be getting scowls from Smart Car or Prius drivers. Yesterday, I got my dream car. It's just another red, 05 rag-top, but it really is my dream car.
When I was 14 or 15, a neighborhood lad and I went with his mother to see the newest thing from Chevy. It was white with s little in-line six, and looked a bit like an inverted bath tub, but that 1954 Corvette was something special. My next encounter was in 1957. On displayin a shopping center was a red/white Corvette announcing that it had a 283 cid engine rated at 283 hp. In 63 and 64 I worked as a nechanic at a Chevy dealer and drove a bunch of them. I thought the split window 1963 to be ugly, but I really liked the 1964 model. Most were that blue-grey color.
Bottom line, after a 60 wait, I pulled the trigger on nice C6. I traded a 2011 diesel dually, also red. Loved the truck but that DEF injection system is not ready for prime time. A constant battle with CEL codes.
My C6 isn't perfect, but after waiting 60 years, the heck with the haters that scowl and give me dirty looks.
When I was 14 or 15, a neighborhood lad and I went with his mother to see the newest thing from Chevy. It was white with s little in-line six, and looked a bit like an inverted bath tub, but that 1954 Corvette was something special. My next encounter was in 1957. On displayin a shopping center was a red/white Corvette announcing that it had a 283 cid engine rated at 283 hp. In 63 and 64 I worked as a nechanic at a Chevy dealer and drove a bunch of them. I thought the split window 1963 to be ugly, but I really liked the 1964 model. Most were that blue-grey color.
Bottom line, after a 60 wait, I pulled the trigger on nice C6. I traded a 2011 diesel dually, also red. Loved the truck but that DEF injection system is not ready for prime time. A constant battle with CEL codes.
My C6 isn't perfect, but after waiting 60 years, the heck with the haters that scowl and give me dirty looks.
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I'll be 76 on my next B-day. I lived the first years of my life for my parents. The next years for my kids. After they were gone everything was for my wife. Well, these last few years I'm living for me.
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