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Ahhh… At last, I can breathe. The dream started when I was in elementary school. Fell in love with the “pop-up” head-lights, and it quickly turned into an obsession. Asking my father what this car was, he explained that is was America’s sports car, a Corvette. Being only in elementary school, I quickly accumulated Matchbox C5s, or any other Corvette I could find (wasn’t a hot wheels fan at the time).
I went to auto shows when I was little, sitting in a C5 from time to time and being too small to even see over the steering wheel. I visited the Corvette museum, as well as took a tour of the Bowling Green assembly plant where I grew jealous of one of the kids that was picked to start up a C5 for the first time. While there, I grabbed two corvette key chains that have adorned my key ring ever since. That year I also found a 97 Hallmark Corvette ornament that has been placed in a prominent location on my Christmas tree every year since.
When any friend of mine that would mention a disdain for Corvettes spoke up, I would quickly spout off the numbers in relation to the price and they really had nothing left to say. I stood by my belief that the Corvette was the ideal sports car for value/performance.
6 jobs, high school, college, and 4 moves later, I decided it was time. After browsing the corvette forums for year, I knew exactly what I wanted. I found it a couple weeks later in the Georgia Mountains.
This corvette was mine, finally. A great sense of relief. Every time I walk up to the car, it’s the same rush of emotion. Every. Single. Time.
I don’t care that it’s not the fastest car, a scratchless car, or even a comfortable car by some people’s standards. This is MY car. It’s MY dream. MY machine.
(Another Black C5 found me at the Braselton Car show )
Thank you all on the Corvette forum for sharing the same dreams, the same passions, and the same love for America’s sports car. It’s nice to be home.
Last edited by Yogie1234; Sep 16, 2016 at 10:36 PM.
Ahhh... Its about time.
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