getherejune

Howdy everyone-so, short story long. Me and my 2 now teenage boys have restored 2 vintage mustangs over the past 6 years. GREAT fun working in the shop, going to shows, being in a club etc. Well, about 1 1/2 yrs ago we had a little property dispute with a neighbor-had to come up with a pretty good chunk 'o cash quickly, so unfortunately had to sell the vert. Kind of a sad day, as we had a ton of time and money in her, but we made a small profit, were able to settle the dispute, and were actually able to buy a mint 05 miata from the orig owner who had knee surgery (yep, it was a stick!) to put in the garage and give us a fun little summer cruiser. well, for the past 3 months i have been thinking that i was missing the sound and feel of a v-8, so started reading for hours and hours on the forum (from the vintage mustangs, i learned that the forums are THE place to get help for sure!). So i have about 4 pages of notes with what we are going to start to look for. Today was amazingly sunny (rare in the PNW in Jan) and i found an 01 at a lot. So, just for kicks i drug the wife out to take it for a spin (we have never driven a vette), so figured we could go yank around a salesman for an hour and not feel bad about leaving! Car was nice except for the Lambo doors the PO had installed-yikes! Took 3 or 4 times of slamming the door to get things sealed up. anyways, all i can say is WOW!!!! I mean, I've been in some pretty quick cars being in a mustang club, but this was crazy!!! My wife's eyes lit up when we got back and she told me the miata had to go, and that we needed to get a corvette. I was really impressed at how stinking fun that car was (and a little scary-with the 6 speed it was a little too much adrenaline). SO much power and responsive. The sound...sheesh, i'm going to soil myself! So now we will be on a serious hunt! So looking forward to taking our time and finding the right one for us-sure i'll have some questions as we get closer that i haven't found the answers to yet, but man am i excited and i can see why everyone on here is stoked about their cars!! Thanks all for listening to me babble-still a little jacked up from the test drive!
jp

FX VETTE

Welcome to the CF!

Vetteman Jack

story and welcome to the forum. Best of luck in finding the right Corvette for you, whatever generation that may be.

rkj427

Welcome to the forum!

Good luck in your search!

gilhuly

welcome to the forums!

jehuds10

Welcome to the forum JP!

Old Ben

Welcome to the forum.