Hello from Iowa
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From: Urbandale, Iowa
Hello from Iowa
Having recently retired, My wife and I are looking to move from our Custom Harley to a C5 convertible sometime over the next 6 months. Had a 63 two top roadster in the late 70's which we loved and am looking forward to getting back to having a corvette once again. Prefer Silver or White, manual transmission with less than 50K miles. Any thoughts and suggestions are welcomed.
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Welcome to the Forum!
Nice Harley.
You'll find some good stickies in the C5 General section that has a lot of insight into purchasing a C5 that you may find helpful.
Best wishes with your search.
(My parents lived in Cedar Falls/Waterloo for many years. We always tried to visit in the spring or fall to avoid the snow or hot humid summers
).
Nice Harley.
You'll find some good stickies in the C5 General section that has a lot of insight into purchasing a C5 that you may find helpful.
Best wishes with your search.
(My parents lived in Cedar Falls/Waterloo for many years. We always tried to visit in the spring or fall to avoid the snow or hot humid summers
).
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Welcome. I'd recommend, besides reading the stickies mentioned above, that you check out the C5 Corvettes for Sale section and get an idea of what is available. Lots of nice cars are listed and don't be afraid to travel a bit to get just the right one. If a long distance one shows up, you can always ask a fellow forum member to take a look at the car and report back before you would do any traveling.
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Welcome to the forum!
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Good luck in your search!
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From: Urbandale, Iowa
Welcome. I'd recommend, besides reading the stickies mentioned above, that you check out the C5 Corvettes for Sale section and get an idea of what is available. Lots of nice cars are listed and don't be afraid to travel a bit to get just the right one. If a long distance one shows up, you can always ask a fellow forum member to take a look at the car and report back before you would do any traveling.
