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Old Aug 3, 2018 | 12:52 PM
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Hi there! I'm new here (Obviously). I just purchased my first Corvette, a 2015 2LT Laguna Blue with the Z51 package. I'm 25 years old, and for the last 7 years have only owned Mustangs. My first car was purchased in 2011 and was a 2006 V6 Mustang in silver, then in 2016, I purchased a 2015 Mustang GT. I spent 2 years modifying everything I could on that thing (Pictured below), and finally came down to the choice of, do we add a supercharger or do we go with something that will be all around quicker while stock? And, well, as they say, the rest is history. The only thing the Mustang really did better to me was exhaust note. With my aftermarket exhaust, that thing was loud and sounded absolutely beautiful. I feel like the Vette exhaust has no soul.




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Congratulations! The Corvette is amazing. As you can tell from my username I'm a former Mustang guy as well. No regrets with the switch.
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That was a nice GT you had, but the C7 is in another level. Welcome and enjoy the forum.
Old Aug 3, 2018 | 02:58 PM
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your C7!
Old Aug 3, 2018 | 03:24 PM
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Congrats and welcome to the forum!!
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Welcome aboard and congrats on your C7!
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Those stangs are nice, not much to dislike!! Started out young on the 4 eyed (86) era...lotsa fun on the cheap. One had a 460 on spray talk about a rollerskate!
Put plenty of hard miles on it, may wanna try a driving school sometime. Be careful on the twisties..these stick like glue so if you DO exceed its limits you can get in a hell of a lot of trouble fast.
Fortunately theres enough nannies to keep most alive.

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Welcome and great color
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Nice set of cars, I've got a 17 GT and 16Z06, I need to take a pic of them together. Welcome to the forum!
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Both pretty cars.....but welcome to the forum.

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