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Old Jun 24, 2022 | 05:29 PM
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May 18th I bought a three year old C7 with only 2400 miles on the clock! As you can imagine, it was screaming "Road Trip". And off we went, 6800 miles in three weeks from the end of the Oregon Trail to the Panhandle of Florida and back.

I told my GMC Denali I had bought him a nice looking bitch to keep him company.

If the Oregon DMV ever goes to work, her vanity plate will read (C DRGN).

According to the Black Book, she is a !LT LT2 Z51 and has "Ceramic Matrix Gray Metalic", what ever that is. She will change color like a chameleon depending on the light.




As she is a dragon, I'm thinking of painting the vertical frames of the grill white to show her teeth.




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Welcome to the Forum, and congratulations on your nice C7!
Lot of great members and helpful info in the C7 sections at https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...2014-2019-141/.
Does your member ID indicate you have already had the chance to run Tail of the Dragon? If so, congrats on getting to run this unique route.
Enjoy your ride and save the wave!
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Old Jun 24, 2022 | 08:56 PM
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I traded in an early early C4, number 537 on the Dragon.

The C4 and I were part of the Corvette Caravan from the Pacific NorthWet that went to the 25th anniversary of the NCM in Bolling Green, KY August of 2019. I was able to do three sessions at the Museum's 3.2 mile road course which I videoed on GoPro and posted on Tube.

Dash electrical issues became a serious problem and enough was enough and too much was sufficient.
Told my GMC Denali that I had gotten a hot bitch to keep him company.

The Dragon, according to the Black Book, is a 2019 1LT LT2 Z51. I know what a Z51 is because they were available in 1984. The rest....all I can say is that the Dragon will break the sound barrier. At 76, that is what this old man needs, 455 hp!

The Dragon is sooo gorgeous that Ms Diva of the Texas Highway Patrol just had to stop me for going 10 over. Of course, being a true gentleman, I did not comment on her DROOLING over the Dragon. While she was running all the data on her confuser, I was wondering if I needed to get out a towel to wipe up all the drool.

The C4 #537

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