It bugs me...
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Drifting
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From: kent ct - "if i'm not in the vette, i damn well better be on the yacht."
St. Jude Donor '13
It bugs me...
To see so many 'vettes just sitting in driveways or off to the side of garages and not driven... My neighbor up the road has a C3 which hasn't moved in 5 years. I offered to help him get it going and even offered my garage space for working on it, but it still just sits. Sad. I live in a small town and there are at least 4 'vettes that don't get driven at all. it bugs me....
Race Director
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From: Winston-Salem North Carolina
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
To see so many 'vettes just sitting in driveways or off to the side of garages and not driven... My neighbor up the road has a C3 which hasn't moved in 5 years. I offered to help him get it going and even offered my garage space for working on it, but it still just sits. Sad. I live in a small town and there are at least 4 'vettes that don't get driven at all. it bugs me....
Melting Slicks
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From: MichAgain
Agree. There's a faaded out black early C4 1/4 mile up the street from me that sits in the grass under the tree. It gets driven rarely. If it were a little newer (later L98 or early LTx) I'd like to buy it for a track car.
Safety Car
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From: You can't get there from here NJ
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
I know exactly what you mean about this. I work with a guy who has a 59 with a power top that is completely restored. It has 1700 ORIGINAL MILES. Yes, that's right. He bought it and restored it, and it only has that many miles. I have known him for about 4 years now, and i think he has driven it about 3 times. His brother has a 64 vert, and a 66 big block that are both restored, and NEVER DRIVEN. 
I guess they just stare at them in the garage, and pleasure themselves at the "idea" of driving them.
I guess they just stare at them in the garage, and pleasure themselves at the "idea" of driving them.
Drifting
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From: New Jersey
I know exactly what you mean about this. I work with a guy who has a 59 with a power top that is completely restored. It has 1700 ORIGINAL MILES. Yes, that's right. He bought it and restored it, and it only has that many miles. I have known him for about 4 years now, and i think he has driven it about 3 times. His brother has a 64 vert, and a 66 big block that are both restored, and NEVER DRIVEN. I guess they just stare at them in the garage, and pleasure themselves at the "idea" of driving them.
I guess they just stare at them in the garage, and pleasure themselves at the "idea" of driving them.
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From: west babylon new york
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Le Mans Master
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From: Boston's south shore MA
I know exactly what you mean about this. I work with a guy who has a 59 with a power top that is completely restored. It has 1700 ORIGINAL MILES. Yes, that's right. He bought it and restored it, and it only has that many miles. I have known him for about 4 years now, and i think he has driven it about 3 times. His brother has a 64 vert, and a 66 big block that are both restored, and NEVER DRIVEN. I guess they just stare at them in the garage, and pleasure themselves at the "idea" of driving them.
I guess they just stare at them in the garage, and pleasure themselves at the "idea" of driving them.
