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Old 08-19-2018, 04:41 PM
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Default '11 Grand Sport convertible for me !!!!

So this is not a shameless plug for Corvette Mike in Mass. but if anyone is looking for a "like new" yellow '04 Z06, I traded him mine last week. I just wasn't driving it and he wanted it back. I bought it from him 2 years ago with just over 11k miles on it. The good news is I picked up an '11 Grand Sport convertible with 7500 miles on it. Loaded except for ride control and the embroidered headrests. The sticker was almost $73k !!!! My first driving impressions are very good so far. The LS3 pulls like a freight train in the low gears, and the ride is exceptional for a performance car. I think taking the run flats off is part of it, he put new Hankooks on it and it rides pretty nice now. I guess I better get TRIPLE A soon because I'm driving this car and no spare and no jack is a concern ;-{. I'm shocked at what these cars are selling for. MacMulkin has a bunch of them and they're all in the same price range. I wish the seats were better, I wish the radio was better blah blah blah but I friggin' love this car so far !!! Wish me luck, Mark
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Congrats. on your new to you GS convertible!

Nothing better than a topless wide bodied C6!
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Good luck! You’re going to love it.
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Where are the pictures....ha...congratulations on your new ride.
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Where are the pictures....ha...congratulations on your new ride.
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Sounds nice. Good luck with the car.
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GS and Z51 convertibles never made sense to me.

The Z51 and GS are built as a Autocross event cars, can be used for HPDE, but does not have roll over protection due to the convertible roof to allows you to run it class legal on a track instead.

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GS and Z51 convertibles never made sense to me.

The Z51 and GS are built as a Autocross event cars, can be used for HPDE, but does not have roll over protection due to the convertible roof to allows you to run it class legal on a track instead.
Handling for me on my favorite roads and monthly Auto-Xing (no roll bar required). I seeked out a GS Vert w/manual for this reason. Won the '17 AS Club Championship. Have several friends w/Verts for racing AutoX and corner carving.
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Congrats on your new GS! Post pictures when you can.
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Would love to see a picture!
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Congrats. on your new to you GS convertible!

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Congrats on the new ride!!!
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Would love to see a picture!
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A couple of pics for Y'all. Love the Z06 spoiler also, looks like it belongs there !!!


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Congratulations!! One of those mini air compressors and a tire plug kit will get you home with 99% of the tire issues you’ll have.

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I thought it was gonna be a yellow one...ha...guess I read it wrong..



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