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Title: Cruisin :)
Post by: Grayeagle on April 03, 2007, 12:00:25 AM: Havin a bit of fun with the Vette..

(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/my%20vette/110mph_big_grin.jpg)

..taken durin the Arizona Corvette Enthusiast club cruise to Yuma ..

..some of the group I heard were doin 160+ ..about 6 of 'em or so :)

.. this pix was taken at a 'bit' over the Century mark on the speedo
.. wife was sound asleep in the passenger seat ..-evil grin-

The Vette just impresses the heck outta me ..rock steady, loafin along, easiest car I have ever driven at speed.

Spent a day at Speedworld drag racin .. I need sticky tires ;)

-GE (havin way too much fun .. Z-51 coupe, 3.15 gears, auto ..just a blast to drive)
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Post by: eagl on April 03, 2007, 07:19:58 AM: I'd like to upgrade to a vette... Money isn't the issue, wife preference is the issue. My Dad has a Z06 and my wife thinks he shouldn't have spent money on a vette, therefore I shouldn't have one either.

*shrug*

I'm working on twisting this into getting a porsche instead... I've had my eye on a carrera 4 for years...
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Post by: VWE on April 03, 2007, 07:22:52 AM: You know why a devorce is so expensive? Be cause its worth it! Buy a vette...
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Post by: AquaShrimp on April 03, 2007, 07:25:56 AM: One of my life goals is to live by a warm, sub-tropical ocean. The other is to own a corvette and cruise up and down the coastal highway.
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Post by: eagl on April 03, 2007, 07:30:19 AM: My wife said a 350Z would be acceptable, but sheesh... I want a real car. You can't make a 350Z really fast without dumping another $10k into it, and by then you might as well have bought a vette or porsche anyhow.
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Post by: VWE on April 03, 2007, 07:40:58 AM: I'd take the G35 coupe over the 350Z any day, looks way better and me being 6'5" I can actually fit in it.
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Post by: Airscrew on April 03, 2007, 08:37:15 AM: There's nothing wrong with the new vettes, but I prefer something alittle older.

I've wanted one of the these since I was 5 or 6 years old.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/874_1175607134_62maroon.jpg)

then when I was ten I wanted one of these

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/874_1175607254_ncm_wallpaper-82-800.jpg)

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/874_1175607165_65red396.jpg)
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Post by: storch on April 03, 2007, 08:40:20 AM: congrats GE
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Post by: Grayeagle on April 04, 2007, 12:42:22 PM: eagle .. and any others thinkin of a Vette:

http://www.cnv-corvettes.com/index.html

You *can* get there, from here :)

Their payment calculator was right on (within a dollar of what our payments ended up bein) .. they average about 200 vette's to choose from, alla way from '53 on up, and if they dont have exactly what you want, they can get it for ya.

They do a full on service, takin care of any problems before they list the car for sale. It's a reputable dealer, full of Vette folks that know 'em inside and out.

From mild mannered smog motored small block automatics to full on 4-gear rat powered '67 roadsters .. they got 'em.

Yanno .. I got the wife her Durango. Then another. Was great in the snow and the rough roads back east.
In Phoenix .. we just dont need 4wd.
We both got tired of bein asked to provide bus service for anyone that needed airport runs, appointment runs, this .. that . . the other.
We were runnin the wheels off it .. as a bus .. for others.

We traded it in on the Vette. Her .. and I .. no 3rd passenger.
No requests for 'hey could you pick up the kids from school, and take us to 'hey, could you drop me-pick me and my bags up from the airport? .. . etc.

30mpg at 70mph, 24mpg to work an back on city streets, cruise over 100mph easily, drag race every month (13's in the 1/4, stock), other vette drivers wave at you, corners like a slot car, makes me smile every time I walk up to it ..because I know what's comin .. its FUN to drive!

Wife wasn't too thrilled at givin up her Durango .. now .. she says we may get a Vette for *me* in a couple years .. she loves drivin it too :)

-Frank (ridin in one is not the 'thing' .. let her drive one ..ya never know .. she may get you one . . in a couple years .. or let you drive hers :)
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Post by: moot on April 04, 2007, 04:27:38 PM: Maybe Eagl just needs to get his wife some time at the wheel of a Vette/997 :D
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Post by: Vulcan on April 04, 2007, 04:40:33 PM: Smells like a mid-life crisis thread :D
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Post by: nirvana on April 04, 2007, 06:45:25 PM: Auto!? That's crazy talk! Looks like you had fun though, congrats.:aok
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Post by: DiabloTX on April 04, 2007, 06:54:17 PM: Man, that's nice GE. I went to an F-body get together last October and I was surrouned by early 20-somethings speaking leet with each other and watching a few "stare downs at high-noon" testosterone-fueled conflicts. Wasn't much fun at all. I guess the Corvette crowd is a bit more, um, "mature" for that kind of thing.

But I sure as hell know what you're talking about we you mention the 'smile' factor when you get behind the wheel.

:aok
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Post by: ROC on April 04, 2007, 07:24:55 PM: Quote
Smells like a mid-life crisis thread

I've always wondered why, when a man finally reaches a level in life through hard work and sacrifice, a little reward for the effort is a "crisis"

:rolleyes:
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Post by: Halo on April 04, 2007, 10:46:13 PM: Yeah, somehow, somewhere, everybody should eventually have a roadster. Ours was a '92 Miata (what, me, emasculated?). Marvelous fun.

Eventually we tired of looking at SUV and other faux 4-wheelers' undercarriages and switched back to something that rides higher.

Now we have a better view of all the two-story-high utility/combo vehicles, most in somber shades of black, gray, silver, or dark red. What ever happened to the frivolous color combos of the '50s?

Oh it is a far, far more somber driving world than we grew up in. :confused:

You guys keep some fun stirred up with your 'vettes.
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Post by: texasmom on April 04, 2007, 11:07:37 PM: I never thought of the vette's as a mid-life crisis deal.

I always thought it was the time when the kids had grown up & moved out, the other cars & house finally got paid off, you retired & had enough time & money to do something for yourself ~ like have fun in a fast car.
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Post by: LePaul on April 04, 2007, 11:32:03 PM: A vette?

Nah....build something unique....now how you'll get it road-worthy (no bumpers, non-DOT glass, etc)...well, who knows!

(http://www.chickslovethecar.com/images/kruze.jpg)
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Post by: moot on April 05, 2007, 01:15:14 AM: Quah!
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Post by: SteveBailey on April 05, 2007, 02:29:43 AM: GE, are ya goin to the Satisfied Frog on Saturday?
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Post by: Airscrew on April 05, 2007, 03:34:26 PM: Quote
Originally posted by texasmom
I never thought of the vette's as a mid-life crisis deal.

I always thought it was the time when the kids had grown up & moved out, the other cars & house finally got paid off, you retired & had enough time & money to do something for yourself ~ like have fun in a fast car.

something like this perhaps?

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/874_1175805219_cobra1.jpg)
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Post by: nirvana on April 05, 2007, 04:10:16 PM: That's nice but ugly at the same time, Airscrew.
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Post by: SteveBailey on April 05, 2007, 04:35:03 PM: Ewww that's one ugly Cobra.
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Post by: john9001 on April 05, 2007, 04:59:31 PM: nice cobra, but that vacuum sweeper you laid on the hood is going to fall off in the first turn.
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Post by: 1ijac on April 05, 2007, 05:17:20 PM: I know what you mean GE. I had a 2000 C5 corvette. It was torch red, and I had wonderful time drivin it around. I had gotten it up to 140mph on a local toll road and decided that it was fast enough for fear of hitting something on the road surface. My only problem was at 6'2", it was sort of a pain in the rear to get in and out of. I eventually sold the car for that issue alone. My real desire was to have a 67 vette but the things have gotten a little pricey and I've put the money elsewhere. I am having fun with my 2005 mustang gt convertible. The 300 HP pushes the little car around pretty well. Enjoy yourself.

Jim 1i :)
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Post by: Ball on April 05, 2007, 05:40:36 PM: Quote
Originally posted by eagl
I'm working on twisting this into getting a porsche instead... I've had my eye on a carrera 4 for years...

Aston.. Tell her James Bond drives one :)

Aston Martin V8 Vantage

(http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/01/astonv8vantage06.jpg)

(http://www.nethirlap.hu/kepek/200503/048.jpg)
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Post by: john9001 on April 05, 2007, 05:56:03 PM: looks like a Chrysler.
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Post by: Ball on April 05, 2007, 06:04:46 PM: yeah... it is a spitting image of the PT Cruiser.
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Post by: DiabloTX on April 05, 2007, 06:30:41 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ball
yeah... it is a spitting image of the PT Cruiser.

LOLZ!!!!!!!!

:D
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Post by: Airscrew on April 05, 2007, 06:58:02 PM: Quote
Originally posted by john9001
nice cobra, but that vacuum sweeper you laid on the hood is going to fall off in the first turn.

I wish it was mine, I'd lose that scoop and paint it blue
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Post by: DiabloTX on April 05, 2007, 07:05:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Airscrew
I wish it was mine, I'd lose that scoop and paint it blue with white racing stripes.

Fixed!
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Post by: storch on April 05, 2007, 08:05:53 PM: Quote
Originally posted by john9001
looks like a Chrysler.
drives like one too
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Post by: Airscrew on April 05, 2007, 09:13:44 PM: LoL Diablo, here I am huntin for a new pic, then I see, "white racing stripes". I thought about it, when I was younger I wanted the stripes but seen too many like that, like it better without the stripes...
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Post by: DiabloTX on April 05, 2007, 09:19:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Airscrew
LoL Diablo, here I am huntin for a new pic, then I see, "white racing stripes". I thought about it, when I was younger I wanted the stripes but seen too many like that, like it better without the stripes...

Sorry. Just so used to the stripes on the blue cars. Sometimes I feel my Z isn't complete without the stripes on it.

(http://img.zatzy.com/photopost/data/596/18368dodge_viper_gts_bl_2.jpg)

(http://www.dreams-cars.net/images/Galerie/Shelby/Shelby_Cobra_427_1967/Shelby_Cobra_427_1967_01.jpg)

(http://www.arkansascamaro.com/MarkzMain.jpg)
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Post by: SteveBailey on April 05, 2007, 10:00:11 PM: The Z28.. now that's a great looking car.

I have a blue vette and considered stripes but I didn't want to look like a Grand Sport wannabe.
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Post by: DiabloTX on April 05, 2007, 10:04:26 PM: Steve, get the split stripes and don't worry about it.

And you're right about the Z28.
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Post by: sntslilhlpr6601 on April 06, 2007, 12:07:59 AM: props to you grayeagle. good to see a vette owner actually driving the car like it's meant to. too many old guys in AZ just buy the car for the looks and never open it up let alone take it to the track. :aok
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Post by: SteveBailey on April 06, 2007, 02:52:33 AM: Photoshop me some stripes!!!!

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d191/AZC4guy/carwash2.jpg)
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d191/AZC4guy/IMG_0175.jpg)
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Post by: DiabloTX on April 06, 2007, 03:17:12 AM: Honestly, I don't think that vette needs them. Looks clean as it is. I'd say leave it as it is unless someone with a great idea for stripes can think of something cool. I don't have photoshop, unfortunately.
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Post by: Ball on April 06, 2007, 04:08:48 AM: Quote
Originally posted by SteveBailey
Photoshop me some stripes!!!!

MS Paint is the program the experts use.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/71_1175850505_img_0175.jpg)
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Post by: Airscrew on April 06, 2007, 08:20:07 AM: :lol Ball, you should open a Customizing Shop, "StripesRUs"
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Post by: SteveBailey on April 06, 2007, 10:52:49 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ball
MS Paint is the program the experts use.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/71_1175850505_img_0175.jpg)

Blahahahaha! awesome.

:rofl
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Post by: Grayeagle on May 30, 2007, 04:05:43 PM: The run up top of Mt Lemmon was fun..

(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/my%20vette/DSC02037.jpg)

..it's 72 deg up there and 104 in the valley ..sheesh .. almost felt like sweater time :)

..and ..

(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/my%20vette/DSC02820.jpg)

..a spirited run up Yarnell hill with a few others ..was fun!

Kathy was a bit .. er .. upset .. I dunno why, didnt get sideways or even push in the corners at all .. much ..

-evil grin-

-Frank aka GE
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Post by: DiabloTX on May 30, 2007, 04:17:02 PM: Awesome! I'll never understand why American cars get a bad rep to a lot of people. The C5 and on Corvettes are some of the best performance values under the sun. Even a lot of C4's like Steve's. The wife and I are coming out to Arizona later this summer. Of course I want to drive the Z out there but she wants to fly. :cry
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Post by: Maverick on May 30, 2007, 04:23:07 PM: How can a married guy with a house full of kids afford a vette??? Where's your minivan? :huh

Quote
Originally posted by SteveBailey
Photoshop me some stripes!!!!

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d191/AZC4guy/carwash2.jpg)
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d191/AZC4guy/IMG_0175.jpg)
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Post by: RedTop on May 30, 2007, 05:57:41 PM: I had a vette. The most fun car I have ever driven. I miss it. But with grandkids and great nieces and nephews to run around at times.....THe vette had to go for a while. Hopefully someday I'll get another.
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Post by: Grayeagle on May 31, 2007, 01:37:13 AM: Well .. it's possible to get a good Vette from a good dealer, quite a few to choose from even :)

I hurt myself lookin at these places:

http://www.kerbeck.com/kerbeck/kerbeck.nsf/index

http://www.corvettesbyrickdaniel.com/

http://www.corvettepalace.com/

http://usedcorvettesforsale.com/

..and

http://www.cnv-corvettes.com/

I mean .. you can get there, from here .. yanno?

-GE aka Frank