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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 02:59 PM
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99.88% of other corvette owners.
Have you met all 99.88% of the Corvette owners out there? People generally get treated the way they treat other people, so if you're having a problem with 99.88% of the Corvette owners you meet then it's a high probability that you are the one with the problem.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by CySevans
Have you met all 99.88% of the Corvette owners out there? People generally get treated the way they treat other people, so if you're having a problem with 99.88% of the Corvette owners you meet then it's a high probability that you are the one with the problem.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by CySevans
Have you met all 99.88% of the Corvette owners out there? People generally get treated the way they treat other people, so if you're having a problem with 99.88% of the Corvette owners you meet then it's a high probability that you are the one with the problem.

what do you think? hes exagerating and saying most vette owners are stuck on themselves which is true.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Runwhatchabrung
what do you think? hes exagerating and saying most vette owners are stuck on themselves which is true.
I've been stuck on my self since day one... guess i was born to drive a vette
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Runwhatchabrung
what do you think? hes exagerating and saying most vette owners are stuck on themselves which is true.
When you've met "most Vette owners", then you can make a statement like this. I've met many of them, and not one fits this description. Now I've met many people with attitudes similar to yours, and they were very young and naive and thought they knew it all when they didn't know ****. I guess that makes everyone like you young and naive, huh? Oh, wait, just "most" of them.

FACT: If one person has a problem with 99.8% of other people, then THAT ONE PERSON HAS THE PROBLEM!
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 10:30 PM
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I agree with the following:
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Originally Posted by SPANKY LS1
-Having to constantly explain to people that I'm not rich, that my Corvette cost less than their SUV, and that, yes, I do get better gas mileage than them.
2.
Originally Posted by SPANKY LS1
-Having everyone in any type of "sporty" car (ricer, Mustang, LT1/LS1, etc) trying to race me from every stoplight.
3. Everyone and their brother's cousing wanting a god damn ride
4. The Vette Tax
5. The complicated electrical system
6. The work it takes to change the rear
7. The junk Bose in C5s. (my 96 Camaro SS's Bose sounded amazing)
8. Cost of oil changes (Mobil 1 Syn. oil) I just paid $6.25 for a quart the other day..... GAY!
9. The amount of service shops that know a damn thing about the newer vettes.
10. The cost of a new HUD windshield!
ok, i'll stop now
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 12:13 AM
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the hud windshield is different from the others?
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Nautilus
Cleaning the footprints off the headliner
Having to clean my convertible top, it is hard as hell to clean the... "stains" off the top compared to my old T-Tops (Peter North clone here).

Funky seat creases.

Losing to a faster import (mind-boggling embarrassing).

Worried as hell about scratching it. $700 a month car payments for a 6 year loan makes you really carefull compared to my old $300 a month 5 year loan Z28 payment.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DoesSpeedTurnUon
the hud windshield is different from the others?
Yeah, suposidly there is a reflective component in the glass that makes the HUD easier to see.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by marcus769
Yeah, suposidly there is a reflective component in the glass that makes the HUD easier to see.

Really no wonder it looks super clear compared to when you put a HUD in a F-Body. Though the dash doesn't reflect onto the windshield as bad as my Z28 did.

Is it put into the glass during the molding or it put into the coating over the glass?
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Genesis_26317
Really no wonder it looks super clear compared to when you put a HUD in a F-Body. Though the dash doesn't reflect onto the windshield as bad as my Z28 did.

Is it put into the glass during the molding or it put into the coating over the glass?
Im guessing the reflective component is in the glass to prevent any kind of peeling or damage to it
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Genesis_26317
(Peter North clone here).
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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I agree about the wave. It is goofy.
I also don't like being associated with the waxers that the majority of Vette owners are. They are more interested in being seen in the car then in driving it. They squeal a tire and it's "god awful fast".
I ignore all the dipshits in stupid cars that somehow think they are faster.
The build quality of the interior is pretty crappy for such an expensive car. The C6 is mucher better then the C5 but should still be better.

George
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 01:52 AM
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the dicks are the ones that don't wave

it's all a matter of perspective
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 02:47 AM
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Since I am 24, short, and look goofy I don't get waves just dirty looks. It must be the "looks like his daddy bought it for him" look.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by CySevans
Have you met all 99.88% of the Corvette owners out there? People generally get treated the way they treat other people, so if you're having a problem with 99.88% of the Corvette owners you meet then it's a high probability that you are the one with the problem.
Most Corvette drivers are &ssholes . Of course most people are &ssholes so you can't really get a "clean" survey sample if you just check Corvette drivers. Hell have you ever listended to a Prius driver before ?

Though now that I think about it of all the Corvette drivers I have spoken to in person 100% are ********. Though that only counts if you include talking to yourself because I have never spoken to a Corvette driver in person before. At least I never knew he/she drove one.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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I'd rather get a wave than the one finger salute.

The stigma attached to Vettes bugs me little but not a big deal.
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 03:55 AM
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I like my corvette. I have two a 98 and a 90. Both run very good. I like everythang about a corvette.
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Jack Epperson
I like my corvette. I have two a 98 and a 90. Both run very good. I like everythang about a corvette.

Off topic question but I have been wondering how comfortable the ride/handling is in the 90 style Corvette.

I've heard the C5 & C6 are the only comfortable rides as far as the generations go. Does the 90 (C4 right) handle as well?
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 09:07 AM
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to me the worst part of owning the car is the fact that there are so many others on teh road, there is a LOT here in houston, so its not a special sight. Fbodies are much more rare then vettes in my daily driving routine.

I see one fbody for every 20 vettes
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