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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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Brought her home today (the car, not my wife. Well, I brought her home too, but...nevermind). Won't have much chance to drive her this weekend, since we're running all over town for Easter tomorrow and we won't be in the best parts of town while visiting family.

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2006 Coupe
Black (obviously)
4807 miles (not a misprint)
Glass top
Manual transmission
Z51 package
3LT option package ("That sombitch is LOADED!")

I freaking love it! I was looking for an Atomic Orange or LeMans Blue, but this was too good a deal to pass up. It's a totally different animal from the Camaro. Very smooth ride, handles great, and is a techie-geek's dream. All kinds of crap to play with.

More pics will no doubt follow, once I have a chance.

It may be a while before I do the !stupidgrin mod.


-Mike
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Awesome find!!!!!!!

Congrats!!!
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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Congrats Mike! Nice car, sounds exactly like my old one. ('07 3LT M6 Z51)
Did your old car sell?





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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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congrats on your new car
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 12:08 AM
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congrats
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Sarge_13
Congrats Mike! Nice car, sounds exactly like my old one. ('07 3LT M6 Z51)
Did your old car sell?


Chris
Yep. Sold it last week to another board member. He seems really happy with it, and I think we both walked away from that deal happy.

He's selling the wheels and tires, if anyone's interested (link).

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I still can't believe I actually pulled the trigger on this deal!


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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:12 AM
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Did you happen to buy this car from corvettes of Houston?
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:51 AM
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Did you happen to buy this car from corvettes of Houston?
Yes. Why? Are you going to tell me you know the previous owner and it was found at the bottom of a lake? If so, please don't tell me that. It would make me very depressed.

(for the record, I ran my own Carfax on this car before purchasing it, and it came up clean. I'm joking about the lake thing)


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car looks good man! i'm fighting off the urge for a C6 myself. damn i want one of those cars
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:40 AM
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very nice car! enjoy it!
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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very nice car! congrats
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 09:35 AM
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 10:04 AM
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Very nice and its the best color!
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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Congrats on your new toy!!!!! Very nice
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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Congrats Mike the new car looks great!
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 12:30 PM
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hell yeah, congrats! nice ride
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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Verrrrry nice car Mike. Congrats!
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by chupr0kabra
Yes. Why? Are you going to tell me you know the previous owner and it was found at the bottom of a lake? If so, please don't tell me that. It would make me very depressed.

(for the record, I ran my own Carfax on this car before purchasing it, and it came up clean. I'm joking about the lake thing)


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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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Car looks good man!
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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great pick up mike!
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