A confession
08-20-2012, 03:50 PM
#22
Corvette C5 Enthusiast
Here is my story:
I bought an 03 Z06 brand new.
I brought it home and my gf asked me if that was the last I was gonna see of her for the weekend.
I asked her,"Why?"
She says,"I had crazy sex plans"
(I think she was just testing).
So.........
I didn't see the car for two days, got all my meals served to me in bed, and I didn't regret getting my priorities straightened out, so to speak.
Car was still there on Monday.
I bought an 03 Z06 brand new.
I brought it home and my gf asked me if that was the last I was gonna see of her for the weekend.
I asked her,"Why?"
She says,"I had crazy sex plans"
(I think she was just testing).So.........
I didn't see the car for two days, got all my meals served to me in bed, and I didn't regret getting my priorities straightened out, so to speak.
Car was still there on Monday.
08-20-2012, 04:00 PM
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Not odd at all !
I'm younger that you Scott, butnot too much and I have done all sorts of things to my 2003, but I drive it too. I'm retired and so I don't have to sit for hours in gridlock traffic jams, but the evenings and weekends are all mine and soon we're going ona lifelong trip all down the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway and hopefully to catch the "Tail of the dragon" on a weekend. These are Great cars, I bought my first when I ws 18 in 1968 and only had it till I was drafted a year and a half later. But since then I've always had one, been a member of NCRS for a good long time and a member here and with my Corvette club, DVCC and have only recently joined them. But these are the best days of our lives, Don't be afraid of the drive !
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08-20-2012, 04:06 PM
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08-20-2012, 04:53 PM
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No, you're not alone. I've owned nine Vettes over the past 28 years and I still make excuses for going out in the garage and taking a peek at my car.
08-20-2012, 05:07 PM
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62 here
.. been a 3d artist for decades and recently retired
Always enjoy looking at a beatiful design,
ie: the P-51D, the Spit 9, the B-17g .. etc.
My C-5 fits that category .. just easy to look at,
amazing curves, form that follows function,
..just a damn fine automobile.
The icing is bein able to climb in and fire it up,
..grab a lil rubber into second off a lite ..
..get a thumbs up or comment almost anywhere
..even the Hooter's girls came out
to get a photo with it one fine day.
Wife was laughin about it
Still makes me smile every time I walk out to it,
because I know what's comin.
-Frank aka GE
.. been a 3d artist for decades and recently retired
Always enjoy looking at a beatiful design,
ie: the P-51D, the Spit 9, the B-17g .. etc.
My C-5 fits that category .. just easy to look at,
amazing curves, form that follows function,
..just a damn fine automobile.
The icing is bein able to climb in and fire it up,
..grab a lil rubber into second off a lite ..
..get a thumbs up or comment almost anywhere
..even the Hooter's girls came out
to get a photo with it one fine day.
Wife was laughin about it
Still makes me smile every time I walk out to it,
because I know what's comin.
-Frank aka GE
08-20-2012, 09:00 PM
#30
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Absolutely know what you're talking about. I find myself looking out the window all the time at work and at home to see it. Waited a long time to get it and I'm sure going to enjoy it as much as possible. It may just be a car... But it is one hell of a car.
08-20-2012, 10:24 PM
#31
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First One at 55
I can relate too, baby boys in college so pops bought a vette !! My wife likes to play the game how many steps can I walk before I turn around and look back at it when we go somewhere !!!! lol 
Also have 6' rack of mf towels, paper towels and the lastest recommended corvette forum sprays, polishes, and products !! Oh yeah dont dry your mf towels with fabric softener sheets.....lol
Also have 6' rack of mf towels, paper towels and the lastest recommended corvette forum sprays, polishes, and products !! Oh yeah dont dry your mf towels with fabric softener sheets.....lol
08-20-2012, 11:30 PM
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Boy oh boy so this is what you call a Garage Queen it sounds
more like a garage mistress.
more like a garage mistress.
08-20-2012, 11:41 PM
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08-20-2012, 11:43 PM
#36
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64 years young, on my 9th Vette. The "queen" is dusted every day, detailed once a week and shines like a diamond. I just go to the garage to look at it for a few minutes and then smile and go upstairs. I return within a short while. The good thing about getting older is you get up at night often. Not a problem, since the Vette smiles when I look at her
08-20-2012, 11:54 PM
#37
Safety Car
i have had mine for almost 2 years now..and i still find my self..going over every lil inch of her..or find my self just looking at the lines on the car to see how the lights reflects of her...so your not alone
08-21-2012, 12:22 AM
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only 52 but, got to go out an take a look at my two girls a couple times a day. The 2000 hardtop is a bitch*n babe with 425 rwhp that love a lot of attention while the '89 vert is a sleek mistress w/ only 25K on the clock that only wish and only takes a small all amout of attention. Both are beauties in their own right, and I proud to have them both.
08-21-2012, 04:42 AM
#39
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I'm only 27, but I find myself making excuses to go into the garage. And sometimes when the wife and I are ready to head upstairs for the night I'll take one last peak before bed.
It's an addiction. I find the pride and excitement for car enthusiasts is similar to the excitement building up to a big vacation or something. You want to be around it, you want to talk about it. It's just more than a car to us. It's a feeling, a memory, a spirited drive. Whatever it is, it's linked to that beautiful machine. So, we stare. We admire the body lines and get sentimental about the perfect harmony of the visual and the audible -- the fusion of art and brute machine.
Answer your question, haha.
It's an addiction. I find the pride and excitement for car enthusiasts is similar to the excitement building up to a big vacation or something. You want to be around it, you want to talk about it. It's just more than a car to us. It's a feeling, a memory, a spirited drive. Whatever it is, it's linked to that beautiful machine. So, we stare. We admire the body lines and get sentimental about the perfect harmony of the visual and the audible -- the fusion of art and brute machine.
Answer your question, haha.
Very well put I solute you sir!
08-21-2012, 04:59 AM
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I'm an old fart (69 next week) but had wanted a Vette since I was ten and the first 53 came off the line. I fulfilled that dream last fall with a pewter 2000 coupe. Now the confession. I find myself sitting down on a lawn chair in the garage and just "looking" at the d*** thing more often that most people would consider "normal." Tell me I'm not alone in this folly.
Scott
Scott