Have driven the car around my back-roads circuit in Waco, TX. For those that are curious...it is Hewitt Dr. -> Spring Valley -> Old Lorena Rd. -> Hwy 84 -> Hwy 6 -> 35 South -> Hewitt Dr. Plenty of opportunity to get up to the speed limit in a timely fashion.
Spent my first night in the garage tinkering on it. Removed the playboy bunny emblem. Removed the "CORVETTE" decal and used Goo-Gone and then a quick polish to remove the residue on the windshield. Probably could have just polished first -- it worked great. Next, I installed my Infinity Basslink sub-woofer using the installed wiring the previous owner left. It does fit in the compartment behind the driver wheel so does not take up hardly anything in the trunk.
Also just received a new gas cap. The original one no longer tightens correctly and leaks fumes out -- apparently you can lose a gallon of gas in a few weeks through the cap.
Car looks much better now! New pics soon.
[Parts]:
Stant Gas Cap 10836..........$28.46 (1 day shipped)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Purchase and Arrival
I bought the corvette on March 28th, 2011 at the Texell Credit Union in Killeen, Tx. The former owner's name was Alan and was a military trainer based in Ft. Hood. He owned three corvettes: his, his wife's, and this one was for his 17 year old daughter. She owned it for about a month before she lost her privilege to own it. Two days after posting it on Craigslist it was sold!
Amy and I had spent the entire weekend up in Ft. Worth and Dallas looking at three different cars: one 2003 cobra and two corvettes. They all had most of what I wanted in my next car but none of them had it all. That Sunday night is when I came home and found this corvette just posted. The site I used was (http://www.jaxed.com) which is great for checking Craigslist, Ebay, etc.
How do I know a 17 year old girl was driving it? The car had a playboy bunny emblem on the back, carbon-fiber twin-blade wipers, and a big wrinkled "CORVETTE" sticker on the windshield. Enough said.
Mileage: 68,500.
Avg. MPG: 17.1 (previous owner's value)
Amy and I had spent the entire weekend up in Ft. Worth and Dallas looking at three different cars: one 2003 cobra and two corvettes. They all had most of what I wanted in my next car but none of them had it all. That Sunday night is when I came home and found this corvette just posted. The site I used was (http://www.jaxed.com) which is great for checking Craigslist, Ebay, etc.
How do I know a 17 year old girl was driving it? The car had a playboy bunny emblem on the back, carbon-fiber twin-blade wipers, and a big wrinkled "CORVETTE" sticker on the windshield. Enough said.
Mileage: 68,500.
Avg. MPG: 17.1 (previous owner's value)
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