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Got the wife a 01 Millenium Yellow Vette and traded in the mercedes.
NEVER AGAIN will I own a benz. Been the worst car I have ever owned (well maybe not the worst) but it was pretty bad.
Pick up new ride tonight

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Some Shots,
Does anyone have one of these C5 Vettes on here? I figured a few of you guys would, Going to put some Headers, X pipe and Billy Boat exhaust on her first.

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More shots

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I dont know what the deal is with that DVD player but it does not have a radio in it, Just a DVD player so that stupid thing has to come out.
This is my wifes grocery getter, not some cross country motor coach!

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Nice score Jay. I like the color too. Congrats!

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Thanks bro!
I got a great deal on it so I could not turn it down, Was not really even looking for a car but the lease on the benz was almost up and this just popped up and I called. I figured it would be too much coin but actually costs me less in insurance for the vette than the benz, and the payment was 270 a month LESS than the least figure on the benz and I OWN this not lease so I said SCREW IT, Save about 300 bones a month AND have a vette, (which I can work on and do the things I could not do or want to do on the benz) so Hell I dove in and bought it.
Eloan for the financing 8.05% for 60
Twist my arm, and yell at me, We decided to pull the trigger, More money for the APACHE now LOLOL
J

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I run a B&B on my Denali...very good pipes.100% SS great welds.Nice deep mellow tone without being over bearing.

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I ran a Borla XR-1 Exhaust. Great sound. I actually removed the muffler and put an x-pipe in its place and just had the high performance cats mellowing down the sound. Just sold it when I purchased the 357.

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A Corvette and an Apache, what any proud American should own... (A Cig would work too!)

Congrats and tell her to beat the snot out of it! :D

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:evilb:
Im not going to go as nuts with this as I did with my 98 Ram Air Trans Am WS6 that I had. But Headers, X pipe and exhaust will get done, few little freebie mods, Air intake mod, new K&N setup maybe,
No Yank Torque converters, Computer Hypertech programmers, Cams and valve springs and stuff like that.
Just want it to run well and sound good for the wife, Dont need an 11.85 Car sitting in the driveway that goes to the food store 1 time a week and to Fed Ex Kinko's twice a week. Not worth it but ya know, jazz it up a bit!
Will be a fun car from what I hear from other vette owners.
My heart still lies with the apache though.
This is hard to beat ya know?

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What kind of MB and problems did you have?

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Papi got a new 03 zo6....only kept it a few months, then got new m3, then prosche turbo ..then had to sell to finish the cig :D ...the zo6 by far had the most thrilling acceleration, and best tone. I would do anything to ride in a new zo6 with 505 horsies :evilb: :evilb: :evilb: Major Congrats on the purchase, the last merc we had was a new 500sl, and was a freakin mess....electrical suked azz...lemon :rolleyes: Definately a schweet car ye got especially with the yellow. b-e-a-utiful :D

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Sl500
The seal around the windshield broke, and its filled with what smells like Kerosene fuel, The antenna broke, that was 850 bones, rotors cant really be turned cause they are too thin when they are made to take off 15-30 thousanths so they needed to be replaced, Nice and pricey, The padding for fire extinguishing snapped up under the hood got wet, well it fell apart like melting ice cream in an attic on a hot sunny day. Just started ripping and just did not stop until it fell off in tons of pieces all over the engine and I had to pick it all out and use the air hose and blow the rest of it off of everything. Just a very VERY high maintenance car from oil changes all the way up, Oh yeah the fluid filled motor mounts decided to leak all of their fluid out and collapse so that needed to be replaced. Just tons of things went wrong, Car only has 52 thousand miles on it and its a 98. (square body style not the new new one)
Great acceleration out of the car, great handling, great suspension but all these problems add up to a major headache and getting parts shipped from Germany is a pain in the rump waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting while your car sits at the dealer for a week or so waiting for parts to come in.

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Hey......I pissed that color one time!! :eek: :D





























I gotta get a new job or somethin'.....exactly what are you doing for money Jay?!!! :eek: :D

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Nice car ;)
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nothing really.
Im actually SAVING money each month by buying this vette so think of it as being a "cheaper" car like downgrading to a 12 year old saturn or something.
But im not downgrading that far LOL.

Benz is too posh and yuppie for me, F that, I'm like your brother too much, yeah wife, nice car, me Fire breathing street monster is fine with me to drive around in no problem.

Oh and the secret is I have no bills, I have the Mortgage, and the note on the apache, I have no credit cards, I have no dumb loans out on garbage, I dont finance furniture or TV sets, I dont pay off crap with my house and then run up crap again and try to ReFi the house again to pay off my crap. I dont really buy anything, Have the Vette now (well tonight Ill have it) Have the 77 TA in the garage, paid cash for that, Have the wave runner, house and the Apache.
When you dont have to spend about 800-1200 a month in % fees and finance charges and yearly fees for credit cards and all this other garbage your dollar goes further my friend!!!
I have a work paid cell phone, Vonage for a house phone, Basic Cable, Cable modem, No kids, (Thats probably a big one right there NO KIDS SUCKIN ME DRY FOR MY $ LOL)
Just me and the wife and a 7 lb dog that costs about 45 cents a day to feed.
John, now you know the secret to being a toy master!!

Actually no matter how much you got, there is someone out there that always has more.
J

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Nice Vette Jay. I didn't realize the came in any other color besides RED :D

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Cal, whats up buddy? Hey you ever coming down here? If so have to take you out on the Apache bro!

Some shots of the new toy. In stock form with an advertised 350 HP (so so, somewhat respectable) she gets up and moves but I have to tell you too damn quiet. She needs to breathe. I want to do the exhaust sooner than later but I must pull the headers and the tailpipes off the boat, I have another crack in the Stellings I need to find and have my welder go to town on. Boat first but then I think the vette is going to be up in the air for a day getting some new pipes!
Anyone have an in at Billy Boat exhaust? Want a custom set of pipes made.
I Love their quad oval tips but I dont want any mufflers, F that, Mufflers are for wimps. With no emissions down here it works for me!!!!!!