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ghlkal · 04-27-2016

Good for you. It sounds like it was worth the wait, eh?

Demps · 04-27-2016

Congrats!

What # is it?

Ted

Tripler · 04-28-2016

I think it is #193 1995 . 2 Dunn heads confirmed .

Tripler · 04-28-2016

Today we drive the car down the highway for a bit to use up old fuel and add some new stuff . Hoping to go through 2 tanks which I am sure we will do easily . Doing a stop and go highway run first heading east , then a westward 2 hr freeway run back home .

thirstyzr1 · 04-28-2016

Beautiful machine....enjoy

Tripler · 04-28-2016

Well I was so surprised . That car gets amazing gas mileage . I think we were able to at least use up one tank and a bit more of fuel . We were babying the car tho because we are ZR-1 newbs lol . A few more drives and I think I'll get the hang of it . All that rubber really moves the car around . I settled on Sport being the best all round setting for highway and street driving .

I have only ever driven 4 and 5 speed transmissions and they were all Honda's / Hyundai's and Susuki's so bit of a huge difference right there . The visual out of the car is quite something . I was going to install a backup camera but there is no need . Backing up is quite easy and there are literally no blind spots with this vehicle . The last C4 I drove had a roll cage in it so with a cage not being there I was very impressed with line of site .

Other than that the drive was great . Some 2 lane roads to our destination and home via the 401 . Kinda tired now . Probably from the excitement of being in a ZR-1 and not from the drive lol ...

G-Sting · 04-28-2016

Cool stories of Z-driving good times. Congrats!!

Tripler · 04-29-2016

Thanks guys . The car is something special indeed ...
Really fun to drive ...

rush91 · 04-29-2016

Congrats on the new to you Beast!! Everyone knows that the Polo Green ones are the fastest

I babied mine for the first couple of drives as well. But then said to myself, you gotta exercise those secondaries, and stretch her legs now and then. Every time I get in mine I smile.....Welcome to the club and congrats on the beautiful Z. You will find people turn their heads, pull even with you on the highway to get a look. Even pumping gas you will get " awesome Corvette or is that really a ZR-1?"

Tripler · 04-29-2016

Greens are the fastest eh ! I knew it

Awesome ...

I did my first little tuneup to the car just a few days before we picked it up . The usual culprit of the torn gas fill location boot . Very easy to do but I was so nervous , my hands were shaking because I was actually working on a ZR-1 . A very simple task . 4 screws , lift off the fill lid , remove the torn ruuber fill boot , install new one and not forget drain hose to remove rain water so as not to go inside the fuel filler . There was a little bit of rust around the fuel gauge/filtre bolt assembly so I laced it with some WD40 and let that soak in a bit before I placed the new rubber ...

04-27-2016	#11
ghlkal Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 887	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Good for you. It sounds like it was worth the wait, eh? __________________ 1990 ZR-1 #2180 Red/Black Many of the usual mods for 460HP, tuned by Marc Haibeck ZR-1 Net Registry Member #1548

04-27-2016	#12
Demps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Niceville Posts: 998	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Congrats! What # is it? Ted

04-28-2016	#13
Tripler Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Toronto Posts: 716	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z I think it is #193 1995 . 2 Dunn heads confirmed .

04-28-2016	#14
Tripler Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Toronto Posts: 716	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Today we drive the car down the highway for a bit to use up old fuel and add some new stuff . Hoping to go through 2 tanks which I am sure we will do easily . Doing a stop and go highway run first heading east , then a westward 2 hr freeway run back home .

04-28-2016	#15
thirstyzr1 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ontario Posts: 111	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Beautiful machine....enjoy

04-28-2016	#16
Tripler Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Toronto Posts: 716	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Well I was so surprised . That car gets amazing gas mileage . I think we were able to at least use up one tank and a bit more of fuel . We were babying the car tho because we are ZR-1 newbs lol . A few more drives and I think I'll get the hang of it . All that rubber really moves the car around . I settled on Sport being the best all round setting for highway and street driving . I have only ever driven 4 and 5 speed transmissions and they were all Honda's / Hyundai's and Susuki's so bit of a huge difference right there . The visual out of the car is quite something . I was going to install a backup camera but there is no need . Backing up is quite easy and there are literally no blind spots with this vehicle . The last C4 I drove had a roll cage in it so with a cage not being there I was very impressed with line of site . Other than that the drive was great . Some 2 lane roads to our destination and home via the 401 . Kinda tired now . Probably from the excitement of being in a ZR-1 and not from the drive lol ...

04-28-2016	#17
G-Sting Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Kentucky Posts: 363	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Cool stories of Z-driving good times. Congrats!! __________________ '94 ZR1 LT5 - Dark Red Metallic '79 L82 4-speeds of fun '96 LT1 Borla, H-pipe, TB, CAI (Sold) "An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered." -- G.K. Chesterton

04-29-2016	#18
Tripler Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Toronto Posts: 716	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Thanks guys . The car is something special indeed ... Really fun to drive ...

04-29-2016	#19
rush91 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Carterville Illinois Posts: 849	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Congrats on the new to you Beast!! Everyone knows that the Polo Green ones are the fastest I babied mine for the first couple of drives as well. But then said to myself, you gotta exercise those secondaries, and stretch her legs now and then. Every time I get in mine I smile.....Welcome to the club and congrats on the beautiful Z. You will find people turn their heads, pull even with you on the highway to get a look. Even pumping gas you will get " awesome Corvette or is that really a ZR-1?"

04-29-2016	#20
Tripler Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Toronto Posts: 716	Re: OUR NEW BABY BOUNCING Z Greens are the fastest eh ! I knew it Awesome ... I did my first little tuneup to the car just a few days before we picked it up . The usual culprit of the torn gas fill location boot . Very easy to do but I was so nervous , my hands were shaking because I was actually working on a ZR-1 . A very simple task . 4 screws , lift off the fill lid , remove the torn ruuber fill boot , install new one and not forget drain hose to remove rain water so as not to go inside the fuel filler . There was a little bit of rust around the fuel gauge/filtre bolt assembly so I laced it with some WD40 and let that soak in a bit before I placed the new rubber ...