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Geof180 · 07-04-2009

i am sorry guys, but i am guilty here... as i actually drive my car..

i go out to a show each friday night here in dayton (across from the greene shopping center) to show the Z.. i always park next to my buddy's 06 Viper..

anyways, the first question out of other Vette owners' mouths is always "how many miles do you have on her?"

geof: umm, close to 75K

them: *picking themselves up off the pavement* how can you do that to a car like this?

geof: it's easy, i love to drive it

them: but it's so clean

geof: yeah, i take care of my cars... i really enjoy owning it.. i think everyone should see a ZR-1 in person - and besides, it's just so much fun to drive

them: well, i have an 04 (for example) with 1000 miles on it.. i just enjoy looking at it and taking it to cruise-ins... you are supposed to do that with a car like this

geof: *thinking to himself* poor car... hmm, 1 of 30000 made, huh?

so guys and gals, i am sorry...i do drive it.. wait - hell no i'm not sorry... i love driving this thing!!

LGAFF · 07-04-2009

I was at Culver's last night with my daugher getting something to eat, there was a couple with 2 kids sitting at an outside table. One of the kids, about 4 years old, was standing on the curb. I started up the car and the little kid says to his dad....."Dad I think thats a race car." As the parking lot is on a downward slope, I rev it up alittle to back out. The little kid turns to his dad this time almost yelling...."Dad, thats definately a race car"

See even those who don't know, know the Z is something special!

tomtom72 · 07-04-2009

Okay, truth time for me too.

Hi my name is Tom, aka tomtom72. I own a C4 1990 ZR-1............ and I'm a I-drive-my-ZR-1-aholic!

Yes, it's been driven thru rain.....I even like to do that 'cause I have GS-D3's!
Yes, it's a real ZR-1 and I drive it as much as I can, it's fun and very satisfying!
Yes, I go to show & shines.
Yes, I know she has road rash. I put it there. I drive her, but I enter charity shows anyway.
I even won a trophy in the C4 class at the last charity show I took her to.

I would rather be driving her than sitting in a chair at a show...for very long anyway.
I do not want to cure my ZR-1 driving addiction. I'm sorry, well, not really.

jonszr1 · 07-04-2009

bought my 90 in 03 with 56k miles on her she now has 159k and going strong.she still goes to the dragstrip when ever i can .after 2 runs there are allway alot of folk lookin at her in the staging lanes asking tons of ?s.i bought one also for my late wife .a white 92 snat callaway i call farrah as she grabs all the atten where ever she goes . with the coilovers and brembo brakes shes a blst to drive . rick and i on the way back froms coreys took turns driving her and we both got her sideways on the freeway off ramps . you can have the new cars its a zr1 addiction for me

Paul Workman · 07-04-2009

I'd like to chime in, but I'm too busy finishing up my "winter" mods

...so she'll go mo bettah at the strip (and sound good too!).

BTW, the amount of junk stripped outta her is starting to pile up! (Secondaries - good riddance!), the A.I.R system (better keep that in case I change states or something), razor sharp #@!##$* heat shields, factory exhaust manifolds and cats, the Borla cat-back...U get the picture!

As someone (here?) once said: "Some are waxers, and some just wipe the blood off!" I guess I be more like the latter!

P.

-=Jeff=- · 07-04-2009

Great Story Geof...

It was great to meet you at Bloomington Gold too

GOLDCYLON · 07-04-2009

Im a daily driver. I dont feel guilty I feel Good!!! Best damn car I have ever owned!!! If you want a garage queen fine im down with that as NCRS is there for a reason to preserve the original example of the car. I beleive if you drive it actually a lot of problems WILL not happen. Great story, Great hobby and damn great folks involved in it.

bobbyhi · 07-04-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

I'd like to chime in, but I'm too busy finishing up my "winter" mods

...so she'll go mo bettah at the strip (and sound good too!).

BTW, the amount of junk stripped outta her is starting to pile up! (Secondaries - good riddance!), the A.I.R system (better keep that in case I change states or something), razor sharp #@!##$* heat shields, factory exhaust manifolds and cats, the Borla cat-back...U get the picture!

As someone (here?) once said: "Some are waxers, and some just wipe the blood off!" I guess I be more like the latter!

P.

Well I wipe the blood off before I become a waxer. Alot of us on here are both.............I show mine all the time and I drive the crap out of her every day possible. Over 70K on the clock and still waxing!!!

Norsky4360 · 07-04-2009

Bought "The Beast" in the fall of '06 with just 7,500 miles on the odo. It is up over 15,000 now and has seen both rain and snow (same day while in the Rockies). It doesn't get driven as much as I like it to but it sure does draw attention at the Thursday night cruise-in.

White Bullet · 07-05-2009

Let see am I addicted to driving the Z?

1. Always looking for an excuse to drive it? Yes.

2. Do I need a navigation system? No because I do not care if I get lost while driving.

3. Gas to fill it up is going up again. I do not care filler up? Oh yea!

4. Do loud sounds bother me? Nope love the sound of the beast at full throttle and I will still wave as I go by.

Diagnoses: Addicated! Yep! See you on the road,

Plus I still keep her clean and waxed. It is easier to get the bugs off.

07-04-2009	#1
Geof180 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 34	guilty as charged i am sorry guys, but i am guilty here... as i actually drive my car.. i go out to a show each friday night here in dayton (across from the greene shopping center) to show the Z.. i always park next to my buddy's 06 Viper.. anyways, the first question out of other Vette owners' mouths is always "how many miles do you have on her?" geof: umm, close to 75K them: picking themselves up off the pavement how can you do that to a car like this? geof: it's easy, i love to drive it them: but it's so clean geof: yeah, i take care of my cars... i really enjoy owning it.. i think everyone should see a ZR-1 in person - and besides, it's just so much fun to drive them: well, i have an 04 (for example) with 1000 miles on it.. i just enjoy looking at it and taking it to cruise-ins... you are supposed to do that with a car like this geof: thinking to himself poor car... hmm, 1 of 30000 made, huh? so guys and gals, i am sorry...i do drive it.. wait - hell no i'm not sorry... i love driving this thing!! __________________ [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Geof[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]1994 torch red on light beige ZR-1 #107 [/SIZE][SIZE=1](thanks Nick)[/SIZE][/FONT]

07-04-2009	#2
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Re: guilty as charged I was at Culver's last night with my daugher getting something to eat, there was a couple with 2 kids sitting at an outside table. One of the kids, about 4 years old, was standing on the curb. I started up the car and the little kid says to his dad....."Dad I think thats a race car." As the parking lot is on a downward slope, I rev it up alittle to back out. The little kid turns to his dad this time almost yelling...."Dad, thats definately a race car" See even those who don't know, know the Z is something special! __________________ LGAFF 90 #966-150K miles-sold 92 #234-sold 1987 Callaway TT #17 1991 ZR-1 #1359

07-04-2009	#3
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,645	Re: guilty as charged Okay, truth time for me too. Hi my name is Tom, aka tomtom72. I own a C4 1990 ZR-1............ and I'm a I-drive-my-ZR-1-aholic! Yes, it's been driven thru rain.....I even like to do that 'cause I have GS-D3's! Yes, it's a real ZR-1 and I drive it as much as I can, it's fun and very satisfying! Yes, I go to show & shines. Yes, I know she has road rash. I put it there. I drive her, but I enter charity shows anyway. I even won a trophy in the C4 class at the last charity show I took her to. I would rather be driving her than sitting in a chair at a show...for very long anyway. I do not want to cure my ZR-1 driving addiction. I'm sorry, well, not really. __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member

07-04-2009	#4
jonszr1 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes Posts: 1,407	Re: guilty as charged bought my 90 in 03 with 56k miles on her she now has 159k and going strong.she still goes to the dragstrip when ever i can .after 2 runs there are allway alot of folk lookin at her in the staging lanes asking tons of ?s.i bought one also for my late wife .a white 92 snat callaway i call farrah as she grabs all the atten where ever she goes . with the coilovers and brembo brakes shes a blst to drive . rick and i on the way back froms coreys took turns driving her and we both got her sideways on the freeway off ramps . you can have the new cars its a zr1 addiction for me

07-04-2009	#5
Paul Workman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri Posts: 6,493	Re: guilty as charged I'd like to chime in, but I'm too busy finishing up my "winter" mods...so she'll go mo bettah at the strip (and sound good too!). BTW, the amount of junk stripped outta her is starting to pile up! (Secondaries - good riddance!), the A.I.R system (better keep that in case I change states or something), razor sharp #@!##$* heat shields, factory exhaust manifolds and cats, the Borla cat-back...U get the picture! As someone (here?) once said: "Some are waxers, and some just wipe the blood off!" I guess I be more like the latter! P. __________________ Good carz, good food, good friendz = the best of timez! 90 #1202 "FBI" top end ported & relieved Cam timing by "Pete the Greek" Sans secondaries Chip & dyno tuning by Haibeck Automotive SW headers, X-pipe, MF muffs Former Secretary, ZR-1 Net Registry

07-04-2009	#6
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,161	Re: guilty as charged Great Story Geof... It was great to meet you at Bloomington Gold too __________________ 1990 Corvette ZR-1 #1051 Watson Headers (2" Primary) - Flowmaster Cats - Borla Catback Late Model IH - Plenum Coilovers - 4.10s Custom Interior NCM Lifetime Member #978

07-04-2009	#7
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,154	Re: guilty as charged Im a daily driver. I dont feel guilty I feel Good!!! Best damn car I have ever owned!!! If you want a garage queen fine im down with that as NCRS is there for a reason to preserve the original example of the car. I beleive if you drive it actually a lot of problems WILL not happen. Great story, Great hobby and damn great folks involved in it. __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V

07-04-2009	#9
Norsky4360 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 115	Re: guilty as charged Bought "The Beast" in the fall of '06 with just 7,500 miles on the odo. It is up over 15,000 now and has seen both rain and snow (same day while in the Rockies). It doesn't get driven as much as I like it to but it sure does draw attention at the Thursday night cruise-in. __________________ [IMG]http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/401_500/419/thorsten_norge.gif[/IMG] [B][I]Jim O. [COLOR=white]..............[/COLOR][IMG]http://www.c3vr.com/forum/smileys/smiley27.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/401_500/419/driving1.gif[/IMG] "[COLOR=red]The Toys[/COLOR]" [/I][/B] ...'90 ZR-1.......'70 roadster.......'78 Trans Am.... [I][B][URL="http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/401_500/419/TheToyII_102_852.jpg"][IMG]http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/401_500/419/TheToyII_104_65.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/401_500/419/TheToy.jpg"][IMG]http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/401_500/419/Itsa70_36a2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/401_500/419/PICT3106a.JPG"][IMG]http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/401_500/419/PICT3106a_sig.JPG[/IMG][/URL] [/B][/I] (click on each to see a larger version) [I][B][COLOR=red]Save the Wave...!!! [IMG]http://www.c3vr.com/images/smilesani/wavey.gif[/IMG][/COLOR][/B][/I]

07-05-2009	#10
White Bullet Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Gainesville GA Posts: 231	Re: guilty as charged Let see am I addicted to driving the Z? 1. Always looking for an excuse to drive it? Yes. 2. Do I need a navigation system? No because I do not care if I get lost while driving. 3. Gas to fill it up is going up again. I do not care filler up? Oh yea! 4. Do loud sounds bother me? Nope love the sound of the beast at full throttle and I will still wave as I go by. Diagnoses: Addicated! Yep! See you on the road, Plus I still keep her clean and waxed. It is easier to get the bugs off. __________________ 1991 ZR1, White/Red.