Recent content by Matt Robinson

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    Possibly buying a 1996 Collectors Edition...a Florida car

    How many of you have vettes with stick??? General consensus among friends and family is if you want to drive a sports car it should be stick.. This 1986 vette also has the Z51 performance handling package...which is nice. Matt
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    Possibly buying a 1996 Collectors Edition...a Florida car

    <$25K way beyond my budget. But as I was looking for a nice C4 a beautiful '86 in red presented itself..quite close by too. Bright red..fresh paint done by a professional that specializes on vettes...very well maintained. Has all the service receipts and was in same family since new. Sellers...
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    Possibly buying a 1996 Collectors Edition...a Florida car

    I wonder why it hasn't yet sold..I think the price is right for the car Am I right?
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    Possibly buying a 1996 Collectors Edition...a Florida car

    I wish I could disguise myself..I was that potential buyer who ran the Carfax.
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    Possibly buying a 1996 Collectors Edition...a Florida car

    I'm wondering if anyone here would look up the 1996 CE on Autotrader.ca and reply asking if still available. I still like that car. Its in Brampton.
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    Possibly buying a 1996 Collectors Edition...a Florida car

    I got the Carfax report and it was clean...I wanted to buy the car...however the owner of the CE insisted he didn't need the UVIP to make a transaction. I'm pretty sure you do as you need to have it at ServiceOntario when you register the car. He became adamnant to the point of 4-letter words so...
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    Possibly buying a 1996 Collectors Edition...a Florida car

    I posted here a while back about buying a 1986 White coupe which as it turns out needs more work than this car is worth in my mind. There were no records and its steering rack needs to be replaced.Mileage is 221K kilometers. But the experience of learning from this vette and plenty of research...
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    Hello from Mississauga..need some advice too...

    This 'vette had actually been recently appraised but seem to be more from a collectors value standpoint. I have a copy of the appraisal..he goes mostly into detail on condition(originality) etc as opposed to mechanical. He did make a few general notes mechanically..mainly that one of the...
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    Hello from Mississauga..need some advice too...

    Hello from Mississauga. My name is Matt and I have very recently become interested in Corvettes. I have always wanted a sports car just for summer putzing around. Until now little British MGB's or a Tr-6 were the fave ...but...try and find a good affordable one. So...I have my eye on a 1986...