So I have 2 stories to tell.
The first one involves my '03 triple black 6 sp vert. I had been looking, nothing serious and no real intention to buy a vette. Checking out autotrader and kijiji ads, a friend and I would go for drives on the weekends and visit various dealerships around Toronto and the GTA for something to do. Looking at Porsche, Ferrari, Mercedes, Jaguar, Ford, Dodge, Chev, etc. We were driving past this Acura dealership in the west end when I noticed the '03 on the lot. I decided to pull in and just look. Well, as soon as I got a good look, I decided to buy the car. Turns out, it was owned by the Acura dealers sales manager whom just parked it on the lot, not really to sell. At least that's his story. After about an hour, we made the deal and I was the owner of the '03, no mods, with under 53,000km.
I sold it 2 years later to pick up and Anniversary Edition '03 which the seller changed his mind and decided not to sell.
So my search was on again. I had been looking for about 3 years to replace my '03 triple black 6sp vert. I had a couple of cars slip thru my fingers as I couldn't decide on the spot to take them, and I had one sell on me before I even got to it.
So I was looking at this '04 triple black vert at a dealer in a neighboring town when a salesman from another dealer I knew walked out of the showroom. We exchanged pleasantries and some chit chat and I told him I was looking at the '04. While the dealer I was at was searching for the keys (they never did find it while I was there), the other salesman mentioned that he just got in an '05 that very day on a trade and if I wanted to come up and see it.
The price was a few $$$ out of my budget and really didn't think twice about it.
So after about 30 minutes of searching, I finally gave up waiting and told the guy to call me when they found the keys as I was really interested in the '04.
On the way home, something made me stop at the other dealer to "check out" the '05. As I pulled into the driveway, I could make out the left rear tail lights of the car. I knew as soon as I saw those lights, that car would be mine.
But me being me, I never make an emotional impulse buy so I walked away from the car telling him I'd think about it. 18 hours later, 9am the next day, I called up the salesguy, made a reasonable offer and they accepted.
And that's how I got my '05 triple black 6sp vert. Car was bone stock, no mods and under 42,000km and had all the options, except 1 which I gave in on. I decided the Z51 option wasn't something that I really needed as I didn't plan to track the car. The car stock is plenty powerful and performs very well as it is.
So it was pure happinstance that the salesguy from one dealer, walked out of another dealers showroom. I mean how often does that happen?
