What is the NET… and How Do I Join?

In our last newsletter, I wrote about how the Official C5/C6 Registry Forum could be used by those members who felt their email was too clogged by C5/C6Net messages. Over 80 members have registered for the forum, so please check it out… it’s part of your membership! c5-c6-membership.com/forums_smf/index.php

What Is The C5/C6Net? This is a common question we received from our member surveys that were returned to the Registry Office. The C5/C6Net is an Internet email discussion group available only to Registry members. If you are not familiar with Internet email groups, think of them as an electronic distribution list. A group email address is set up, and any email sent to this address is forwarded to all the members of the list. At any given time there could be several “conversations” going on at once, and you can be involved in all of them! You can discuss topics like upcoming and past events, announce trip plans, set up meetings with members, discuss problems and technical issues, pass along tips, or talk about Corvette parts or sales information. All messages are kept in an archive log for later searching and review by our members. The C5/C6Net is an open forum and rules are enforced to ensure acceptable social behavior. Foul Language and Personal Attacks will not be tolerated and will result in immediate removal from the list. What about Privacy? Many of you have asked for a way to share information without the rest of the Internet being involved — well, the C5/C6Net is your answer. The C5/C6Net is far more secure than your regular email. Only members of the Official C5/C6 Registry may access it and that’s only after the list master has personally approved their subscription. Messages only go to members subscribed on the list. But remember that information has a way of getting disseminated. Please check out this link for the easy subscribing procedure. www.c5registry.com/Members/C5Net/C5Net.htm

On a more personal note, I have been busy putting the miles on my new Corvette, looking for any excuse to drive somewhere, and I just turned 8,000 happy and (mostly) carefree miles. I love looking at my monthly OnStar email report and comparing the average daily miles over the last five months that I’ve owned my C6. You can really tell when my “real” job requires me to travel out of town and the Vette is only used by my hard working wife, Gail, for her daily commute to work . I have experienced one problem with my new vette. I got up one morning and backed out of the garage. The DIC told me that the left rear tire was down to 20 pounds. I checked it out and sure enough there was a large nail inserted all the way to the head, about an inch from the edge of the tire. After driving it to a local tire shop, I was glad that C6’s came standard with runflats! Because of the proximity to the sidewall, this runflat was unrepairable and it would cost about $450 to put on an identical replacement. At this point my brain kicked in and I vaguely remembered buying some sort of tire warranty from my Dealer when I purchased my C6. A quick phone call to my Dealer and they confirmed that I had, in fact, enrolled in a plan that would provide up to four tires over the life of the coverage. An hour later, I had my new Super Car Z51 tire installed and I was on my way! Based on the high cost of these C6 tires, I would highly recommend that you consider such a plan, if offered by your Dealer, because mine has more than paid for itself already.

Let me shift gears here… I recently had a good friend, Thomas Klein from Wuppertal, Germany, travel to the US on business for a few weeks. Thomas has had many fine automobiles in his life (Audi, Mercedes Benz, etc.), but he has never had an opportunity to drive, or should I say experience, a C6 Corvette. So I did what any good friend would do and I put him behind the wheel of my C6 and told him to go have FUN! And he did! He told me later that he did miss the ability to run unhampered by those pesky US speed limits, like he can back home, but he managed some impressive driving nonetheless. Chalk up another European convert for the Corvette!! As always, I welcome your comments and feedback on how to improve the services we provide. We look forward to seeing you at our biggest party of the year, our annual C5/C6 Bash on April 24-26, 2008, and lots of other events as the weather warms up.
 

I enjoy hearing from my Registry friends!
                                                                            DataDan