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CORVETTE TODAY #60 - Mike Furman Delivers Corvette #5,000!
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May 8, 2025
Mike Furman from Criswell Chevrolet is the #1 Corvette salesperson in the world! And on May 29th, he delivered Corvette #5,000 of his career! Your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, relives that delivery on this podcast. Furman talks about what customer got #5,000, the gifts he received and the entire event itself. Plus, Mike talks about his favorite Corvette delivery, his personal Corvettes that he has owned and when #6,000 might be delivered. It's a monumental story and a monumental episode of CORVETTE TODAY!
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mr mike vermin mike is the number one
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corvette salesperson
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in the world he's from criswell
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chevrolet in gaithersburg maryland
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mike just delivered corvette number 5000
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that came up on saturday may 29th and
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we're going to talk about delivery
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number 5000
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on today's show mike welcome back to
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corvette today
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thank you sir how are you doing i'm good
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it's good to have you here and first of
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all
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congratulations on the sale and delivery
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of number
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thank you very much i appreciate that
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you bet mike who was the lucky person
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that purchased corvette number 5000 that
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was delivered
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and i think he's known on corvette forum
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and mid-engine corvette for him isn't he
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yeah it's bob meyer and goes by meyer
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webb on the mid-engine corvette forum
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he happened to have bought his 2015
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corvette from me
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and it was his very first corvette ever
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so it was very
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apropos that he ended up being number
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five thousand he's a good guy and he
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happens to live about an hour from
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criswell
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that's great and the the ironic thing
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about this mike
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he didn't realize or know that he was
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going to be
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delivery number 5000 did he no he did
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not
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what i had done is i had like 14
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deliveries and i put a postcard
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on the dashboard of my corvette furman
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postcard and
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on each dashboard of every car and then
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only one of them i wrote 5000 in
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blackmagic marker
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and so when he showed up i had my
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delivery number three thousand and four
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thousand were there uh respectively and
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the owners were there they still own the
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cars
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so there was i don't know a crowd of 25
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or 30 people
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everybody was anxious to see him turn
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over the postcard and see if he was
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number 5000
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that's fantastic did he bring anybody
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with him for the delivery
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yes with him it was cool because he was
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very genuinely uh surprised and he was
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actually shaking was so nervous when he
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realized that he was
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number five thousand he was happy that's
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awesome so obviously this was a total
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surprise to bob meyer
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his reaction sounds like it was just
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perfect wasn't it
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planned out any better and you know a
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lot of times when you do stuff like this
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it's just me coming up with a different
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idea that's how i did it
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that's fantastic what was bob spec for
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corvette number 5000 by the way
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he ordered a 2lt convertible in the red
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mist
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with two-tone natural interior you can
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see from the pictures and the videos
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that car is beautiful
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that's fantastic oh by the way you had
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other deliveries that day obviously
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those corvette owners were probably
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pretty disappointed that they weren't
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number 5000 weren't they
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how disappointed would you be if you're
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finally getting your car after a
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16-month wait
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they were just happy to get their car
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everybody was in good spirits and so it
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was a lot of fun
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did the weather cooperate mike you know
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it had rained the night before
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and it was like a mist of rain a couple
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times during the day but for the most
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part
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it cooperated it was fine that's great
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that's great well mike let's take our
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today the podcast
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with me today mike furman the number one
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from criswell chevrolet in gaithersburg
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mike just delivered corvette number 5000
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on saturday may
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29th in this segment we're going to talk
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about that delivery
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mike first what did bob meyer receive
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for being
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corvette number 5000 delivery i know
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that there was a lot of prizes and gifts
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that were given away weren't there
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yeah i'll read off a list club glove
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made
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an incredible gesture and was so
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gracious they made a complete luggage
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set that was embroidered with the
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corvette logo and some other logos
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keith sign it
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and keith is the corvette blogger as you
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know adam's polishes sent a wonderful
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array of items from their company lance
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miller
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had a free entry into the fun field for
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the corvette to carlisle event in august
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listen to this ron fellow's spring
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they waived their fee and added an extra
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night's day for the corvette owner's
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school which
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bob happened to have already been signed
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up with me for october 4th and 5th
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so that worked out great nova stretch
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sent a
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front bumper mask a mirror cover kit and
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a detailing kit
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michelin supplied a goodie bag and
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mobile one sent
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jackets hats and shirts and awe for the
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exhaust supplied a
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nice gift card and a swag bag and
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zippity jeff duda
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bought a red mist model to match bob's
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model of his corvette obviously
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jeff duda made a wonderful nice trophy
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that he gifted to me
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along with another gift from club glove
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which was
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extremely nice of them and then criswell
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chevrolet had a nice array of items from
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our parts department
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shirts hats and jackets and things like
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that
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i think bob made out pretty darn good
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man that's fantastic buddy
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that had to be like five or six thousand
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dollars worth of gifts wasn't it
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yeah we figured out it was definitely
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right on top of five thousand dollars
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which i guess works out great because it
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was delivery number five thousand
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that's perfect i appreciate all the
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vendors doing that and
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they all wanted to be a part of it and
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were super gracious to lend a hand and
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send it to me ahead of time and
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everything
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that's fantastic and i understand
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corvette delivery for you number 3000
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and 4 000
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were there as well that's right mike
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hamilton number 4000 was there with his
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2018
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corvette convertible in orange and then
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richard from
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potomac maryland was there with corvette
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delivery number 3000
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he had a limerock green 2014 corvette
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which he'll be trading in in a couple
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weeks because his c8 is due to get built
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as soon as they open up the plant again
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very nice were there any dignitaries or
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local tv covering the event on may 29th
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there was a couple of marketing teams
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there taking videos and
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youtube videos and jeff zippy dude i was
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there from new jersey he drove down a
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few hours
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he did a great job with a super video
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yeah he's got a great video and a great
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youtube channel and i watched that video
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and that was fantastic he really did a
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great job of filming everything and
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marking that for eternity
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yeah he's a pro there's no doubt hey
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were there any special things done to
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bob myers number 5000 corvette that
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signified the 5 000th
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delivery no gm got it built and shipped
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really quick
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they knew what i was trying to do and
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there was nothing special
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you can't differentiate one from the
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other when they're being built
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they did get it shipped and arrived in
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time for the day and that meant a lot to
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me and i really appreciate everything gm
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did
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as a matter of fact i know that you were
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in touch with the corvette plant in
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bowling green to ensure that that car
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was built
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and delivered on time right yes i got a
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call friday night late
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and that it was completed and that would
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be shipped out so that was very nice
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i appreciate all their efforts that's
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fantastic
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did chris will chevrolet do anything
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special for bob for this occasion
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they had some special videos that were
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little shout outs from different people
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throughout the country actually the
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world
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if you followed along on my facebook
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page it was pretty cool
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i appreciated that very much brett favre
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bo jackson
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reggie jackson and shooter mcgavin from
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the movie
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which was pretty funny and also supercar
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blondie
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they did some nice shout outs that was
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great those videos are fantastic
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and you can see it on mike's facebook
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page which is corvette furman
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or you can go to his instagram page
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which is also corvette.fermin or mike's
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website corvettefurman.com
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check those out that's really really
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and now back to corvette today with your
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host
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and my husband steve garrett
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hey thanks for listening to corvette
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today the podcast that talks about
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everything corvette
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i'm your host steve garrett with me
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today is mr mike furman the number one
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corvette sales person in the world
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mike just delivered corvette number 5000
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back on saturday
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may 29th mike in this third segment
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let's talk about what's next for you
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actually you are podcast number two on
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and actually your podcast holds the
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record for being the most listened to
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corvette episode 4354
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listens that's pretty good talk about
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what that means and talk about the 6
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000 delivery that you've got hopefully
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coming up soon well
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i don't know about soon but i think i'll
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do it in about 24 months
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going from four to five thousand took 38
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months the next one will definitely come
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a whole lot quicker
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the c8 is just the car car's a star
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that's the bottom line and it's it's
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world renowned now and people from
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ferrari porsche
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mercedes bmw audi they're all buying the
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car and raving about it
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and that just has never really happened
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in the corvette world that's true
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very true very quickly why don't you
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trace your personal history with
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corvette sales mike because i know that
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you started
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about 44 years ago about the same time i
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started on the radio here in kansas city
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yeah july 26 1978 this coming end of
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july will be the start of my 44th year
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selling corvettes i was very fortunate i
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feel like i grew up in the conner family
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but it was malcolm connor auto group
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i couldn't have started in a better
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place for me and i'm still in touch with
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gary conner
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and his brother rj and his brother ken
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are still around and
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i'm sure they remember me well from back
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in the day but that's
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a long time ago and then i went on to
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damascus chevrolet i used to
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manage that dealership and handle all
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the corvette sales and whatnot
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things came about where i happened to
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live six miles from criswell and i
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decided to go back on the floor and
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august 9
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2009 actually was august 3rd 2009 i
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started for criswell chevrolet
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on the floor and i sold 31 the first
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month and i haven't looked back since
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that's amazing what a that's an amazing
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career buddy
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and you were also lucky enough to be
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friends with zora arcus duntov
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talk about zora and what he means to you
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well i was very fortunate once again
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he was family friends with the connor
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family and so every summer he came to
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the mountain connor corvette show that
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they had every summer in june
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and you know i got to be around him and
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i was just a young guy at the time you
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know 18 to 30 years old
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so i would listen in on everything i'd
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watch i was a sponge
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still can't believe how much i
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remembered from back in the day the one
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thing that zoro always said to me
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because i always tried talking to him
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about future product and he always said
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that rumors sell magazines not cars
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zor got it he really did didn't he
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without a doubt
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he was just a great guy i'm very
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fortunate to have been just around him
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absolutely i wish i could have known him
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or at least met him that's for sure
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mike talk about the corvette or
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corvettes that are in your garage right
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now right now i have a 2021 red mist
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convertible
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and it happens to be vin number 2021 and
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the car is just spectacular it's fun to
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drive you don't lose any space because
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it's a convertible and i'm looking
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forward to getting more miles out
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this summer i've got a few events i'll
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be attending with it and
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it's a blast there's no doubt and i love
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the color
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absolutely love the red mess metallic
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you know i had seven blue
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corvettes in a row before my silver 2020
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and i'm a big blue fan but i got to tell
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you i've been waiting for a color like
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red mist to come out for 20 plus years
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and it is just brilliant in the sunlight
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it truly is
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absolutely right out of all the
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corvettes you've owned mike
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talk about your favorite corvette which
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one gave you the most pleasure owning
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and driving
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oh gosh every one of them honestly i
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i've owned every generation except for
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the third generation
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i own five c4s you name it and every
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single one of them if it says corvette
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i enjoy driving it hey mike talk about
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your favorite corvette delivery
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and she wanted a 50th anniversary
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2003 corvette convertible with automatic
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trans for her husband because it was his
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50th birthday and their 30th wedding
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anniversary
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now that was no easy task because i had
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to find one in the country
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so i located one in south dakota of all
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places
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and i dealer exchanged it in and the
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cool part of the story is
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is that for 30 years they had been going
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to the same restaurant for dinner on a
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saturday night
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and their waitress was the same waitress
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for 25 straight years
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amazing and every night every saturday
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night at the end of the evening
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she'd come over with the check and say
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is there anything else i can get you
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and the husband would say yes keys to a
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new corvette
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and it was like clockwork for 25 years
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every saturday night and so she came in
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and told me the story and what her plans
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were she wanted me to bring the corvette
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to the back of the restaurant and give
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the keys to the waitress
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and then at the end of the evening
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exactly like clockwork
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he said yeah keys to a new corvette and
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the waitress handed it to him brand new
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keys
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and the whole restaurant was just like
19:24
going nuts
19:25
and they all walked out back and there
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was this brand new 2003 50th anniversary
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corvette convertible
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the wife said that she had never seen
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him so speechless
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fantastic story buddy yeah it was really
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cool experience
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still gives me chills absolutely mike is
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there any end in sight for you
19:42
how long are you going to keep selling
19:44
corvettes one day at a time
19:46
i hear you buddy amen to that well
19:48
thanks for being on corvette today again
19:51
mike
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and congratulations on your 5 000th
19:54
delivery
19:54
we're on to number 6000 and you
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delivered what 14 more cars that day
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number 6000 is going to come faster than
20:01
you think there's no doubt
20:03
it's just incredible i've got an array
20:05
of deal folders all throughout the years
20:07
all the way out to 2027 so i know this
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is going to happen quick
20:11
number 6000 and once again it's not a
20:13
record it's about a milestone for me
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it's fun that sounds fantastic mike
20:17
thanks again for being on corvette today
20:19
we'll keep in touch and we will monument
20:21
number 6000 when it comes up
20:23
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