The Fire is Gone
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Burning Brakes
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From: Baton Rouge Louisiana
If you sell the old girl...you will kick yourself in the butt later.
Might not be the next month or the next year...but eventually you will.
Isn't that kind of like selling your labrador? How do you do that?
The flame might be hard to locate now...but she never really dies.
I think you need to seriously reconsider and think things through.
JMHO.
Might not be the next month or the next year...but eventually you will.
Isn't that kind of like selling your labrador? How do you do that?
The flame might be hard to locate now...but she never really dies.
I think you need to seriously reconsider and think things through.
JMHO.
Get out the polish and Armor-All and and then sit back and take advice from all the folks that have told you...... "Man you better NEVER sell that car"
Drifting
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From: Circleville Ohio
Vader Vette
I know how he feels Im using my auto dialer instead of punching in 10 numbers I just punch 3. It Happens and as we get older we tend to get the money under control so we can pay to have work done now all we need is A good Vette re-pair man .
Safety Car
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From: Indy Indiana
you just wait.. after you get you a c6 or whatever and start seeing that 1000 per month depreciation.. think of the bottom line of what it takes to keep a car like that on the road ( depreciation, sales tax, insurance, etc...) vs. your C3.. you will change your mind..
i bought a new one on 2001, drove it for 30 months, bottom line after selling, it cost me 17K to drive a 01 convertible for 30 months ( and I got the GM discount ) .. do the math.. never again..
i bought a new one on 2001, drove it for 30 months, bottom line after selling, it cost me 17K to drive a 01 convertible for 30 months ( and I got the GM discount ) .. do the math.. never again..
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From: dunkirk ny
fire
I,m 72 and have had 18 vettes,yesss every time i sold one I swore I was done,it just never happens,i,ve had newer c4,drove c6,s and now love looks and feel of driven my black 80 c3,4 speed, stay young
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From: California
I think we all feel this way at times.... I have told my son Danny when he finishes his masters in 4 more years I will give him the keys to the C3. Baby will be his, and then I will get a C6 Z, but I will always wrench, A supercharger will be the first part me and the boys will install...
But I will add this, .... We own a C5 also, went on a trip from central California to so-cal.... 2 days, and not one comment or one look or one thumbs up....
After the trip, although MUCH more comfortable than the C3, the wife vowed to never take a road trip again unless its in the C3....
Can't go to the gas station down the block in the C3 (Baby) without someone commenting on her...EVER.... no one cares about a C4,5 or 6... but when in a C3... people look.... there is no other ride like her....jmho
yea, I want the ride and feel and creature comforts of a C6, but I will miss Baby..... I will not miss the C5 when I sale it... but it is a nice car...
and on a side note, you can make a C3 smoke a C6, keep up with a C6Z and smoke any C5 on down, and I will tell you, the look you get when you smoke on a C6,,,,priceless!!
But I will add this, .... We own a C5 also, went on a trip from central California to so-cal.... 2 days, and not one comment or one look or one thumbs up....
After the trip, although MUCH more comfortable than the C3, the wife vowed to never take a road trip again unless its in the C3....
Can't go to the gas station down the block in the C3 (Baby) without someone commenting on her...EVER.... no one cares about a C4,5 or 6... but when in a C3... people look.... there is no other ride like her....jmho
yea, I want the ride and feel and creature comforts of a C6, but I will miss Baby..... I will not miss the C5 when I sale it... but it is a nice car...
and on a side note, you can make a C3 smoke a C6, keep up with a C6Z and smoke any C5 on down, and I will tell you, the look you get when you smoke on a C6,,,,priceless!!
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From: baton rouge louisiana
Love affairs come and go, be it cars, boats, bikes, or women... I`ve just started a new one myself! My 1971 vert! Something new always comes along. I made almost the same post as you on offshoreonly.com a year ago after falling out of love with my 31 sonic and many years of the boating lifestyle.
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From: Porter TX
At least you're staying in the vette world. However as much as I like the new vettes with all the power and amenities, I think they lack the soul of the old vettes.
There's something about the smells and feeling an old carbed car has. The fuel, oil, exhaust, and leather creates this aura. I picked it up when I was just a kid riding in my dad's '78 Silver anniversary and it stayed with me. Fast forward many years ago to this year and I bought the vette from him. Almost every day, I walk by it and either run my hand over the curves or lean into the interior just to get a wiff of the smell I remembered over 25 years ago. Some things just never leave ya.
I'll never sell either vette for sentimental reasons only. While sometimes wrenching on them sucks and can really irk me at times, taking them out for a quick drive around the block or a night out with the wife always makes me happy. More often than not, they garner more attention than a new vette, especially with the kids and older adults, and while I'm not an attention *****, I do appreciate the love and respect that keeping an old car can garner.
Hopefully you decide to keep her.
There's something about the smells and feeling an old carbed car has. The fuel, oil, exhaust, and leather creates this aura. I picked it up when I was just a kid riding in my dad's '78 Silver anniversary and it stayed with me. Fast forward many years ago to this year and I bought the vette from him. Almost every day, I walk by it and either run my hand over the curves or lean into the interior just to get a wiff of the smell I remembered over 25 years ago. Some things just never leave ya.
I'll never sell either vette for sentimental reasons only. While sometimes wrenching on them sucks and can really irk me at times, taking them out for a quick drive around the block or a night out with the wife always makes me happy. More often than not, they garner more attention than a new vette, especially with the kids and older adults, and while I'm not an attention *****, I do appreciate the love and respect that keeping an old car can garner.
Hopefully you decide to keep her.
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From: About 1100 miles from where I call home.
I dunno if you've lost the fire... anyone who continues to call it "her" and "she" sounds like they are still into it.
I've never found one that covered all the bases for me. Love the looks of the old ones but they are uncomfortable, undependable and I get sick of getting them fixed. Had new ones but get horribly bored with them... feels like driving a Caprice and no one... NO ONE... looks at them in traffic.
So I do both. Its the only way.
I've never found one that covered all the bases for me. Love the looks of the old ones but they are uncomfortable, undependable and I get sick of getting them fixed. Had new ones but get horribly bored with them... feels like driving a Caprice and no one... NO ONE... looks at them in traffic.
So I do both. Its the only way.
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From: FL
This is the reason that I have never driven a C5 or C6. I am afraid of what I will do afterwards.
The '75 is getting a LS/T56 swap this winter to update it into a true daily driver (with sidepipes). Next project in the idea stage is a '67 Camaro RS/SS coupe with a BB (I tell everyone it is a 396, may be a bit bigger
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The '75 is getting a LS/T56 swap this winter to update it into a true daily driver (with sidepipes). Next project in the idea stage is a '67 Camaro RS/SS coupe with a BB (I tell everyone it is a 396, may be a bit bigger
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From: Ontario
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From: Central llinois
I'll look at this from a different angle. If you really aren't going to fix it and its just going to sit an decay, then I say sell it, I hate it when I see people that just hold onto cars and never do anything to them until they are too far gone to restore. Find it a good home and let the next owner baby it, so that maybe it will last for another generation. However, if its just a situation where your just not driving it as much I would hold out awhile to see if things change.
