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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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i would gladly pay a premium for an a/c car. would not have bought my 72 bb convertable without it.its not very comfortable without it in south fla. and it does wonders with the top down
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 03:15 PM
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Their just looking for someone with more cash than sense.
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 03:21 PM
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I never ran ac all summer and it was 90 to a 100 everyday for 2 months and 92% humidity in these bottoms we call home next to this over sized toilet bowl we call the Ohio river.
I work outside so Im used to it, just a passing Shadow from a vehicle was releif!
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 05:05 PM
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When I got my car in July the AC did not work. It was a sweltering summer and by the middle of August I converted the system to R134 and got the AC working. Heaven on Earth is driving with the tops off, AC on in the summer.
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by E.T.Tevroc

One word "NOT"! Id pay off my house first............
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 11:07 PM
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I guess because they are "Hendrick Performance", they can justify that absurd asking price!
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 06:58 AM
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Is it just me or does this look like it was photo-shopped? That blue corvette in the ad links around it are in the EXACT same positions relative to the building and landscape. That is hard to do.

I suppose if you have markers and take great care to take the images in the same angel/position.

Not trying to say it is fake. It just seems odd.
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by joewill
its a 35% markup that a dealer usually does.. its a 50-60K car if the condition and numbers are correct. then add the dealer markup.. This is a collector car, not a daily driver.. probably a trailer queen..

people pay dearly for A/C.. especially for the option, whether it works or not.. most 40 year old A/C does not work, and if it does, I bet it won't make it thru the summer..

I have said it before.. I have never seen a C3 Convertible driving down the street in a hot summer day with the top up and A/C on...
You have not spent a summer in Austin!

Last year, over 40 days over 100', with 22 days in a row. And it's not like up there, where it gets hot during the day, and when the sun goes down it cools off. Here a high of 107 during the day, may cool off to 100 during the night.

During the summer, I regularly put the soft top up and run the A/C. Last summer I actually put the hard top on, and left it on for about a month.

Even if the top is down, I run the A/C during the summer months. It works well at keeping the feetwells nice and cool. And with the C4 blower upgrade, I can even feel the cool air on my face.

My wife and I just bought a 65 Dart convertible (she wanted a car with a back seat). It doesn't have air, so one of my first projects will be to put A/C in it.
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Originally Posted by forvicjr
One word "NOT"! Id pay off my house first............

people that buy this kind of car - usually don't have a house payment
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 01:23 PM
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I am the worlds biggest bargain hunter,
And I have learned that with the net making selling a car hit a world wide market people say and post all kinds of stuff,

When I mess with kit cars, it's not what the fellows asks for the car it's what case actually hits his hand,

One example is a fellow in texas trying to get 25K for a car not worth 1200.....and people savvy on this make and model kit car know it,
I called him his reply was basically someone might be dumb enough to pay him that or 12K thinking they stole it,

People sometimes get in a buyer frenzy and pay too much,
It IS a buyers market right now...what a persons asks for something isn't always what they get for it....in this case some vettes are all rare and have that silly ( to me ) collectors value....
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Blu72
people that buy this kind of car - usually don't have a house payment
Well, you do have a point... Guess I wasnt looking from the loaded with money perspective.
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by forvicjr
One word "NOT"! Id pay off my house first............

...my house has been paid off since 2003 and I still would NOT even think of spending that kind of coin for that price.

...I buy cars at fair prices, not extravagant ones. That's just plain nuts.
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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Im sick of the house payments, I would love to buy a half acre of land with a shop and sleep in my vette. Would have to add a shower though.
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