Question for you guys.
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Drifting
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From: North Carolina
Question for you guys.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=218819
what are you opinions? I know Im :crazy: but Im just wondering.
Daniel
what are you opinions? I know Im :crazy: but Im just wondering.
Daniel
Melting Slicks
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From: colorado springs CO
Re: Question for you guys. (daniel77350)
you know bulova watches have come down in price bigtime!!!
get a nice bulova for ~200 or so right now..
i personally like (and wear) the bulova marine star..
its a great work watch that looks really expensive and u dont have to worry about farking it up!!
and before i would get a rolex i would get a tag heur!!
just my .02
:cheers:
get a nice bulova for ~200 or so right now..
i personally like (and wear) the bulova marine star..
its a great work watch that looks really expensive and u dont have to worry about farking it up!!
and before i would get a rolex i would get a tag heur!!
just my .02
:cheers:
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From: Easton PA
Re: Question for you guys. (daniel77350)
I think you are :crazy: too. i can afford one(since I graduated college, have a house, etc. have what I need) but I don't need one. Your best advice on that thread was to take the money and invest it.
I have a $500 Movado Museum watch and have had it for 7 years and I love it. I mean it is only a watch! You can get great Movado's, Seiko's, etc. for less money and they work as well.
A watch as an investment? Don't want to seem mean, but I think he saw you coming from a mile away=an easy sale.
That would be like being able to afford an older Camaro but instead going out and buying a new Z06. Not smart or cost effective.
just my .02 sorry
I have a $500 Movado Museum watch and have had it for 7 years and I love it. I mean it is only a watch! You can get great Movado's, Seiko's, etc. for less money and they work as well.
A watch as an investment? Don't want to seem mean, but I think he saw you coming from a mile away=an easy sale.
That would be like being able to afford an older Camaro but instead going out and buying a new Z06. Not smart or cost effective.
just my .02 sorry
Racer
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Re: Question for you guys. (82dukman)
I think it's nice to have a half way decent watch for special occasions and such. I own a Whittnauer that I paid about $500 bucks for 2 1/2 years ago. I love it and it looks good on me, but I will own it until it stops ticking. I just don't see any investment potential in a watch......as someone previously said, stick with mutual funds or Stocks........you have the potential to make out a lot better in the long run. :cheers:
Drifting
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Re: Question for you guys. (daniel77350)
Sorry for sounding like a father but you asked. There should be only two things on your mind (since the Vette is soon to be history.) First School. Second Girls.
Thats it, end of subject.
George :smash:
Thats it, end of subject.
George :smash:
Racer
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From: Lake Hughes CA
Re: Question for you guys. (daniel77350)
Keep most of the money and buy a cheap Rolex knock-off to impress people with. I've been offered Rolexes for as little as $60 from some shady charactors and they looked real.
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Re: Question for you guys. (daniel77350)
daniel:
If I remember correctly aren't you selling your 'Vette? I see no reason why a 'Vette can't be an investment. My dad paid $10,000 for my '76 'Vette back in 1976....it books at around $16,000 now. Why not use that money to pay off the 'Vette that you have?
If you have $3000 to spare why not purchase a car for that much? A nice reliable car can be had for $3000 (I purchased a good one for $1500). Purchase a car for that much, uninsure the 'Vette and let it sit until your done with college.
That's just my opinion. I'm around your age and I know how I would feel if my parents told me that the 'Vette would have to go....I'd do anything in my power to keep it. Just giving you some ideas. :cheers:
If I remember correctly aren't you selling your 'Vette? I see no reason why a 'Vette can't be an investment. My dad paid $10,000 for my '76 'Vette back in 1976....it books at around $16,000 now. Why not use that money to pay off the 'Vette that you have?
If you have $3000 to spare why not purchase a car for that much? A nice reliable car can be had for $3000 (I purchased a good one for $1500). Purchase a car for that much, uninsure the 'Vette and let it sit until your done with college.
That's just my opinion. I'm around your age and I know how I would feel if my parents told me that the 'Vette would have to go....I'd do anything in my power to keep it. Just giving you some ideas. :cheers:
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Re: Question for you guys. (daniel77350)
I remember my dad got me a gold watch for high school grad...and anyway I would rather have had any POS damn CAR, than that watch...but he was in the INSURANCE business...so what could I expect?? well it WAS a nice thought/gift anyway....but being an active type, that watch and me did not get along at all, I must have spend over 5x what is cost just to maintain it...and other's to follow, damn Swiss watches are just plain junk...period...
Now when the Casio fantastic plastic watches became 20 bucks, I bought one of them....ran for 6 years on original battery, replaced that and 4 more years...total TEN freggin YEARS of trouble free service....well now it's been nearly 25 years and have had a Casio only, since then.....and guess what....
I still think of gold watch/chains/heavy rings/etc on a guy as being purely drug/pimp related style of dress....I wouldn't be caught dead with that crap all over me.....
I'll take a watch that takes a licking and keeps on.........................;-)))
:D :D :D :cool: :cool: :cheers: :boxing
Now when the Casio fantastic plastic watches became 20 bucks, I bought one of them....ran for 6 years on original battery, replaced that and 4 more years...total TEN freggin YEARS of trouble free service....well now it's been nearly 25 years and have had a Casio only, since then.....and guess what....
I still think of gold watch/chains/heavy rings/etc on a guy as being purely drug/pimp related style of dress....I wouldn't be caught dead with that crap all over me.....
I'll take a watch that takes a licking and keeps on.........................;-)))
:D :D :D :cool: :cool: :cheers: :boxing
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Drifting
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From: North Carolina
Re: Question for you guys. (bence13_33)
daniel:
If I remember correctly aren't you selling your 'Vette? I see no reason why a 'Vette can't be an investment. My dad paid $10,000 for my '76 'Vette back in 1976....it books at around $16,000 now. Why not use that money to pay off the 'Vette that you have?
If you have $3000 to spare why not purchase a car for that much? A nice reliable car can be had for $3000 (I purchased a good one for $1500). Purchase a car for that much, uninsure the 'Vette and let it sit until your done with college.
That's just my opinion. I'm around your age and I know how I would feel if my parents told me that the 'Vette would have to go....I'd do anything in my power to keep it. Just giving you some ideas. :cheers:
If I remember correctly aren't you selling your 'Vette? I see no reason why a 'Vette can't be an investment. My dad paid $10,000 for my '76 'Vette back in 1976....it books at around $16,000 now. Why not use that money to pay off the 'Vette that you have?
If you have $3000 to spare why not purchase a car for that much? A nice reliable car can be had for $3000 (I purchased a good one for $1500). Purchase a car for that much, uninsure the 'Vette and let it sit until your done with college.
That's just my opinion. I'm around your age and I know how I would feel if my parents told me that the 'Vette would have to go....I'd do anything in my power to keep it. Just giving you some ideas. :cheers:
A vette is wonderful now, but a nice house I can afford in 8 years is much better IMO. Granted I like to live in the now, but sometimes the future needs to be considered. Some guy in that thread put it best when he said a rolex to a watch guy, is the same as a vette to us car guys...Different strokes for different folks.
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Re: Question for you guys. (daniel77350)
Buy a G-shock for $70 and bank the rest. I bought a sports wind-up Timex divers watch in 1970 that is still in use today.