this guy is certifiable
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Team Owner
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Huntersville NC
this guy is certifiable
This one blows my mind. The NCM magazine profiles a member's car. Here is a guy who bought his 1999 FRC new. He wanted to watch it being assembled on the assembly line. (fine)... He wanted to pick it up at the NCM, ie museum delivery (fine) .... then it gets weird...
So, why did you buy the car if you're not going to drive it?
it gets worse....
Saving the filters, the fluids, or both?? Sorry, but to me that seems like saving your baby's poop!
Why are they rewarding this type of behavior?? 
In the five years that have passed, the car has travelled 132 miles, all documented in a log book
it gets worse....
Nothing has been changed on the car except for the fluids and oil filters, which I still have
It was presented with a Bloomington Gold award in 2000, again in 2002, and was also in the Special Collection in 2003.
Team Owner
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From: S.W. Ohio. . . . . . NRA Life Member
Nothing has been changed on the car except for the fluids and oil filters, which I still have
I got a feeling this guy is age 45, not married - nor dating, and still lives in his
parents basement.
Melting Slicks
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From: Eastern Connecticut
Originally Posted by olouieo
Yeah, it's like paying for a hooker and just talking. 
Thats stupid.
Thats stupid. Why give awards to brand new cars? What's the point? There should be a 10 year limit for them. It's like the people who think they should be able to park their PT cruisers at a cruise night because they got the flame decals installed by the dealer.
JOe
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From: Detroit MI
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I would love to buy it from him. I would switch off the traction control, rev it to 5500, dump the clutch and leave a couple of patches half way down his block!
This kind of behavior is why I stopped going to Bloomington Gold.
I just got back from a Home Depot trip in my 1970! Passenger seat full of deck stain cans!!
Sunny and 78 degrees here in Michigan.
Tom
This kind of behavior is why I stopped going to Bloomington Gold.
I just got back from a Home Depot trip in my 1970! Passenger seat full of deck stain cans!!
Sunny and 78 degrees here in Michigan.
Tom
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From: Sherwood Park Alberta
gearheaddroppings said "I just got back from a Home Depot trip in my 1970! Passenger seat full of deck stain cans!! "
Last week I was building a tree fort for my kids in our back yard. I don't own a pick up. So, how was I going to get the 8' 2x4's home from Home depot? My daily driver is too small, My 442 will have the 2x4's hanging out the window, my wife had the van....the vette! Remove the T-tops and place the T-top bag between the wood and the roof...Voila! Got a lot of looks 
driving through the parking lot 
Regarding the 132 mile vette....it's like marrying a playmate and sleeping on the couch.
Last week I was building a tree fort for my kids in our back yard. I don't own a pick up. So, how was I going to get the 8' 2x4's home from Home depot? My daily driver is too small, My 442 will have the 2x4's hanging out the window, my wife had the van....the vette! Remove the T-tops and place the T-top bag between the wood and the roof...Voila! Got a lot of looks driving through the parking lot Regarding the 132 mile vette....it's like marrying a playmate and sleeping on the couch.
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From: CORTLANDT MANOR NY
A couple of years ago I saw a 78 pace cars for sale with 700 miles on it. The guy wanted $15K for it and wasn't getting it. Since he obviously didn't enjoy the car I asked why it only had 700 miles on it. He told me he bought it as an investment.
Pretty lousy investment. In 25 years it barely doubled. If you consider inflation over the period it barely appreciated. If he stuck it in a CD for 25 years it would have doubled every 10 years. Pretty stupid investment, made me sick. Someone could have driven that car for 25 years enjoyed it and it still would be worth almost as much.
You just got to wonder what people are thinking.
Are 99 vette's particularily collectible? People only want museum pieces if they are rare, ordinary production cars won't really appreciate until they get rare which usually takes 30+ years. Much better ways to make money grow exist.
Pretty lousy investment. In 25 years it barely doubled. If you consider inflation over the period it barely appreciated. If he stuck it in a CD for 25 years it would have doubled every 10 years. Pretty stupid investment, made me sick. Someone could have driven that car for 25 years enjoyed it and it still would be worth almost as much.
You just got to wonder what people are thinking.
Are 99 vette's particularily collectible? People only want museum pieces if they are rare, ordinary production cars won't really appreciate until they get rare which usually takes 30+ years. Much better ways to make money grow exist.
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From: Huntersville NC
I feel kind of bad about making such a negative post.. 
but that story just GOT me!!! He may very well be a forum member. However, in the same magazine they profiled a guy 91 years old that bought a 50th anniversary convertible and took museum delivery (museum Xperience, whatever that is).
Quite a contrast isn't it??
The thing that gets me about the first guy is that all this special treatment he is giving to a fairly ordinary vette... it was a 99 coupe produced fairly late (but not the last..) in the production cycle. It was probably an "old model" by the time he even bought it!!
but that story just GOT me!!! He may very well be a forum member. However, in the same magazine they profiled a guy 91 years old that bought a 50th anniversary convertible and took museum delivery (museum Xperience, whatever that is).
True to his promise,.... has been giving the Corvette plenty of exercise....but swears he hasn't driven it faster than 130 mph so far. "That's what I told the judge," he said.
.....when asked if Corvette lives up to its reputation as a chick magnet, he only chuckles.
"I've been having a lot of fun" says McKee.
.....when asked if Corvette lives up to its reputation as a chick magnet, he only chuckles.
"I've been having a lot of fun" says McKee.
Quite a contrast isn't it?? The thing that gets me about the first guy is that all this special treatment he is giving to a fairly ordinary vette... it was a 99 coupe produced fairly late (but not the last..) in the production cycle. It was probably an "old model" by the time he even bought it!!
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From: Manalapan FL
Originally Posted by joe73vette
It's like the people who think they should be able to park their PT cruisers at a cruise night because they got the flame decals installed by the dealer.
A '99 C5? WTF? That's transportation.
D. Ocean
Miami, FLA
