Modded Coupe advise
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Pro
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From: Northfield Center Ohio
Modded Coupe advise
I am wondering if this car is worth it or If I should look for a Zo6? What should I look at and ask questions about?
Here is the link to the Car that I might purchase
http://www.classyauto.com/30371
Here is the link to the Car that I might purchase
http://www.classyauto.com/30371
Team Owner
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From: queensbury ny
your car
sounds sweet!the only thing that would make me hesitate is that nitrous!30 grand for a 50 thousand (01) mile car,in spite of all the mods,is a little much.my 01 has 19700 on it,and i'd sell it for 31ish,maybe 30,500.just to give you an idea.so,you can buy a way less mileage car for around the same money and do all that work yourself,or you buy that one where it's already done!i think you win either way!!!good luck.check for oil consumption,by the way.
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St. Jude Donor '11
That's looks like a nice car. 30K is kind of high for an 01' with nearly 50,000 miles on the clock. One of the hazards of modding a car is that you never really get your money's worth out of it during a sale. Sometimes on a car like the Corvette, you loose money because it's not original equipment. It might be worth talking the seller down a few $$$.
BTW, I noticed this is your very first post. Welcome to the Forum.
BTW, I noticed this is your very first post. Welcome to the Forum.
Last edited by army2000; May 8, 2005 at 08:44 AM.
Lepus-temperamentalus
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Personally, I look at most mods as being something that DE-values the car. How do you know if the heads/cam setup is what you want? How do you know if you're going to like that 3:90 rear? How do you know how much stress that nitrous system has put on the car? And from a personal standpoint, I'm not crazy about those lights.
As most of us have said for years, you mod a car because you want to not because you expect to get the money back for them. I'd rather buy a low-mileage stocker and mod it the way I wanted than a high-mileage modded car unless I personally knew the owner, how the mods were done and by who and how the car was driven.
I don't like the style of a Z06, but if you do, that's the way I'd go if the standard Corvette isn't enough.
As most of us have said for years, you mod a car because you want to not because you expect to get the money back for them. I'd rather buy a low-mileage stocker and mod it the way I wanted than a high-mileage modded car unless I personally knew the owner, how the mods were done and by who and how the car was driven.
I don't like the style of a Z06, but if you do, that's the way I'd go if the standard Corvette isn't enough.
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Blue Book Stock is $31,300 Retail $28,000 Private Party Value
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9 Outings to the track and only filled up bottle 2 times. He seens to be very honest with everthing he has been telling me.
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