Need help making decision
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Racer
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From: Rockland County NY
Need help making decision
One of my wife's co-workers just won a 2005 C6 coupe (mag red) in a raffle and is selling it. It is a 6-speed with the 1sa package and polished wheels. It's never been registered. She is asking 43k. I have an '01 coupe, 59k miles, 6 speed, z-51, fully optioned, with a Borla exhaust and a Breathless intake. Mine is paid off. Should I sell mine and buy this one? How many of you would do it? I'm a little reluctant about having to make car payments again but I'm also debating this: being that I'm going to flip 60k miles soon, how much will that affect the value of my car? BTW, I bought my car used with 52k miles. It only sees about 4500 - 5000 miles a year.
Melting Slicks
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i'm getting a huge sense of the tension of 60,000 miles vs 0 miles. the matter of a car payment is sobering. we have been considering trading our 00 c5 for a new c6------------i'm sure it would be exciting as hell to have a brand new c6----however that payments thing is not quite what i'd call a turn-on. reality then slaps me across the face with a "dummy-----you HAVE a CORVETTE ALREADY". then i settle down & just smile. btw, your wife's coworker is one lucky stiff!!!! bub
Melting Slicks
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From: MDT
Originally Posted by PetalBombC5
Thanks.....sometimes I just need to say to myself "What the hell am I thinking???"
from pa. bub (very happy in our c5!)
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St. Jude Donor '09
I still think the C5 is the more futuristic looking Corvette. The C6 looks like a big miata to me. When I see a C6 coming down the street I have a hard time identifying it as a Corvette. When I see any other version of the Corvette I know instantly that it is a Vette. Just my observations so far. The C6 Z06 does look tempting though. Haven't seen one of those on the street yet. I would keep your C5.
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