Bottom line is if you make the payments on it you can do what you want to it. All I know is that a Corvette that gets modded too much retains far less value than a stock 'Vette. But, what the hell.....it's not my car.

 

I hate to break this to you but... the C5 Corvette is NOT an investment.

 

If you are looking to turn dollars.....try real estate. Probably more your speed.....

 

[QUOTE=EnglandGreen]I hate to break this to you but... the C5 Corvette is NOT an investment.[/QUOTE

Why do you try to belittle me by stating such a comment ? Did I say it was an investment ?

I wrote that it's worth even LESS !

 

If you're even remotely concerned about value..."trade-in" shouldn't even be in your vocabulary.

Alternately, you could simply take the 15 mins needed to bring it back to stock height before you unload it.

 

I love the way you guys like to try to flame others.

Did I ever state it was an investment ? It's just a freakin' car !

 

After several hundred thousand of something is made, the collectability of it is somewhat shot. Unless you have a rare color, or the first or last, then there is no reason not to make it your own. These things depreciate so fast anyway. I would guess that after they depreciate to a certain point, mods will actually start to raise the value of the car again, which can be evidenced by looking at the prices of some used tuner cars.

 

I agree

 

Indeed. And no one is belittling you - get a grip and

Your posts (above) are centered around "lowering is dumb, lowering is Rice, and lowering will devalue your car."

I merely stated that one should never buy any car for its resale value - cars are not investments.

And you are correct - it is just a car. So why are you so vehement about other people lowering their cars?

I think all the chrome catalogue crap that people put on their C5s is seriously fugly - but I do not diss anyone that installs it on their car....

Oh yes, as a FYI - the picture above of the slammed black Vette?


That's my car

 

 

The look of that lowered Vette makes me laugh because I think of all the mostly teenage females who wear hip-hugging jeans...their navels exposed....'cause they think they look cool ! In reality most of them look like crap with all the fat falling over their hip-huggers !

They THINK they're cool but they're not ! Kinda like a lowered 'Vette owner.

So if you're like that fat chick with the hip-hugging jeans...well then....hey, YOU'VE got a cool looking 'Vette.

 

N00b still doesn't get it. Comparing a lowered Vette with a fat chick...

 

If he's going to continue talking that way about other forum members and their cars, I predict he won't be here for too terribly long...and I don't think I would miss him either...

 

Don't worry - he will just love Camping

 

lotta loosers on this thread!

 

In response to your comments I'll remind you that the original thread was: "Why lower your C5 ?" That is a question that will receive all kinds of replies...some pro & some con. You can't expect everyone to agree with one's decision to to modify the suspension where it makes the car more prone to damage. MY opinion is that it IS dumb to lower your car any more than factory....as it seems to be less than intelligent to invite more opportunity for damage to the vehicle. Simple common sense tells one that.

You did not merely state that one should never buy a car for it's resale value. Your comment: "I hate to break this to you....etc." was meant to insult. In your contemporary language....you meant to, and did, "diss" me.

"So why are you so vehement about other people lowering their cars? " Why ? I personally don't give a rat's behind that YOU or anyone else lowers their car. I'm just expressing MY opinion that I consider it assinine to do so. The same way you think it's cool. The difference between my rational and yours is that mine is based on practicality and roadworthiness, while yours is based on pure cosmetics and emotion. NOTHING is gained in performance or value by lowering a 'Vette or any other vehicle.

"I think all the chrome catalogue crap that people put on their C5s is seriously fugly - but I do not diss anyone that installs it on their car...." I basically agree with you on this one. Although I believe that done under the hood it doesn't look TOO bad. Otherwise, I don't like it either. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you like it, great.

"Oh yes, as a FYI - the picture above of the slammed black Vette? That's my car" DG

 

No...YOU don't get it...I was comparing the MENTALITY of a the owner of a lowered 'Vette with the mentality of a fat chick wearing hip hugging jeans. Both think they're cool.

You decide.

DG

 

That would be incorrect. By lowering the car you have lowered the center of gravity which will improve handling. Also, you have decreased the amount of air passing under the car which will decrease the lift generated by that air. There is a reason race cars sit right on the ground...and no...it isn't to look cool...

 

In your attempt to justify your argument that lowering the vehicle DOES have a performance value, I would agree with you but only in the narrow confines of professional drivers on a racetrack. However, at the speeds one drives in daily driving and even at the illegal speeds we sometimes drive at....the lowered 'Vette is still not providing any increase in performance. That's a fact. There is NO value of any sort (unless you consider cosmetic appearanve a value) to a street 'Vette being lowered.

It's sort of like those kids with big-*** spoilers on the backs of their Hondas....what a joke ! Waste of money and just makes them look foolish !

Your argument does not wash, except on a racetrack as you so indicated: "There is a reason race cars sit right on the ground...and no...it isn't to look cool..."

Answer me this one: If there is so much performance value in having the 'Vette lowered why didn't Chevy's great Corvette engineering team design the vehicle to be manufactured that way ? Now come on...and give me your answer to this question. I'm REALLY interested in your opinion on this one.

Oh, and BTW...MANY of the respondents here specifically cited the "cool" factor as reason to lower their 'Vette.

DG

 

It's spelled LOSERS. L - O - S - E - R - S . LOSERS !