Just to show that there's some really great guys here at the old Corvette Forum, I'll let you buy my 98 Coupe for $90,000, It's a sacrifice I know, but I'm willing to do my part for foreign relations..........Ouch, think I wrenched my elbow patting myself on the back......

 

Welcome Jacob. You've made a wise choice and have come to a great place to learn, while waiting to purchase your first Corvette.

 

Yes, indeed. I moved to the US around five years ago from Denmark.
JC5DK = Jacob, C5 (obviously) and DK for Denmark. I do work in the import industry - like container freight from all over the world coming to New York, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Charleston, Savannah and also to some other non-East Coast ports.

The 100k for the Corvette is what that car costs in Denmark right now. Don't even ask about the price from new.

Thanks for the welcome, everyone! I keep checking the for sale threads and dream on putting the hammer down in my own one day.

 

Hiyas JC5DK

 

The more informed you are about CORVETTES the easier it will be finding the right one for you !!!!

 

Welcome.

 

Welcome

 

Denmark have a national auto-trader ?? Id let mine go for ...lets say $85000 ??

Tell ya what JC5DK.....ya ship my car overseas and sell it for $85000 and Ill give you $20000 US cold cash !!!

And Im absolutely dead serious !!!

 

Haha, yeah, if it only were that simple. The kicker is that most of the purchase price is taxes and other government fees. Taxes are usually 200% of the car's actual value, meaning a car that would cost $30,000 now costs $90,000 after the government gets their share. Yes, it's madness. So if you were to sell your car your profit wouldn't be anywhere near what you might imagine. Of course you can make a few bucks since the car is an exotic in Denmark and there aren't many of them driving around.

But other than that, thanks for the offer!! That would be a gold mine.

 

Welcome, Jacob! I began using the forum almost year before I found my car, and it helped tremendously. I was much more informed by the time I finally made the purchase. Good luck!

 

Great - that is exactly my plan. When the time comes, I want to know much as possible so I know what to look for and what I should expect to pay. Knowledge is power, as they say.

 

Welcome. I don't own a Vette either at the moment. I drive a '96 Maxima, but one day I will own one. So I'm here for the same reasons you are, to learn as much as possible about these cars to help when I finally get to buy one. And from what I've seen of this place so far, it's worth sticking around.

 

Welcome! As has been said, you will learn a lot by hanging around this place. This forum is a goldmine of information. What a change in affordability of a Corvette from one place to another! Congratulations on your eventual purchase.

 

Thank you.

Actually today at work I had a chance to dig up some Corvette info. One of our customers is exporting a '92 Corvette to Denmark and we needed to find out its dimensions to be able to accurately quote him a freight rate. So I could surf for some Vette info while getting paid. Talk about a job!

Then someone had to say: "Corvettes? They're so ugly". Then of course I had to get into a discussion about how I found that very untrue and asked what her idea of a good looking car was. "A Mini Cooper". I then said I would need two of them and then I'd have rollerskates. Come on.

That other thread with "what's the stupidest thing..." Yeah a lot of that came up today. Gas mileage, expensive car and all that.

I'm a sucker for good value. The Corvette has pretty much everything. Iconic status, powerful V8 engine, killer looks, awesome performance (and enourmous potential for upgrades as is evident from so many cars on this forum ), a reasonably cheap price, outstanding fuel economy for its class and it's even usable as a daily driver. Not many cars have even half of those features. My current car is a 2000 silver LHS and I love it. It's big as hell, loaded with options, has the 3.5L V6 which at 253 hp is no sports car, but it's quick enough and it seats five adults in comfortable leather seats.

By the way, we have a son who's only nine months old so the Corvette will just be daddy's toy. There's not really room for baby seats anyway. Having two cars will be nice.

Every day now I think about driving the 'Vette and I think I'm starting to get on my wife's nerves just a little bit. I just gotta be patient, save a ton of cash for a down payment on our first house and another pile of cash for the C5. No loans for me (except a mortgage ). I don't have ANY debt anymore so I'm not getting into debt for a car.

 

Jacob, welcome to the Forum. There's all you need to know here to make your choice.

I bought my Vert in Las Vegas and just moved back to England recently. With the gas prices, it only comes out of the garage on nice days now. One thing though, it's certainly a head turner in Europe.

Buy that Vette and get it put in a box back to Denmark. You'll not regret it.

 

Nice car, man!

But no, I wouldn't put it in a container and send it to Denmark - I live here permanently (NJ) so the only way that would happen would be if my friends would get jealous and want me to send them one.

 

That's aight man. I'm currently in the process of finding another 'vette. The last one was totaled out...