Am I crazy?
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Am I crazy?
When I was young I always dreamed of owning a Corvette, so I started off with the "poor mans Vette", a Camaro. I had a black 1999 Camaro, t-tops, leather, 15% window tint, it was niiiiiiice and the chicks loved it! 
Well, some idiot hit me head on and totaled it, so I searched and searched for another Camaro but couldn't find one exactly how I wanted so I bought a truck, sold it six months later and then bought a 1998 pewter Corvette with targa top, in darn near showroom condition!
I love the car, the style, power and of course the looks and comments from other people but dang I just can't stop thinking about my old Camaro and I have been thinking loooong and hard about buying another one and selling my Vette..
My friends think I'm crazy for going from a Camaro to a Vette then back, but I reallllly loved that car. It was so "me". While I love the Corvette to, but it's just hard to explain.
Surely there are a few others who made the Camaro to Vette switch, do you guys ever think of going back??
Someone talk some sense into me!
Well, some idiot hit me head on and totaled it, so I searched and searched for another Camaro but couldn't find one exactly how I wanted so I bought a truck, sold it six months later and then bought a 1998 pewter Corvette with targa top, in darn near showroom condition!
I love the car, the style, power and of course the looks and comments from other people but dang I just can't stop thinking about my old Camaro and I have been thinking loooong and hard about buying another one and selling my Vette..
My friends think I'm crazy for going from a Camaro to a Vette then back, but I reallllly loved that car. It was so "me". While I love the Corvette to, but it's just hard to explain.
Surely there are a few others who made the Camaro to Vette switch, do you guys ever think of going back??
Someone talk some sense into me!
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Yeah.. I think I would have been happier with a black Vette though.. While I like pewter, I think it's more "classy" vs "badass" as black might appear. I'm only 21 and every car or truck I've ever owned has been black except for this one..
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At the risk of sounding like a girl, if you are anything like me, and I think many car guys, there is an emotional part of the equation. I get attached to my cars and hate to see them go. I am guessing that is a part of whats going on. I did have a 94 Z28. It is the one car I didn't feel that way about. I hated it.
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At the risk of sounding like a girl, if you are anything like me, and I think many car guys, there is an emotional part of the equation. I get attached to my cars and hate to see them go. I am guessing that is a part of whats going on. I did have a 94 Z28. It is the one car I didn't feel that way about. I hated it.
It sounds like you are attached more to the "emotional" associations you make to the old Camaro rather than the car itself, but the next Camaro, if there's going to be one, won't bring that back. You have moved on...
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You are attached to the old camaro for emotional reasons...let it go. The Corvette is a MUCH better car and should indicate to you that you have improved your lifestyle 
. Even if you were able to get another one, it wouldn't be like the 'first time'. If you can't pull chicks in a pewter vette, you sure as hell are not gonna do it in a Camaro 
. Even if you were able to get another one, it wouldn't be like the 'first time'. If you can't pull chicks in a pewter vette, you sure as hell are not gonna do it in a Camaro
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When I was young I always dreamed of owning a Corvette, so I started off with the "poor mans Vette", a Camaro. I had a black 1999 Camaro, t-tops, leather, 15% window tint, it was niiiiiiice and the chicks loved it!
Well, some idiot hit me head on and totaled it, so I searched and searched for another Camaro but couldn't find one exactly how I wanted so I bought a truck, sold it six months later and then bought a 1998 pewter Corvette with targa top, in darn near showroom condition!
I love the car, the style, power and of course the looks and comments from other people but dang I just can't stop thinking about my old Camaro and I have been thinking loooong and hard about buying another one and selling my Vette..
My friends think I'm crazy for going from a Camaro to a Vette then back, but I reallllly loved that car. It was so "me". While I love the Corvette to, but it's just hard to explain.
Surely there are a few others who made the Camaro to Vette switch, do you guys ever think of going back??
Someone talk some sense into me!
Well, some idiot hit me head on and totaled it, so I searched and searched for another Camaro but couldn't find one exactly how I wanted so I bought a truck, sold it six months later and then bought a 1998 pewter Corvette with targa top, in darn near showroom condition!
I love the car, the style, power and of course the looks and comments from other people but dang I just can't stop thinking about my old Camaro and I have been thinking loooong and hard about buying another one and selling my Vette..
My friends think I'm crazy for going from a Camaro to a Vette then back, but I reallllly loved that car. It was so "me". While I love the Corvette to, but it's just hard to explain.
Surely there are a few others who made the Camaro to Vette switch, do you guys ever think of going back??
Someone talk some sense into me!
