C5s at Barrett-Jackson
Burning Brakes
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I was surprised at how much the custom/modified corvettes were fetching. Seemed to me cars that were modified fetched good money.
Still, 99% of those cars are out of my league. Fun to watch people who really have money throw it around.
Still, 99% of those cars are out of my league. Fun to watch people who really have money throw it around.
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I would have said the same if a MY '04 Vert hammered at 30K
In order of craziness.....
It's not the first or last C5
Not owned by anyone special
It's a coupe with 65K miles.
Year really had nothing to do with it. A car that can be bought with less miles for 12-14 K.... so 22K plus fees is silly
I hope you feel better now
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Easy conclusion, you originally wrote "Nothing special at all".
I'm old school, all corvettes are special. At least to me, even your 04 vert is special.
I'm old school, all corvettes are special. At least to me, even your 04 vert is special.
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I'd take it...but slightly less than $70k-plus.
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There was nothing on the information sheet noting miles. I can only assume the miles weren't ultra low or it would have been mentioned. It was billed as last Z06 of the C5 generation. Extremely nice car. It was one of several cars being sold by Mid America Motorworks.
I'd take it...but slightly less than $70k-plus.
I'd take it...but slightly less than $70k-plus.
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Still, it's pretty bad that the people covering the auction can't get it right.
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Actually its not all that close. If you figure around a 12-15% loss for a manual and a 18% or so loss for an auto, then the base manual C5 would get around 300-310 rwhp figure stock and the A4 a little less.
Still, it's pretty bad that the people covering the auction can't get it right.
Still, it's pretty bad that the people covering the auction can't get it right.
Super knowledgeable people with one of the guys that can be blindfolded and still tell you make, model and year by feeling the front end. To know every HP rating of every car would be imposssible.
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There was nothing on the information sheet noting miles. I can only assume the miles weren't ultra low or it would have been mentioned. It was billed as last Z06 of the C5 generation. Extremely nice car. It was one of several cars being sold by Mid America Motorworks.
I'd take it...but slightly less than $70k-plus.
I'd take it...but slightly less than $70k-plus.
Melting Slicks
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From: jefferson texas
I spent a good portion of yesterday watching the B Jackson auction on the box. Interesting for sure, love seeing the wide variety of rare and wonderful cars, including vettes, like the '63 split window tanker owned by Micky Thompson, up there on the stage and I am always simply amazed at what these cars bring today in that auction. I know a guy who bought a beautiful Camaro at the Jackson auction for an outrageous sum (at least for me). I asked him about that and he said "its in the air, the emotion of the whole thing, you get caught up in it". Well, I guess so, I've never been so I'll take him at his word. I'll refer to my earlier post using VW buses hitting 100k as an example. So Cal was littered with these buses not long ago. Yesterday I saw a 21 window VW bus hit somewhere around 265K. Incredible! Man, if I could have just had a glimmer back when of what some of these cars would bring today... once again hindsight is always crystal clear. Take care!
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With the exception of one or two, most are overpaying when there are 1 or 2 others interested in the same car. Not to look foolish in front of friends/ significant others, they one up each other until one of them has gone too far. Fun to watch but the '97 coupe with 65K miles that hammered for 22K plus fees is a perfect example of someone being caught up in the moment.
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With the exception of one or two, most are overpaying when there are 1 or 2 others interested in the same car. Not to look foolish in front of friends/ significant others, they one up each other until one of them has gone too far. Fun to watch but the '97 coupe with 65K miles that hammered for 22K plus fees is a perfect example of someone being caught up in the moment.
