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Old Dec 25, 2020 | 01:52 AM
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I think C5 prices have actually gone up a bit due to problems with new car availability. Will that last long - probably as long as the new car shortage continues and then prices will return to normal (i.e., lower).

The C5 at this point, and perhaps for a long, long time, is not a collectible, even though it is a very good performance value.
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Old Dec 25, 2020 | 03:02 PM
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I have an all original 16,000 mile 2002 with several potential buyers in the waiting but just cannot part with it.



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Old Dec 25, 2020 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JBoyle997
... I just fear if I sell it now, the market will go up like crazy in a few years.
That's not going to happen, particularly with 80k+ mile examples.
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Old Dec 25, 2020 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by bc6152
You know at this point I really don't care one bit what my car is worth. When I drop the top and take it out after a wash and wax I feel like it's worth a million. And I feel like a million too.
Got my shades on and the wind thru my hair (what's left up there)... And I always receive compliments on my pristine '98...

Happy Christmas to all my fellow Corvette Club members...
Very nicely said and my sentiments exactly. Best wishes!
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Old Dec 28, 2020 | 04:38 PM
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Values have been up the last few months, but I certainly wouldn't hold onto the car because the value might go up. These are not investment cars. With that said, if you like the car, keep it. I don't care what my car is worth. I don't ever have plans to sell it. Don't get me wrong, if someone came and offered me $60K+ for it I wouldn't say no. That's never gonna happen though. Just enjoy your car. If you want to get rid of it, now (or sometime in early Spring) isn't a bad time to do it.
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Old Dec 28, 2020 | 06:15 PM
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Gotta own it because you love it. If there are other priorities so be that's life. You can always get another one. I kept mine because it's a little sentimental and I still enjoy it and didn't need the money. I will probably sell it just to make room when the c8z06 comes out unless I come up with some other garage solution.
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