paydirt

I consider my vette a garage queen but as stated previously it's because I have two vehicles. I would maybe consider daily driving the vette but I know for a fact I want to keep it forever and want to preserve it for future enjoyment as much as possible. Even my daily driver was a garage queen before I bought her (1998 lexus sc300 with 69,000 miles) Its amazing how well a car will hold up if properly cared for.

Each person will have their own opinion on it but in my case its just tough to justify racking up miles on the vette when i have a second vehicle that I bought with the intention of using everyday

MisterMidlifeCrisis

Something not mentioned yet. Another recent thread mentioned that the average household income of a new Corvette buyer is around $110k. When someone spends 60% or more of their annual income on a vehicle, I'm sure the perception of what that vehicle is becomes modified/distorted, and the vehicle takes on much greater significance than if someone were to spend 30% of their annual income on it.

hpclj

Absolutely perfect response.

"Because I can" would be mine.

Fastninja

I dont really get it eithier. I guess some people just want to say they have a vette,boat,horse, or whatever just to impress the folks.

NYC-Style

I consider myself fortunate that I can have a "garage queen"...it was purchased for fun and not as a primary means for transportation. As such it only gets driven when the weather is nice and I'm not going to work...therefore it leaves just the weekends when the gf and I go out.

RaleighTL

BECAUSE I CAN ............ about 9k on an '05.

Most likely need to go see a head Dr. but spent my money on the Vette.

Ever wonder WHY folks spend big bucks on:

Golf equipment, think $3/10k clubs really make you game better?
Art work (just hangs / sits around)
Gun collections
Knife collections
Coin collections
and on and on ....

talon90

Maybe some folks want to just have one (as opposed to saying they have one) and want to take care of their investment (as opposed to doing anything to impress anyone).

It seems to me that this is nothing more than one owner's vision/version of how to own a Corvette vs. another's. Why does either one have to be wrong? Everyone gets appreciation and gratification from their actions and possessions in their own way. There is no boiler plate answer for how everyone should behave.

caroutisine

Exactly. People enjoy their cars in different ways, it's all good.

Revette

In my years of driving Corvettes I've never really considered any of them garage queens but I guess my '66 is now since it gets limited use. When I first purchased it the car was driven all year and did some track time



All Corvettes we've owned except the '66 have been driven as daily drivers including my wife's '08.

michaelinmech

It's a dual public service to 25 year olds so that you can buy our pristine pre-owned expensive stuff and provide you reasons for wondering

designerRob

If it was me, I wouldn't waste my time wondering why people do what they do. To each there own.

If you're 'seriously curious' why not ask them? But, they might just tell you it's none of your damn businees.

NormWild

Putting a lot of miles on a car and driving in all conditions causes wear.
Wear on the drivetrain, wear on the interior, wear on suspensions, and most importantly wear on the paint.

Here are the reasons I put only 5K miles on per year:

- Pride of ownership, there is a deep satisfaction of in having something old that looks brand new. When I pull my vette out of the garage after winter and it looks like it just came off the showroom floor it makes me feel good.
- I treat everything I own the same way, I've worked hard to afford nice machines and my way of appreciating that hard work is by keeping them in the best shape I can.
- It keeps it special. Using anything day in and day out makes you take most things for granted. I personally would get bored with something that I was forced to use everyday. By taking the vette out once a week in nice weather, it is "new again" everytime I drive it. This keeps me from getting bored with it and wanting to trade it in on something else, that if I also had to drive everyday, would lose interest in.
- Driving a 600 whp car in cold, snow, salt, and otherwise inclement weather in not enjoyable to me. Rocks clicking off my paint and windshield is not enjoyable, call me strange. Nor is salt and brine pitting my aluminum suspension components, or people driving like idiots on bald tires at unsafe speeds possibly slamming into my car that I have worked very hard to be able to afford, again, call me strange.
- Because I don't HAVE to drive it everyday, that's what the daily driver is for. Hauling kids, groceries, pets, bedding plants, and chicken food in my Corvette does not appeal to me, perhaps yet again, strange.

I am not sure why it is so hard for people to understand the "Garage Queen" concept. I would bet that if the people that ask the question didn't have to drive their vette all the time they wouldn't.

Glenn Quagmire

What else are you going to do if you've already watched every episode of Glee?

Hogkiller106

Most of these types of threads are started by people that don't even own a Corvette. Enjoy it the way that makes YOU happy, life is just to short to worry about it.

red2012

great point. the only people who benefit from garage queens are the next owners.

Boozman

I have a 2012 and I use it we just got back from Gulf Port Ms and it rides like a dream but gas mil sucked.

red2012

thats if you buy the car cash and how many people that buy 55k cars and up pay cash? i dont think too many. i doesn't make sense from a business or financial standpoint.

GSRANDY

My desire is to keep my GS in pristine condition, even at the sacrifice of not driving it.

I will take it out for a spin when it's sunny and warm weather, i.e. during months of June thru October.

Actually I can get a thrill by just looking at my GS sitting in the garage.

For me applying another application of Zanio Z5 Pro is a good thing.

At this time of the year I'm perfectly happy with my GS sitting in the garage with the car cover on it. I probably won't remove the car cover until the first of June, after three (3) heavy spring rains have washed all of the road salt, sand and gravel off of the paved road surfaces.

When I decide to part with my GS in the future, hopefully the person that purchases it will appreciate the uniquely special care I have given it.

Regards,

GSRANDY

LOUSVETTE

I agree with the OP, I don't get it. However whatever someone wants to do with their car is their business and more power to them.

MisterMidlifeCrisis

It doesn't make business or financial sense to spend 60% or more of a person's annual salary on a vehicle either, unless there is a significant accumulated fund of discretionary income.

My point being that I wonder if people who are more affluent but purchased a more expensive car using an equivalent 60% or more of their income also treat their vehicles in this way, or similarly if people who purchased a new Corvette with considerably less than 60% of their annual income treat their vehicle in this way.