Dealer surprise in showroom
04-24-2012, 09:21 PM
#41
It wasnt. Thats why they finally traded it in. Got tired of it sitting around.
Look I understand people fall in love with cars and want them to remain showroom perfect forever or will possibly be a collectors item someday, its just extremely rare does the fairy tale end that way. Especially with a mass produced American vehicle with a fairly common engine, drivetrain & list of options. Hell I barely drive my C6 more than 5000 miles a year.. and almost all of that is from long roadtrips, but I do make a point to actually drive the car whenever possible.
I experienced this pretty much first hand with my mother who paid $36k for 1 year old 1990 C4 Vert. She sold the car about 10 years later in March 2001 for $14,500. The hardtop alone that came with the car was a $4,000 option. Asking price was $17k but there were simply no takers (didnt help 1990 was a very odd year.. where the interior was updated but the exterior was not). I cant remember the exact milage.. but being as though she literally only drove it to church on Sundays it never saw the 5000 mile mark. As long as the condition of the car was kept up.. should could have driven it 50,000 miles and still sold it for close to $14k.
Look I understand people fall in love with cars and want them to remain showroom perfect forever or will possibly be a collectors item someday, its just extremely rare does the fairy tale end that way. Especially with a mass produced American vehicle with a fairly common engine, drivetrain & list of options. Hell I barely drive my C6 more than 5000 miles a year.. and almost all of that is from long roadtrips, but I do make a point to actually drive the car whenever possible.
I experienced this pretty much first hand with my mother who paid $36k for 1 year old 1990 C4 Vert. She sold the car about 10 years later in March 2001 for $14,500. The hardtop alone that came with the car was a $4,000 option. Asking price was $17k but there were simply no takers (didnt help 1990 was a very odd year.. where the interior was updated but the exterior was not). I cant remember the exact milage.. but being as though she literally only drove it to church on Sundays it never saw the 5000 mile mark. As long as the condition of the car was kept up.. should could have driven it 50,000 miles and still sold it for close to $14k.
How do you know why they traded it in? Could of been a death in the family or someone was moving.
Not sure why people tend to put collectors in a box. Who knows what happened or what the intentions were? People buy, sell, trade & collect cars for a variety of reasons. Not all people collect cars or keep them in mint condition because they believe they will someday make money off of them. Actually many collectors I know do it simply for the enjoyment.
04-24-2012, 09:31 PM
#42
Government regulations were out of conrol in the 70's and early 80's. Can makers were afraid to make convertibles as they feared the government would outlaw them. As you can see history does repeat itself.
I know the car is a 1982. But this is a great article about the 1975 Corvette along with what the government did to change the Corvette for quite some time.
http://www.web-cars.com/corvette/1975.php
04-24-2012, 10:10 PM
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04-25-2012, 02:55 AM
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04-25-2012, 05:07 AM
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Melting Slicks
Sorry, but I had to tag my '82 on to this thread!
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...ng/vette82.jpg
-Chris
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...ng/vette82.jpg
-Chris
04-25-2012, 05:42 AM
#46
Le Mans Master
04-25-2012, 05:57 AM
#47
I had a 1981, probably about the same car, but with a carb. It was low on power and slow. But it did look good, by this model they had the airodynamics working pretty good, and it had pretty big rubber on the road.
It was a nice cruiser car and would corner pretty nicely.
It was a nice cruiser car and would corner pretty nicely.