Why do you have to "defend" owning a Vette
03-05-2014, 05:06 PM
#101
Burning Brakes
Complete misconception that you have to be "rich" to own a corvette. You have to prioritize having a corvette to have a corvette - that's it.
If you are secure in your priorities and decisions in life, you don't find the need to defend them to anyone.
Work hard to enjoy what you want, and enjoy the heck out of it. People who don't approve don't belong in your life anyways.
If you are secure in your priorities and decisions in life, you don't find the need to defend them to anyone.
Work hard to enjoy what you want, and enjoy the heck out of it. People who don't approve don't belong in your life anyways.
03-05-2014, 05:55 PM
#102
Burning Brakes
Complete misconception that you have to be "rich" to own a corvette. You have to prioritize having a corvette to have a corvette - that's it.
If you are secure in your priorities and decisions in life, you don't find the need to defend them to anyone.
Work hard to enjoy what you want, and enjoy the heck out of it. People who don't approve don't belong in your life anyways.
If you are secure in your priorities and decisions in life, you don't find the need to defend them to anyone.
Work hard to enjoy what you want, and enjoy the heck out of it. People who don't approve don't belong in your life anyways.
Could not have said it better!
I bought my first Corvette (a 74 coupe) when I was a junior in high-school in 75 using money made from cutting lawns and working at Pizza Hut. I paid cash and worked for what I wanted while on the honor roll and varsity sports. I've had one ever since and they became much more affordable as the income increased. I often wonder if I would have worked as hard at being who I wanted to be had I not rewarded myself from the start.
I just tell them I bought it instead of joining the country club. (Which I don't criticize)
03-05-2014, 05:59 PM
#103
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I'm in agreement with most here.
About ten years ago or so I was pretty heavy into Jeeps. I spent a lot on mods. Enough to purchase a well equipped, low mileage, late model current Corvette. TEN+ years ago. Which ended up with a trailer and a truck to pull it. My mother gave me a lecture on my "toy". I then asked her how much did they spend on their 5th wheel RV and new diesel truck to pull it. I mentioned boats and Harleys for others as well. She saw things a little differently. It's just hard for some people to see your extra car as a toy when it fits between toy and practicality. Motorcycles, boats, and RVs are looked at differently. They don't see us getting 'pleasure' form 'just' a car.
About ten years ago or so I was pretty heavy into Jeeps. I spent a lot on mods. Enough to purchase a well equipped, low mileage, late model current Corvette. TEN+ years ago. Which ended up with a trailer and a truck to pull it. My mother gave me a lecture on my "toy". I then asked her how much did they spend on their 5th wheel RV and new diesel truck to pull it. I mentioned boats and Harleys for others as well. She saw things a little differently. It's just hard for some people to see your extra car as a toy when it fits between toy and practicality. Motorcycles, boats, and RVs are looked at differently. They don't see us getting 'pleasure' form 'just' a car.
03-05-2014, 06:57 PM
#105
The same thing can be said for just about anything other than the absolute necessities to sustain life.
03-05-2014, 09:01 PM
#106
A brand new Prius costs more than a used Vette yet you would be praised for being sensitive to the environment if you drive one of those.
I always give it a little gas when I go by one of those in my 2500HD with the 8.1L gas motor lol
Look at the CAFE standards the gov has set for the future. What is the gas guzzler tax? Basically a fine for your un conformist purchase.
Your grand kids won't have the same choices you have today. Enjoy your Vette and to hell with what anyone thinks!!
03-06-2014, 09:51 AM
#108
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Complete misconception that you have to be "rich" to own a corvette. You have to prioritize having a corvette to have a corvette - that's it.
If you are secure in your priorities and decisions in life, you don't find the need to defend them to anyone.
Work hard to enjoy what you want, and enjoy the heck out of it. People who don't approve don't belong in your life anyways.
If you are secure in your priorities and decisions in life, you don't find the need to defend them to anyone.
Work hard to enjoy what you want, and enjoy the heck out of it. People who don't approve don't belong in your life anyways.
03-06-2014, 02:28 PM
#109
Race Director
It can be quite practical. Car is not really expensive in 1LT form at least, it is durable, easy to work on, has lots of storage space, is cheap to insure and gets highway mpg that rivals many small so called economy cars.
03-06-2014, 02:37 PM
#110
Drifting
Society wants to modify your behavior so you conform to some ideal of what's politically correct for the greater good.
A brand new Prius costs more than a used Vette yet you would be praised for being sensitive to the environment if you drive one of those.
I always give it a little gas when I go by one of those in my 2500HD with the 8.1L gas motor lol
Look at the CAFE standards the gov has set for the future. What is the gas guzzler tax? Basically a fine for your un conformist purchase.
Your grand kids won't have the same choices you have today. Enjoy your Vette and to hell with what anyone thinks!!
A brand new Prius costs more than a used Vette yet you would be praised for being sensitive to the environment if you drive one of those.
I always give it a little gas when I go by one of those in my 2500HD with the 8.1L gas motor lol
Look at the CAFE standards the gov has set for the future. What is the gas guzzler tax? Basically a fine for your un conformist purchase.
Your grand kids won't have the same choices you have today. Enjoy your Vette and to hell with what anyone thinks!!
PS I'm still here at the company, IDC what they think of my car selection. I do my job and then some.
Wait, do people really care about the MPG this car gets and use that to their defense? You kiddin me??
03-06-2014, 02:52 PM
#112
Instructor
Wants and needs. I need a roof over my head, food and clothes, but I wanted a Corvette. Who cares what they think, just remember, there are no luggage racks on a hearst.
03-06-2014, 04:23 PM
#114
Race Director
03-06-2014, 06:43 PM
#119
The guy at work with over 50k in his used super duty doesn't like my Vette and doesn't like my 2500HD cause my motor is bigger than his...lol
My son can't wait for his 454 to wear out so we can stroke it out to 502. My other son wants me to build the 427 rat motor I have and stick it in his car so it will be faster than his brothers once again.
Lots of fun watching them go at it at the drag strip in the cars we built together. I keep their cars running pretty close so it's more fun.
My son can't wait for his 454 to wear out so we can stroke it out to 502. My other son wants me to build the 427 rat motor I have and stick it in his car so it will be faster than his brothers once again.
Lots of fun watching them go at it at the drag strip in the cars we built together. I keep their cars running pretty close so it's more fun.
03-09-2014, 11:36 PM
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Not a full year into my C6 and love it however one thing I have become a little "agitated" with is so many comments from friends/clients etc about driving a Vette
Wife and I were at breakfast Sunday am and one of my clients comes up to me and the "I am paying you too much $$$". Seems he saw us pulling up in our Vette. Then when I see him leave he and his wife go out and get in a fairly late model Mercedes SUV(not the little one either).
Have had quite a few comments like this, even sit on a local school board and several of the members driving high end MB or BMW's and have heard same remarks from them
I seldom ever drive my Vette to my office, did that one day last week and heard plenty of comments, worst from a guy getting in his $60K TRUCK
I guess they do not realize I bought a 5 yr old Vette or do most just perceive Vette's as being more expensive than they are
Wife and I looked long and hard and kept our 2002 Trailblazer and 04 Dodge 1500 4x4 truck. (most of the time folks see me in one of my drivers ed cars which are all Taurus's ). We see lot of our friends on HD's, she has no desire for one and would never ride on one, and we decided a Vette would be a much better mode of transportation for the 2 of us on trips and weekends.
I just grin and bare it but still have to admit I get a little irritated about some of the comments some times
Like most we work hard and by no means are well off, just 2 working adults that have grown kids and any where we go just the 2 of us in what ever we drive.
Neither of us is flashy or "mouthy" about what we have either
Is this common
Wife and I were at breakfast Sunday am and one of my clients comes up to me and the "I am paying you too much $$$". Seems he saw us pulling up in our Vette. Then when I see him leave he and his wife go out and get in a fairly late model Mercedes SUV(not the little one either).
Have had quite a few comments like this, even sit on a local school board and several of the members driving high end MB or BMW's and have heard same remarks from them
I seldom ever drive my Vette to my office, did that one day last week and heard plenty of comments, worst from a guy getting in his $60K TRUCK
I guess they do not realize I bought a 5 yr old Vette or do most just perceive Vette's as being more expensive than they are
Wife and I looked long and hard and kept our 2002 Trailblazer and 04 Dodge 1500 4x4 truck. (most of the time folks see me in one of my drivers ed cars which are all Taurus's ). We see lot of our friends on HD's, she has no desire for one and would never ride on one, and we decided a Vette would be a much better mode of transportation for the 2 of us on trips and weekends.
I just grin and bare it but still have to admit I get a little irritated about some of the comments some times
Like most we work hard and by no means are well off, just 2 working adults that have grown kids and any where we go just the 2 of us in what ever we drive.
Neither of us is flashy or "mouthy" about what we have either
Is this common