5 Sensible Arguments for Buying a Corvette
06-23-2017, 05:41 PM
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If we were all "sensible" we would view our vehicles like any other appliance and would just all purchase a used Prius.
I have been a Vette fan since I was a kid. Vettes have just always had a coolness factor that no other American car can match.
Still, it's an expense and not an investment, so I needed to justify the purchase to myself. Here’s what I came up with:
1. My work takes me to clients in a 150 mile radius. The C7 in particular is a great long-range cruiser, seats are comfortable, and on the highway gets nearly 30 MPG – Check.
2. It's my weekend hot rod - don't need an additional vehicle for fun – Check.
3. I used to have a motorcycle, now a C7 convertible. While nothing beats a bike for
visceral open road feel, the vert is damn close. I live in Texas so the days with the
top down exceed the days with the top up – Check.
4. My wife digs it - Check.
It's a habit that I always feel I should analyze and justify expenses like this, but the bottom line is that I have bought my current and past Vettes primarily because they were great fun to drive with a performance envelope that puts a smile on my face every time I get in the car. Not to mention that when I picked up my C7 at the NCM I felt like a kid at Christmas - and I hadn't felt like that since I was a kid at Christmas!
And that’s priceless.
I have been a Vette fan since I was a kid. Vettes have just always had a coolness factor that no other American car can match.
Still, it's an expense and not an investment, so I needed to justify the purchase to myself. Here’s what I came up with:
1. My work takes me to clients in a 150 mile radius. The C7 in particular is a great long-range cruiser, seats are comfortable, and on the highway gets nearly 30 MPG – Check.
2. It's my weekend hot rod - don't need an additional vehicle for fun – Check.
3. I used to have a motorcycle, now a C7 convertible. While nothing beats a bike for
visceral open road feel, the vert is damn close. I live in Texas so the days with the
top down exceed the days with the top up – Check.
4. My wife digs it - Check.
It's a habit that I always feel I should analyze and justify expenses like this, but the bottom line is that I have bought my current and past Vettes primarily because they were great fun to drive with a performance envelope that puts a smile on my face every time I get in the car. Not to mention that when I picked up my C7 at the NCM I felt like a kid at Christmas - and I hadn't felt like that since I was a kid at Christmas!
And that’s priceless.
Good post
06-24-2017, 09:05 AM
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06-24-2017, 09:11 AM
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I'd much rather have a ferrari 458. But until then the reasons I'll get that are the same for why I have my 16.
1. Because I like it.
2. Don't care if my woman likes it, it's mine.
3. Don't care if it's quite affordable, because I like it.
4. Don't care about the gas mileage, it's a V8.
5. It's a crappy investment, like pretty much any car. But I don't care because I like it.
6. Since most other cars out there today suck ***, and buying a minivan or prius makes me sick even thinking about it. I drive this for all those saps out there that can't for whatever reason..............and I like it.
1. Because I like it.
2. Don't care if my woman likes it, it's mine.
3. Don't care if it's quite affordable, because I like it.
4. Don't care about the gas mileage, it's a V8.
5. It's a crappy investment, like pretty much any car. But I don't care because I like it.
6. Since most other cars out there today suck ***, and buying a minivan or prius makes me sick even thinking about it. I drive this for all those saps out there that can't for whatever reason..............and I like it.