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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:59:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stug3: Apparently there is some confusion as to what an actual Corvette looks like, so heres one. https://www.bouldermotorcar.com/imagetag/17/9/l/Used-1967-Chevrolet-Corvette-1667412868.jpg Now drop in an LT4, Coffman chassis, 10 speed auto…..  
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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:59:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stug3: Apparently there is some confusion as to what an actual Corvette looks like, so heres one. https://www.bouldermotorcar.com/imagetag/17/9/l/Used-1967-Chevrolet-Corvette-1667412868.jpg did you and Joe Biden go car shopping together? |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:00:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM-ARM-DPMS-guns: Because we can. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54333/AF20D4E9-29B0-4501-946B-7851604487DD-1655245.jpg Damn dude, that's awesome! |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:02:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pickle: Go hang out at the basketball courts at Orange Mound Park and you’ll see youngsters in corvettes doing donuts. ‘ That’s was actually a nice looking vette in the video. Guy must be in pharmaceutical sales. . |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:05:42 PM EDT
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MN, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:06:32 PM EDT
[#6]
a C8 is an awesome car that will blow the doors off nearly any car it encounters in a straight line or road course
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:07:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By John91498: I own a C8 and I'm not that old...mid 40's https://i.imgur.com/d26mu37.jpg I’m not 40 yet. For a handful of years 40+ is still old AF to me 
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:08:38 PM EDT
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I'll just keep my 73.
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Posted: 4/24/2024 10:32:19 PM EDT
[#9]
I would take either of these.
I did the alignments for this guy for SCCA This one just dropped by to price some tires. |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:10:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:11:11 PM EDT
[#11]
"With the wide array of readily accessible ED medications on the market, why do old men still want vettes?"
This is exactly why formerly limp dick old farts are in the market! |
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:26:35 PM EDT
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I did the Corvette thing early in my life, while I could still maintain an erection, for all the pussy that was fixin' to come my way. I looked forward to driving it every day. Now you couldn't chase me down and give me a Corvette as a daily driver.
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USA
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Posted: 4/24/2024 11:54:22 PM EDT
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$150k for a vette. Not a chance.
Drop $100-120k on a used F car and keep the rest for service. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:34:33 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stug3: Apparently there is some confusion as to what an actual Corvette looks like, so heres one. https://www.bouldermotorcar.com/imagetag/17/9/l/Used-1967-Chevrolet-Corvette-1667412868.jpg Does this one come with 50 years worth of classified documents? |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:40:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BlackTaco]
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scare_Crow: 150k is 911 money This man knows Z06 is badass, but I wouldn’t spend that much cash on a Chevrolet. $150K gets you a 911 992S - $2500 tune gets you the exact same 0-60 and 1/4 mile as a C8 Z06. I was on circuit track last fall with a new C8 Stingray with about $15K in mods (suspension)….and slicks - the car did pretty well. I’d go that route if wanting a C8. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 2:12:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HLB0302: Fair enough, you have good taste That $150k Corvette will destroy a lot of hardware from Europe costing more than twice that. The C8 is by far the best value in a modern sports car (that has an engine not a motor/battery ) |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 2:23:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryDude in the brown shoes moves to the beat of his own drum. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 2:25:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stug3: Apparently there is some confusion as to what an actual Corvette looks like, so heres one. https://www.bouldermotorcar.com/imagetag/17/9/l/Used-1967-Chevrolet-Corvette-1667412868.jpg Comes with top secret docs in the trunk! |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 2:39:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/25/2024 3:37:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GGF: I'm old and the last one I rode in was like sitting in a reclining yard chair. Fall in and crawl out. Must be limber boomers buying them. Yep. My parents (now age 70) bought a C5 Corvette. My stepdad hated getting in and out of it. My mother bought a 1969 Chevelle SS as her boomer retirement car. They both hated their "fun" cars for different reasons. My stepfather hated getting in and out of the Vette and rarely drove it, and My mother hated the Chevelle for all the attention it got everywhere she parked. Random old dudes would come up to her and ask all sorts of questions about the car. She always responded with "I bought it and I drive it, that's all I know about the car." Both got sold after about 3 years. My mother upgraded her Daily driver to a Mercedes ML 350 Diesel after I talked her out of buying a Range Rover. She is now a happy one car person. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 4:53:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scare_Crow: 150k is 911 money It has 911 performance. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 4:56:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HDS64: At least New Balance tennis shoes are that expensive. 
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OK, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 5:10:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HDS64: At least New Balance tennis shoes are that expensive. Proofreading. You did (not). |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 5:27:26 AM EDT
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I had a lot more respect for Corvettes when they were not trying to look like Ferrari.
Same thing when the MR2 ripped the Porsche Boxster off.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 5:42:52 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BigFatDog]
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cardplayer: A 50+ yr old man's Corvette or Harley is parallel to a 50+ yr old woman getting new tits. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cardplayer: A 50+ yr old man's Corvette or Harley is parallel to a 50+ yr old woman getting new tits. Depends. Originally Posted By TxLawDog: I intentionally didn't buy a C8 because of the stereotype. I bought a BMW instead. I’m with you on this. Not because I care what others think, but because I have to live with myself. I do waffle from time to time though. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 5:59:06 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Clint50]
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I bought my first Corvette at 17yrs old, in 1970. Have owned 35 of them, since then. #35 and #36, below.
My 2002 C5 Z06 widebody  My 2001 C5 6spd roadster with 58K miles (just purchased for $16,000) 
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Posted: 4/25/2024 6:48:07 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Bladeswitcher]
[#27]
You've got to be a certain age to think of Corvette as your dream car
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:05:55 AM EDT
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This thread is going to cost me if I keep reading it.
I wonder if my wife will appreciate a C5 as an anniversary gift in 3 weeks? |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:08:45 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jonny762: If I had $150k to throw at an automobile I wouldn't be looking at a 'vette though. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:11:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UTex86: I mean, yeah. Hell yeah, brother. The Z06 is an incredible machine. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:30:59 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stug3: Apparently there is some confusion as to what an actual Corvette looks like, so heres one. https://www.bouldermotorcar.com/imagetag/17/9/l/Used-1967-Chevrolet-Corvette-1667412868.jpg See, a quick glance is showing a lot of nice '67s in the 75-120k range. I honestly think if I were going to drop 6 figures on a car, it would be a classic. The new ones are a ton of performance for the money, and will absolutely smoke the old ones in every conceivable way. But Mr. Jean Shorts & New Balance isn't tracking the thing, at least not in any serious way. I dunno, I'm not the target market either. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:32:58 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By UTex86:$150k holy fuck 
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:34:34 AM EDT
[Last Edit: TheWhiteHorse]
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted ByFrank_B: Talk her into a Miata, they're a Hell of a lot of fun. Even more so if she's willing to learn to drive a manual.
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KY, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:42:20 AM EDT
[#34]
For that price, I'd be looking at Porsche. I got beat by a good bit on that comment. Second, my friend recently traded a clapped out old minivan for a low miles C4 in good shape.
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:46:49 AM EDT
[#35]
A Toyota Pro is $75,000
I paid 43,000 for one in 2019 |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 7:47:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cardplayer: A 50+ yr old man's Corvette or Harley is parallel to a 50+ yr old woman getting new tits. The ones my ex GF got were spectacular! |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:11:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM-ARM-DPMS-guns: Because we can. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54333/AF20D4E9-29B0-4501-946B-7851604487DD-1655245.jpg I think I will ride with Death, and take the Viper out.  
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WA, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:22:31 AM EDT
[#38]
I'm 61, my 2023 C8 2LT coupe was 87K.
Awesome car, very well designed and engineered. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:24:01 AM EDT
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I could never allow myself to spend that much for a vehicle built by democrats.
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WI, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:25:55 AM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Square66: It has 911 performance. Which is why the corvette is dominating all the race circuits, breaking lap times, and..,, Pffffff…just kidding. They are too busy idling 40mph down a freeway on ramp. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:48:54 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By VidaEterna: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/181560/IMG_2414_jpeg-3197181.JPG If the one on the left was a 2 door hard top, I’d take it over the C8. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:50:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BlackTaco: This man knows Z06 is badass, but I wouldn’t spend that much cash on a Chevrolet. $150K gets you a 911 992S - $2500 tune gets you the exact same 0-60 and 1/4 mile as a C8 Z06. I was on circuit track last fall with a new C8 Stingray with about $15K in mods (suspension)….and slicks - the car did pretty well. I’d go that route if wanting a C8. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BlackTaco: Originally Posted By Scare_Crow: 150k is 911 money This man knows Z06 is badass, but I wouldn’t spend that much cash on a Chevrolet. $150K gets you a 911 992S - $2500 tune gets you the exact same 0-60 and 1/4 mile as a C8 Z06. I was on circuit track last fall with a new C8 Stingray with about $15K in mods (suspension)….and slicks - the car did pretty well. I’d go that route if wanting a C8. Or a clean 991.1 GT3 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:53:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m1awolf: 40K for a one owner 07 Z06 7.0L M/T w/22k miles on it. https://www.carfax.com/vehicle/1G1YY26E375127762 C6Z is peak Corvette. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:56:42 AM EDT
[#44]
5 year old F250 with 100k miles is still 50k or so.
Automobile prices are insane. |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 8:59:36 AM EDT
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IL, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:05:12 AM EDT
[#46]
imo c6 is the vette sweet spot unless you gotta have the latest and greatest.i bought a cherry 06 last year with 32k miles on it.it came with borla exhaust and a fancy cold air intake all for 28k ...so
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IL, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:06:56 AM EDT
[#47]
forgot to mention..the c8 is NOT availble witha manual trans,.which is ghey
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MO, USA
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:07:57 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM-ARM-DPMS-guns: Because we can. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54333/AF20D4E9-29B0-4501-946B-7851604487DD-1655245.jpg Yet you couldn't finish your garage properly?? |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:27:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hanker71: forgot to mention..the c8 is NOT availble witha manual trans,.which is ghey Sad. I know new automatic transmissions can be quicker than a manual, like with the Mustang. That said, some people still like shifting gears. A manual should be an option on a sports car. Like this:  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 9:50:51 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By sprtpilot: Yet you couldn't finish your garage properly?? It's a garage/barn not a house. It's as finished as I need it to be. |
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