Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:31 am
Tarspin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:43 pm
Since i

'd on my daily i don't feel okay with adding much capital to the car's replacement. It would need to be just as fun in its own way AND have hit rock bottom/appreciating AND cost similar to upkeep. It would for sure be a short list.
I'd even consider an off road something for adventures with the crotchfruit, but we can take the t-reg almost anywhere I'd be comfortable taking kids anyways, so it should be a fun sporty coupe/vert with a good manuel and more confident handling then the C6
"nice" Corvettes of any generation bottom in the mid to low teens. Nice C4's are still in the low teens, solid C5's in the mids and C6's in the upper. And that will probably stay for some time, even when C7 values start to fall. Getting below the $20k mark really opens up the market, which stabilizes prices.
People who are paying $30k+ for C6's today are going to get hosed. But you're in fine shape. Just keep it and enjoy it.
Mine is at 95k miles so the value is probably going to shit...
I'm in a similar mind set to Surf

right now... I have

desires, it's been since 2014 since I've made a car transaction.
But nothing is as fun and easy to live with for the money as a used Corvette.
I could sell the C5 and get a new JL, but I think within six months I'd miss having a sports car.
I could sell the C5 and get a 370Z or a C6, but would it really be worth $5-10k more money down the pisser to have a car that doesn't really perform better? Just basically newer and better interior. Plus I've dropped that couple thousand into required maintenance and modz, so I'd have to spend that as well.
I could

the C5 for something a bit more agile like an S2K, Gayman/Boxster, FRZ, Miata, but then I'm losing powah and getting something temperamental in comparison to dat GM reliability (other than Miata, those are solid, but even the FRZ seems less reliable than a C5).
Sooo... I want a new car, but it's just... not really easy. I feel like Max. I have money but won't spend it.
Most sensible thing is probably keep the Corvette and hope to add a JL or another GTI to the collection later, depending on circumstances.