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When I traded in my '01 Corvette on my '05 GTO, I told myself it was because I have two small kids and I needed a car that was still fast, but that had a back seat and was less expensive. I also needed a car I'd actually drive on a daily basis. I was an anal freak with my C5, keeping it in the garage and commuting in something else--an expensive proposition I couldn't sustain. The GTO solved all my problems. I got a daily driver with 400 horsepower and a back seat.
Now, someone's dangling a low-mileage C6 in my face and I'm waivering.
The guy with the Vette, a decent family guy and successful businessman, was given the Vette as a gift by his business partner. Although he appreciated the gesture, he's not into sports cars and doesn't really want it.
At the gym last night, he told me all about the car. It's a red six-speed that was driven from Chicago to Phoenix in some kind of dealer trade. At the time my friend got the car, it had about 2,500 miles on it. Since then, he's added just 900 miles. I haven't seen the car, but he tells me it's pristine. He'd like it to go to "someone who'll take good care of it," he said.
The only downside is that it's a pretty basic Vette. It has the six-speed, but no Z-51 or HUD.
The upside? Well, it's a Vette, for heaven's sake. And I get the impression my friend will part with it for cheap, seeing as how the car was an outright gift and he has no costs to recoup.
So now I'm weighing things in the balance. Do I jump into Vette-dom again? My wife--remembering the anal basket case I was--looked at me like I was nuts. I countered by telling her that this is a used Vette, so the "new" is already off it and I'd therefore approach ownership with a more casual attitude. What's more, I wouldn't have paid an arm and a leg for it, so maybe I wouldn't be such a freak. Regarding the GTO's "family car" virtues, well, as it turns out I don't really ever take the whole family anywhere in my car. That's what my wife's GMC Envoy is for. I do occasionally take my boys out for a spin, so if I switched to a Vette I'd have to take them one at a time.
I guess a lot of this depends on what my friend decides to sell the Vette for. If it's some ridiculously low price, I'd probably bite.
Were you in my shoes, what would you do?
Now, someone's dangling a low-mileage C6 in my face and I'm waivering.
The guy with the Vette, a decent family guy and successful businessman, was given the Vette as a gift by his business partner. Although he appreciated the gesture, he's not into sports cars and doesn't really want it.
At the gym last night, he told me all about the car. It's a red six-speed that was driven from Chicago to Phoenix in some kind of dealer trade. At the time my friend got the car, it had about 2,500 miles on it. Since then, he's added just 900 miles. I haven't seen the car, but he tells me it's pristine. He'd like it to go to "someone who'll take good care of it," he said.
The only downside is that it's a pretty basic Vette. It has the six-speed, but no Z-51 or HUD.
The upside? Well, it's a Vette, for heaven's sake. And I get the impression my friend will part with it for cheap, seeing as how the car was an outright gift and he has no costs to recoup.
So now I'm weighing things in the balance. Do I jump into Vette-dom again? My wife--remembering the anal basket case I was--looked at me like I was nuts. I countered by telling her that this is a used Vette, so the "new" is already off it and I'd therefore approach ownership with a more casual attitude. What's more, I wouldn't have paid an arm and a leg for it, so maybe I wouldn't be such a freak. Regarding the GTO's "family car" virtues, well, as it turns out I don't really ever take the whole family anywhere in my car. That's what my wife's GMC Envoy is for. I do occasionally take my boys out for a spin, so if I switched to a Vette I'd have to take them one at a time.
I guess a lot of this depends on what my friend decides to sell the Vette for. If it's some ridiculously low price, I'd probably bite.
Were you in my shoes, what would you do?