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Looking for some car advice from you older and wiser gents
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<blockquote data-quote="Torch10th" data-source="post: 14912356" data-attributes="member: 15703"><p>One thing that I've noticed as I get older is that I enjoy cars more for what they are then for wanting to do stuff to them.</p><p></p><p>It's been mentioned here already, but instead of buying a car with the intention on modding the crud out of it, go with something that will satisfy you without those additions. Then IMHO you should take that money you save on not modding the car like crazy and actually go do stuff with the car.</p><p></p><p>Take it to meets, get involved in some sort of sanctioned racing (dra, auto-x, road course etc.). Take it on long road trips etc. When I stopped spending money on my car and started spending money to do stuff with my car, I had a LOT more fun.</p><p></p><p>To this day the car that I had the absolute most fun with was my 1999 Cobra. I paid just under 14,000 for a good condition car with 40,000 on the clock. It was so cheap that the money I was saving meant I took it out to every track event. I was able to burn through oodles of fuel, tires, brake pads and rotors and I didn't have to worry about it. I just purchased those items when they wore out.</p><p></p><p>I did a couple things to that car, some of which I'd do again, others I wouldn't. But at the end of the day, because that car was so damn cheap, it afforded me the ability to actually have fun with it.</p><p></p><p>In your example you are looking at c6z's in the mid to high 30's which would put you looking at cars that would be considered high mileage in that class. It's probably doable, but as you state if you don't have any money left over, you're not going to have any money to have fun with the car.</p><p></p><p>You won't have any lesson fun in an LS2 C6 or C5z which you can get in relatively good condition for under 20k. In fact you'll probably have more fun because you won't be car poor because of the purchase. If it was me though, I'd go for the cheapest possible option which would be the Mach 1.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Torch10th, post: 14912356, member: 15703"] One thing that I've noticed as I get older is that I enjoy cars more for what they are then for wanting to do stuff to them. It's been mentioned here already, but instead of buying a car with the intention on modding the crud out of it, go with something that will satisfy you without those additions. Then IMHO you should take that money you save on not modding the car like crazy and actually go do stuff with the car. Take it to meets, get involved in some sort of sanctioned racing (dra, auto-x, road course etc.). Take it on long road trips etc. When I stopped spending money on my car and started spending money to do stuff with my car, I had a LOT more fun. To this day the car that I had the absolute most fun with was my 1999 Cobra. I paid just under 14,000 for a good condition car with 40,000 on the clock. It was so cheap that the money I was saving meant I took it out to every track event. I was able to burn through oodles of fuel, tires, brake pads and rotors and I didn't have to worry about it. I just purchased those items when they wore out. I did a couple things to that car, some of which I'd do again, others I wouldn't. But at the end of the day, because that car was so damn cheap, it afforded me the ability to actually have fun with it. In your example you are looking at c6z's in the mid to high 30's which would put you looking at cars that would be considered high mileage in that class. It's probably doable, but as you state if you don't have any money left over, you're not going to have any money to have fun with the car. You won't have any lesson fun in an LS2 C6 or C5z which you can get in relatively good condition for under 20k. In fact you'll probably have more fun because you won't be car poor because of the purchase. If it was me though, I'd go for the cheapest possible option which would be the Mach 1. [/QUOTE]
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