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Originally Posted by hotlap
A buddy daily drove a 2005 Vette for 230,000 miles before trading it in on a C7 Z51 in 2016. He got $10k in trade.
KBB for a mint, 10,000 mile, 2005 C6 coupe is $18k.
So ...it cost him ~ $8k to drive it 21,000 miles per year instead keeping it under a car cover as a 900 per year garage queen.
They plow the roads immediately here and performance winter tires work well in ~5-6 inches of snow. Drive your cars! They aren’t collectibles.
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Originally Posted by Overflow
This! A good amount of Camaro/Corvette owners view their cars as these rare collectible cars that can't touch water, other than while being washed.
Mass produced cars aren't collectibles.
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I don't think that most Camaro or Corvette owners believe their cars are collectibles. They are clearly not. The way I look at it is that there are better vehicle options when there is 6-12" of snow on the ground. A RWD, V8 powered, low-slung, pony car/sports car is not the best choice. It's your car, your money. Do as you please.
If I didn't have the finances to put multiple vehicles in my garage, I wouldn't own a Camaro or a Corvette due to the harsh, snowy winters in PA. IMHO, you don't buy a pair of pliers to drive a nail.
To each their own.
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