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I'm not a car show type of guy, but, if I was setting up a ZR-1 @ a show, I would have a sign professionally made up with all the records that the ZR-1 has. If my car was modded, I would say on the sign "This one has a little more!". I sometimes tinker with my car in front of work, many customers ask about it & I educate them. The problem with our cars is weight & cost to modify beyond 425 rwhp.
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Only time will tell. I have a '68 that gets a lot of attension when I drive it. I'm a recently new ZR-1 owner and made the decision to sell my '04 ZO6 Commemorative edition to make space for it. I just sold that car Friday. It was a beautiful, light, fast car and it handled exceptionally well - but the history of the ZR-1 and LT-5 is really incredible when compared with everything Corvette that came before it. Especially when taken into context of the HP trend for 15 years leading up to its release.
My justification to myself was that if I spent 5-10k on my Z06 to make it the way I wanted, it would have been worth less than when I started, and would have continued to depreciate for the next 15 years. With the ZR-1, I was patient and found what I wanted so I don't have to put a lot into it, and I don't expect it to go down in value. Of course, I may be wrong, and if so, that's OK. My biggest reservation was that work a fair amount and the newer Z06 was nice because I could hop in it and go - I didn't have to spend time fixing things on it. My ZR-1 has not been the same way so far, but it also hasn't been used much in the last 5 years. I'm hoping I am running into all the little things would have crep up if it had been used more frequently. Regardless, I love the ZR-1; its a ton of fun to drive! |
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On these forums the cars that are talked about and show interest are the black widows or the lingenfelters, NCRS winners, or the later years, or the really low mile ones.
If you go to a show certain people like certain cars more than others so for people not to show interest in any car is nothing new. It also seems that a really nice original or heavily modified car is popular at shows and wins trophies, but is often times hard to sell, or at least for a descent price. I thought that maybe an NCRS c4 z would be cool, and mine was a Top Flight a few years ago before I got it. The way to keep an expensive to fix car original is to not fix/maintain anything as I found out about $5-6k later for repairs and maintenance. Would you believe my car had the original wiper blades on it? Once again cool for an NCRS show you should have seen the wiper arms the first time it rained. I ended up deciding to just enjoy mine and not to compare my car with everyone else's, after all it is just a fun car, and at $20k I can just save money and in a few years just get another one, or something similar. |
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i sometimes feel bad about my friends testarossa being worth ~$30,000 more then my zr-1. but then I remember that the testarossa was ~$180,000 new in 1989
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When we go to shows we usually take 3 cars,the 90 Z,91 full out syclone, and a stock typhoon.But its always the syclone that gets the attention.Although some of the older guys (45+)stop and stare at the Z.
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the few times i take the car to a show it's not getting the looks it used to in the early naughties
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You still driving the Yugo??? :confused: |
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