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11-26-2008
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
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looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
Well I have the opporunity to buy a 2nd Z very cheap, they only problem is the car will have to either sit outside or I will need to fork over $100 per month for a garage space. This is a very high miler but not in bad shape.
Putting my wifes Mercedes CLK 500 outside is a non-option, and I am definately not moving my 92 w/21K miles outside. Is it a sin to park a Z outside in the Chicago winter? I already have the LT5 project going. But I would like to drive this car as is and make it into a Snakeskinner 3100lb car and maybe even drop the spare into it. I also have the Gen I dymags for it. Looking for your thoughts, I just cannot see dumping $100 per month in a parking spot for a car that I didn't pay much for. LGAFF 92 ZR1 #234 Last edited by LGAFF; 11-26-2008 at 11:03 PM. |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Bartlett, IL
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
I know of Storage in DeKalb for $60 a month
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
tough call
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Join Date: May 2008
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
$100 a month is a drop in the bucket in my opinion.
However there are other options: http://www.carbag.com/products/products.html |
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Location: Sudbury, Ontario. Canada
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
$4-500 to protect $15-20k investment = bad decision??
Sorry, I guess I just don't understand the math here... The carbag thing.. hmm from what I can see buying that would be over half what the winter storage costs would be - again it doesnt seem to compute. Just my two penneth...
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Join Date: May 2008
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Houston, TX
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
Is all that money burning a hole in your pocket? I just can't relate. "It's not a sin to be poor! Just damn inconvenient."
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
Well it would be more like $1200 per year unless I park it outside in the summer and bring it in during the winter....$60 per month is not bad.
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
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1200 is a drop in the bucket or i'd go used car cover for $60 and then that car bag for $300. That would keep all the snow and crap off your car. |
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11-27-2008
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Chicagoland,IL
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Re: looking for feedback on a 2nd Z
Home Depot $20 tarp.
 Just make sure the antifreeze is good,50/50. Pete
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