Parking the Vette forever..

[Bender]

Well not forever but for a long time untill I come up with the money to fix it plus some money I feel I am going to need to repay even tho its not a loan, so I guess just for a few years. Basicly what happen is my mom offer to trade in my eclipse and help me pay for the rest on a 2002 Trans AM Collectors edtion but this means I have to part the vette because the insurnce will just be to much on both of these cars. I love to drive the car but right now because of some problems like none of the lights working or blinkers, I almost got hit about 6 times on the way home at like 9pm. Its not just the bulbs its the electrical system, then the whole dashboard has to be replaced and carpet, the power window motors need to be replaced, wind shield wiper motors also and wiper fluid pump and the tank for it and the carbrator needs to be replaced with a Holley dual pumping 650 and after I put that on the gas milage will be like 10 miles per gallon. The I have problems with insurnce my insuarnce company wont insure it for more then 2k WTF. I am going to have to go threw a ton of crap to prove the car is worth 18k. But its not like Im selling it, just parking untill I have the money. I could get lucky and get a good paying job work alot of hours and have the car back in 6 months. Another thing is I feel kinda of bad getting another car, most kids dont go through 3 cars in one year. Any way here is a picture of the exact car I am thinking about getting, I have to decide quickly cause its a rare car, this one is a 6 speed manual.

 

[Bender]

But if I do decide to park it for a while what should I do to prepare it? I am getting a car cover and parking it in the garage. Also any tips on how to bargin for this car? It cost 27k and is the WS9 package which is a 38k car but I still feel thats a little high, it only has 25k miles on it and still has the factory warranty. I dont know what I am doing I have made so many bad decsions with cars

 

[Bender]

Trans AM's have corvette engines in them dont they? I know my friends 98 has a LT1 I beleive.

 

[garycr14]

This car will have an LS1.

 

[atmmac]

Why dont you just sell your vette, skip the trans am and pick up a C4 or a C5. Look for a 96 LT4. Thats what i would do although that T/A is pretty sweet.

-Andy

 

[Bender]

I really dont like C4's and I just feel that Trans AM is better then a C5, not any other T/A's tho but that one is really ****ing nice. You should see the inside, it has a ****ing 12 disc changer Glass T-tops own and they dont leak. How much am I looking at to get my vette Fixed, labor included cause I tried fixing crap my self and all I did is break it more then fix it. I want to replace my Tranny with a 6 speed, replace dashboard, replace all the wiring, replace the harnesses, repaint the interior, Pait the car or at least fix the spider vanes and chip paint, 100% fix the steering, Fix the oil leak, replace the carpet, new shocks, replace the power window acculators, reseal the windshield. I think all that comes to about 10k with labor and even then I still dont have the speed of that Trans AM. When car sales man floored it, I felt the G's, My vette is fast but not that fast and its really hard to control at high speeds, he was going 100 and it was like nothing but maybe thats just because my steering is not perfect. But selling my vette is not an option. The thing Im going to miss most about driving my vette is all the looks I get in traffic I mean the Trans AM is nice but people like a 81 vette over a Trans AM even one that nice. I do plan on fixing up the vette in 1-2 years, saving up but right now..Its a big risk to drive because my vette is only insrured up to $2000 so I get nothing if anything happens to get and that scares me to death and the gas mileage is so bad compared to that Trans AM, that car gets 18 city 28 highway compared to like 12 miles city and like 18 highway It will be even worse if I put that Dual holley on, which I have no choice in if I plan to solve my fuel problems, if that solves them. Its just that I love driving it but, it drives like crap right now and I will NEVER take it out of town. Also the car Im trading in was hit and the people who fixed it did a poor job and I am trying to dump the car before something breaks, I really do feel cursed in my daily driver now.

 

[Bender]

Also I am trying to figure out if all collectors editions are WS6 pkg or not because the place I am trying to buy it from are trying to sell it for 28k with tax and I looked up the blue book value of the car and its 27k with out tax so I dont know I am trying to get them down to 27k with tax, I am so bad at this ****.

 

[atmmac]

28k damn. You might as well get a C5 for around the same price. Good luck with the T/A and the vette!

-Andy

 

[Imachad]

28k damn. You might as well get a C5 for around the same price. Good luck with the T/A and the vette!

-Andy

I agree, for that price you can get a really nice C5 or fix your vette twice over. Sounds like someone has T/A fever......

 

[BeaterShark]

Also I am trying to figure out if all collectors editions are WS6 pkg or not because the place I am trying to buy it from are trying to sell it for 28k with tax and I looked up the blue book value of the car and its 27k with out tax so I dont know I am trying to get them down to 27k with tax, I am so bad at this ****.

Run away from that car. It will be worth next to nothing in about 3 years if you put any kind of mileage on it, collector's edition or not.

I have a '99 w/ 6-speed & 65k miles that has been up for sale in the Dallas area for 3 months for $11,900 and I have yet to have anybody even come and look at it. There is a reason they discontinued the F-bodys. I had originally thought GM didn't know what they were doing, but I realize now there really is NO demand for these cars.

A C5 is MUCH more car than that F-body and you can get a fairly new one for that kind of money.

If you really want an F-body, look out for a '99 or '00 with about 60k miles. It will have all the performance of that one at about half the cost.

 

[Bender]

The cheapest 2002 Corvette I could find was 28k with out tax on auto trader and its not even a 6 speed. I want all 3 cars,Camaro, Trans AM, Corvette, the only cars I have ever wanted.

 

[Imachad]

The cheapest 2002 Corvette I could find was 28k with out tax on auto trader and its not even a 6 speed. I want all 3 cars,Camaro, Trans AM, Corvette, the only cars I have ever wanted.

Why don't you just take a loan out and have your 80 redone. you can put 15k in and have a brand new car for alot less $$ that what you want to buy a new car for. just a thought!

chad

 

[KANE]

I agree...

Get a loan and finish the 1981!!!!

Take out a loan, a SMALL one, pay it off and build YOUR credit. Credit will help you out as you get older... credit cards, home loans, college loans, even cheaper insurance in some cases. JUST DON'T BLOW IT WITH PURCHASES YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO REPAY!!!!!

Cars are a rediculously devaluating asset.

In fact, I would call it a financial liablity because it carries so little chance to get out of it what you put into it.

As for an enjoyable liability?? I LOVE MINE!!!

 

[atmmac]

If i had an 81 and 28k id put a blower on your 350. Thing would be pretty sweet. Run some nice straight pipes with headers. put a nice cam in it. You could even have a convertible conversion done with that kind of money. Your 81 will be worth a hell of a lot more in the end. The best part is its always warm where you live. I wouldnt get a camaro or a t/a unless it was a 67-69 SS or Z28 or a 67-70 or 78 firebired T/A or formula. Hes right the new ones arent in high demand. Think about it!

-Andy

 

[Bender]

Because the vette will never have the computerize technololgy like the Trans AM does. I love to drive the vette but I have so many more luxuries driving a new car. Another thing I cant even find a place that will fix everything on that car, I have to take it to like 10 differernt places and still worry about the job being done right, I dont think one thing fixed on that car has been done right. I had to get it align 3 times before they got it right. They said something them not being able to use a computer to align it or something. I am trading my daily driver in plus 18k so its not really 28k, and I hate my daily driver ever since I got hit, its just not the same. I dont want to make any mods to my engine that will make my 10mpg worse then what it already is. Any way its not like you can take it to a shop and be like here put on a blower... I cant even find a place to paint my interior, I went to the best place in town and they said they cant get paint to stick very long.

 

[atmmac]

Sounds like you need a new shop. I had a computer alignment done on my 66 impala and it drives straight as an arrow. I would ask around for a good shop!

-Andy

 

[Bender]

I have asked around and every one is like I dunno I do the work my self. I already put 8k in this car and basicly got no where, you cant tell what got fixed. The mechcanic before this one charged me for a new carb and put it on and it did not fix the car and I could not do anyhting because it was under the table.

 

[Bender]

Arg I dont want to park it but cant afford both. I was going to change my mind till I pushed the car hard and when I was sitting at a stop light smoke started comming from out the bottom of the engine.

 

[Bender]

Never mind I was going to make a mistake you are right a vette is way better then a Trans AM when I learned about the Heads up display and the dual climiate control and the memory setting and all that other **** why pay more for something that has less. I am just going to look for a good vette.

 

[76okievette]

Sounds like what you need is complete frame off restoration. Look under the Portal tap on this site and you can find a list of about 40 different places that do this. I am not sure what this cost but it should be in the budget you are talking about. You can have this done to restore the car to orginal condition or you can have some modifications done at the same time. Might be worth looking into.