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Dale it will all work out. Congratulations.
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Hi guys. After much consideration and tossing and turning in bed trying to sleep, I finally said “Screw it”, and went and bought it today. I pick it up Monday. The description of these cars putting a smile on the drivers face was indeed accurate. They let me take it for a few hours, and I fell even more in love! I shall post some pictures after I pick it up next week.
Thank you all for chiming it.
Dale.
Hi Dale:Hi guys. After much consideration and tossing and turning in bed trying to sleep, I finally said “Screw it”, and went and bought it today. I pick it up Monday. The description of these cars putting a smile on the drivers face was indeed accurate. They let me take it for a few hours, and I fell even more in love! I shall post some pictures after I pick it up next week.
Thank you all for chiming it.
Dale.
Actually Spence, they just offered me 65k for mine on trade. Z51 convertible. I still said no.Play hardball ... these cars are not flying off the lot.
There is no way the previous owner got near that amount in trade.
$52,500 all in (max) and let them sweat out having it there into September
(your choice to add/include the warranty)
If no good, have the Manager present you with the bottom dollar and walk out.
See if they let you leave ...
If they do let you leave, call the manager next week and see if he can do better.
I know not everyone can do this ... but it's your $$$ ... and doing it politely/respectfully goes a long way too.
Ooops just realized Unfortunately the deposit has you showing them one of your cards.
Have the deposit returned. Then ask for the bottom dollar amount.
... if you have done the purchase already ... this will all be behind you once you are driving.
It's a lot of work but you will never regret it. I took 6 weeks to buy my first one.
My Wife took 3 months for hers. Yup ... we had patience ... love the Corvettes no differently
than anyone else.
Dale, some Corvette and financial philosophy to calm your 'after the purchase' case of nerves. It was more difficult to sleep after I pulled the trigger than before. Worried for days if I was irresponsible because it had a bit of an impact on our finances in retirement. That was a year ago and there is no regret and our finances are not a problem. The mind will play on it because you want to be guilty. Most of us will never have 'enough' money to not worry about anything. That's for lottery winners and multi-millionaires. Even a million at today's living costs is not an Alfred E. Neuman 'what, me worry' situation.
Enjoy your Corvette, it is an amazing car that will give you joy every time you drive it. Drive it, wash it, detail it, look at it and just love it! Read the manual and pay close attention to 2 things; the drive mode settings for wet road conditions and the electric parking brake. Weather mode applies a lot of control to the eLSD among other things and will give you more confidence driving in the rain. Check posts by flyboy99 - he drives his Z06 all winter! Get into the habit of setting the electric parking brake as part of the shutdown routine.