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Corvette
General Corvette Discussion
Thoughts on "collect-ability" ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Creedence85" data-source="post: 183697" data-attributes="member: 4346"><p>This might not be the answer you want to hear, but most modern cars that are mass produced will likely never have that much collectability in the near future. You're going to have to keep the car for a long time, in stock form, in near new condition, with no more significant miles on it than it has now, and if it ever does get collectable, you'll either be too old to enjoy it or long gone. If that's what you enjoy doing with your car, great, but if you more enjoy just using the car, you're better off doing that. While the colour and option combination might be rare, and might make it more desirable in the Corvette community, it's still on a car where thousands were produced in that model year and even thousands more in that generation, so it's not rare when compared to cars where only a few examples exist and likely won't make it more desirable to the general car community. The nice thing about C6s is they've eaten a good chunk of their depreciation, so if you keep the car in good shape while also enjoying it, you won't lose that much money and you may even see it level out.</p><p></p><p>A lot of the price raising in collectable cars is driven by dumb reasons like price inflation of the auctions, dealers, and collectors who aren't enthusiasts who enjoy cars for how they drive and are designed, but as an items of value to be collected. Moderns cars that are appreciating tend to be special cars from special times, and also example of things we may never see again, such as anything Italian with a V12 and a manual transmission, the first Ford GTs, stuff like that. 4th gen Toyota Supras are going up because of the Fast and Furious franchise. Porsche 930 and 993 911s are going up because the Porsche snobs like air cooled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Creedence85, post: 183697, member: 4346"] This might not be the answer you want to hear, but most modern cars that are mass produced will likely never have that much collectability in the near future. You're going to have to keep the car for a long time, in stock form, in near new condition, with no more significant miles on it than it has now, and if it ever does get collectable, you'll either be too old to enjoy it or long gone. If that's what you enjoy doing with your car, great, but if you more enjoy just using the car, you're better off doing that. While the colour and option combination might be rare, and might make it more desirable in the Corvette community, it's still on a car where thousands were produced in that model year and even thousands more in that generation, so it's not rare when compared to cars where only a few examples exist and likely won't make it more desirable to the general car community. The nice thing about C6s is they've eaten a good chunk of their depreciation, so if you keep the car in good shape while also enjoying it, you won't lose that much money and you may even see it level out. A lot of the price raising in collectable cars is driven by dumb reasons like price inflation of the auctions, dealers, and collectors who aren't enthusiasts who enjoy cars for how they drive and are designed, but as an items of value to be collected. Moderns cars that are appreciating tend to be special cars from special times, and also example of things we may never see again, such as anything Italian with a V12 and a manual transmission, the first Ford GTs, stuff like that. 4th gen Toyota Supras are going up because of the Fast and Furious franchise. Porsche 930 and 993 911s are going up because the Porsche snobs like air cooled. [/QUOTE]
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