91LSMAN

Who. Cares.

It drives me nuts when anybody buys a car, then immediately starts talking/thinking about what it'll be worth when they sell it. Mod it, drive it. Do what YOU want with it. Don't like it? Sell it and move on to something else.

As to the post that said to find a car that is already modded the way you want it....that was from a mechanic that didn't want to install anything.

A couple years ago my dad bought a heads/cam C6 Z06. It had all receipts with it, was low miles and we even found the shop that built it and he called and talked to them. Had a cooling system issue that was never found and would suddenly creep up at different times. So you never know how something was cared for, or how good the build actually was.

Dodgeturbpo

My 2000 conv 6-speed is my 5th Vette. I’m 72 and never get tired of hearing the sounds they make and the cool ride.. Never really thought of them as a investment except the 1965 conv 4 speed side pipes car that I had for 30 yrs before I sold it. After that I purchased a 1988 and that was a dog but I broke about even on it. We love just putting the top down now and cruising around and maybe stop for a 🍸. Just enjoy your ride whatever it may be.

grinder11

My take on all this is even if your car is worth the same $$$$ next year as it is this year, you're still losing $$$$, due to the rather rampant inflation. Here's some interesting figures:
Let's say you bought a new 327 Corvette in 1965 for $5,000. $5,000 in 1965 is worth over $47,000 today in 2022!!! So, the guy who held onto it for 57 years and sold it for $75,000 last week made $28,000 in 57 years, or about $500/year. Not that great of an investment in my book. But it's probably far better than any C5 owner can possibly hope for. The real value in a C5 is in one place only, and that's in the drivers seat with the pedal to the floor!!!

Rumplemenzz

tht was me before my vette.. totally agree. Alot less stress and alot more fun when u follow this motto

Beast

I agree with the right foot through the floor. Grinder, put those Mickey Thompsons on the back of your C5, right foot through the floor, and let us know what happens to your transmission. I’m still waiting on those results. Lol

Johnny Hardcore

plus many were wrecked. But more indicative of the collector interest in the WS6...is the fact that relatively few LS1 based WS6 cars were ever produced.

The entire production run from 98-2002 there were approximately 34k made. Similar to the C5 Z06 production numbers. There were over 200k LS1 C5s produced during the C5 production years.

I have a fair condition 1929 Model A that isn't worth much $$ because Ford produced over 4.8 million Model A's.

Like every other car or motorcycle I've ever purchased/ own/owned they were bought for fun factor not monetary ROI.

JD'S WHITE 93

Only YOU can decide if you bought the wrong car. My advice is enjoy the car you have and do with it what makes you happy to hell with resale value.

GoldenFlame

The WS6 may be a better collector item considering they don't make them any more.. At the end of the day it's still a 4th Gen F-Body, built cheap with cheap parts.. The C5 has cheap interior parts but is miles above a stamped steel unibody.

dainon

I need a bigger garage. I would love to put a T/A, my C5, and even do I dare say an SN95 era Cobra convert in it. I would own all three if I had deep enough pockets and enough space. But being that I can't, I wish I could see 10 years down the road to which would garner the most attention at a car show, or fetch the highest price when I decide to hang it up. Who knows.. right now my wife is wanting to put money down on the new Blazer EV.. I may not even be buying gas in ten years..

I appreciate your comments though. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's true, anything that can be done to the F-body can be done to the C5 and it will come out on top.

dainon

How long do you intend to own it? Do you see yourself driving anything else and wish you had higher resell value to trade up?

Five years in, I don't know if I am ready to move on. I drove it yesterday before a storm front rolled in. Of course, I love the car, but I am pretty sure I would drop the cash on one of those 50th anniversary Lingenfelter 427s if one ever crossed my path. But I would always wonder if the same upgrades on the 40th TA would double the resell?

dainon

I totally get where you are coming from. This was my original intent as well. I bought the car in fair condition knowing I needed to do some restoration to bring it back to it's best self. It's almost there..



But at 25 years old, eventually it will need a new transmission, rear end, the engine needs another 100 horse. I just wonder if when I am done, I will wish it had been done to something else.

Your bike analogy speaks to me. Thanks for the comment.

EVL JAKE

Yeah you bought the wrong car.

killain

Well I never bought a Corvette, ( I've had 7 of them) that I expected to become "Investment Grade" But I've never had any trouble selling any of them, but right now Post-Covid the entire auto market is in either a death spiral, OR they cost too much for anyone of meager means to afford. Of course, "Greed" amongst Car Dealers will become a legend long after they have close shop, and gladly so ! But almost any corvette kept in excellent condition and AS STOCK as possible, will bring the best sales. The 5 year cost of a 2021 C8 which due to Covid again, is around $95.000 but in five years, is expected to land around $38.000. And likewise, If you buy in at these times, at these prices, you stand a really good chance of being under water before you get it home. And going forward your going to be behind the ball almost forever. Having said that if you keep it in really clean condition, it will reward you once you get to the point of wanting to sell it ! And I expect the price of a gallon of Gasoline to be somewhere around $7.00 if not higher by 2027. Unless the government steps in and does some kind of nationalization of parts of the entire Petrol Retail sales ends.

c5arlen

Did that once... Bought the wrong 6 thousand dallar car...back in the 70's, A Lotus Elan instead of a equal priced Porsche Speedster!