The NNIAL8R

My son asked me a hypothetical question today..

Would I sell my Vettes for a million dollars if it meant I couldnt ever buy another one...Not only that, I could never buy another "cool" car PERIOD...Just basic transportation such as a Honda Accord, etc...

My answer was NO...My Vettes (and driving them) are such an integral part of my life I couldnt take such an offer

How about YOU???

AtHomeSoda

Good question... not sure of the answer... a Million is a lot...and the word "Buy".... I could Build a car.. lol... hummmmm... ok.. I will just keep my COOL cars....maybe a million is not that much...

spin-doktor

whoa, thats a tuff one.

Zymurgy

I'd take the million and LEASE a new Corvette every 24 months or less.

AbsolutHank

Well, I was going to say hell yea I'd sell them...I'd sell just about any car really. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I do not get attached to my cars.

With that said, if I couldn't get back into another cool car, man oh man...probably not. While I'm not anywhere close to a millionaire, a million isn't thaaaattttt much

bob guzzy

No I can't live without a corvette, I started buying them at 20 years old and at 60 don't plan on stopping, anytime soon I hope.

Rossi6998

Okay... What are you feeding that kid??? You protect him, pay for his education, and he asks you a question like that...

Not sure what I would do...

AtHomeSoda

LOOP HOLE.... we have a lawyer....

The NNIAL8R

Actually, it was a discussion about music that led to it...He's a heavy metal drummer...a very good one at that.....But he's been having limited success in doing it for a living...(which is his dream)..I suggested he play a different kind of music..He said him being successful at playing music he didnt like would be like me giving up my Vettes for a million dollars and never being able to drive a vehicle that brought me enjoyment....He has a point

Restroom

What the hell would I do with a million dollars if I couldn't buy cars with it? I mean, sure, I could feed the other expensive hobbies, but life would be hollow.

If, however, we literally interpret the "Vette owner" part to bend the question with, eschewing the part about "any performance car", I have to say I'd trade my cheap-*** C6 for whatever non-Vettes I could get with a million. Don't get me wrong, I positively adore my Vette, but it's not a memberof my family. Hell, it's not even a pet. It's a car. I have an unreasonable fondness for cars, granted, but there are a LOT of cool cars out there other than what's in my garage at the moment. Long as it ain't a Ford, that's my only prejudice.

AtHomeSoda

My son.cut a CD... it did not sell well... I loved it... even though it was not MY kind of music... ok I love rock... and a LOT of new stuff... but... it seems the people who like heavy metal... have no money... jobs.. and such.... I agree... it is a talent,... and I like it... It is REALLY hard to get paid for what you love to do... tell him... to KEEP doing what he loves... work normal jobs to pay bills... It may pay off... it did for me... not music, but.. I do what I love.

grea81

Yes he does have a point. Finding a passion and then getting paid for it is the formula for a happy and productive life. I hope your son can make the sacrifices that are usually required to reach a place where someone will pay him to do what he loves. Good luck to him.

As for my vette, NEVER - I have been driving them for over 30 years and I will be buried in one.

vettedoogie

Well, I love cool trucks, cool bikes, cool boats, etc. I'll take that mil!

The NNIAL8R

I agree....Im a drummer too...I played country for many years..never made enough $ to make a living doing it, but it certainly paid better than what my kid earns doing it.....He gets frustrated when I tell him my cut was more than his entire band earns for a gig..but not frustrated enough to start playing country....I tell him that's where the $$ is....He says that's where it can stay!!

My band...


His band...

stockticker

I would take the million dollars and give my wife some money to buy me a new cool car for my next birthday; and I would take $20-30k and buy myself a Toyota Prius for my new DD.

4thC4at60

I've been around Corvettes in one way or another since 1953, but in the end it's just a car, so for a million dollars certainly it would be gone. I'd spend the million dollars traveling. I've been in 58 countries so only have 130 or so to go.

Mike Green9

Somethings are more important than $.

I get such a pleasure rush every time I drive or even look at my C6. A million $, yikes, that a chunk of change. But I would keep the C6.

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ncvette_1FUNRIDE

As much as I love my new Corvette, I'd have to take that million.

Rocketmanwpb

Heck yah, I could then buy a non-cool car like a Corvette.

Wayne O

Is that million dollars tax free?