99CamaroSS

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Just read a post from Nastyc4 and figured i'd post up b/c of similar experience. Long story short, i've been F-bodyless for 3 years now and it just hit me the other day. I sold mine to try and get ahead....i owned my 99 SS and loved it. Bought it at young age, owned and modded it over 6 years...and then through pressure of friends and family i sold it to try to "grow up". WRONG MOVE! I am no better off 8 years later and finding myself back on this site to start refreshing my memory about all the money and time i put into my car. If i could go back in time, i never would have sold her! I almost want to shed a tear thinking about how long i'm going to have to wait before i have another one at the stage that i had my 99. Anyone else w/ a similar experience feel free to chime in. This is to anyone who is on the fence with either selling to get out of debt....or selling b/c you're bored with it etc etc....if you are a true muscle car fan, you WILL be back....keep what you have now. Safe racing out there!

Sweet_SS

I have a similar story, but with an import. I sold my 91 Eagle Talon...owned for about 9 years. I finally got it to full race status with full built motor, trans, rear end, etc etc. Car made 700whp and 424 ft/lbs tq. Well due to the amount of money that it took to maintain it, and replacing stupid parts I ended up selling it last March. I took part of the money and paid off my DD. However, I had an emptyness in the pit of my stomach. See, that's all I did was work in the garage. Well long story short, I became bored and feeling of not having a fast car or something to work on started to sink in. Although, that was until I drove my buddies 00 T/A. Well finally after searching I came across my 02 SS. Well since April, I've added some new wheels with shoes, tint, and a Yank high stall converter. More parts are being purchased next week too I can't stop, and I won't stop. Im addicted to ponies. Just thought I would share.

blk/slvr02ss

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I have had a Camaro for every year i have been driving now.Just sold my 2010 SS yesterday.Not the car i thought it would be but i am on the hunt for a new car as we speak.Just because u get rid of a car does'nt mean u grow up.I f it is what u like to do then screw everyone else.

RPM WS6

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I don't see how selling/not selling a car would make anyone grow up. I'm married, in my 30s, and I've got two 4th gen Camaros plus an old muscle car. I still daily drive a 4th gen V8 F-body every day. Maybe some people think that makes me 16? LOL.

Being grown up has nothing to do with the specifics of what you own. It's a matter of how you manage your life and deal with situations.

RevGTO

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+1. I'm married with four adult children, in my 50's, have two 4th gen Firebirds and two old muscle cars. I drive my stalled A4 Formula daily and love it. When I feel like shifting, I pull out my M6.

Most of my friends and associates are professionals and drive Mercedes, Beemers, and Lexi. I know they smirk at my cars. Do I care?

99LSS1

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I went 20 years in between F-Bodies. Bought my 99 SS for my 40th birthday present... Haven't stopped modding it since. I would love to still have my 68 or 70, But I love my 99 SS and would not trade it for anything!!!

99CamaroSS

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Perhaps it was a wrong choice of words. Maybe setting my priorities would fit better. I had the $$$ to get the car, but a couple years ago it was time to start thinking about getting a house...didn't have the money for that. Everyone else looked at it as i was childish for keeping a car over selling it to get a house. Now 3 years later i have no house and no car. HAhhahaa...however it's time to get both now!

Sweet_SS

Do what makes you happy and who cares what everyone else says. Their jealous anyways

tmdz28

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I can relate. Owned my 94Z for 3 years, modded it, spent hours working on it. Installed my own headers, basic maintenance stuff, but mostly fixing stuff.

But, I had to sell it, since I was still in college, money was tight, and let's just say that LT1's poor design made me poor as well.

I do somewhat regret it, since we had a love/hate relationship, but when love bloomed, it was unforgettable.

demonspeed

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I can relate as well. I sold my 00 SS thinking I "had" to because I wanted to "change careers." That career did not really pan out, and I was out the Camaro.

I sold my GTO because I wanted to get a house and Camaro. I've got the house, but we got a nicer house than we were planning, so who knows if I can swing another car

Both cars I should have kept. I will do whatever possible to not let it happen a third time (whenever it is I get to that third time).

z28MP

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my first car was a 94 3.4 camaro got t-boned in it bought my 98z put a decent amount of money into it then right before I deployed broke the trans come back from deployment since my vette was and is my current money pit sold the camaro as is went around for about a year driving a explorer got tired of it and finally bought my current 01 ss. Wish I never sold my z in the first place. I can't wait to go back home and finally get to drive my vette though.

LE35thSS

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i bought my car 5 months ago on the day of my 20th birthday and i can tell you this now... i will NEVER sell my car! i grew up around muscle cars and my car is exactly what i've been wanting so i have no reason to ever get rid of it.

99CamaroSS

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I had a VERY similar story, 1 year younger...and i was cocky when i said things like that too, the guy i bought it from said he was selling it to buy a house and a wedding ring for his girl and i remember thinking "wow this guy is nuts!..those are HORRIBLE reasons to sell your baby!" Hahaha, wouldn't you know it 6 years later i do the same thing to attempt getting a house of my own. Thats why i posted this thread...its easy to say it at the time when there are no other obligations...but things will eventually come up. Good luck hanging on to it...that's a sweet lookin SS!

LE35thSS

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Thanks man but i'll be 23 when it's paid off and if i get married or what not and something comes up where i would need to sell it i would tell her to get a job

demonspeed

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Ha! I remember when I thought like that. Best of luck.

99CamaroSS

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hahaha, it all sounds too familiar. I owned my SS as well when i sold it...so it wasn't to get out of debt, it was to use the money for a down payment. Hopefully all these stories will help other people better plan for keeping their cars!

SWEET98SS

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I sold my 98 Camaro SS to get married and have kids. I now am 31, 2 kids and just got my 99 Camaro Z28. Kids love it. I needed to sell it to afford a house for my family, now that I am older , i can afford the car and everything else. Its nice to have a house too, not living at home. It sucked, didnt have a garage to keep it in at my parents. Now it sits in my garage and stays clean.

LE35thSS

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you're definitely helping me out lol. already starting to think 3,5,10 years down the road of what might happen

68 RS Convertible

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I got my 68 SS coupe at age 13. My dad and I restored it, and it was ready for me when I got my license at 16. I didn't run the Camaro in the winter, I drove a 69 Corvair, fun ride, rear engine rear wheel drive!! I can remember riding my bike over to my grandfathers where we kept it to work on it before I was driving. Counting the years before I could drive the car. I am now 35 and still have the car. I came close to selling it about 10 years ago for
6500. Glad I didn't. I also have a 68 RS convertible that I got in 2000. Took 5 years to get it complete, painted and on the street. My coupe sits under a car port, covered up on the side of my garage. I go out and start her up every couple of months just to burn the spider webs off the headers. I have two boys age 3 and 7 months and it will most likely be many years before I get her back on the road. I've been told to grow up and sell the cars. Never happen. When I was younger my mother used to get pissed at me and tell me that the car was an extention of my personality. Well it is. Only way I would get rid of those cars is if it would somehow benfit my children. I think having the cars and working on the cars with the boys, when that time comes, will benefit them more.

99CamaroSS

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Well said! If i ever end up with kids they will learn everything i know.