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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 08:33 PM
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Just curious to see how many people either own outright or make payments on their Vettes...
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 08:40 PM
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Both mine and my wife's are paid for.
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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Rent to own.
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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payments now - going to try and bust my *** to pay it off in the next year or so...
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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......I pay mine...every month. It isn't much but...it's a payment. Gonna try and double up on them though.
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Old Nov 28, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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paying here. not too much for my age. i thought it would be much more for the Z06 but its not bad. its worth it!
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 02:22 AM
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paid cash that I made on my current military deployment. Or else I could have never bought one.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 04:51 AM
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I have a year to go
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 06:46 AM
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Mine is paid for.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:01 AM
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Took a 60 month note , working on paying it off in 30 months .
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:48 AM
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I over pay my monthly payments in the hopes to pay it off sooner, but right now, I am a rent to own sort of guy.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 01:27 PM
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No car loans.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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I sold the wrx and took a loan on the difference. I'm making 3 payments every two months during school and double payments during the summer. the bad part is I know I will sell it before it's paid for. I did that with the wrx. what am I gonna get? I newer vette of course!
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by FRCJim
Took a 60 month note , working on paying it off in 30 months .
That was the route I took, got in donw in 29 though
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Just stroked a check for my December payment.....It hurts but feels so good!
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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Mine is paid, but it was with a 0% loan from GM. How can you lose
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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We also lucked out ond got the General's 0% interest and no payment for 3 months. I drove our '03 coupe off the dealer's lot without spending a dollar. Paid the last dollar on Feb. '06. Whew, what a relief!
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 10:09 AM
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Paid mine off in about 30 months....
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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I bought mine as a 25th b-day present to myself. The sale was set up for cash, but the car came in a month early so I only had 10 grand to put down. Once my investments came due I withdrew the cash and paid it off. Talk about 1 payment and out, SWEET !! However I opted to take 11 months to pay it off in hopes my credit score would go up. Too many cash purchases and not enough on credit. Oh well cash in hand is always better then a BS credit score. LOL !!
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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I Threw down a bunch so I pay something, not much, but something
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