Can't Decide..Sell it or Keep it?
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Can't Decide..Sell it or Keep it?
Just need some advice on what anyone would do. Own a 99' Z/28 and going to be stationed at Aviano, Italy for 3 years and taking my wifes car. Don't know if I should sell the car or not? It has 150K miles so its old but took very good care of it and also put some kind of money into it. Need advice, would you sell it or keep it (had plenty of good memories in it in the last 3 years i owned it).
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Honestly, f-bods are a dime a dozen. Your mod list isn't anything absurd so if it doesn't bother you, save the cash in a high yield savings account (ING Direct) and the money you'd pay to store it, and put that towards a new camaro when you return. Just my idea, ultimately you only ask for advice when you already know the answer.
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**** im over here at RAF mildenhall, and i should have sold. all i do is miss my car, now im driving a ******* 1.4liter 1475lbs opel astra for 300$. hey at least its chevy. but yeah you can always find more id just sell and save for something new.
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Honestly, f-bods are a dime a dozen. Your mod list isn't anything absurd so if it doesn't bother you, save the cash in a high yield savings account (ING Direct) and the money you'd pay to store it, and put that towards a new camaro when you return. Just my idea, ultimately you only ask for advice when you already know the answer.
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I'm stationed at Aviano with my TA. I'll lay out the Pro's & Cons:
Pros:
- Definitely a head-turner. Every time I stop at a stoplight any Italians walking around on the sidewalk stare.
- More time enjoying your car. Hell, I paid for the car and have a great time driving it. I used to have a euro-spec BMW I bought here as a second car, and it seemed every time I was out in it, I would run across a Ferrari or a nice Audi that was hauling *** and I would wish I was driving my TA.
Cons:
- Parts. If something breaks, you have to get parts online and wait 1.5-2.5 weeks for it to show up.
- Driving skill. There are some really narrow streets here, and have come VERY close to scraping a building or another car. I've had Italian drivers try to pass me going 50-60 mph when on a dark narrow road, no streetlights while it's raining with oncoming traffic around a hairpin turn going downhill. Sometimes scary ****, and body shops are expensive here.
-Insurance. I used to live in Florida and had decent ins. rates through USAA. I took the TA to Italy, and my ins. jumped 300-400 annually.
Things that don't matter:
- Gas. US forces in europe buy gas coupons at the BX. I buy a 200 liter booklet for around the equivalent of $3.00/gal. So you pay US prices for Italian gas using the coupons. The trick sometimes is trying to find a gas station that's open.
So there seem to be more con's than pro's, but I love my car so I deal with it. But it's nice to smoke stupid kids that think their Fiats, Opels, or BMW's are fast.
Pros:
- Definitely a head-turner. Every time I stop at a stoplight any Italians walking around on the sidewalk stare.
- More time enjoying your car. Hell, I paid for the car and have a great time driving it. I used to have a euro-spec BMW I bought here as a second car, and it seemed every time I was out in it, I would run across a Ferrari or a nice Audi that was hauling *** and I would wish I was driving my TA.
Cons:
- Parts. If something breaks, you have to get parts online and wait 1.5-2.5 weeks for it to show up.
- Driving skill. There are some really narrow streets here, and have come VERY close to scraping a building or another car. I've had Italian drivers try to pass me going 50-60 mph when on a dark narrow road, no streetlights while it's raining with oncoming traffic around a hairpin turn going downhill. Sometimes scary ****, and body shops are expensive here.
-Insurance. I used to live in Florida and had decent ins. rates through USAA. I took the TA to Italy, and my ins. jumped 300-400 annually.
Things that don't matter:
- Gas. US forces in europe buy gas coupons at the BX. I buy a 200 liter booklet for around the equivalent of $3.00/gal. So you pay US prices for Italian gas using the coupons. The trick sometimes is trying to find a gas station that's open.
So there seem to be more con's than pro's, but I love my car so I deal with it. But it's nice to smoke stupid kids that think their Fiats, Opels, or BMW's are fast.