Oh no... This is sad.

 

more supporting evidence that most women are, in fact, unreasonable and creatures of impulse whom act solely upon emotion rather than REASON.

 

This is a pretty disappointing statement, and not just because it's sexist, but because it's illogical.

The C6 is a proven, reliable, modern platform. I don't even like 'vettes that much, and I can admit that. It's a car capable of radical performance that is easily in supercar territory. What would have been an unreasonable, emotional impulse would be to keep three cars, each of which probably gets driven only rarely, and may not be very reliable over a single, more practical, easier to service (parts availability etc) performance machine like the C6.

No argument can be made for keeping those three cars aside from nostalgia, sentimentalism, and emotion.

 

Who cares? She took 3 cars that suck to use and got one that is nice to use. Sounds like a good enough deal to me.

 

While I'm not a huge Corvette fan, I have to agree with this. The Model T you can't drive because it's too nice, the Eldorado is nothing special and has such low miles that you probably wouldn't want to drive that either, and a 1980 Corvette is absolutely nothing special and ugly. The C6 is reliable, powerful, and looks decent. Plus you can drive it everday.

 

She obviously didn't want to mess with everything involved in unloading all 3 cars, and only one really had any serious value. Just like people that trade in cars on new purchases - 95% of them are being bent over on that trade-in because they're too lazy to clean up their own car, get it smogged and stick it on Craigslist.

 

This is great news! Get that T into the hands someone who is going to appreciate, love and hopefully drive it!

 

Exactly!

 

It would be one thing if the T got traded under the "cash for clunkers" fiasco but all this did was get it out on the open market.

 

Yeah, I'm not so much seeing the issue. Two of them will go to auction and the other will be purchased by a collector.

I have no idea what the value of the 1914 Ford was, but it might not have been that high.... and if it was, at least she no longer has to search for a buyer.

 

Im not calling the Vette junk in any way. I just do not think the lady got a fair trade. I think she could have gotten a second car, something like a Sonic to go along with her Vette, but after giving it some thought; without certificates of any sort, who is to say how much the Model T was worth? I was just under the assumption that the car would be worth considerably more than the Vette if it won awards at car shows while her father had it.

Oh well... It's not my heirloom.

 

sarcasm and jokes don't seem to portray correctly on the internet lol.

 

They do when they're delivered correctly.

 

That T is alright, but it needs a drop, HIDs, wings, a can, and 15X9 inch steelies... not riced up enough.

 

no way!!?!?! it cant be.... she said the ford had been in a museum for 16 years. last year i was at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant and i could swear that was there, i think i may have sat in it.

 

^Now you can "honestly" say you've had seat time in a winning race car... :lol:

 

Sounds like she could have maybe gotten more for the deal than that, but I can't fault her for just making a decision and moving on. I wish I'd have done that a couple times in the last year...

 

corvettes are crap fiberglass and leaf springs so advance :lol: the only good ones are the sting rays from 63 to 68 i think that year

 

I wish all of my cars were made of fiberglass.... I wouldn't be dealing with hail damage right now.

 

A fiberglass body does not protect the glass from the bigger hail stones, but that is neither here nor there.

:dunno:

 

Much of the value of older cars is intrinsic. Clearly as an automotive community we put a higher value on those pieces of rolling metal. That person (woman, man, whomever) valued a brand new Corvette higher than a few old cars.

I think its a shame because it probably wasn't a fair trade for the woman.