Gonna be a hard decision to make.

[370Z/28]

Last night I took my Camaro to a guy in my car club's shop. I don't know how in all these years he has never seen the car, but he had a fit over it. He said he had heard it was nice but never dreamed it was that clean. Well...he said if he gets enough money back on his taxes he wants to buy it. I told him $10k, but I would take less if someone bought it that would love it and treat it like I do. He is a great mechanic, so I know it would be well cared for and he wants to keep it for weekend driving (probably the drag strip) only. Arggggggg....this is going to be a really tough decision.



I really don't enjoy driving it any more. My G is almost as fast and a hell of a lot nicer. I just don't know what to do.

I paid $20k for it in 1996. If I got 10k or even 9k for it, I would come out pretty good, huh? Of course, I have spent a lot of money on mods.

[SVTCOBRA]

When you sober up, you'll know what to do!

[LuckyLuke]

Sell it and buy a turbo kit for your G37...

[09GMAN]

Had a heavily modded LS1 Camaro about two years ago, you name the mod the car had it, just got alittle old after awhile, You will definately not get the money the put into it, but, like you, just didnt do it for me anymore, The G definately does though.

[srv2nv]

Do what I did, sell your old baby to someone who is going to take of it and put the time and effort into keeping it nice, then spend the money on your new baby!

[Poyzinous]

Sell the camaro? Oh becki... who's on teh crack again??? you drive it up here this weekend and, like I've offered many people,I'd give oNE THOUSAND Dollars for that car. In a heartbeat.

[370Z/28]

Poyz....you would feel different if you saw the car, I promise you would.

[SVTCOBRA]

OK, time to post up some pics (interior, exterior, engine, underneath) for us to give you some constructive input as to sell or keep! And, a price to sell it at.

(Again, this is your FIRST car.....and it's NOT a POS like most people own as a first).I have NO regrets about trading my 1969 Mach 1 with a 351W and shaker twenty six years ago.......

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

I love old cars.... They kind of fill a place in your heart... Like grandparents.... But when they get old and slow... we don't just get rid of them do we....

I say keep it... Do you need the money?

If you do then sell but if you are just gonna let the money sit in your account... well then keep the damn thing!

DJ

[370Z/28]

SVT, it isn't my first car, baby....it is the first car I have ever had that was exactly what I wanted. My husband and I always put house/kids/retirement first. I was 40 before I could afford to get exactly what I wanted.

When I get the car back I can take extensive pics. He is at the Drs office right now.

Tampa....I hate to tell you fellas what I want to do with the money. I'm 55 and a woman and time has taken a toll on my face. You can do the math from there. I want to look as young as I feel.

[zozoka1212]

Becki,

While the age takes its toll on the body, and there are many other effects of aging which nobody can escape there are many many good things come with the age.

Mark Twain said it once. "Age is an issue mind over matter. If you don't mind it doesn't matter."

[370Z/28]

Thanks Zo...I'm fighting it as hard as I can. I really take care of myself and try to eat right. Most of my friends are at least 20 years younger than me. I love to party and have a good time. Also, I always want my husband to be proud to be with me. We have been happily married 28 years and I want to keep it that way.

[zozoka1212]

We have been happily married 28 years

That's the key. Becki not sure about your husband but I think most happily married men are the same way for a reason. When you look at somebody as a potantial wife you consider few things. The look should not be #1. The look changes with ages and the love would be over quick.

This is not the case with you guys. He loves you for so may reasons.

[370Z/28]

Yeah, I have a nice car.

j/k, thx Zo, you are a nice fella.

[BrandAidDesignG35]

I vote Nay! Keep the car... and take it out on the weekends.

Beauty comes from the inside... zozo 1+

[Warpkor]

My story of pain...

My grandma had given me her 1965 Pontiac Lemans that she had purchased new that year. It had a 50k miles on it when I got it. She was so proud of me and my ability to keep the car in pristine condition even as I used it a daily driver. Sea Foam Green with white interior, 326 cubic inch motor and factory air conditioning (that worked after some bucks were paid). I had all the original documentation and the purchase invoice from 1965. She was such a beauty, people on the streets would stop and stare and sometimes wave at me (no joke).

15 years ago in a fit of sheer stupidy, I decided to sell her. I think I was asking $3750 and accepted $3500. I was picky about to whom I sold her, in this case an older gentleman who was an orthodontist. It was my hope that she wouldn't be "rodded" and kept in her stock pristine condition.

A couple of years later, I came across my baby and things had changed, some would say for the better, but I was heart broken. The orthodontist had converted her to a GTO clone, removed the original engine, trans and A/C and replaced with an Olds 455 and rebadged her a GTO. She still looked great, however. She was for sale for $14k.

To this day, I have a re-ocurring dream in which I locate her all by herself and rescue her litterally by picking her up in my arms and carrying her home.

It was a hard, terrible lesson to learn that keeps coming back at me and kicking me in the a**. Such a regret...

I, too, vote Nay! on the sale...

[joe603]

If you can sell that LT1 for 10k, DO IT!!!!

I had a 97 Firebird Formula with 60k miles that I had a hard time selling for 9k in 2005! If it was a 98+ (LS1) I would be telling you differently.

Just remember that you NEVER get you're money back from mods...but how can you put a price on the feeling of joy when you hear that new exhaust for the first time!