C5 UK market question

[Last triumph]

You have to remember that a 2000 Corvette is now 24 years old. It’s a pretty old car nowadays

Absolutely - it's at this age that the difference between cars that were bought as daily transport and used as such, kept outside, driven hard and put away wet, versus those that were bought as Sunday best garage dweller really show. I'm only really interested in the latter type of cars.

 

[teamzr1]

That's the one on eBay

Pardon our interruption...

Poorly written sales ad for that yellow ragtop, no content at all what mods were done and how much racing was done

Better ask questions as I see a required for racing, front tow hook, 5 point racing harness bar, looks like non-stock mufflers
Has had 3 different owners

 

[BobbyV8]

Poorly written sales ad for that yellow ragtop, no content at all what mods were done and how much racing was done

Better ask questions as I see a required for racing, front tow hook, 5 point racing harness bar, looks like non-stock mufflers
Has had 3 different owners

It's a Euro spec car so has to have the front and rear tow hooks

 

[Rich]

CCCUK member for 20+ years. I know this car and the owner very well and he has cherished it even though something else is implied by some of the comments made here. He bought a C7 at last years Nationals, hence I assume the sale.

 

[Last triumph]

CCCUK member for 20+ years. I know this car and the owner very well and he has cherished it even though something else is implied by some of the comments made here. He bought a C7 at last years Nationals, hence I assume the sale.

If it was a 6 speed, I'd be all over it. It does appear to have been pampered.

 

[Nassau65]

Where I am in London, auto is the way to go. I think most new buyers thought like that as auto’s far outsold manuals.
It certainly looks a lovely car.

 

[Roscobbc]

Even the very last of the LS3 C6's is now 12 or so years old............and with the early C7's being 10 years old now one perhaps needs to sit back and carefully consider some of the prices being 'asked' in the market place.
Unfortunately for those of us who live, travel or need to visit London frequently an 'inbetween' year Corvette ('inbetween' being manufactured after 1984 and having a 40 year old 'Historic' status.......... and prior to 2006 'ish' Euro 4 emissions spec') so late C4, any C5 and perhaps early C6 'generating' a daily £12.50 Congestion Charge within the M25 borders.
Yes, most reading this will say "It doesn't affect me - I never go anywhere near London". True enough but it'll be coming to many towns and cities near you soon - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are the latest to being introducing congestion charges.......!

 

[Nassau65]

That’s exactly one of the reasons I haven’t bought a “nice “ C4 convertible. It will attract the ULEZ charge every time it comes out the garage. The old 65 is exempt which is great for me, it no longer goes into central London like it did in the nineties but pottering around elsewhere is fine and without any charges.

 

[Last triumph]

Where I am in London, auto is the way to go. I think most new buyers thought like that as auto’s far outsold manuals.
It certainly looks a lovely car.

I can well imagine.

For me, I highly value the visceral and biomechanical interface and experience of a manual transmission. I compromised on my first '92 ad regretted it. When I hunted down my '81 I was determined not to compromise again, and having had the manual, this absolutely cemented manual as my no compromise preference.

 

[Last triumph]

Even the very last of the LS3 C6's is now 12 or so years old............and with the early C7's being 10 years old now one perhaps needs to sit back and carefully consider some of the prices being 'asked' in the market place.
Unfortunately for those of us who live, travel or need to visit London frequently an 'inbetween' year Corvette ('inbetween' being manufactured after 1984 and having a 40 year old 'Historic' status.......... and prior to 2006 'ish' Euro 4 emissions spec') so late C4, any C5 and perhaps early C6 'generating' a daily £12.50 Congestion Charge within the M25 borders.
Yes, most reading this will say "It doesn't affect me - I never go anywhere near London". True enough but it'll be coming to many towns and cities near you soon - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are the latest to being introducing congestion charges.......!

Absolutely - it's why I'm trying to enjoy these cars now whilst I'm fortunate enough to not yet be impacted by zone charging and whilst there's still petrol in the pumps to fuel them.

 

[Chevrolet]

CCCUK member for 20+ years. I know this car and the owner very well and he has cherished it even though something else is implied by some of the comments made here. He bought a C7 at last years Nationals, hence I assume the sale.

Can't remember seeing a nicer C5 on Ebay, Pistonheads or Autotrader, including those low miles.

 

[Chevrolet]

<Darth Vader voice>. I find the lack of clutch pedal disturbing.

Darth Vader drives an auto. Hence the right hand on the steering wheel.

 

[Chevrolet]

It's a Euro spec car so has to have the front and rear tow hooks

It is, so you could possibly sell that C5 to Germany on the mobile.de website for a lot more money?

 

[Last triumph]

It is, so you could possibly sell that C5 to Germany on the mobile.de website for a lot more money?

What I've found over my years of buying and selling my hobby cars is that if a car doesn't sell fairly quickly, it'll typically be for one of three reasons.
1) Highly unique with an incredibly specialist and small buyer audience
2) Car is a wrong'un or highly undesirable spec / poor providence / history etc
3) It's too expensive

If 1 and 2 don't apply, then it's likely 3.

 

[Nassau65]

What I've found over my years of buying and selling my hobby cars is that if a car doesn't sell fairly quickly, it'll typically be for one of three reasons.
1) Highly unique with an incredibly specialist and small buyer audience
2) Car is a wrong'un or highly undesirable spec / poor providence / history etc
3) It's too expensive

If 1 and 2 don't apply, then it's likely 3.

The Corvette I think falls into category 1.

 

[Roscobbc]

I can well imagine.

For me, I highly value the visceral and biomechanical interface and experience of a manual transmission. I compromised on my first '92 ad regretted it. When I hunted down my '81 I was determined not to compromise again, and having had the manual, this absolutely cemented manual as my no compromise preference.

I absolutely love the M21 transmission - with a nice powerful, torquey engine and a low numerical rear axle ratio there is the option to 'wind-up' the rpm to the red-line, potentially hitting UK legal speed limit......or........go leisurely, going from 1st to 3rd, and 'short-shifting' in to 4th letting and the torque act almost like an auto transmission!

 

[monty]

A manual box is my preference, I own a C7 Z06 manual and a C8 which are all Auto trans now, what do I prefer—- the C7 Z06 its a drivers car which keeps you on your toes when driving, the C8 (which I purchased for my wife ) is lovely to drive especially in traffic but I still like the pleasure of driving a manual box , with the C7 Z06 it’s easy to go 1st to 3rd to 6th and still keep it under 30mph in 6th gear, even roundabouts I can take in 6th if nothing is coming, the car is so forgiving I sometimes forget its a manual, I did try it once to see how low speed wise I could go in 6th gear and still pull away, surprisingly I could take it down to 14mph give it some gas and away it will go. The only reason I would sell my C7 Z06 would be to buy a C8 Z06 but I would get one in left hand drive as i like the four exhaust pipes in the centre like the C7 Z06, I would sacrifice the manual box for that.

 

[Last triumph]

The Corvette I think falls into category 1.

I think a good Corvette will always find a home at the right price, a good expensive one may take longer, making it option 3.

With option 1, I was thinking more along the lines of real obscurities and rarities, the type that insurance companies have never heard of, one off prototypes, or where there's only ever 1 or 2 a year for sale etc.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

CCCUK member for 20+ years. I know this car and the owner very well and he has cherished it even though something else is implied by some of the comments made here. He bought a C7 at last years Nationals, hence I assume the sale.

The Corvette I think falls into category 1.

NW member so I know the car. Trans to one side, you'll struggle to find a better one. It's on your doorstep so at least take a look?

 

[Last triumph]

NW member so I know the car. Trans to one side, you'll struggle to find a better one. It's on your doorstep so at least take a look?

Hey, long time no speak

I'd not want to waste his time without intent to purchase as it really is manual only.