It's a real shame that most Americans today cannot afford anything in the Corvette lineup.
Corvettes have always been essentially an expensive toy, that not everyone can afford.
It's a real shame that most Americans today cannot afford anything in the Corvette lineup.
Off topic, but I read something recently (I forget where) that asserted most houses actually aren't appreciating assets when you add in the interest you paid over a 30 year loan.Just one? I kinda want 2 houses. One to live in, and one to rent out. The rent money will pay for the home loans and eventually maybe a Corvette.
I used to go work in holy shorts and a sweater, sporting flip flops and socks. I surprisingly got in trouble for this and had to make my attire more professional. The outrage! This was shortly after work from home ended. I was working a corporate job.It's also a shame that no one dresses as spiffy as the factory worker in the photo, for example people shopping in pajamas. I guess the standards were higher in the factory at the time, who got rid of the uniforms? It appears now you can go to work in an Iron Maiden shirt and smell like a burrito.
Off topic, but I read something recently (I forget where) that asserted most houses actually aren't appreciating assets when you add in the interest you paid over a 30 year loan.
How many were actually made in Flint? Not many, I am sure.Having been a resident of both Flint Mi and St. Louis, I was not aware of this.
Apparently in 1953 the Corvette plant was moved from Flint to St. Louis.
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I remember seeing the Chrysler minivan plant, while driving by on the highway.GM had 3 major plants in STL. Corvette, Light Truck, and Passenger Car. At one time this city only rivaled Detroit for the number of autoworkers on the payroll. Chrysler had 2 plants here, and Ford had one.
You are correct on both assumptions. GM plant campus was located on Union Blvd in North City STL. Union Blvd was renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd sometime in the 80s I think. I am old enough that I got to tour both plants, with the BG plant tour happening last year when I went with my friend for him to pick up C8 70th Anniversary edition via Corvette Museum delivery. Pic below is of last C3 manufactured in STL.I remember seeing the Chrysler minivan plant, while driving by on the highway.
Where was the Corvette plant? I am assuming it was in the city, IE, not Wentzville.
You rent the house out. The money comes from the renters. The house is just a tool that gets beat up and worn out but doesn't loose a ton of value.Off topic, but I read something recently (I forget where) that asserted most houses actually aren't appreciating assets when you add in the interest you paid over a 30 year loan.
Well, cheap money and labor put dinks n dog in 4000SF boxes in the sun - now the electricity, taxes, and insurance come home to roost …Off topic, but I read something recently (I forget where) that asserted most houses actually aren't appreciating assets when you add in the interest you paid over a 30 year loan.
As far as some of the other toys like that on the market, Vettes tend to be a bit less expensive. Still above my paygrade though.Corvettes have always been essentially an expensive toy, that not everyone can afford.
My wife and I have both agreed that the next time we're marrying for money.Cars are depreciating assets. Pay off the houses and then buy the Vette. For cash. Go big or go home.
Another option is to marry up. Don't ask me how I know...
Oh yeah. As a die hard Corvette fan not many know about this. I've been to the Corvette plant three or four times that I remember 1994, 1996 (they weren't doing tours due to the model changeover), around 2000. A few people that I talked to were irritated as GM stopped Corvette plant tours around the time of the C8. It was supposedly due to "paint system upgrades. " I didn't buy it, I knew at that point the C8 was going to be radically different.Having been a resident of both Flint Mi and St. Louis, I was not aware of this.
Apparently in 1953 the Corvette plant was moved from Flint to St. Louis.
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