Nothing I am looking at would be considered that. In the long run the Trans Am would be cheaper to run.
I love the Caprice and no one else in the family will drive a V
About what? The car or selling it? Have a '99 Formula with a built motor that I bought years ago to sell, but like the shape of the body and the sound of the exhaust, so I've held on to it. As to selling it, do the need the money or the space?
Selling it. I really don't need either, but I hate to see it sit and no one will drive it but me.
What's wrong with seeing it sit? (Assuming it's parked in a garage.) I haven't driven mine in probably 3 years. It's not like it depreciates. You're preserving it by not driving it. Most of these Firebirds have long rusted away from being daily driven. How else would there be low mileage classic older cars if people kept driving them?
They are selling for 8000 to 12000 with over 100,000 to 150,000 miles on them. Stock they ran anywhere from 12.90s to 13.50s depending on year and transmission. It is cheap to run relatively speaking. In 6th gear on the highway it can pull 26 to 28 mpg. In town it is so so, but mpg is not the point of the car. I don't think I would miss it at this point. Mine runs 11's.
Nothing I guess, but with four drivers in the house soon a 6th vehicle is just not something I want.
If that's the case, sell.
I broke down and sold my last classic car about a year ago. It had sat in my garage for 5-6 years since all my time has been occupied with one heath issue after another which sucks. But at least the 2nd reason is a great one. Been very happy to be occupied with 3 grand kids. That is what makes my world go round these days. I do have regrets at times my Chevelle is gone. I think if you do something with the cash to occupy yourself and family there will not be much regrets missing the car. So my latest thought process has been : search and buy another classic but one a bit newer with fuel injection and low mileage so I do not have to work on it and can use it as a "daily driver car". Really been into and looking at Ford Thunderbirds from the 1984 to 1997 era. Chevy Monte Carlos from the mid 1980s to 1994 models. The Pontiac Firebird from 1982 to 1997 etc...
I have an offer of 14500. That is part of why I am considering it. I paid 18000 for it with 18500 miles on it. Think I got my money out of it.
Sammy, sort of how I feel. My priorities are very different then they were when I purchased it.
What makes yours run 11's? Stock they are ~13.5 second cars in the 1/4. (https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2000-pontiac-firebird-trans-am-ws6/) I think as a classic, most would prefer them unadulterated. But nonetheless a 70k mi example, tampered with or not, should not depreciate if garage kept. So you either need the money or space, or just trying to make conversation? If none of the above is an issue, hold onto it, the price will only go up unless it's not stored in a garage or you somehow mangled it in your quest to make it an 11 second car.
