re old corvettes low insurance and corvette prices in article rjnc sxmg jqh netcom com rjn netcom com richard newton ii writes in article apr ns cc lehigh edu swr ns cc lehigh edu scott warren rosander writes in article c csux fn news cso uiuc edu gdhg uxa cso uiuc edu george hei nz writes after too many years of school i m finally graduating and getting a real job of course i am trying to make plans of how to spend all this extra money right now i have an accord a good car but not real sporty i was thinking of selling it in about two years and dropping around k on a sports car of some kind after thinking about it i may have a better idea i ll keep the accord until it drops and buy the car i ve always wanted a corvette stingray my reasoning is that accord corvette is less than what i would spend anyway basically i m thinking of a late s early s for around k my question is what are good years to consider for reliability looks horsepower in that order believe it or not horsepower is not a main concern if i want to go fast i get on my motorcycle and what are good prices to vettes had the same basic chassis add aluminum weaker rear axle housing all these years used same brakes similar springs etc late s was a bad year for gm reliability catastrophic converter was added in cheapest corvette to low end about k tops out about k except for those morooons that think there indy th aniversity vette is special these guys have been known to ask k i don t think they get it best buy convertables i got my for k needs body work but i m willing parts for all are readily avail at swap meets and mail order etc v reliability looks independant suspension wheel disk and all under k and they thought a miata was a good deal also what would insurance look like i m male single i might wait until i m to get the car lower insurance would the fact that i mainly drive the other car lower it is there some type of classic car or rarely driven insurance class for driving it under k miles per year my dad has a vette and its on what you say classic insurance basically what that means is that it has restricted amount of driving time which basically means it cant be used as an every day car and would probably suit your needs for limited mileage my origional inquires to my insurance agent i can drive my convertable for miles or less per year i must keep it in a locked garage and it will cost me of the stated value per year does this sound right i ve also been looking at vettes recently and found a convertible that i like at a dealer i currently own an ford escort gt which is insured through state farm i called em up and asked about the rates if i sell the escort the vette insurance is per months if i keep the escort the vette insurance is per months the escort s insurance goes down by to approx per months i m male and have a good driver discount another variable would be where you live best bet is to just call up some insurance brokers and get a quote state farm says they base the price on the fair market value of the car which is determined by an outside apprasier they look in the newspaper and call up dealers to find out what the going rate is and adjust it for the condition of the car to get the values above they went on the selling price of the car the dealer s asking price is i need to do research to find out if this is reasonable in any case i told state farm the value was k get an appraiser to look at the car he will check serial numbers and look for origional equipe depending on what mods have been done the car could be worth only k problems like wrong engine trans wrong paint type vetts used lacquer an modification would reduce tthe value but your looking for a car to drive right this sounds like a ball park price for a small block cu in manual no air car a would put it closer to k get it appraised for insurance purposes also
