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Old 12-23-2010
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as for a 2012 z28 being a collector car. hahahahaha. Good one. I needed a good laugh
It'll make a great Dust collector
 
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It'll make a great Dust collector
studys show chevys collect dust up to 64% better then fords
 
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Originally Posted by woofer700
For 35000 (the cost of a new Z) you should be able to find a true collector.
35k for a nice new Z? Please and thank you. I'll be looking near almost 50k. I believe the base model SS starts at 32 or something to that affect so the Z will most likely start at near 40.

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as for a 2012 z28 being a collector car. hahahahaha. Good one. I needed a good laugh
In 40-50 years you beat your as it will be.
 
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I couldn't buy a car just to let it sit, i've got to be driving. My ranger (170k) is my winter beater, and my summer gasser (for school) is an SS cobalt(about 25K in a year). my dad used to have a mustang that was gonna be a "collector" car, untill it hit 33k miles in a year.
 
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In 40-50 years you beat your as it will be.
I would bet money it wont. The cars these days are way too complicated. I just dont see them being restored like the old ones.
 
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wow 50grand on a piece of junk chevy to sit and rust,be smart and just put the 1000 a month away and buy a house when you get out
 
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the Chevys not a piece of junk. but i just dont see, how old you gonna be in 50 years? 72? put 50g into a house, least you might gain money on that.
 
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i ordered mine from the dealer new. just like burger king. i had it my way.

it was either gonna be a fusion or my ranger. i almost went with the fusion since the last blue i remembered ford offering was that flat blue (darker grabber). not vista or sonic but the other one that was from the mid y2ks. but i priced out both and my truck is in the canadian 08 brochure. i was torn about the colour but when i saw the brochure and the sales guy said it looks just like that. i went with it and am glad i did.
 
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all new cars are all plastic, that car will fall apart sitting for 50 years in a garage. it may be the only one left in existence in 50 years, but no one will want it.
 
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Originally Posted by ranger024x4
I would bet money it wont. The cars these days are way too complicated. I just dont see them being restored like the old ones.
It wouldn't need restored if it is sitting in my climate controlled garage being taken care off.


It;s not really up for discussion. It's happening. Period. I am going to put myself in massive amounts of debt for 4-5 years so I can have something that I will love and enjoy for the rest of my life. People have done stupider things. Like the idiots who made $70-80k a year back in early 2000s and the lenders convinced them they could afford a $400k house which they promptly lost when that super low adjustable mortgage rate super adjusted itself to like 5-9%.
 
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I have always liked the Ranger, and when I was 21 (in 1998) my birthday gift was $3000 cash to be used for my 1st car purchase or whatever. My dad and I went to a Ford dealership, and I really liked a one year old single cab white Ranger XLT automatic with under $11000 miles. I bought it, and used part of the money for a down payment and part of the money for a tonneau cover and spray-on bedliner.
 
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bought it going into sophmore year alwways like the versatility of them. gonna drive it till its one with the earth again then an f150
 
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got mine at a dealership right before i graduated in 07.

i remember my dad saying its gonna have more power then i was used to because it was a v6.

little did i know, the 3.0 sucks nuts.

it wasn't a bad buy, but if i could of researched more i could of been even happier now.
 
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Bought mine straight from the dealer. Was on the lot for 13.500. Paid 7000 for it :)
 
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mine was a 95 reg cab 2.3 5 speed with 220k on it and was in good condition... i got it for 800 bucks..... i rolled it doin donuts in my field lol and now i have a spare 2.3 turbo motor that would have fit very nicely in there
 
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