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Sell My C6 To Buy A Gn?

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Coltsfan1

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Ok trying to determine if I'm thinking straight. I have a tta and a 05 C6. The C6 is Daytona sunet orange, 6 speed, 20k milles. It's been slightly moded to about 550 hp by a mild cam, exhaust, and tune. Its crazy fast. I have been thinking lately to let it go and find GN....am I crazy?
 
That's funny Robert.....yeah you know I'm just enjoying older cars now. Oh and mitch it's actually 560 at the motor and the dyno is dead ass on son..
 
My comment is not to offend anyone, and of course it is only my opinion, but I would say do it, if you are bored with the Vette. The GN is collectible and although I see more of them than the TTA, way less of them around than Vettes. Worst case senario, if you get bored with the GN, you can buy another Corvette, there are tons of them for sale. I am not a fan of Corvettes, never have been, I just think they are way over rated in the sense of the people's attitudes that drive them. Could be just the area that I live in.
 
That is what i loved about 818, the look on those guys face driving the new stangs and vettes are down right priceless... put a smile on my face more than once.
 
Look my friend, what you wrote doesn't make any sense. If you find my question offensive, it's because that's how you wish to take it. It's possible that your dyno operator jacked with his gauges and cheated you, so don't get mad at me. Let's be real. Normally to gain 150 hp over a late model Vette engine usually requires all that you have done and more; like maybe an increase in compression, different heads and/or increase in displacement. A cam, tuning and an exhaust system isn't enough to account for a 150 hp increase. The factory doesn't choke off their Vette engines all that much because they have to compete in the market segment. So if you wish to add something to what you listed, then fine. Otherwise we don't have the whole story.
 
The GN will get a lot more attention, thats for sure. Just took mine to a car show Thursday night, first time in a looong time. I was waiting at the local gas station waiting on a buddy to pull up so we could drive out there together, and at least 3 people stopped at the stop sign, and sat there taking pics of the GN parked in the lot where I was waiting in about 5 minutes. Had a crowd around it the whole time at the show, but a Firebird won the show..it was only 1st place award and that was it…so next time I'm taking a Trans Am :)
 
Thanks for all the suggestions that stayed on point. She will be up for sale soon. If I get a decent dollar ( I know I won't get all the $ I put in it but it was fun) then the hunt for a GN will start. When watching ebay theres alot out there and not many selling..
 
2 quick. Yeah I went with a buddy in his GN last month to automotion in Wisconsin dells.. the people that stopped and talked to us was insane. All age groups..
 
Pretty tough question when you're talking 2 entirely different types of cars... a 2-seat sports car that is fast (in a straight line) plus can turn and stop. A GN can be made rocket fast in the 1/4 and looks totally bad-@ss [even stock], but that is generally it. the 80s GM "quality" is a given, but you are used to that :rolleyes:
From the $$ perspective a GN should [eventually] appreciate, who knows about that 'vette...
Good luck with whatever you decide.
 
The Grand National is the obvious choice for future appreciation. They made/still make too many Corvettes. You see a dozen Corvettes at every car show open to all years, makes and models. Yawwn... But GNs and TTAs, not so much.
 
Yeah it's like my 01' softail duece , when i bought it there was a yr wait, when i tried to sell it with 5k miles they offered me 8.5 hundred cause by then you didn't have to wait for sh$t and could finance with 500 down for 50yrs... lol BTW i had 25k in it...
 
Yikes! So enjoy it anyway. Though one can buy as many ZR-1s as they like these days, I prefer my little fleet of affordable, less commonly seen, but still interesting older cars and having no debt whatsoever. And it's not impossible or ridiculously expensive to "tinker" with them with my own two hands and try something out. A 2015 is yesterdays news in 2016. But the older cars keep building people's interest year after year.Garage Basics 2.jpg
 
I wished I had your tool organizational skills mich! I know where everything is, but its not near as neat :) And only I can find things!
 
Thanks for the complement Rob. I have a 3 car garage in a residential neighborhood, not a commercial garage. Floor space is at a premium. Tool boxes take up floor space. I found that pegboard was the way to go for me. I can find what I need quickly. At the end of a job, I can see if anything is missing and start looking for it. I have a workbench, sink, engine stand, TTA engine on a stand, and one double door floor cabinet in front of the cars that holds mostly power tools and spare fluids. Thank goodness that I'm not into wood working. No room for table saws, planers, band saws, etc. That's what friends are for...Rays cars 2.jpg
 
I have the wall behind my work bench peg boarded, the other wall that is 55' X 16' is full of shelves and spare parts for all my cars, that would have been a good wall to have put the peg board on like you have. 2 roll around tool chests. I joke that I have enough spare parts on that wall to built a hybrid GN/TTA/2nd Gen TA/4th Gen TA car :O Garage is 55 x28 with 1 lift, but I also have a bunch of other crap in there thats seasonal yard stuff as we are on a lake..so also have spare jet ski, ski boat, and pontoon parts lying around, I need to simplify something!
 
That's one huge garage Rob. 55 X 16 foot wall for parts storage... Wonderful! And Mark, I've developed some good friends at the car gatherings here. My friend Ray is in between houses and had to find a temporary place to stash his 1902 Ford and 1917 Dodge Brothers. Both have original engines and still run. My neighbors like to check them out. My folks are snow birds, so I put my '86 Trans Am and Corvette in their condo's two car garage to make room. Ray closed on his new house last Friday and will have a new garage ready for these in about a month. In the meantime, I can pretend that I'm like Jay Leno!
 
Oh, I forgot to address the hijacking question. I had the home builder change the ceiling height in his standard design from 10 feet to "12 feet or more" in my contract. It ended up at 12 feet 5" to 7" depending on where you measure. I also specified the garage door tracks for less than 6" of clearance to the ceiling. He got it to 5". He also installed side mounted garage door openers instead of center hung to eliminate the center rail. I also got 8 foot high doors instead of 7. I based my desired ceiling height measurement using short cars like Corvettes and TTAs which leave plenty of stacking room/margin. Tall cars like that 1917 Dodge are a different story. If I owned several cars that tall, I would have asked for 14 feet.
 
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