When did you buy your ZR-1 - Page 5 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

cadillac531 · 02-26-2014

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Originally Posted by bradley

bought my 90 in 2003 with 50 k miles on her she now has 195k miles . bought my 92 callaway 475 supernatural in07 with 32k miles on her she just turned 155k miles on her . love them both.

I think with the miles you've piled up on them both, "loving" them may be an understatement.

scottfab · 02-27-2014

A bit unexpected.
Of the responses so far about 80% of cars have been purchased since 2007.

mike100 · 02-27-2014

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Originally Posted by scottfab

A bit unexpected.
Of the responses so far about 80% of cars have been purchased since 2007.

I wasn't surprised by it. Most people are not the last owner of a car. The longest I have ever owned a car is about 6 years and the longest vehicle I ever owned period was a Jeep wrangler at about 8 years.

Lately I have entertained the idea of longer term ownership maybe due to my reluctance to borrow money, but most people are money ahead to not use of the entire value of a car by running it into the ground. My current strategy is multiple car ownership (which probably isn't smart), but I only have to rotate the daily driver every 3 years or so.

BigJohn · 02-27-2014

One of my cars I have owned for over forty years!!!

I will never sale it; my family will most likely sale it after I am Dead!

WARP TEN · 02-27-2014

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Originally Posted by scottfab

A bit unexpected.
Of the responses so far about 80% of cars have been purchased since 2007.

I am a repeat offender. I bought my first in 1994 and sold it in 2007. Then bought my second in 2012. So I am part of the 80% and part of the 20%.

--Bob

hotrodeddy · 03-01-2014

I ordered my Z in the summer of "89" and took delivery in January of 1990. I still own it!!!!

scottfab · 03-06-2014

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Originally Posted by hotrodeddy

I ordered my Z in the summer of "89" and took delivery in January of 1990. I still own it!!!!

what a fantastic and unique standard you carry for the zr1. You should have a special tag. Here it is:

BigJohn · 03-06-2014

So you are saying??????????

Dynomite · 03-06-2014

Tuesday, March 4th 2014

hotrodeddy · 03-07-2014

The story: I was at bloomington gold in the summer of "89" and spotted the GM display tent, being a corvette nut, i wondered over to see what they had in the tent. Big mistake, there sit a prototype ZR-1 with some GM engineers to answer questions about the corvette. Needless to say i spent the weekin at the tent, I had been bitten by the ZR-1 bug. When i returned home I visited my local Chevy dealer to see if he had information on the ZR-1. The owner told me he would check it out. A few days later he called and said he had information on the ZR-1. I rushed to the dealer. He said he could order one for me but I had to put a large deposit down because he would have to send a tech to school on the ZR-1 in order to order one for me. I did and he placed the order as soon as GM would accept them, that was in August( I think) 1989. Finely in December or January we received the build number of 983. The car was built in late January 1990 (I was at the plant to watch the final assembly of the car) and took delivery about 3 weeks later, the dealer wanted to leave it in his show room for a week.

View Poll Results: Year you bought your car(s)
1989	1	0.47%
1990	4	1.88%
1991	3	1.41%
1992	1	0.47%
1993	1	0.47%
1994	5	2.35%
1995	7	3.29%
1996	2	0.94%
1997	3	1.41%
1998	7	3.29%
1999	3	1.41%
2000	8	3.76%
2001	4	1.88%
2002	10	4.69%
2003	12	5.63%
2004	2	0.94%
2005	8	3.76%
2006	4	1.88%
2007	13	6.10%
2008	5	2.35%
2009	5	2.35%
2010	12	5.63%
2011	11	5.16%
2012	16	7.51%
2013	18	8.45%
2014	21	9.86%
After 2014	53	24.88%
Before 1989	0	0%
Other	2	0.94%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 213. You may not vote on this poll

02-27-2014	#42
scottfab Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Portland Oregon metro area (Washington side) Posts: 3,207	Re: When did you buy your ZR-1 A bit unexpected. Of the responses so far about 80% of cars have been purchased since 2007. __________________ Scott Vett owner since 1979._It's about the car and the people

02-27-2014	#44
BigJohn Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ledyard,CT Posts: 8,253	Re: When did you buy your ZR-1 One of my cars I have owned for over forty years!!! I will never sale it; my family will most likely sale it after I am Dead!

03-01-2014	#46
hotrodeddy Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: michigan Posts: 10	Re: When did you buy your ZR-1 I ordered my Z in the summer of "89" and took delivery in January of 1990. I still own it!!!!

03-06-2014	#48
BigJohn Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ledyard,CT Posts: 8,253	Re: When did you buy your ZR-1 So you are saying??????????

03-06-2014	#49
Dynomite Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South Dakota/California Posts: 3,797	Re: When did you buy your ZR-1 Tuesday, March 4th 2014 __________________ Left Clickable links -Solutions- LT5 Modifications/Rebuild Tricks Low Mileage ZR-1 Restoration 1990 Corvette (L98) Modifications LT5 Eliminated Systems LT5 Added Systems LT5/ZR-1 Fluids 1995 LT5 SPECIFIC TOP END REBUILD TRICKS Last edited by Dynomite; 03-06-2014 at 08:51 PM.

03-07-2014	#50
hotrodeddy Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: michigan Posts: 10	Re: When did you buy your ZR-1 The story: I was at bloomington gold in the summer of "89" and spotted the GM display tent, being a corvette nut, i wondered over to see what they had in the tent. Big mistake, there sit a prototype ZR-1 with some GM engineers to answer questions about the corvette. Needless to say i spent the weekin at the tent, I had been bitten by the ZR-1 bug. When i returned home I visited my local Chevy dealer to see if he had information on the ZR-1. The owner told me he would check it out. A few days later he called and said he had information on the ZR-1. I rushed to the dealer. He said he could order one for me but I had to put a large deposit down because he would have to send a tech to school on the ZR-1 in order to order one for me. I did and he placed the order as soon as GM would accept them, that was in August( I think) 1989. Finely in December or January we received the build number of 983. The car was built in late January 1990 (I was at the plant to watch the final assembly of the car) and took delivery about 3 weeks later, the dealer wanted to leave it in his show room for a week.