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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Japan
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Re: New ZR-1 Owner
Aaron,
Congratulations and welcome to the family  . I have always said that a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay. It sounds like you found a nice one to enjoy for many years to come. There are some awesome folks here and to be totally honest, they are the only reason I still have my ZR-1.Craig
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Craig "ZR-1 NO KA 'OI" "ZR-1 ICHIBAN" 1995 #228 Black/Black with Dunn Heads ZR-1 owner since September 2003 ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #0074 NCM Lifetime Member #2048 
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: S. Florida
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Re: New ZR-1 Owner
Hello Aaron, and welcome to the forum.
 You will find a wealth of knowledge here from people who genuinely love our ZR-1's.
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--- It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt - April 23, 1910 |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Massachusetts
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Re: New ZR-1 Owner
I agree with many of your statements.....Collector car values are a generational thing...I don't want a Model T, even in mint condition .....we just saw the baby boomer/muscle car market go crazy and then subside to more "reasonable" levels......our time will come.
Nice example C4 ZR-1's have future collectability written all over them....and having the new ZR-1's back in production helps, people will inevitably start taking a look at the "older generation" Z's in a new light....it will be a few years but it will happen.......in the mean time drive it and enjoy it for what it is. Like you, in convincing my wife to but my first Z, I told her......"I can't drive my (falling) mutual fund".....its time to enjoy , see , and experience what I worked hard for all these years....and if I make some money in the end, even better....if not.....I died with a smile on anyway. Enjoy! Kevin.....
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Portland Oregon metro area (Washington side)
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Re: New ZR-1 Owner
To put a little perspective on it, it you go into this (ownership) thing with the long term view you'll come to think of you car as one of you children. They can be demanding and unpredictable at first. Then as you get to really know them you can read them like a book.
I bought my Z when still raising kids. My youngest was 10 now he's 25. The car is part of my family  Welcome to our family. Oh and DO NOT wash the engine. Learn why then do it carefully.
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