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| 1989 C4: no more curves, but better handling |
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Americans love torque. And my Corvette has so much that you just power around corners, pound over things, throw it sideways. But the best part is that it's bullet-proof, and you can just about fix it with a hammer. You can beat it up all day long. If you blow the transmission, you really can go to a junkyard and get another one for $1500. If you need a water pump it's just $75. Compared to anything else in the sector it's pretty reasonable.
And a blue-collar guy can actually aspire to owning one, so long as he works hard and saves. You can't say that about a Ford GT or an Aston. Even if a factory worker or a plumber works hard, he's never going to own one. Not unless his dad had one years ago and left it to him.
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| 1992 convertible with curious boot-rack |
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A Corvette has always been half the price of a Porsche or even a third of what some equivalent cars are. You could get it and over time you could build it up and make it handle properly, make it do the things you wanted it to do. But at least it was affordable. It's one of the true supercars you can actually own without going bankrupt. When I was a kid I remember a guy at my high school who worked at McDonald's and bought a second-hand Corvette for $600. It was a '58 and had a big-block 327 cubic inch V8 in it. It was a little ratty but it was a Corvette. For $600!
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