1990 ZR1 with 561 miles for sale

[malc350]

Check this out, on US ebay, where DO they find them?!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6168&item=2443373771

[LuS1fer]

More to the point, where do they find people who would buy this rather than a Z06?

[vetteheadracer]

If you want a museum quality car to sit in your car museum this is the one for you.

If you want a car to drive get the Z06.........

.....and before all you ZR1 owners get all uppety, I am not suggesting your cars are museum pieces.....

(Just some of the owner!!)

That should generate a few posting.....!!!

[blackzr]

Just find it really sad that people don't drive the bloody cars. My partner in the US that runs Jeal Inc has a 90 ZR1 with 230 miles on it and a Dodge (I think) Comet from the late 60's or early 70's with less than 500 miles. Just cant see the point of having the cars if they sit under a cover for years on end!

Almost got into a mini rant then.

[malc350]

I think the best thing about that ZR1 is that it would be a good car to buy and put a load of miles on.

I agree with blackZR that cars are very definitely for driving and in my experience the more I've driven a car (assuming a good standard of regular maintenance) the less trouble I've had. Previously I had a 1984 Corvette that gave almost no trouble that I sold with 117,00 miles, a 93 LT1 that I owned for 3 years and used almost every day that was almost tediously reliable (if that's any kind of fault).

I've had more trouble with silly little electrical items on my current car (90 Callaway) which I bought with 30,000 miles. I was expecting the kind of problems I've had because the previous owner didn't use the car in 6 years of ownership. In every case all I've had to do is remove an electrical connection, clean it with contact cleaner, and reconnect it, and the fault has gone. I haven't had to even replace one sensor - it's all down to lack of use (not by me I drive it all the time now!)

The point I'm making (if there is one) is that whenever I've left a car in a garage for ages, that's when the problems start (electrics not working, brakes stuck on, etc) wheras when a car is used regularly everything just seems to work.

On my first visit to the Surrey meeting I was impressed that most of you guys seem to enjoy driving your cars a lot - what a contrast to some Corvette owners I've met in the past (she only goes out on sunny Sundays, blah, blah, blah....!)

Keep driving guys.

[Gixer]

Some people don't want to put too much mileage on the car because they don't want to drop its value too much. I don't care too much about mileage. So what if my car ends up worth a lot less than one that has hardly been used. Who would have had the most fun ?

I have never been that interested in mileage when buying cars either. My Supra had done over 80k when I bought it and over 167k when it went. Dead reliable. More reliable than the 2 new company Vauxhalls and Toyota Avensis I've had since (yeah I do thrash my company cars but the supra was only the second car I ever had so that was thrashed even more). Out of interest I was paying £1280 TPFT on that Supra..

[vetteheadracer]

I am with you on this Gixer. Have fun and F**k the mileage. If I wanted to make money I would definitely not buy cars!!

The condition and service history is much more important than the mileage when it comes to buying a car.

BTW Thrashed and driven fast are not the same thing!