Oppotip: Don't test drive the car you desire but can't afford

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
08/07/2014 at 10:36 • Filed to: None

I feel like a junkie in need of a fix. Ever since I drove a C6 all I can think about is driving a C6. I need my fix man....any of yall got some vettes?

DISCUSSION (33)

Brian Silvestro > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 10:39

That show will never be not funny.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 10:40

Kinja'd!!!

Ha! Two years ago, I test drove one of my dream cars that was 10k more than I was planning to spend on a car at the time. Just guess how that played out...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 10:42

Kinja'd!!!

Jayhawk Jake > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
08/07/2014 at 10:44

I'm not even really that far away from affording one. If I traded my current car I could afford payments on a reasonably priced one, but I can't have a Corvette as my only car. If everything goes as planned I'm going to get one in another year and a half or so, but that's so far away!

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
08/07/2014 at 10:48

Story of my life whenever I go back and do Valet parking for extra cash. That's exactly how I got my unnatural obsession with the E92 M3.

On a more cynic note: My grandpa has a C6 base model and I don't know how many years he has left (turned 85 in January). I hate talking about it, but I know the time is coming.

*Disclaimer: Its an auto but gets garaged half the year when he is in AZ.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 10:49

Story of my life whenever I go back and do Valet parking for extra cash. That's exactly how I got my unnatural obsession with the E92 M3.

On a more cynic note: My grandpa has a C6 base model and I don't know how many years he has left (turned 85 in January). I hate talking about it, but I know the time is coming.

*Disclaimer: Its an auto but gets garaged half the year when he is in AZ.

Lol, responded to the wrong person the first time.

Jayhawk Jake > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
08/07/2014 at 10:51

While I want my future Corvettes to be manuals, I wouldn't turn down an automatic one.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 10:53

There is always a Tranny swap!

Jagvar > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 10:54

Kinja'd!!!

I test-drove this once. It broke my heart to give back the keys.

quarterlifecrisis > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 10:57

These were from Saturday.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/rolling-shots-…

Lekker > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 11:02

By the contrary. Know what you want. Love what you want. Desire it. It will make you work harder to get it sooner. 3 years ago I test drove a 370z, now I own one. :D

Holy balls... I love Vettes. Saw a white C7 rolling down I35 yesterday in the rain... Jaw dropping

Jayhawk Jake > Lekker
08/07/2014 at 11:15

I have a 2ish year plan for one. Buying a house next spring, then hardcore savings mode for C5 Corvette the following spring.

I'm also trying to scheme up ways to force rapid depreciation on C6s. Gotta get those early C6s down in the $15k range

Jayhawk Jake > quarterlifecrisis
08/07/2014 at 11:16

Those are great pictures.

That's a horrible car though. I can understand if you don't want it anymore, and I will gladly take it from you to spare you the pain of ownership.

quarterlifecrisis > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 11:20

I'd gladly allow you to enjoy the pain of ownership for an agreed upon sum of money somewhere between what I owe on it and what I paid for it.

Lekker > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 11:22

Buying a house is quite a plan, so props on that. I waited exactly two years after buying my house before I got my Z, so we think alike.

Scheme? Count me in. We can buy lots of C6's and sell them at slightly lower price, but drive the wheels off them. Sell, and repeat.

Jayhawk Jake > quarterlifecrisis
08/07/2014 at 11:33

How does $3.50 sound?

AthomSfere > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 11:39

I would! As someone who drove mostly manuals and then bought an auto for a few years. Everytime I was in it, I hated it. It was no Corvette... but still.

Although, If accept a free Corvette and trade it in that day was an option, I would.

quarterlifecrisis > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 11:41

Hmmm, that number isn't between that range.

Jayhawk Jake > AthomSfere
08/07/2014 at 11:42

I drove auto for 8 years before buying a manual. I don't mind them, and actually every now and then I wish I had one for a daily driver.

Jayhawk Jake > quarterlifecrisis
08/07/2014 at 11:42

Damn.

revrseat70 > Lekker
08/07/2014 at 12:02

I'm in

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
08/07/2014 at 12:02

It's completely natural.

I'm guessing you meant this for Jake. Thanks, Kinja!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 12:04

Will it be a Z06, or one with only 400 hp?

revrseat70 > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 12:09

I have the opposite problem. I drove an Evo X and an elise a few weeks ago and it absolutely shattered my dreams. I actually heard glass break after I let off because I dreamed of those cars for so long. I had them in wooded back roads and everything... Not only that, but I drove them within days of driving a Ferrari. Now I'm absolutely petrified to drive any of my former/current dream cars (m3, air-cooled 911's) and am having a hard time trusting any more new long term dream cars (911 GT3 RS, Alfa 4c).

Jayhawk Jake > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
08/07/2014 at 12:10

A C5, so only 350hp or so. Unless C6 prices come down or I get a really good raise.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 12:13

Or both!

AthomSfere > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 12:52

I guess I just don't mind. Especially in the flat Midwest. Colorado or LA I might not like it during rush hour... might. I never minded it in Omaha though and Omaha certainly had worse traffic then most of the midwest (Dallas/ Austin included)

Jayhawk Jake > AthomSfere
08/07/2014 at 13:08

I don't mind, but it's pointless. Having a manual isn't any more fun than an automatic at 6:30 in the morning when cruising at 50 for 7 miles. I don't want to not have a manual, but in a perfect world I would DD something electric (no transmission) and play with a manual sports car.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 13:25

maybe I can steal a c5 or c6 z06 for ya. Plenty to pick from down here hahaha

Jayhawk Jake > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
08/07/2014 at 14:07

I don't want a Z06, you can just steal a non Z06.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 14:08

I'm not sure we have those here in Power City.

Dsscats > Jagvar
08/07/2014 at 21:24

Then you try an S65....

AthomSfere > Jayhawk Jake
08/07/2014 at 22:50

Welp, I guess I am lucky there. I have a 7 minute drive to work and on average it is some of the best 7 minutes of a given day going down Lincoln.