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Originally Posted by tadd
I got the car years ago from the wife as a PhD present.
It was like $5k. I drove it like I stole it. Then I realized, Albuquerque whether or not, it needed rot repair…and gravity down the slippery slope grabbed me.
Like others have mentioned, it’s an awesome car, but the NOVA area is full of on the cell idiots.
Not that I’d sell it, at this point it’s a big piece of my adult life, but I’ve been eyeballing a second cheaper toy. Close but not quite. Corvairs.
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OK, I understand so let's talk about options:
Sell it. (not an option for you but others certainly have)
Park it and drive a few times a year.
Drive it semi-regularly as you would like
Daily driver it
If you sold it, who knows what will happen to it. Will it just be an "investment" and sit in someone's garage forever or, any of the above. Does it matter to you? Probably not. But would it matter to you if you sold it and it was in an accident?
All of the other options carry risk of minor accident, major accident and theft. For me, theft is my only concern because the car is gone. There are of course many ways to prevent theft to really minimize it.
People talk about accidents all the time. Cars can be repaired. With a Celette, nearly any collision can be repaired. And while it has value, it's just a car. I think people forget about that. It's only a car. And other than being hit by a train or rear-ended by a semi, pretty much anything can be fixed.
Is your joy tied to driving it or to its value?
So with the right insurance, why not continue to drive it and enjoy it? Why does it's new value decrease your joy or increase your fear in driving it?
It's just a car.