Originally Posted by
nickwe21
I purchased a mint SRT-6 Graphite Roadster with 25,000 miles. Literately looked like it came off the assembly line. I gave up on these cars increasing in value and don't really care about putting a car under a car cover just so it sits there and slowly rots away in the off-chance I make a few dollars on it in 10-20+ years. Bought this car to enjoy it, to put the top down and take it for spins, modify it, work on it and all-around just have fun.
Drive it daily and have 50,000 miles on it now and couldn't be more happy. Love this car and the good memories I have had with it will always outweigh any "investment" this might turn into down the road. Just my 2 cents.
I don't think anyone is exclusively putting any of their Crossfires 'under a cover' to sit. Nor is anyone exclusively looking at immobilizing their Crossfire solely as an investment asset or storage of value, like something to keep in a safe - that would be silly.
In my case though, with 13 classics of which my SRT-6 to be one of the newest year examples in that stable of years ranging from 1931 to 2005, and 2 other 'daily driver' classics that I do drive nearly every day, I suppose it's a bit easier for me to keep the mileage down on the entire lot. My '67 Ranchero is one of the daily drivers - I've had it for 24 years, it has over 295,000 miles on its original 289, and can still hold its own at a car show. I've put 180,000 of those miles on it. It's my Home Depot car, grocery getter, and parts-getter. Just love that car to its limit, will never get rid of it.
I don't think I'll ever get rid of my Crossfire either; I've had it going on 9 years now.
I agree, drive and enjoy, but proper upkeep and maintenance is still paramount; meaning you can put as many miles on it and drive it as hard as you like, and it can still look like show-room new. Nothing wrong with preservation and enjoyment simultaneously. Like my Ranchero. Just because someone beats the **** out of their car, modifies it with dubious aftermarket 'performance' add-ons (often ineffective and usually tacky), abuses it, and neglects even the basics of service milestones - doesn't make them somehow 'more' of a car enthusiast than someone that does the same while maintaining due diligence in proper care while extracting the same in all-around just have fun, which I suspect you and most any of us here are the latter. I think the fact that anyone joins as a member to this forum says right out they are all about that having fun with a proper upkeep approach.
You can have both an investment and have fun; it doesn't have to solely be one or the other.
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