Originally Posted by colt_saa

Not a fair comparison. You can not purchase a car and tuck it under your arm as you leave the showroom. Usually you have to drive it to it's destination. You also have to drive it a bit to move around and do routine maintenance. However, mileage can be kept extremely low.

I do have cars that were purchased with the express intent to preserve them for the enjoyment of future generations.

There is a 1991 Miata Limited Edition British Racing Green with 341 miles on it. (there were also two other BRGs for driving)

There is a 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette with under 500 miles on it.

There is a 1995 40th Anniversary Thunderbird with under 200 miles on it.

There is a 2002 35th Anniversary Camaro SS SLP. This one I had to play with a bit and it has 5600 miles on it.

There is a 2002 35th Anniversary Trans Am with under 700 miles on it.

There is a 2006 Candy Apple Red limited edition GTO with 47 miles on it.

And the list goes on and on. There would be older low mileage cars but the collection did not get started until the 90s. So there are lots of cars with higher mileage on them as well. Plus many more not on display.





For all of those folks that say a gun was meant to be shot so I shoot it, for those folks that say someone will eventually shoot it anyway, I have to ask.

If you came across an 1883 1/2 dollar would you go buy a big gulp with it just because it was a coin and coins were meant to be spent? Or might you take it home and see if it was worth more than $.50

If you came across a batch of uncanceled stamps from your Grandfathers childhood collection, would you want to use it to mail out your electric bill because stamps were meant to be put on mail? Or might you consult a philatelic publication to see if it was worth more than the $.03 printed on it.

If you found a canvas in your attic with a weird, ugly, disfigured picture on it, would you paint over it because canvas was meant to be painted on? Or would you see if this Picasso guy's work was worth something first.