Originally Posted by edgeprod

You're lucky. My vettes always took a little more love. But then again, I drive them more aggressively and on a much more regular basis than you probably do. My point is that people hit a point in their life when they need something shiny, and because the Vette is a lot of power for a low price, they usually feel like they can "afford" the car by just looking at the sticker or monthly payment. They don't take into account the cost of maintaining a car like that -- the more expensive gas, the potential for very expensive repairs of that shiny V8 or transmission goes bad, etc. You or I may not notice the expense, but someone living paycheck to paycheck definitely will.

In recent times, a warranty has become a HUGE selling point on the sports cars -- and even more so when they are "higher end" sports cars. Not really the same category of cars, but I can tell you that at least 50% of the buyers I talked to when I sold my Viper were calling because I was willing to transfer the warranty.

It was advice from someone who has sold a lot of cars like that, but do your own thing, I guess.