What's more valuable? A hot rod or daily driver?
 

post your response and why

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I vote for the dd - you don't worry about parking the dd. You don't even think about driving it.

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A hot rodded daily driver!:lol: :lol:

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:agree:

:but: but sure would be nice to have a yenko to..lol..cant i have my cake and eat it to..:lol:

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More valuable? Id have to go out on a limb & say the Camaro. Ive never seen a $500,000 Chevy Cavalier. You could sell the Camaro & buy a PILE of Cavaliers...

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Why would you even want cake if you couldn't eat it?!:lol:

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More valuable to who? They owner or the buyer? :D

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depends on who you are.

Now Yenko as i understand was a racer who owned a dealership. he started out racing corvairs. the way i under stand it is he got the hp parts from gm and went racing, then started selling vehicles with these hp parts on them..
sounds like a true hot rodder to me.

now if you went out and buy one unfinished and fixed it up to show i would say you are a true enthusiast and love these cars just for the beauty.

if you drive that car then id say your a hot rodder and if you race it even better.

now if you got a lot of money and want to buy one finished and show it then i would say your a collector..

if you want to buy one and drive it then i would say your crazy.. of course thats what i would do if i had the money.

i think people are missing the point on these old muscle cars and hot rods. they were built to go out and put your foot down and have fun in. be it racing or just a weekend cruise that the real value.

when collectors start paying big bucks to brag on that they have one setting in there museum or garage well they missed the whole point. its worthless other than bragging wrights.

ya your kids can go and see one but do you honestly think they will catch the bug of hot rodding by seeing one in the museum. heck no. now you take them for a ride in an old daily driver with a beefed up SBC or BBC and look out.

now that i have probably gone clear off the subject. I would have to say of course the daily drive is worth more. the Yenko is worth nothing to me cause i can't afford it. if i had one i would sell it and buy one nice hot rod that i can have fun in and one nice daily driver.

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I'd rather ride my bicycle to work everyday with a Yenko in the garage than own just a Cavalier.

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Owning a Yenko is like winning the lottery. If I want to drive to work I will do it in a junker vice the fine working machine of a Yenko. The Yenko would be enjoyed and treated well.

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Daily driver....I need to get from Point A to Point B first and foremost, the hot rod comes in later as a hobby. Ideally, you'd have the best of both worlds....something to get you around during the week reliably, and a hot rod to play with on the weekends.

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id say daily driver, with out that how would you pay for a yenko? or anything else for that matter, unless you hit the lotto, witch chances are slim to none. plus im not a really a car guy, the cars that i do like are usally 20s to mid 50s chevrolet and yes some fords.

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hotrods are vehicles made prior to 1940

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If you measure value in dollars (as many do), the Yenko obviously gets the nod.

Measured as necessity, it's gonna be the DD. But mine would not be a Cavalier. ;)


Another way to think of it is that your DD enables you to earn $$ at your job. More than $500,000? Depends on your job, and how many years until you retire (or start working at home).

Since I hope to retire within a few years, I'm going for the Yenko. :gi:

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Someone may have decided that at one time, but I dont agree with it...

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a hot rodded daily. that's what my '69 is. mild 305 runnin open headers and driven everyday. cops round here don't seem to mind. chris.

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The camaro...at Barret Jackson, then y'all would be drooling over my truck in my new shop at my new house.;)