RHD Corvette

[Soop Dogg]

I know there's a few people here who see the Corvette as a decent replacement for the Supra, but are put off by them being LHD.

 

Currently there's a RHD C5 available on Autotrader, albeit for £24,000 ono. I looked at this car about 4 years ago and almost bought it, but in the end got a newer, 50th Anniversary C5 convertible. Back then it was offered to me for £20k and was being sold by a chap in the Huntingdon area.

 

£24k is too much money IMHO, but he does say 'offers in the region of', so someone may be able to get it for less.

 

As far as I know it's the only RHD one in the UK, but bear in mind that doesn't make it worth any more, really. Most drivers of American cars won't buy one in RHD.

 

Worth a look, I suppose.

 

AUTOTRADER ADVERT

[Thorin]

Nice, if I had the money, I probably would.

[Soop Dogg]

The other thing I found when I considered buying this car 4 years ago was that it was MORE expensive to insure than a LHD model - because it had been modified from the original specification. As usual, many insurance companies refused to quote on a modified car.

 

Nuts!

[Tricky-Ricky]

Interesting, i was sitting at the Dentists today reading one of the auto mags, and came across a little article saying that a C5 could now be had for as little as 12.5K with a link to an Auto trader add, bargain!

[ozz]

If anyone does think about this then make sure you get the conversion checked out, I researched RHD models of Mustangs last year as I really wanted one but was put off with some of the comments I found, they could be illegal as having been converted after the SVA, the quality of conversion can be very suspect, resale tends to be much lower due to risk involved and people have seen some real dodgy conversions.

 

Shame though, I just don't think I could live with LHD.