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Old 09-18-2014, 04:42 PM
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Hey everyone been getting great info from all of you since buying my 6th Corvette (May of this yr. 99 coupe) with 50000 miles. My last was in 86 when I bought an 85 coupe. I found this site when I just came home from the Dealer with my new/older vette. I washed it before putting it in the garage and no start, you guessed it column lock message. Fixed it with the LMC5 (thanks to all of you) ( by the way it’ a 6 speed manual) Now after months of reading posts I’m thinking wow are all these problems am I looking to have or have I bought a really good car????? it is in great shape. Paul from Michigan
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Like with any other car/generation, they have their own quirks.
Some are common, some you may never experience.

Compressing 14 years of C5 ownership to a 15 minute conversation which included service issues, it would probably scare anyone.

but in the longer run, way more fun days than anything else.
there's still nothing like it. Enjoy
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The fun outweighs the work. Heck, if you were not working on a Corvette you would be working on a Camaro. Might as well go for the gusto.
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I have already done a lot, MGW shifter, cat-back,CAI, fat-matted the interior,etc. bought a new Monte SS in 07 and I have worked on the vette 100 times more and your right I love working on it. Almost the day I got the Monte I wanted another vette,mostly had an uncontrollable desire to have a manual trans, have no disappointments driving this car!!!!!!!

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