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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 11:15 PM
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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 11:41 PM
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Yes twice, once with column lock and once with a loose battery cable.
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Old Feb 28, 2006 | 11:43 PM
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No(knock on wood )
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 03:23 AM
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Yes, once. And, the incident was due to the faulty o.e. battery.
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 04:34 AM
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Yep, yesterday was the first time. I stopped in a store for about 2 minutes and came out to a dead car. The store owner let me borrow her car to give mine a jump.
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 04:38 AM
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I have a 78, a 85 and a 98 now. Never has one ever stranded me. Knock on wood.
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 05:16 AM
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nope , knock on wood
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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Twice, 1st time when the flexplate exploded. 2nd time, new tranny blew-up.
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Once when the AC Delco gave up the ghost. It onlt took a 20 min trip to Costco. One Optima Red Top later and I was back on the road.

Other problems have been the common snags and needed trips to the Dealer.
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dead battery at wqork..replaced battery total time down... 1.5 hours..

other than when the trash truck hit me and I hit the garage door, no extended downtime..
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Once when some a-hole ran a stop sign and ran me off the road.
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Twice - F'ing column lock. It's gone now!!!
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I'm not responding... I don't want to jinx myself!
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Yes, once. And, the incident was due to the faulty o.e. battery.
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 09:38 AM
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Many moons ago, our almost new 1978 Corvette quit when my wife was driving........ fuel filter........ she had to catch a ride into town....... needless to say that did not endear her to Corvettes.........
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 10:43 AM
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About 500,000 miles in many Vettes and no not once. I've been lucky!
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 11:21 AM
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yes, three times

but all were really close to home or work
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