Love hate relationship with vette
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From: Sturgeon Bay Wisconson
Love hate relationship with vette
Now that I'm most likely selling my 97 here in about a week or so, I'd just like to say its been a love, hate relationship with this thing. Really fun to drive somedays, other days I just want to watch it burn to the ground. The car looks great, a blast to drive on a sunny day, but there are just so many things to go wrong with it, and the prices on simple parts for this thing like a tire pressure sensor or even parts for the headlights are obscene. Well, at least I'll still have my white 79 that I own, it seems to have a lot less problems, and the ones that it does have are cheaper to fix.
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sounds like you got a problem car, sorry to hear that.
you could look on the internet and fleebay for deals on C5 parts you need. or maybe sell it and buy a low mileage cream puff. good luck
thank God mine runs like it should.
you could look on the internet and fleebay for deals on C5 parts you need. or maybe sell it and buy a low mileage cream puff. good luck
thank God mine runs like it should.
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I have a '98 - and I love the car. It has been the most reliable car I've ever owned. I have replaced tire pressure sensors when one failed, had a new clutch installed at 56K miles (I'm the third owner and I don't know what kind of abuse it took before me), an oil pressure sensor, and the gears in the headlight motors....that's it.
I hope you have a great time with your '79!
I have a '98 - and I love the car. It has been the most reliable car I've ever owned. I have replaced tire pressure sensors when one failed, had a new clutch installed at 56K miles (I'm the third owner and I don't know what kind of abuse it took before me), an oil pressure sensor, and the gears in the headlight motors....that's it.
I hope you have a great time with your '79!
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Sorry you've had so many problems with your '97. At least you will still have a Vette in the garage when you get rid of the '97.
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From: Out in the Woods VIRGINIA
Now that I'm most likely selling my 97 here in about a week or so, I'd just like to say its been a love, hate relationship with this thing. Really fun to drive somedays, other days I just want to watch it burn to the ground. The car looks great, a blast to drive on a sunny day, but there are just so many things to go wrong with it, and the prices on simple parts for this thing like a tire pressure sensor or even parts for the headlights are obscene. Well, at least I'll still have my white 79 that I own, it seems to have a lot less problems, and the ones that it does have are cheaper to fix.
Mine is more trouble free since the blower install
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The car is 10 years old!! Just replace what you need to , take your time and shop around for the best new/used prices. It's not like you don't have another 
car to drive
car to drive