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[IMG]corvette1[/IMG]I recently bought my first Corvette, a 1999 C-5 with 74,000 miles.
Now I'm wondering if that is too many miles, and wonder what kind of mileage to expect.
I'm one of those guys who keep a car forever. For example, I bought a 1969 Jaguar in 1970 and still have it.
sadie5
Now I'm wondering if that is too many miles, and wonder what kind of mileage to expect.
I'm one of those guys who keep a car forever. For example, I bought a 1969 Jaguar in 1970 and still have it.
sadie5
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I too bought a '99 and it had about 64k on it when I bought it. It was an Arizona car and well cared for. 2 years later - not one problem. Have I done a lot of maintenance type stuff and some mods? yes... all the fluids and some of the basic mods like a blackwing, CLB, D/R rotors, etc. $.02 
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[IMG]corvette1[/IMG]I recently bought my first Corvette, a 1999 C-5 with 74,000 miles.
Now I'm wondering if that is too many miles, and wonder what kind of mileage to expect.
I'm one of those guys who keep a car forever. For example, I bought a 1969 Jaguar in 1970 and still have it.
sadie5
Now I'm wondering if that is too many miles, and wonder what kind of mileage to expect.
I'm one of those guys who keep a car forever. For example, I bought a 1969 Jaguar in 1970 and still have it.
sadie5
these cars last forever! 250,000 miles life would not be unreasonable with good care
dealers sell all our 100,000+ mile cars to mexico and they run them all well over 250,000 miles.
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Properly maintained, you should see many, many more miles out of your C5. There are a number of forum members that have well in excess of 100K on their cars.
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You should be good for miles and miles of smiles and years and years of service with your '99! 
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