What to do?
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5th Gear
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Oxford AL
Thanks to all
Thanks to all of you. Your comments are the best medicine. It makes no sense to keep it locked up. I will force myself to take it on the road and if I can't find enjoyment after a few hundred miles, I'll do us all a favor and sell it to someone who will drive it.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2003
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Blah Blah Blah.... I say keep it low mileage. My '03 has 68xx miles on it & is perfect in every way. I love how people say keep the miles off so I can buy it :cheap: sorry, my C5 never goes cheap, I'd die with it first. It's you're car, do with it what you want. 
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From: Fremont CA
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You've got a long time to wait if you want it to be a collector car - if it ever does (highly unlikely). And if you are afraid to drive it, why own it?
My advice - it's just a car - get out there and drive it and put a huge smile on your face.
My advice - it's just a car - get out there and drive it and put a huge smile on your face.
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Joined: Feb 2002
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From: Waldorf MD
Drive it, these cars were meant to be driven. Why save it for the NEXT owner?
My 1998 Coupe is a daily driver with 112,000+ miles. Only problems have been oil sensor and one headlight gear. I love to drive my C5, and I drive it anywhere.
My 1998 Coupe is a daily driver with 112,000+ miles. Only problems have been oil sensor and one headlight gear. I love to drive my C5, and I drive it anywhere.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Belleville Il
It's a "CAR",You have INSURANCE,,Unless you TOTAL it they or you can do NOTHING to it that can't be fixed.Corvettes are built strong,,they are not delicate little flowers.Take care of it, change the oil, keep air in the tires and drive the crap out of it!! find a long straight with no one around,slow down,,,then STOMP ON IT for a bit!! That should give you the CURE!!! And for Pete's sake HAVE FUN!!!!!!! 
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Joined: Aug 1999
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From: SE Pennsylvania
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I understand your being a little paranoid, but really STOP! look, wax the car as best as you can, drive the car a much as possible, get a bra for the front end if that will make you feel better. BUT things are going to happen to anything that moves. Even to stuff that doesn't move. If you bought a house and put a new roof on it, then for twenty years you really don't need to obsess about the roof going bad, but if the roof is twenty five years old then your gonna need to think about a new roof. If your worried about dings and scratchs all the time your missing out on the fun of the car. I drive mine as I drive any of my cars, if I gets dings I take to a guy at a local detail shop and he does excellany touch up work. Cool out and enjoy the car, it and you arn't going to last forever!
Racer
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Orlando, Florida
Like the song says, "The first cut is the deepest." Once you get past that one, you will relax and enjoy the car. I have been driving Vettes for eighteen years and still look for reasons to drive mine. Yes, I get pissy when someone parks too close or I find a new scratch, but I get in and drive and all the pain goes away. These C5s were meant to be driven and enjoyed. Welcome to the neighborhood.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Los Angeles
Just go outside with a screw driver, make a nice 2" scratch on the passenger side rocker panel (where you won't see it everyday). Now the car is not perfect... you can drive it around and not worry so much
I bought my C5 used, it had a couple nicks in the bumper here and there and one on the fender. The underside was dirty from when it was registered in Jersey and it looks like it was bottomed out once on the rockers. But otherwise it's a perfect car, and unless you have a microscope, it looks like it too. I keep it clean, but I drive the **** out of it. If you mess it up, fix it and move on. Besides, you can't tell what the outside looks like when you are enjoying it from the driver's seat.
I bought my C5 used, it had a couple nicks in the bumper here and there and one on the fender. The underside was dirty from when it was registered in Jersey and it looks like it was bottomed out once on the rockers. But otherwise it's a perfect car, and unless you have a microscope, it looks like it too. I keep it clean, but I drive the **** out of it. If you mess it up, fix it and move on. Besides, you can't tell what the outside looks like when you are enjoying it from the driver's seat.
