Advice needed: Thoughts on this C5?
Racer
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 328
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From: Houston TX
St. Jude Donor '08
drive it
Nice looking car. I bought my 2004 for 30K with 25K miles on it. I've has to fix several things. I bought it from Carmax and it had a 30 day warranty on it and it was in there shop a lot of that time. I've since had to fix a few more things and now the car is all fixed up and running great. My point is that any used car will have things wrong with it useless you are very lucky. Drive the car, look carefully at it, figure out what it will cost to get it up to your standards and go from there. To me, it looks like a nice car that needs some minor things repaired. So if your are willing and able to do some work on it, ... but it. You said you've been looking for some time, well, how does this one rate to the others?
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
Tech Contributor
Joined: Oct 1999
Posts: 41,058
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From: Charlotte, NC (formerly Endicott, NY)
It is a 7 year old car so the mileage really isn't all that high. It is about 2K per year more than the average mileage a car is driven in the US. The big concerns are the problems that exist and the owners statements of not knowing what the column lock service message means. If the problems are such minor problems and all that exist it seems like the owner should care enough to fix them Vs dumping the car. I would look for additional items to show up when a detailed inspection is done and a thorough test drive (a lot more than just around the block) is complete.
Bill
Bill
Race Director
Joined: Aug 1999
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From: SE Pennsylvania
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
Oldtimer
Your looking for long distance trouble with this yellow vette.
