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New Guy!
Hey guys how are you all doing? Well I'm actually thinking about picking up a C5 and wanted to know the basics that someone needs to know before purchasing one. This will be my first one if I make the decision to do it. Any info would be great! Thanks
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Excellent hello and welcome, IMO get what you want from the beginning, the color, the style, the tranny, everything, its what you want, and its what you should get,Good Luck
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I have found a 99 black/black for about $15k it has about 65k miles. I don't mind high mile cars, have always had them. Is the maintenance on corvettes high? I'm more of an amatuer on working on cars but I like to try.
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Welcome to the foum. There's a good sticky with lots of useful information at the top of the page. To make life easy, click here to check it out. Take a little time and figure out what you want and shop around. It is definately a buyers market right now.
The C5 isn't really difficult to work on. With help from the good folks here, you can do a lot of things that you never thought you could.
The C5 isn't really difficult to work on. With help from the good folks here, you can do a lot of things that you never thought you could.
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wow thats a bunch of common problems, but I've always loved vettes. I have to make my decision on getting it by tomorrow. I'm sure you all love your vettes I'm thinking I may just have to go for it. Thanks for your help guys
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