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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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Congrats on the 100K,,,,I'm about 3/4 of the way there,,but I'm retired,,so might take a couple of years to catch ya!! Now in about 3years when My wife retires,,gonna put some miles on her(the car that is!!Glad to see there are some that actually DRIVE the cars,,,,,never did understand the garage queen thing!! Keep her running,,hows the new headers doing??
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 06:49 PM
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Still a great looking car for 100K. I would hate to see what the bolts and nuts look like on a lift.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by itzza427
Congrats on the 100K,,,,I'm about 3/4 of the way there,,but I'm retired,,so might take a couple of years to catch ya!! Now in about 3years when My wife retires,,gonna put some miles on her(the car that is!!Glad to see there are some that actually DRIVE the cars,,,,,never did understand the garage queen thing!! Keep her running,,hows the new headers doing??

the headers are great, that LS1 started to really breath and perform...

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Still a great looking car for 100K. I would hate to see what the bolts and nuts look like on a lift.

thanks.....and by the way all the nuts and bolts look just fine.....
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 09:46 AM
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I wonder if someone can get a million miles out of a C5?

Lol but it's worth a try!
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 09:54 AM
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Congrats!!! I just turned 31,000 on my 99 Guess im a weekend warrior
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 10:10 AM
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Your car looks great for a DD.
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 10:21 AM
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Vette still looks great after 100K

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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 10:21 AM
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Car looks great for the miles.Many engine problems during the 100k?
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Hope you have many more miles and smiles!!
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 10:47 AM
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nice Im getting close
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by 209TIME!!!
I wonder if someone can get a million miles out of a C5?

Lol but it's worth a try!
You never know,, properly maintained it would be possible!! There has been a forum member that had well over 300K and passed it on to his son!! My golf buddy had a 97 GMC Sonoma he bought new.It had just a few miles under 600,000 miles on all original,unopened drive train when he traded it in through cash for clunkers!! It was STILL running fine when he traded,,,all on dyno oil!! You never know Synthetic oil,,proper care,,could happen.!!
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by mel3535
Wow man your car looks good for a dd with 100k on it, props to you for how well u have taken care of it, congrats
it looks like a garage queen
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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100,000 miles and it still looks great!
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 76 VETTE
Car looks great for the miles.Many engine problems during the 100k?
No engine problems, just the small stuff belts,oil sensor, pullys and tensioner that's about all I can think of with the engine. My car has been good to me.......
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Originally Posted by itzza427
You never know,, properly maintained it would be possible!! There has been a forum member that had well over 300K and passed it on to his son!! My golf buddy had a 97 GMC Sonoma he bought new.It had just a few miles under 600,000 miles on all original,unopened drive train when he traded it in through cash for clunkers!! It was STILL running fine when he traded,,,all on dyno oil!! You never know Synthetic oil,,proper care,,could happen.!!

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Old Apr 7, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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To all you DD congrats on some high mileage numbers, I am lucky if I put 2000 miles a year on my Vette and wish I could put some more miles on it before the looooong winter storage. Rob
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Originally Posted by El original
To all you DD congrats on some high mileage numbers, I am lucky if I put 2000 miles a year on my Vette and wish I could put some more miles on it before the looooong winter storage. Rob

drive that thing, go have some fun, go and chase a moose or something
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Old Apr 8, 2011 | 08:16 PM
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Congrats 209TIME!!! Great milestone. These things are meant to be driven and enjoyed. Just passed 105K on my 04Z last week and still going strong (knock on wood!) Hoping for many more happy miles for us both!
Drive safe!
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Congrats on the mileage...proper care should get you a more.... Cars lookin' good...
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