High mileage
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High mileage
I'm on budget but looking to purchase my first Corvette. I'm looking at 97' C5 with 135k. It appears well maintain chevy dealer records. The price is $9500. Can anyone offer any advice on what to look for or checklist ? Thank you in advance.
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Just go for it i seen corvette's go to 400K miles
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Bought mine with 125k,and I'm at 143k now. I had some minor fixes, but no huge repair expenses. Can't wait till I hit 200k. I say go for it, the price seems right, and if its been checked out, you shouldn't have anything to worry about in the near future.
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It's cheap enough - but just depends on how it has been maintained. I'd want to see some kind of maintenance records if at all possible.
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just make sure the EBCM isn't throwing any codes, those earlier models aren't fixable and are hard to come by...Pull up the codes http://www.stengel.net/diccodes.htm
Last edited by 02koolC5; Jul 29, 2011 at 09:22 PM.
Definitely prepare for having to be replace things, but that is a good price, indeed.
