Finally bought one
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2017 C5 of the Year Finalist
Finally bought one
Picked up my C5 on Saturday. Electron blue metallic, HUD, memory, and Z51 package. Pretty happy with it, fun car to drive. 6097 mi on the odo when I picked it up. Hoping to get more/better pictures of it in the upcoming weeks.
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Great color! and unbelievably low mileage!! Congrats!! 
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1) I asked for feedback prior to buying from the forum. General consensus was that I was overpaying, which I actually kind of agree with.
2) I wasn't willing to drive more than 100 mi for a car, it had to be blue or black w/a 6sp and the targa top, and under 30k on the odo. I paid 28.5 for it. Comps on auto trader, car gurus, and one other site that escapes me were anywhere from 27k - 30 with similar miles.
In the end I really like the car. It's a night/weekend driver, sharing duties w/my 91 Camaro RS. Mileage will remain low - probably 500ish mi / yr, so hopefully it holds some value. Prior to buying it I thought i may take it to work now and again - but literally every highway around here is under construction, plus there's an accident almost every morning. Seeing what happened to Azure's car made me second guess doing that now.
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Nope. I'll preface it though with
1) I asked for feedback prior to buying from the forum. General consensus was that I was overpaying, which I actually kind of agree with.
2) I wasn't willing to drive more than 100 mi for a car, it had to be blue or black w/a 6sp and the targa top, and under 30k on the odo. I paid 28.5 for it. Comps on auto trader, car gurus, and one other site that escapes me were anywhere from 27k - 30 with similar miles.
In the end I really like the car. It's a night/weekend driver, sharing duties w/my 91 Camaro RS. Mileage will remain low - probably 500ish mi / yr, so hopefully it holds some value. Prior to buying it I thought i may take it to work now and again - but literally every highway around here is under construction, plus there's an accident almost every morning. Seeing what happened to Azure's car made me second guess doing that now.
1) I asked for feedback prior to buying from the forum. General consensus was that I was overpaying, which I actually kind of agree with.
2) I wasn't willing to drive more than 100 mi for a car, it had to be blue or black w/a 6sp and the targa top, and under 30k on the odo. I paid 28.5 for it. Comps on auto trader, car gurus, and one other site that escapes me were anywhere from 27k - 30 with similar miles.
In the end I really like the car. It's a night/weekend driver, sharing duties w/my 91 Camaro RS. Mileage will remain low - probably 500ish mi / yr, so hopefully it holds some value. Prior to buying it I thought i may take it to work now and again - but literally every highway around here is under construction, plus there's an accident almost every morning. Seeing what happened to Azure's car made me second guess doing that now.
Whatever you do don't second guess yourself, put your mind back in the spot you were in and think of it that way. And don't complain about roads under construction. That means next year you'll have lots of nice new roads to enjoy!
Around here they fixed a zillion of the back mountain roads in the last couple years and wow is it fun driving some of them. Yeehaw!
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As long as you're happy with the car, you can make everything else work out. If you truly keep the miles down, it'll hold value and you'll be in the drivers seat regardless if you decide 10 years down the road to sell or make it your DD. 500-1000 / year, you'll do fine. And you can rest assured there'll be no others in your area 5-10 years from now, there's hardly any now.
Whatever you do don't second guess yourself, put your mind back in the spot you were in and think of it that way. And don't complain about roads under construction. That means next year you'll have lots of nice new roads to enjoy! Around here they fixed a zillion of the back mountain roads in the last couple years and wow is it fun driving some of them.
Yeehaw!
Whatever you do don't second guess yourself, put your mind back in the spot you were in and think of it that way. And don't complain about roads under construction. That means next year you'll have lots of nice new roads to enjoy!
Around here they fixed a zillion of the back mountain roads in the last couple years and wow is it fun driving some of them. Yeehaw!
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Any recommendations for things to do to the car actually? So far I have on order an indoor cover for the garage, the LCM5, the CAGS eliminator (that really annoyed the hell outta me the first weekend, now i just hit the go pedal a bit harder to avoid it till the eliminator arrives), and a new set of logo'd floor mats. Oil is clean, both oil pan gaskets were replaced, clutch fluid looks good, and battery is brand new (all done by dealer prior to delivery). Looking for "reverse-able mods" so I can have the bone stock low mi car "back" should I want. Long tube headers are on the list for probably next year - looking to drive and enjoy for now, but if there's some "little things" that can be done i'd be all ears.
