C5 Decision
Melting Slicks
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From: Pittsburgh PA
Safety Car
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I have made this statement many times in the past. To me the people that are afraid of the early cars and what might go wrong. Are the same people that own an 01-04 that have had problems with their cars. I have been on this site for some time now and it seems to me that there is a higher percentage of failure of EBCM in the later models. I know of 3 98s that have not had this problem. Man am I glad I own a 98!!!
Even assuming your your statistics are right, you could get an 01+ ebcm fixed 5 times for the price of one used 98 unit. That's also assuming you pay absfixer, if you do the work yourself it's dirt cheap.
Or the the steering wheel position sensor. I replaced mine with a NIB oem unit for $40. A used 97-98 is sometimes $300-400
it isnt the fact that early cars are bad, it's just hard to not recommend buying the newer car, with more power, more torque, and cheaper more readily available maintenance items.
Melting Slicks
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im not really sure how valid your statistics are on frequency of failures. A friend has an early car with a bad ebcm.
Even assuming your your statistics are right, you could get an 01+ ebcm fixed 5 times for the price of one used 98 unit. That's also assuming you pay absfixer, if you do the work yourself it's dirt cheap.
Or the the steering wheel position sensor. I replaced mine with a NIB oem unit for $40. A used 97-98 is sometimes $300-400
it isnt the fact that early cars are bad, it's just hard to not recommend buying the newer car, with more power, more torque, and cheaper more readily available maintenance items.
Even assuming your your statistics are right, you could get an 01+ ebcm fixed 5 times for the price of one used 98 unit. That's also assuming you pay absfixer, if you do the work yourself it's dirt cheap.
Or the the steering wheel position sensor. I replaced mine with a NIB oem unit for $40. A used 97-98 is sometimes $300-400
it isnt the fact that early cars are bad, it's just hard to not recommend buying the newer car, with more power, more torque, and cheaper more readily available maintenance items.
Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,346
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From: Greensboro Nc
And as a side note, I distinctly remember replying in the "who's happy with their 97-00 cars?" thread with "literally everyone who owns one"
Late model guys will often treat them like their garbage, which is ridiculous.
