low mi. c5
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low mi. c5
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I think its less about leaking and more about that these cars can go well over 200k with minimal maintenance. Mileage is not much of a premium on a non collectible car. Still a nice car is a nice car is a nice car.
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If there is one universal truth in the car business...mileage always matters! While true that numerous C5's are reported to go high mileage, the cost to get there is not free. There is a vast difference how a 5,000 mile car drives and operates compared to a 75,000 mile car.
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If there is one universal truth in the car business...mileage always matters! While true that numerous C5's are reported to go high mileage, the cost to get there is not free. There is a vast difference how a 5,000 mile car drives and operates compared to a 75,000 mile car.
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Both cars with low mileage and high mileage will leak. Fact of life. More a factor of time not mileage.
I would definitely go for the super low mileage car if I had the option.
I would definitely go for the super low mileage car if I had the option.
Last edited by JR-01; Apr 27, 2018 at 09:51 AM.
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If there is one universal truth in the car business...mileage always matters! While true that numerous C5's are reported to go high mileage, the cost to get there is not free. There is a vast difference how a 5,000 mile car drives and operates compared to a 75,000 mile car.
My car had 5000 miles when I picked it up, some 12+ years into it's life. That's only 417 miles per year- so about one road trip per year. So clean.
Except I still had to replace bearings, seals, and bushings around the entire car no less than a year into owning it.
Time does not care about mileage. There is a vast difference between taking care of your car and using it versus saving your car and not using it.
But hey, that GM plastic sure was clean.
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This is true.
My car had 5000 miles when I picked it up, some 12+ years into it's life. That's only 417 miles per year- so about one road trip per year. So clean.
Except I still had to replace bearings, seals, and bushings around the entire car no less than a year into owning it.
Time does not care about mileage. There is a vast difference between taking care of your car and using it versus saving your car and not using it.
But hey, that GM plastic sure was clean.
My car had 5000 miles when I picked it up, some 12+ years into it's life. That's only 417 miles per year- so about one road trip per year. So clean.
Except I still had to replace bearings, seals, and bushings around the entire car no less than a year into owning it.
Time does not care about mileage. There is a vast difference between taking care of your car and using it versus saving your car and not using it.
But hey, that GM plastic sure was clean.
Last edited by JR-01; Apr 27, 2018 at 02:34 PM.
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This is true.
My car had 5000 miles when I picked it up, some 12+ years into it's life. That's only 417 miles per year- so about one road trip per year. So clean.
Except I still had to replace bearings, seals, and bushings around the entire car no less than a year into owning it.
Time does not care about mileage. There is a vast difference between taking care of your car and using it versus saving your car and not using it.
But hey, that GM plastic sure was clean.
My car had 5000 miles when I picked it up, some 12+ years into it's life. That's only 417 miles per year- so about one road trip per year. So clean.
Except I still had to replace bearings, seals, and bushings around the entire car no less than a year into owning it.
Time does not care about mileage. There is a vast difference between taking care of your car and using it versus saving your car and not using it.
But hey, that GM plastic sure was clean.
Having been in the business for forty plus years, purchased and sold hundreds of extremely low mileage vehicles, this is not my first rodeo. Set the car out in front of the house in the yard and never take care of it...who knows what is going to go bad. Store and care for it properly, bushings, bearings and seals just flat don't fall apart!
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