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Old Jan 11, 2019 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by 4XLR8N
I am not sure if I am more amazed sbout the miles or how nice the car looked after logging all of those miles.
Depends a lot on the roads you travel on. I used to drive a highway that had 2 limestone quarries on it and my C5 got stone chipped on the nose pretty bad, in spite of me never following anyone close. If you drive a lot of clean roads, it makes all the difference.

What impresses me is that 18 years ago, GM could do a nice paint job on a car. No orange peel. Makes you wonder what they forgot how to do when you look at any new C7.
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Old Jan 11, 2019 | 11:11 AM
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What impresses me is that 18 years ago, GM could do a nice paint job on a car. No orange peel. Makes you wonder what they forgot how to do when you look at any new C7.
Oh no, now you'll be gettin' all the rich old guys outs bed with that remark!!!////////////////////
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Old Jan 11, 2019 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by K-Spaz
Depends a lot on the roads you travel on. I used to drive a highway that had 2 limestone quarries on it and my C5 got stone chipped on the nose pretty bad, in spite of me never following anyone close. If you drive a lot of clean roads, it makes all the difference.


No truer statement was ever made. My FIL has a run-of the-mill white Impala (looks for all the world like a rental car)...it's about 10 years old and has over 250k on the clock. The front fascia is almost completely devoid of rock chips.

Meanwhile, here in the Detroit area where I commute the highways every day, it doesn't take but about a year for your front fascia to look like somebody shot it with a shotgun. Tis why I put Expel on my current DD within days of buying it.
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