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So I spent three wonderful weeks in sunny Florida visiting family...and looking at 50th Anniversary Edition Corvettes.
I didn't wind up buying the one I previously posted about. Not that is was a bad car, they had fixed the rear window,
the aftermarket radio worked fine and operated the antenna the way it should have. I also had a backup camera installed the worked properly and
was a workman like install. Based on the information from the 'stickys" I checked those things out. Only I found any issues with were the
outdated tires ( they did offer to work with me on replacements) and there was a slight leak at the rear of the transmission case.
Meantime, I looked at a couple of others and wound up buying one with just less than 18000 miles and drove it back to Indiana.
A very nice ride, usually after spending 6 hours in a car my right hip begins to ache. I put 10 hours each on 2 days running and no aches.
Probably due to the upped adrenaline
flow.
Jim
My what a lovely car, looks showroom new! I think you made a wise decision and you are going to love that car. Now get put and put on those missing miles!
I agree with wdcraig. Ridiculously low mileage for a 2003. I guess you could thank the previous owners for the low mileage Corvette you bought. Someone took a huge depreciation hit. Now put on some serious mileage and enjoy. Don’t let it be a garage queen. These cars are made to be driven.
To Chillpeppergarag: sorry no pics from the road. When driving from Tampa to Fort Wayne, I like go go through Alabama
as I can miss the dreaded I-75 Atlanta traffic and you can see a bit more of the country. And now that you mentioned taking pics,
I certainly could have done so as there wasn't all that much road traffic.
Hi, I'm new to this forum but have been checking it out for awhile. I'm normally on the C-2 forum as FastJimmy. I have a 1965 convertible I'm re-doing.
I'm considering buying a C5 and have my eye on this 2003 convertible at AutoNation in Clearwater, FL....https://www.autonation.com/cars/1G1YY32G335127171.
Is anyone familiar with this particular car?
Anyone have a list of things I should be sure to check out on the test drive and look-see. I'm from Indiana so it would mean flying to buy it and cancelling
the return flight and driving it back. Or, not buying it and flying back.
The other thing I'm not too clear on ( even after reading Florida's purchase laws) is how the paper work can be handled.
Any help will be appreciated. FastJimmy
driving experience difference would be like going from Roman era sail boat to modern twin engine speed boat.
