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Old 01-21-2010, 08:55 PM
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How many miles can you do on a C5?

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330 – dgrant3830
252 – rracetchr
250 – wclark
218 - Florida
190 – Old Motor Head
190 – dhirocz

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329 - Nightdry
300 + Duosy
248 - CTSV OWNER
220 - 6spd98
208 - jetstrem
198 – Florida Now at 218
182 - VetteDrmr
177 – 92mr2turbo
175 – dhirocz Now at 190
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Old 01-21-2010, 09:03 PM
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104K on my SC 99...

99.3K on yellowvette837's 02
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330 – dgrant3830
252 – rracetchr
250 – wclark
225 - Bottoms Up
218 - Florida
190 – Old Motor Head
190 – dhirocz
104 - Pewter 99
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330k is wild. The most i have seen was a 2004 with 180k.
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I have 165k on my 99.
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188k on my 98 c5
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Old 01-22-2010, 08:25 PM
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27600 on a 10 year old car
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Old 01-22-2010, 08:27 PM
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27600 on a 10 year old car
maybe you should DRIVE it ?
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Oh Yeah. Drive it like you stoled it.
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How many miles can you do on a C5? Do you mean in a C5 or with a C5 or how many miles have you drove in your C5? Personally I think it would be very windy to a lot of miles on your C5 plus I see lots of pant scratching on the hood or top of the car.
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Originally Posted by nextime
How many miles can you do on a C5? Do you mean in a C5 or with a C5 or how many miles have you drove in your C5? Personally I think it would be very windy to a lot of miles on your C5 plus I see lots of pant scratching on the hood or top of the car.
its a ****ing car.....DRIVE IT!
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maybe you should DRIVE it ?

and get it dirty, no way
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Well I have drived a million miles and I will drive a million more....

actually 135K on my '01
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129,000km on my 1998
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Originally Posted by NotAZO6
its a ****ing car.....DRIVE IT!
Really. Some of these guys remind me of Cameron's father from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It ain't a museum piece, ladies. Drive the GD thing.....
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75k on my 99
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I'm up to 70K on my 2000 FRC.
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Updated Summary

330 – dgrant3830
252 – rracetchr
250 – wclark
225 - Bottoms Up
218 - Florida
190 – Old Motor Head
190 – dhirocz
104 - Pewter 99
Another update, mine is now with my son, therefore same car...
Nightdrv is the owner now, my son. Car now has 341K miles on it.
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