High Mileage C5 Maintenance Experiences
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High Mileage C5 Maintenance Experiences
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I snipped the following from duosy's posting
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=335300
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I am on my third set of Goodyear EMTs with just a tad over 222K miles on my '99 coupe. With the amount of driving I do, I wouldn't risk driving without the run flats.
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Dean: I am impressed with your 222K on a 1999 Coupe. How has the car held up and what kind of maintenance have you performed?
I think it would be interesting to hear comments from others that have 100K+ mileage on a C5 to see how they are holding up
What, if any, major repairs were required.
[Modified by Dick Kriss, 2:12 PM 7/5/2002]
I snipped the following from duosy's posting
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=335300
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I am on my third set of Goodyear EMTs with just a tad over 222K miles on my '99 coupe. With the amount of driving I do, I wouldn't risk driving without the run flats.
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Dean: I am impressed with your 222K on a 1999 Coupe. How has the car held up and what kind of maintenance have you performed?
I think it would be interesting to hear comments from others that have 100K+ mileage on a C5 to see how they are holding up
What, if any, major repairs were required.
[Modified by Dick Kriss, 2:12 PM 7/5/2002]
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Re: High Mileage C5 Maintenance Experiences (Dick Kriss)
Since there have been no postings, it looks like Dean is the only forum member with mileage on a C5. The rest of us have hanger queens that run out of the warranty time before hitting the 36K. Surely there are some high mileage 97s or 98s around?
[Modified by Dick Kriss, 9:25 AM 7/5/2002]
[Modified by Dick Kriss, 9:25 AM 7/5/2002]
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Re: High Mileage C5 Maintenance Experiences (Dick Kriss)
I only have 20.5K on my 97. Its hard to get a lot of miles on the third car in a two driver family especially when it only gets about 250 miles on it from December through March.
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Re: High Mileage C5 Maintenance Experiences (Dick Kriss)
My '98 is a daily driver and is nearing 100K miles. She's on her 3rd set of tires [back to EMT from Nitto 555's]; needed a new radiator after a nasty run in with some road debris in 01; a bent linkage pin replaced under warranty in 00; a headlight actuator replaced in 02 and [touch wood] other than that and all major GM scheduled maintenance [I think I did the 90K in March], she's still a dream and from a cost/mile to operate perspective I think remarkably affordable.
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Re: High Mileage C5 Maintenance Experiences (yelloz06)
Hey somebody lasso this Dousy guy to come over to this thread and tell us some 200k war stories :D
Looking for duosy!
[Modified by Dick Kriss, 2:08 PM 7/5/2002]
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Re: High Mileage C5 Maintenance Experiences (Dick Kriss)
Hey somebody lasso this Dousy guy to come over to this thread and tell us some 200k war stories :D
I found his posting and just sent him an email message to read this posting.
Looking for duosy!
[Modified by Dick Kriss, 2:08 PM 7/5/2002]
I found his posting and just sent him an email message to read this posting.
Looking for duosy!
[Modified by Dick Kriss, 2:08 PM 7/5/2002]
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Re: High Mileage C5 Maintenance Experiences (NewVetteLover)
Just keep in mind that when you put 100K+ miles on a car in that short a time, it is almost always highway miles, which are the easiest on a car.
100K+ miles on a car that is driven in urban/suburban conditions at the rate of say 10-12000 miles per year will probably be a much different experience, with a lot more stress, wear, and tear on the vehicle.
I don't think you can compare the two.
100K+ miles on a car that is driven in urban/suburban conditions at the rate of say 10-12000 miles per year will probably be a much different experience, with a lot more stress, wear, and tear on the vehicle.
I don't think you can compare the two.
