...the posts on this forum used to be performance based. Now its mostly how to keep the old girls running! Our cars are showing their age.

 

True. Advancing age and increasing miles = problems.

I doubt many new C5 owners buy their ride with an up-front plan to do major performance upgrades.

My 2002 just turned over 37K miles...the engine's barely broken in. But all of my C5's parts/components that wear out as a function of time (rather than mileage) are starting to fail: grommets, gaskets, weather stripping, "old technology" circuit boards (both the components and the techniques used to build/assemble them), etc.

Also we are approaching that time when GM (and aftermarket suppliers) won't supply many of these parts (1997-2000 C5 body control modules, many circuit boards, etc).

The good news is that our C5s are still simple enough to work on that we can do much of the repair work ourselves (with help from the Forum posts, of course). Fast-forwarding to the year 2033, I'm not sure whether the then-current owners of 15-year-old C7s will be able to do as much as we are able to do.

And thus the joy of owning those newer model Vettes may more rapidly diminish.

In the not-too-distant future (when advancing age begins to diminish my driving skills and, consequently, makes driving less enjoyable) I will give my C5 to my eldest son (a career Army Blackhawk pilot) because he enjoys working on his cars. He's already told me that he doesn't like working on the newest model cars because they are so technology-dependent, and the cost of acquiring the needed tools/equipment is itself so steep.

Just my thoughts.

The Lizzard

 

Well said, my thoughts exactly.

 

It's unfortunate but you are correct. Hell almost every thread I have started has been trying to fix a problem. I love my Z06 but sometimes I just want to sell it and buy a brand new car in hopes that I won't have to worry about so many issues. Can't bring myself to do it though because it's just so fun to drive.