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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 03:49 AM
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I am looking into buying a C6 vette and was wondering what constitutes too high of miles? I found one that is exactly what I'm looking for but it has 90k miles.

What goes bad on these cars first? Any nagging issues?
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None! The key is full maintenance..these cars are meant to be driven. I am speaking from experience....122k on an '08!
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Take your time. Lots of Vettes out there. Compare miles, options, models. Look on Cars.com or Autotrader. There are deals on new cars, too.
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Can not argue with experience.
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None! The key is full maintenance..these cars are meant to be driven. I am speaking from experience....122k on an '08!
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Agree, scheduled maintenance (receipts), where the cars been, service record, interior , raced, title (not salvage). Compare, and check around.. if you're just shopping price, remember, there's usually a reason that there something behind a "steal"! Good luck!
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We've got 56k on our 2009 and I expect to go well over 100k with no major problems. But there's no getting around the fact that the odds start working against you as the miles go up.

There are so many nice C6's with low miles, I'd probably do some more looking.
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