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Guys, this isn't the 60s and 70s.. Cars are made to go over 200,000 miles with very little problems... Now , when you get up around 300,000 miles you have something to brag about, but at 100,000 the car is just getting to where it's "broken in"......WW
My 2007 LS2 A6 vert Red has 125K miles, which includes 60K miles with an E-Force supercharger. It runs very smoothly and with huge power whenever I want it.
I will not even buy a Vette unless it has over 100K on the clock! LoL I have a 2005 Vert I picked up last year that the female owner ( 1 owner car) had averaged 15k a year since new. I have since put a little over 20k on the car and will put 400 miles on her today driving to Ky. The car had great service records and her father owned the dealership it was bought and serviced at.
I am approaching 190,000 on the car, still with the original clutch in the car and I have not had any issues and honestly dont plan to. I changed the fluilds for peace of mind and do oil changes every 5 to 7 thousand miles. This car was not a garage queen but I would drive to the west coast and back without 2nd thoughts in a minute. Now that the car has proven it is worth keeping and I have been using her as my DD for a year I most likely will move it to my fun car and may start driving her less. Perfect car for the Bowling Green Cruise In's or a steal away weekend at the houseboat while still averaging 30 MPG on the Highway (when i can keep the RPM's Down). It is a Z51 car and still rides likes a new one. Got to love a Chevy.
Last edited by VintageBikesUSA; 01-05-2018 at 10:09 AM.
2009 with 81k on the body, and 55k on the motor. Im the second owner. Clutch was upgraded, but it didn't need replacing. Water pump went this summer at 80K.
LS2 & 3 are considered 5000 hour engines which generally means 250-300K should be no problem. My ‘05 Vert is at 202K with no drips or smoke on a strong running LS2. The car is amazingly tight with no rattles and tracks true.
LS2 & 3 are considered 5000 hour engines which generally means 250-300K should be no problem. My ‘05 Vert is at 202K with no drips or smoke on a strong running LS2. The car is amazingly tight with no rattles and tracks true.
That is great news for all who actually drive their vette.
I will not even buy a Vette unless it has over 100K on the clock! LoL I have a 2005 Vert I picked up last year that the female owner ( 1 owner car) had averaged 15k a year since new. I have since put a little over 20k on the car and will put 400 miles on her today driving to Ky. The car had great service records and her father owned the dealership it was bought and serviced at.
I am approaching 190,000 on the car, still with the original clutch in the car and I have not had any issues and honestly dont plan to. I changed the fluilds for peace of mind and do oil changes every 5 to 7 thousand miles. This car was not a garage queen but I would drive to the west coast and back without 2nd thoughts in a minute. Now that the car has proven it is worth keeping and I have been using her as my DD for a year I most likely will move it to my fun car and may start driving her less. Perfect car for the Bowling Green Cruise In's or a steal away weekend at the houseboat while still averaging 30 MPG on the Highway (when i can keep the RPM's Down). It is a Z51 car and still rides likes a new one. Got to love a Chevy.
Nothing other than being lazy, I was looking at removing the seats since i found new take off OEM covers for 100 bucks the other day and saw the big blue plug had some damage so I decided to abort mission and rethink. If I move the seat up a quarter inch it goes out so it is one of the wires that has been affected. But that is another thread and another day.
I will not even buy a Vette unless it has over 100K on the clock! LoL I have a 2005 Vert I picked up last year that the female owner ( 1 owner car) had averaged 15k a year since new. I have since put a little over 20k on the car and will put 400 miles on her today driving to Ky. The car had great service records and her father owned the dealership it was bought and serviced at.
I am approaching 190,000 on the car, still with the original clutch in the car and I have not had any issues and honestly dont plan to. I changed the fluilds for peace of mind and do oil changes every 5 to 7 thousand miles. This car was not a garage queen but I would drive to the west coast and back without 2nd thoughts in a minute. Now that the car has proven it is worth keeping and I have been using her as my DD for a year I most likely will move it to my fun car and may start driving her less. Perfect car for the Bowling Green Cruise In's or a steal away weekend at the houseboat while still averaging 30 MPG on the Highway (when i can keep the RPM's Down). It is a Z51 car and still rides likes a new one. Got to love a Chevy.
Lol, I had the same red Honda Ct 70 when I was a kid.
We love them and always have a garage full of CT70's ! Vintagebikesusa.com is my website but I have 100's of the Vintage Bikes we restore and ship around the world.
I just turned up 30,000 miles on my 05 last summer. Figure it'll be toast in another 10,000 miles or so. I heard Honda makes a nice car.
30K, man you're living on borrowed time, better get rid of that bad boy fast!!!
JK, Bought my '05 (A4 Z51 DSOM) in May, '10 with 10.5K miles on it, got it from the original owner who was wheelchair bound due to a motorcycle accident. He always wanted a Vette, kept it for 5 years and was selling it cause his wife got pregnant and they needed a wheelchair accessible van. He had it fitted with hand controls and swears he never went over 70 MPH or had it out in the rain and after meeting him I absolutely believed him. I have 34K miles on it now and so far I've changed the HB to an ATI unit (just because) and had all the hoses, water pump, tires, fluids (twice) and all 5 rear seals changed. I've had it almost 8 years now, the longest I've ever owned a car, it still makes me smile (broadly) EVERY time I take it out and I have no plans to get rid of it...maybe ever!
05 with 100K here with heads/cam still running strong. Only issue I've had with it has been dealing with the steering column lock. Other than that no issues.
05 with 100K here with heads/cam still running strong. Only issue I've had with it has been dealing with the steering column lock. Other than that no issues.
With a 2005, the first thing that should be done when buying one is to put a column lock bypass on the car.. I put one on my car and mine still worked fine, I considered it preventive maintainence......WW
With a 2005, the first thing that should be done when buying one is to put a column lock bypass on the car.. I put one on my car and mine still worked fine, I considered it preventive maintainence......WW
Oh mine went beyond preventative maintenance, and a bypass brother
check it out...
01-03-2018, 08:49 PM
...WW
