Photos of the potential new wheels - What am I looking at?
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Photos of the potential new wheels - What am I looking at?
Ok folks so this is the potential new wheels. Current owner sent a ton of photos which I really appreciate! I am going to load a bunch of photos to this thread, no idea what I should be looking for? I did notice a lot of dust and dirt, in the door jams especially. Not sure if I am being nit-picky. I just want this things babied . Any thoughts?
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GS automatic and NPP. Tires are in good shape. Don't see anything out of the ordinary. So much for the automatic. Obviously didn't pay attention.
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Go with your gut. My first was an 02 Millenium Yellow. Went to the guys house, and you could see the car wash brush marks in the lower rocker panels. Like you said the door jambs were filthy.
Obviously his version of garage queen was different than mine.
Obviously his version of garage queen was different than mine.
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It's a manual 6, no auto. I just loaded the rest of the photos. I see quite a bit of rocks, pebbles in the shelving areas of the engine, not sure if that's normal. Again, not nit picking but I zoomed in on many of the photos.
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Gravel is not normal. Maybe lived on a gravel road. More than likely you'll find a fair amount of gravel between the rear quarters and rockers, but we all get a little of that.
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Actually that gravel is very normal, here's a recent thread about it...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...come-from.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...come-from.html
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Actually that gravel is very normal, here's a recent thread about it...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...come-from.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...come-from.html
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Actually that gravel is very normal, here's a recent thread about it...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...come-from.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...come-from.html
It is indeed normal if its driven and you look in the correct places...
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Owner said part of their driveway is gravel and their mother in laws house is all gravel. I would trust them on this...also asked about a potential leak on the 4th photo and said none at all. In terms of cleanliness, he basically said he rushed to put it away for the winter and hasn't even puked it out of the garage this spring yet. He put it away dirty evidently.
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Op that look doesn't really look bad at all...It is a driver and has been driven in rain, but not a lot and and no real corrosion so not in winter...also I seen nothing that a easy detail does not fix. Price and mileage matters but don't be put all the way off on those pics....you need to see for yourself up close. On a scale of 1-10 the undercarriage look a solid 7 as it sits..Didn't see any wheel well pics but they can tell a lot too... The hats on the rotors don't look too good on the one I can see and overall you are seeing a car that hasn't been washed in a few weeks...but will clean up nice imo. again depending price and mileage and how it looks in person. Lots of Corvette has rusty hats sitting on the lot as new...
Good luck looking.
Good luck looking.
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I’ve owned my car for almost 15 years. I doubt very seriously you would find something I know nothing about. Make no mistake this is NOT a daily. Of course I do get the tiny pebbles in the quarters and rockers.
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2010 or 11 3LT coupe. I think it is in very reasonable condition for a car that is 8 or 9 years old.
Undercarriage isn’t bad.
Get a VIS report from your local gm dealer to see what services/ history have been done to it.
Undercarriage isn’t bad.
Get a VIS report from your local gm dealer to see what services/ history have been done to it.