Trouble-free car
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My 17 GS has never had a problem (other than rims) 20k miles on it now. The thing is when I picked up my car it had 32 miles on it. When I picked up both my c5 and c6 they both had like 2 miles. I wonder if they put the car through a lot more of a shake down then they do with most cars?
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Great to see a positive post 
I haven't had any issues with my '17 GS either, which had 30 miles on it at delivery. I believe my 2018 Tacoma had 25 miles when I purchased it.
Don't believe that degree of 'new vehicle mileage' is that uncommon. If over 50 miles, then I would start to question it.
I haven't had any issues with my '17 GS either, which had 30 miles on it at delivery. I believe my 2018 Tacoma had 25 miles when I purchased it. Don't believe that degree of 'new vehicle mileage' is that uncommon. If over 50 miles, then I would start to question it.
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Good to hear your car has been pretty much problem free. That’s the way it should be.
as for the mileage, if you bought it off the lot, could be that a few test drives were taken in the car.
as for the mileage, if you bought it off the lot, could be that a few test drives were taken in the car.
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I built the car so no test drives. It came as a surprise that they put that many test miles on these cars at the factory
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With 25 miles on my new 2017, I was just aware to be watchful of anything amiss on the car as I drove home the 225 miles from the Chev. dealership. That was 2 years ago.
In my previous work life just out of college, I was a tech at a Honda motorcycle dealership. We would always ride our customer's motorcycles in for service to lunch. I can tell you this - those were hard performance miles put on the bikes.
In my previous work life just out of college, I was a tech at a Honda motorcycle dealership. We would always ride our customer's motorcycles in for service to lunch. I can tell you this - those were hard performance miles put on the bikes.
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With 25 miles on my new 2017, I was just aware to be watchful of anything amiss on the car as I drove home the 225 miles from the Chev. dealership. That was 2 years ago.
In my previous work life just out of college, I was a tech at a Honda motorcycle dealership. We would always ride our customer's motorcycles in for service to lunch. I can tell you this - those were hard performance miles put on the bikes.
In my previous work life just out of college, I was a tech at a Honda motorcycle dealership. We would always ride our customer's motorcycles in for service to lunch. I can tell you this - those were hard performance miles put on the bikes.
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My 17 GS has never had a problem (other than rims) 20k miles on it now. The thing is when I picked up my car it had 32 miles on it. When I picked up both my c5 and c6 they both had like 2 miles. I wonder if they put the car through a lot more of a shake down then they do with most cars?
- Test drives.
- Quality assurance drive at factory.
- Dealer trade (not so likely).
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I ordered my 2017 Stingray brand-new from Mike Furman at Criswell. It had 3 miles on it when I picked it up on February 1st of 2017. I now have 11,600 miles on it -- completely trouble free with zero issues. I have had the oil changed three times and am soon going to do it again when I hit 12k miles.
My girlfriend has a 2019 Stingray with 2,200 miles and no issues either. It will get its first oil change before turning 3,000 miles. These cars seem to be screwed together pretty well - which is a good thing!
My girlfriend has a 2019 Stingray with 2,200 miles and no issues either. It will get its first oil change before turning 3,000 miles. These cars seem to be screwed together pretty well - which is a good thing!