Mileage Question
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Come drive my 15 Z51 that has 76k miles on it and tell me how it is mechanically different than what you consider a low mileage car.
It's how it's been treated, not how many miles it has on it.
What good is it if it has low miles but had been driven full throttle a quarter mile at a time?
It's how it's been treated, not how many miles it has on it.
What good is it if it has low miles but had been driven full throttle a quarter mile at a time?
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Come drive my 15 Z51 that has 76k miles on it and tell me how it is mechanically different than what you consider a low mileage car.
It's how it's been treated, not how many miles it has on it.
What good is it if it has low miles but had been driven full throttle a quarter mile at a time?
It's how it's been treated, not how many miles it has on it.
What good is it if it has low miles but had been driven full throttle a quarter mile at a time?
All things being equal, I'll take the low mileage 7 Corvette. 50K isn't low on a 7
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High mileage? Yes, Compared to other C7's, by virtue that so many are garage queens. In this case, "high mileage" connotations of being unreliable are unwarranted.
So take the mileage into account with the price and future resale value.
I'd be concerned with very low mileage - as no longer under warranty and not enough use to ferret out problems. 30k+ is good if the price reflects it.
I have 83k on mine, and it goes up ~5k a year only because it's in storage half the year.
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I'm pretty sure he wasn't asking random people on the internet if they could confirm that THIS particular vehicle was in good condition.
Obviously nobody knows if that specific vehicle was beat to hell or not, but it can be confirmed that 50k clearly is not a used up car assuming it was not beat to hell.
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The mileage isn't a concern. Resale might be problematic since most people are looking for very low-mileage cars. If the price is in your budget and you plan on keeping it for a long time, go for it. I mentioned to my girlfriend just yesterday that there are so many more Corvettes in this town that you never see because they don't get driven. The modern Corvette is one of the cars that people consider 5- 7k miles a year high mileage, yet the only genuine concerns are depreciation, maintenance schedules, and a limited resale market. The resale isn't because of any mechanical issues, it's simply the mileage.
many garage queens are out of state, not feasible for some to travel or to or risk buying sight/unseen!!
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Garage queens are overrated. Believe it or not, low mileage doesn’t imply better condition. I got my GS with a little under 36k last year and when I looked at a similar one nearby with 5k, it was in much worse condition lol. Scrapes everywhere lol.
in my opinion, why spend more money on a garage Queen especially if you aren’t planning on keeping it a garage Queen? Depreciation will hit you much harder and keep in mind, garage queens might have bugs from the factory that haven’t revealed themselves yet while higher mileage cars have probably had their issues worked out.
50k is NOTHING on a vette from 2014.
in my opinion, why spend more money on a garage Queen especially if you aren’t planning on keeping it a garage Queen? Depreciation will hit you much harder and keep in mind, garage queens might have bugs from the factory that haven’t revealed themselves yet while higher mileage cars have probably had their issues worked out.
50k is NOTHING on a vette from 2014.
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I'm interpreting 50k miles on a C7 a little differently. 50k miles, 5k a year on a regular car is considered low. Taking maintenance schedules and care out of the picture, the C7 is a little different in that there are SO many examples out there that are not driven much, keeping the average miles quite low. When you look at the selection of C7s for sale, 50k is considered high. Just my opinion. There's no question that there are plenty of "high mileage" C7s out there that are great cars since they were maintained and cared for. I would have no problem paying less for a C7 that has been driven as long as it checks off all of the boxes.
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It went over your head and that's just fine.
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It went right over your head, and that's just fine.
