Hey guys, long time reader first time poster. My name's Casey, I'm from the Seattle area and finally looking to buy a Corvette. A C5 has been my dream car since I was 6 years old, and when the Z06 came out when I was 10, I told myself I would have one someday, and hopefully that day is right around the corner. I've owned a lot of vehicles over the years, but I wanted to wait for the right time to pick one up. I almost bought one in high school, but decided to get my Typhoon instead, and I've had that ever since. Excited to learn more from everybody here. Thanks for reading.

 

Welcome to the forum, Casey!
You'll find lots of great C5 info that will help with your purchase at: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...s-1997-2004-2/.
Be sure to read the stickies at the top of the General and Tech sections.
Best wishes with your search for a C5!

 

Welcome aboard!

 

Welcome and good luck in your search for a C5. That would be a good choice for a Corvette.

 

Welcome aboard FNG, err Casey!!

Good Luck with your search!!

 

Welcome to the forum!

Good luck in your search!

 

Hello and welcome to the forum Casey!

 

Welcome to the Forum Casey!

 

Welcome to the CF!

 

Here's a buying tip that is extremely obvious, but I learned it the hard way. If you're looking at a car on a dealer website, call them first before you show up to look at it. (Duh!) Here's the long version of the story, which has a different ending than you might expect.

So I had been looking around for a C5 for a while, and it had been a couple weeks or so since I had last seen one that I liked, and I was getting kind of antsy, and then one evening an Electron Blue coupe showed up online. The few pictures looked great, but the details were kind of sketchy. I called the dealer to find out if it had an automatic transmission, and the guy who answered the phone didn't seem very knowledgeable, but after a significant delay, he finally tells me that it does. The next morning I decided to drive there (30 minutes) and see it in person. I was so excited that I didn't even think about calling first. So I get there, and I'm looking through the lot for a blue Corvette, and I don't see it. A helpful salesman soon emerges from the building and asks if I need help, and I tell him what I'm looking for. He looks it up on the computer, and tells me that it's in the shop for service and it will be ready in half an hour. I don't have anything else to do, so I wait. As promised, the car is finished, and the salesman grabs a dealer license plate and we head out to the car. It's beautiful. While the salesman is putting the tag on the car, I hop in the driver's seat and immediately discover that it's ... a 6-speed. So I tell the salesman that I'm really looking for an automatic, and I haven't driven a manual in 20 years. Then he offers to go on a test drive, anyway, and he'll do the driving since he has been driving a manual recently. The drive is great, the car is great, and the salesman tells me that he has never driven a Corvette before, and he likes the car and wishes he could buy it! I think he meant it. So, I didn't buy a Corvette that day, but I just might have turned that salesman into a Corvette lover!

 

Thanks for the welcomes everybody. I'm hoping to get one before or around summer time. Been looking for about 2 years, and that seems to be the best time of the year to buy one around here. Corvette.cw, your post cracked me up too btw, hope you find a Vette soon as well.