Larry McIntosh

What is consider a low mileage Corvette? Considering the different years, from 1984 to 1996.

NuckinFutz93

Anything 20,000 and below, IMO.

PLRX

ZERO miles

jesters94

I think it is a matter of your own opinion. I consider my 1994 a low mileage car as it only has 36k miles.

Average, IMO, is 12k miles per year.

96polovette

Given the age of these cars, I classify anything under 40K or 50K as low mileage. Cars deteriorate due to the passage of time nearly as much as due to mileage. If it has near zero mileage, if it has not been driven, any gas in the tank is bad, the tires will be unsafe, the fluids may be mush by now and the undriven engine will probably need a rebuild and new fluids before being driven.

Y-ME

At 12k a year average an 84 should have 348,000 pretty much all are low mileage.

ch@0s

RollaMo-LT4

My '96 has only "averaged" 7,437 miles per year.

I think I put that many on it the first two months I owned it.

mazdaverx7

i think anything 40K miles or under is pretty low. i do however agree that age will have a more negative effect on the car as compared to mileage.

Birddogtwo

That depends on whether your the buyer or the seller. I've seen dealers claim 95,000 was low mileage. My 96 had 19K on it when I bought it last March. I put 8k more on it this year. I suspect in 2 years it will no longer be low mileage. I agree with 96 polovette at 40K its slipping out of low mileage to "medium"

24695bob

Generally a Corvette is only driven for pleasure on weekends etc...(its a freaken toy) ...
and it is NOT at all unusual to find a 10 year old Corvette with less then 25,000 ..

I personally use 2,500 miles a year as the NORM so a 5 year old Corvette would have less then 12,500 a 10 year old Corvette less that 25,000 and as these cars age then become even more of a toy and the annual mileage actually tends to decrease...

However I TRY to avoid cars that are only driven 1000 miles a year or less.

Bob G.
64 72 and 98 Convertibles
76 79 and a 88 35th Aniv Coupes
My 98 now has 27,000 and I drive it a lot..

mickey5

As C4s are bought up by folks at very low prices and driven on a regular basis because they are not collector candidates the fleet average condition is deteriorating and mileage is going up every year. Low mileage this year, say 25k will be 50K in 5-10 years. That is of coarse if we get past 12-21-12.

TA

Mine has 130k which comes out to about 5900 miles a year. That being said I would never consider 130k low miles.

coorslight

My 94 has 41,865 ....

BGZQ8

My 1991 has 14,000.

GREGGPENN

For an average car, I'd agree. After 13yrs in the C4 arena, I'd call 6k/yr average for a vette. They are too often owned as a second vehicle, driven in nice weather, and only half of the year.

There's some reasonable logic on what the minimum miles/year would be. Something along the lines of 1k/yr is where I'd consider low mileage starts. But, I'd give a buffer of 1k-2.5k/yr. For a 10yr-old car, you'd be looking in the 10k-25k range. For a 20yrs-old car 20k-50k range.

Much less than the mileage listed above...and you have to give serious consideration to long periods w/o being driven -- a condition that could easily lead to: fuel system problems, dried seals, and internal corrosion. This extends to heater cores, radiators, cooling passages, etc...

Whether you know it or not, fluids in your car need to circulate, lubricate, and coat surfaces to avoid deterioration. So, less than 1k/yr could, by some, be considered abused and neglected.

Scotts97C4

My car is a early 87 with 103k miles that equals 3960miles per year. I consider that low miles.
my first new car was 86 buick riviera t type.
It never seen snow and only got rained on a few times in its life.
I sold it 21 years later with 30k miles. I promised myself, I would never not drive a car again.

I had figured out what it had cost me not to drive it over the years.
It just wasnt worth it. Drive it like you stole it.
ENJOY IT WHILE YOU HAVE IT!!!!!!

GREGGPENN

This is what I was getting at in my prior post. I'm guessing the OP (and most others) are looking for a definition of what constitutes a higher-value-more-desireable UNUSED car. The notion is it's so unused as to be more long-term reliable -- without the need for service/repair.

At the risk of devaluing [much] older garage queens, they aren't always less costly to own. In the 5-15yr range, the age of the car hasn't started taking it's toll. Once they're getting on 15-20 and up, low mileage isn't always the greatest thing to seek out. As such, don't over-emphasize it's premium.

Larry/car

My 1996 has less than 10,000 miles and looks like new. I'm the second owner, I have owned it 3 1/2 years with no problems, no leaks, the dealer did install a new Delco battery when I purchased it. Shoots holes in the has to be driven theory.

NuckinFutz93

I sold a 5200 mile car and bought a 111k mile car. For driving purpose, I prefer a car with a few loved miles.