The dreaded 10,000 mile mark.
05-07-2013, 08:50 AM
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10,000 miles? Pshaw! That's no fun. I bought mine with 99,980 miles so I got to watch mine roll to 100,000. Burn more gas man! You have many more miles of fun ahead. Pedal to the fiberglass, let her rip on the twisties and get that mileage up. 
05-07-2013, 09:33 AM
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Never owned a Corvette I did not want to drive Take a pic of it if you want to keep it the low mile part than go enjoy it. I call mine rolling inheritance because it will keep on rolling until someone else gets it.
Bought my ZR-1 in 02 with 10K at a very good price Thank You previous owner now has 53k miles of smiles.
Bought my ZR-1 in 02 with 10K at a very good price Thank You previous owner now has 53k miles of smiles.
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05-07-2013, 10:35 AM
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Interesting replies. That was fun! First; it is not my only Corvette. Second; it is a convertible and usually is driven with the top down. Third; purchased it four years ago with 6,000 miles, the first owner took the depreciation. It has been rained on since I have owned it, my cars don't hide from the rain. Well I guess it is worn out as someone said, but still looks like new. Darn my C6 is shot - has more miles than the C4. Really confused???
05-07-2013, 11:35 AM
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Interesting replies. That was fun! First; it is not my only Corvette. Second; it is a convertible and usually is driven with the top down. Third; purchased it four years ago with 6,000 miles, the first owner took the depreciation. It has been rained on since I have owned it, my cars don't hide from the rain. Well I guess it is worn out as someone said, but still looks like new. Darn my C6 is shot - has more miles than the C4. Really confused???
LOL Now the rest of the story, ya once you put that way my C5 has 160k miles.
05-07-2013, 11:59 AM
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HUH? Drive the living daylights out of it. Enjoy it. That's what it's for. I can NOT for the life of me understand why owners try to limit the miles on the their vette. It's a CAR. A CORVETTE. A sports car. Not a damned doily sitting on your end table.
05-07-2013, 04:36 PM
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I bought my 87 2 years ago,with 216,000 miles, looking like this.
Now it's got 238,000 miles and looks like this..
Which just goes to show you that , the more you drive 'em, the better they look.
PS.. I fixed the house too.... don't know how many miles it has though..
Now it's got 238,000 miles and looks like this..
Which just goes to show you that , the more you drive 'em, the better they look.
PS.. I fixed the house too.... don't know how many miles it has though..
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05-07-2013, 04:39 PM
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I love these low mile cars. Someone else buys them, lets them depreciate, but keeps them pristine and keeps the miles low. Then, I come along, buy them at bargain basement prices, and run the **** out of them. Rinse, repeat.
I get to enjoy the cars best days, someone else pays for it.
I get to enjoy the cars best days, someone else pays for it.
I love these guys who pay for and take care of my future car. Everytime I hear someone bad mouthing these people I always come to their defense.
05-07-2013, 04:59 PM
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05-07-2013, 05:03 PM
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Interesting replies. That was fun! First; it is not my only Corvette. Second; it is a convertible and usually is driven with the top down. Third; purchased it four years ago with 6,000 miles, the first owner took the depreciation. It has been rained on since I have owned it, my cars don't hide from the rain. Well I guess it is worn out as someone said, but still looks like new. Darn my C6 is shot - has more miles than the C4. Really confused???
05-07-2013, 05:40 PM
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Low mile cars do have their share of problems....but at least you're not battling everything on the car being worn out. Usually when you buy a low mile car you're in for a few months of sorting the minor issues, and then the car is relatively trouble free for quite a while. BTDT many times.....
05-07-2013, 05:45 PM
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Actually it is my extra Corvette, I stumbled into it, like new with less than 6,000 miles! I can only drive one at a time. My C6 coupe does the duty and the C4 is my summer evening, hot weather, top down run about. It is amazing how well the C4 handles and with the high performance rearend, acceleration isn't to shabby.
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05-07-2013, 05:51 PM
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Low mile cars do have their share of problems....but at least you're not battling everything on the car being worn out. Usually when you buy a low mile car you're in for a few months of sorting the minor issues, and then the car is relatively trouble free for quite a while. BTDT many times.....
This car has performed flawlessly, just like new. The dealer installed a new Delco battery when I took delivery. I have accomplished oil changes, polished, waxed, scrubbed and water proofed the convertible top. That's it.
05-07-2013, 06:00 PM
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Actually it is my extra Corvette, I stumbled into it, like new with less than 6,000 miles! I can only drive one at a time. My C6 coupe does the duty and the C4 is my summer evening, hot weather, top down run about. It is amazing how well the C4 handles and with the high performance rearend, acceleration isn't to shabby.