Hob

I'm seriously considering a 99 Corvette in a neighboring state. It has 60k miles 2 owners but this owner only has maintenance history for the last 30k miles as that's when they purchased the car from the dealer.

Everything else looks to be in quite good condition except a 1" tear in driver seat.

Should I be wary?

roadbike56

Some of us buy our cars with nothing but the GM computer records and a CarFax. I think your ahead of the game if you have any owner records. If I had a choice of recent records or early records, I'd rather have the recent records.

Grim Reaper

I'm the second owner of my 04. The first 9000 miles I checked the dealer records, the last 20k I've done all my own maintenance. I keep everything logged in a notebook as to whats been done.

torchredmadness

Big deal.

Vetteman Jack

You can always take the car to a good mechanic and ask for a thorough evaluation of the condition of the car.

3sACROWD

Having the records for the most current miles is great! It will tell you if the second owner had to fix any of the first owners issues.

When I talk to someone about buying their car, I ask this simple question; if you were to keep the car, what three things would you do to it? You'd be amazed at some of the answers I got. The answers ranged from trivial like buy a new shifter boot or replacing tires, to more serious like rebuilding the transmission. All of these were on cars listed as "excellent condition". The guy with the transmission problem told me he had problems getting into 3rd and 4th gear so he would just skip them. That simple question saved me considerable time because I eliminated the really bad choices with just a phone call.

I wound up buying a high mileage car but the documentation and condition of the car spoke for themselves. It has been flawless for the 25K miles I've driven it.

azer666

Have you checked the carfax?

knewblewkorvette

No.
But..... do a little research on the Forum about what problems to look for when buying a C5. There are some good threads and members there to help ya.

ezrider4u2

Besides when the car was turned in, I would hope the dealer did some basic maintenance and it sounds like the onwer had a good maintenance record (heck he kept the paperwork). As always I would recommend if you want piece of mind-suggest that you want to have the car looked at by a mechanic for an inspection-if the seller starts to backtrack or come up with excuses then there's something going.

Sounds like a good deal though with low miles for a 99. Good luck!

AU N EGL

Not a big deal. Corvettes really dont need much maintenance except change the oil, trans and diff fluid at 60K

whitesmokels1

I can't imagine there being much to service in the first 30k miles anyway except for oil changes.