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Old 05-16-2008, 04:47 PM
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Just wanted to know how many miles did your new Vette have at time of purchase from dealer. I have 8 miles on my 2008, which I think is test miles at the factory.
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I picked mine up from the Museum and the Vette had 6 miles on it.
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This gets asked once in a while, you might be able to find some archived threads with a search.

But since you're asking, my new 07 had 4 miles on it at delivery. I've seen anything between 2 and 10 miles.
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My '08 had 7 when I took mine out for a test drive. Drove it home with 32.


On the test drive, we went from the dealer to the gas station one block away and promptly took on 17.1 gallons of 91 (on the dealer's card, at least).
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mine had 10 when picked up from Tim@Boardwalk
Old 05-16-2008, 05:01 PM
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Mine had 2 miles
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Mine showed 2 miles on odometer when truck delivered to dealer.
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Mine had 5 when I picked it up from Tim at Boardwalk.
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Mine had 4 miles on it from a local dealer.
Old 05-16-2008, 05:25 PM
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A new Corvette will likely have anything from 2 to 32 miles on it when picked up. The former means effectively that the dealership didn't do a very long PDI drive, the latter means that your car was selected for random quality inspection at the plant which means that it was taken around the testing area at the plant by a quality engineer.
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Had 2 when i picked up but 100 by the time I got home
Old 05-16-2008, 05:34 PM
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14 miles, 8 months later, turned 51 last week!
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Mine also had 8 miles.
Old 05-16-2008, 05:36 PM
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My new Z06 had 100 on it....it was a dealer trade and then delivered 30 miles,,,,I suppose it was test driven at the first dealer as it was built on 2/28/08 and purchased 5/6/08....

Now the 05 (purchased 11/1/07 NEW!) had 35 on it.....
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My 2008 Coupe had 2 miles on it when I picked it up. I assume the dealer had a pump on site. MacMulkin
It came off the truck at 10 a.m. and I picked it up at 4 p.m. same day.
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I had 3 and a full tank of gas! Have it 3 weeks and at 201. Wish it would stop raining.
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Both right off the truck, my 07 had 2 miles. My 08 had 8 miles.

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Our 2008 Z06 had 2 miles on her when we did out NCM delivery!
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6 with museum delivery.


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