FairfieldVette

That's a great spot by unclecookie. He's not kidding when he says the magnetic shocks are expensive. I believe a set of 4 are about $2k.

revilingfool

I am selling an 05 auto for 20k right now with 70k miles, sport seats/nav etc.

For 4k more i would get the car with half the miles, and thats a dealer price too.

jordanair45

Agreed. I had a quick test ride in it, but when I was messing around with the suspension, seemed like it wasn't working.

Homer3D

Doesn't really mean it is not working. I have F55 on my 2013 GS and I cannot tell the difference from sport and touring.

jordanair45

How can you tell if the mag. suspension is good or not?

Homer3D

I haven’t had one go bad yet but I read from people here that they can see the shock leaking.

Red Devil Z51

i would pass even if it is cheap in the long runs your gonna pay alot

cmonkey713

Good advise.

bassman50

I too would pass on this particular car; mainly because of the high mileage on the odometer. Others have mentioned the magnetic ride shocks - - they ARE expensive to replace.

There a lots of good, used Vettes out there. I take it you live in CA? Vettes will be a bit more expensive here. We just bought an '07 base coupe with the A6 trans and Z51 suspension - - it had 35,000 miles on it and set us back $26K. Be prepared to pay $22,000 or so upwards to about $30,000 for a good 2005 - 2008/2009 with low miles. A vert will set you back a bit more than a coupe. And get a CarFax report on the vehicle you intend to purchase. Best of luck!

Steve

HammerheadTed

Logically, people are not in favor of high mile cars and it is a reasonable view. However, if it's a high mile car it has MOST LIKELY been a dependable and relatively trouble free car. I've never met the person that would put 160k on a lemon, although I'm sure there is someone. I bought a high mile ar, because that was the only way I could afford a C6. I was fortunite to get complete maintenance carfax record with the car, including a balancer change at 178k. It's a little risky, but I would do it over again in a minute, and love my car, which is so nice that people think it is a low mile car and it is fast and tight. LS motors are 5000 hour motors, so should run to 300k for many DDs. If you can't fix little things yourself (forum has amazing info/help), I wouldn't recommend it, however.

BlindSpot

Last sentence is good advice. I agree if you have a passion for a certain car, and you can take care of any repairs w/o having to run to a shop everytime, it could be a fun adventure.

I haven't owned a car that has been in any shop for any reason in the last 25 years except tire changes. I have a Jeep GC I can't seem to give up, that is just south of 200K miles. I'm so confident in it, I'd take it on a long trip w/o hesitation. So, might be part of the decision.

Paratrooper307

Others' experiences will vary, but based on my personal time with an 05 it is going to be the more likely than newer years to give you issues. Unfortunately GM's have first-year teething problems. The balancer is a common issue. I had mine replaced by the dealer at 30000 miles under their good will program, and then I replaced it myself with a better balancer about 35,000 miles later when it started chirping again. There's also 2005-specific problems like column lock. They also have 1 year only quirks that usually don't make a difference (weaker differential, different ECM, 24X reluctor, etc.) Most of what I dealt with was little electrical issues-door switch failing, door latch failing, HID ballast going out, A/C relay overheating, etc. The good news is that after all this time and miles someone else has likely taken care of most of the major headaches/recalls/shakedown type stuff, but the electronics don't always age well. The guts (drivetrain) is strong. It's the nickel-and-dime issues that get you. The market for C6s is fairly soft right now, don't settle!