couldbefun

i have found the only pitfall to the corvette as of today. the odometer. it reads 67,000 but i dont know if that is because the odometer already rolled over or not. any way to tell? a weird mark, perhaps? or am i screwed? there is a lot of difference in 60k and 160k in a 78 vette.

daniel77350

theres a lot of difference in any car thats 100,000 miles older then the odometer says.

Does the condition of the car apear to be 160,000 miles worth of wear and tear?

Daniel

R. Bruno

Its a 20+ year old car any way you look at it. I would be more concerned with the condition of the car mechanically and otherwise than I would with the actual miles. If it was taken care of well by a little old lady 160,000 is ok. If it was owned by a string of "motorheads" that performed every conceivable "modification" leading to complete Bubbafication, 60,000 is way too many miles.

PRNDL

One thing I have noticed: Nearly 90 percent of the c3s on the road today, and we are talking about cars 20 - 34 years old, show between 62,000 and 78,000 on the odometer!!! This is a truly remarkable phenomenon. Certainly some of these cars may be showing 162,000 or even 262,000 miles, but how do you tell? If the car has been fully restored then you can't tell and it doesnt matter. What matters is the quality of the restoration. If the vehicle is unrestored, there are certain "wear items" that can give you a clue if you have some experience at looking at old cars. (I dont!!). The brake (and clutch if it has one) pedals may reveal true mileage, sometimes seat wear... of course these parts can be replaced too. MJ

Allan71

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Mark, how true that is!!!! Amazing!! BTW, my car had 72,000 showing when I bought it :p:


Seriously, aside from the good points mentioned above, the condition of the rear suspension and rear axle and in particular the condition of the halfshaft u-joints and side yokes will reveal a lot about the car's true mileage and/or abuse. I would think a normally driven and maintained 67,000 mile car could have most of it's original components and they might still be in good shape. A completely worn out rear end with worn side yokes and sagging spring would indicate to me a higher mileage car.

Armstrong

Mine had 12,000 on the odometer but judging from the interior I gather it to be more like 412,000

Techno

Low milage on a car is almost meaningless. Note the almost. I drive 5 miles to work and hit stop signs and red lights. Average speed is 20 and I drive 45.
The engine has just warmed up but hasn't dryed the exhaust. This about the worst driving you can get.

Another guy at work drives 45 minutes, uses his brakes 3 times ( he counted)but would have a high milage car. The engine is running at almost a steady rpm with little loading. The whole drive is highway.

A car that sits in a garage. Is pushed out to be washed and waxed every weekend, No milage and all the rubber is rotting anyway. What this does to the rest of the car I don't know.

I agree with R. Bruno IF everything like the suspension, brakes, exhaust engine, drivers seat and pedal area of the rugs, weather stripping, the tranny are shot then maybe it has 160,000
On the other hand if someone has changed some of this or all of it then your car wouldn't have 160,000 on it even if the odometer said it did. The engine would have say 60,000. If it was rebuilt or changed that long ago. the same for the other parts.
If your body is beginning to rust it definately has way over 160k miles

If your state is requiring a checkbox for over 100,000 mile this might tell you, but NY has just started doing this so it wouldn't really show, yet.