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Re: Value of 97 C5 with 100,000 miles

From: "Dad" <knockers(at)fish.net>

Subject: Re: Value of 97 C5 with 100,000 miles

Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:51:09 -0500

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Davy, davy, davy, can you understand anything written? If I was selling and

you ask me for receipts there wouldn`t be any. Do you understand that?

People don`t have to cough up the cars record if they don`t want to. Do you

understand that? A day in the shop is to change a light bulb, to find a

problem in the computer is a week if you`re lucky. Now if you read the post

and didn`t need to piss in my beer you would know that they can get that

from the dealer, any GM dealer, or a friend that works where they have

access to a GM link (may not even need that). You can also get body damage

that was not repaired buy a GM dealer, it`s all on WEBTV, right?



If you consider that the car had to go about 50 miles a day, every day, to

acquire that kind of mileage, my guess is that it didn`t have "many

breakdowns" as you suggest.



Leave the guy alone he`s trying to buy/sell a car and ask for some impute,

not your theories, argumentative banter, or conjecture.



Go paint those plastic wheel wells.

--

Dad

98 C5 Black/Black/Auto

72 Shark Black/Black/4spd

"dave" <Fast1970Vette(at)webtv.net> wrote in message

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> It only takes a day or less, `in the shop` when you take it in for a

> repair ; so...it may have had many breakdowns in addition to the high

> mileage. Id ask for reciepts and maintenance records from the seller.

>

> Dav

>








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From: "REInvestments" <nospam(at)yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Value of 97 C5 with 100,000 miles

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:52:56 GMT

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"Dad" <knockers(at)fish.net> wrote in message

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> No way to put a value on a car sight unseen, it will be what ever the

owner

> wants to take and the buyer wants to give, that`s the only thing that will

> establish the final price (value). If you run Kelley Blue book to get a

> value you will need more information than you are giving. Some options

have

> value, some don`t, like automatic or manual air-conditioning. Where you

live

> will sometimes make a difference. Best guess is it value is short of

$15,000

> if it`s loaded with no bad wear showing.

>

> Get it`s service record, available at any Chevrolet dealer, has it had one

> item that failed a number of times? I doubt that it has with that many

miles

> on it they must have spent some time on the road instead of in the shop.

> What is to many miles, a well cared for C5 should go 250,000 without a

major

> overhaul, poor usage, environment, and neglect will eat into that very

> quickly. There was a 1997 Corvette turned 100,000 miles in mid 1998, I

doubt

> that that one is a garage queen. I`ve never heard of a C5 needing an

> overhaul except for their oil eating on some new ones that should have

been

> repaired under warranty, not from high mileage.

>

> If you`re buying, never approach a Corvette as if it`s a seller market and

> be able to walk away. If you have any misgivings about the car don`t let

> it`s appeal allow you to make a mistake. If you`re selling, hang onto your

> shorts, it`s going to go low or you`re going to own it next year if a

blurry

> eyed buyer doesn`t find you.



Thanks, "Dad" My 99 C-5 Convertible only saw 36,000 miles during my lease,

and other than eating oil, was very reliable. I`m looking at an E-bay

florida car, silver over gray, and from the photos, it looks above average

on cosmetics. This is an automatic, not my first choice, but I figured

that if 100,000 miles wasn`t too much, I could use this car until I

ultimately determine whether a C-6 is in my future or the oldest F355 ( I

figure 2006 on that decision). Plus, this year has been a crappy earnings

year for me, so it would be one way of cutting back and being fiscally

conservative, without completely abandoning fun (my daily driver is a 99

S-420, definitely NOT a fun car)







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From: "REInvestments" <nospam(at)yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Value of 97 C5 with 100,000 miles

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:52:56 GMT

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"Dad" <knockers(at)fish.net> wrote in message

news:bJudnZ9L078W9CKiRVn-ig(at)bright.net...

> No way to put a value on a car sight unseen, it will be what ever the

owner

> wants to take and the buyer wants to give, that`s the only thing that will

> establish the final price (value). If you run Kelley Blue book to get a

> value you will need more information than you are giving. Some options

have

> value, some don`t, like automatic or manual air-conditioning. Where you

live

> will sometimes make a difference. Best guess is it value is short of

$15,000

> if it`s loaded with no bad wear showing.

>

> Get it`s service record, available at any Chevrolet dealer, has it had one

> item that failed a number of times? I doubt that it has with that many

miles

> on it they must have spent some time on the road instead of in the shop.

> What is to many miles, a well cared for C5 should go 250,000 without a

major

> overhaul, poor usage, environment, and neglect will eat into that very

> quickly. There was a 1997 Corvette turned 100,000 miles in mid 1998, I

doubt

> that that one is a garage queen. I`ve never heard of a C5 needing an

> overhaul except for their oil eating on some new ones that should have

been

> repaired under warranty, not from high mileage.

>

> If you`re buying, never approach a Corvette as if it`s a seller market and

> be able to walk away. If you have any misgivings about the car don`t let

> it`s appeal allow you to make a mistake. If you`re selling, hang onto your

> shorts, it`s going to go low or you`re going to own it next year if a

blurry

> eyed buyer doesn`t find you.



Thanks, "Dad" My 99 C-5 Convertible only saw 36,000 miles during my lease,

and other than eating oil, was very reliable. I`m looking at an E-bay

florida car, silver over gray, and from the photos, it looks above average

on cosmetics. This is an automatic, not my first choice, but I figured

that if 100,000 miles wasn`t too much, I could use this car until I

ultimately determine whether a C-6 is in my future or the oldest F355 ( I

figure 2006 on that decision). Plus, this year has been a crappy earnings

year for me, so it would be one way of cutting back and being fiscally

conservative, without completely abandoning fun (my daily driver is a 99

S-420, definitely NOT a fun car)










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From: "Les Benn" <lesbenn(at)starband.net>

Subject: Re: Value of 97 C5 with 100,000 miles

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 05:48:51 GMT

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Well I would want to know how much the car was beaten on and how

meticulously it was maintained. Offer 12K for it sight unseen. Even if you

had to redo the motor and transmission and rear end you would get back to

pristine condition. Here in AZ cars with allot less miles are going around

18-22K for that year. If not driven hard the 350 will last 250K miles if

driven hard it is on it`s last legs at 100K.



"REInvestments" <nospam(at)yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>

> "dave" <Fast1970Vette(at)webtv.net> wrote in message

> news:15466-3FBF5B3F-28(at)storefull-2193.public.lawson.webtv.net...

> > Id be curious to know how reliable this has been for the owner...if the

> > owner is yourself ? What has failed on the car ?

> >

> > Thanks, Dave

>

> Actually it`s a car on E-Bay that I`m bidding on located in Florida at a

> wholesaler. Supposedly no Carfax incidents. I had a 99 C-5 lease car

which

> I liked a lot. But this year isn`t a year I`d put out too much money on a

> sportscar, but figured that if I could get a C-5 cheap, I`d do it. But

I

> only put 36,000 miles on my leased C-5, so I have no idea of how a 100,000

> mile 97 would hold up. So I figured I`d ask.

> >

>

>












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