Originally posted by jaxter:
Just a voice of reason here, but will that be a daily driver? You may kick yourself if you drive it every day....even every other day. That's where your ins. kicks in, but if it had a mileage exemption (weekend car) you could forget emissions tests and high ins. rates. There's a horrible lack of mystique in a standard used 'vette to me. It's not a classic, really, by any measure and not a nice enough ride to enjoy driving every day by a long shot. 80's-90's vettes are best kept garaged and driven hard on occasion (when you need to remember what a real car should be....even if it isn't a Ferrari, it's pretty close). Not a car to put miles on. For a more daily driver perhaps a Firebird or Camaro would be better....not much of a perf. loss and far more drivabilty/reliability/bang for buck. I've never seen a high milage vette before.....seems like a very good price but upkeep would keep me away.
Guess what? The drivetrain is the same for the corvette and the camaro. Its the same motor, same transmission. Upkeep is the same. I have seen vettes with over 100k miles still going strong. They aren't ferraris...its a domestic coupe with a V-8. They have all the same problems as the LT1 camaros. The only thing more expenive is the electronic climate control and the FX3 ride control if the car is so equipped.
Its not like the ford SVT contour has a stellar performance/service/build quality record anyway. Breathe on it the wrong way and it throws an error code or breaks a diff. We proved that last weekend. The diff alone is a $2000 repair.
