New Member- about to pull the trigger- is this a fair deal?

[hauss]

I have a 2013 with a 427 stroker and your price is a little more than I paid but pretty close. your car is newer so I would say you are in the ball park. As far as taking care of your car I would suggest you find some way to get under it and keep a eye on things oil leaks loose fittings fuel leaks keep close eye on rear axle flange bolts near the pumpkin. Not hard to do once you get in the habit while you are down their you can also clean helps keep the car looking new. Good luck.

[Lawineer]

Originally Posted by hauss

I have a 2013 with a 427 stroker and your price is a little more than I paid but pretty close. your car is newer so I would say you are in the ball park. As far as taking care of your car I would suggest you find some way to get under it and keep a eye on things oil leaks loose fittings fuel leaks keep close eye on rear axle flange bolts near the pumpkin. Not hard to do once you get in the habit while you are down their you can also clean helps keep the car looking new. Good luck.

Thanks!
Helps a lot. These things vary so much in price.

Going to be so hard getting rid of the corvette, but it’s time for something different. I was actually contemplating keeping both but I have a 2 car garage downtown and this would make 4 cars including live in girlfriends car.

[1795]

Is your garage the parking area that you have pictured with the Corvette, or do you have an actual garage where you store tools and can perform maintenance? You cannot take these cars to the dealer for maintenance. If you have an area and set of tools to perform routine maintenance, and some basic mechanical skills you should be fine. If you know of a good mechanic that is familiar with these cars, then that will do as well. A lot of places are not going to know what to check or how to perform maintenance or repairs on these cars.

Make sure that area is covered before pulling the plug on a purchase.

[Lawineer]

Originally Posted by 1795

Is your garage the parking area that you have pictured with the Corvette, or do you have an actual garage where you store tools and can perform maintenance? You cannot take these cars to the dealer for maintenance. If you have an area and set of tools to perform routine maintenance, and some basic mechanical skills you should be fine. If you know of a good mechanic that is familiar with these cars, then that will do as well. A lot of places are not going to know what to check or how to perform maintenance or repairs on these cars.

Make sure that area is covered before pulling the plug on a purchase.

That was just a "photoshoot." I have a two car garage with tools. Not that the C7 had a lot of prep to be done, but I did my own track prep. Pads, fluid changes, lowered it, installing splitters and cooling ducts, etc. No lift or anything. I may invest in quickjacks now that I have this car.

[1795]

Originally Posted by Lawineer

That was just a "photoshoot." I have a two car garage with tools. Not that the C7 had a lot of prep to be done, but I did my own track prep. Pads, fluid changes, lowered it, installing splitters and cooling ducts, etc. No lift or anything. I may invest in quickjacks now that I have this car.

A low profile jack, which you might already have, will be helpful and either some form of jacking equipment or a good set of jack stands. You need to check the nuts and bolts on occasion. I would suggest going through everything before taking it out for any spirited driving. Don't trust anything that you have not personally inspected. Good luck and as stated by others, go slow they handle differently than modern cars, there is no traction control or antilock brakes.