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| After buying a new corvette in 2005 that was a lemon (auto tranny), I decided to give GM another chance. I bought a used 2008, Auto tranny, F55 magnetic selective ride, navi, in magnetic red/black interior. I absolutely love this car. I live in Richmond, VA and the road surface is very uneven with lots of potholes. The Tour setting of the F55 handles the bumps really well. When I want more performance, the Sport setting really makes a difference. My 05 had Z51 but for me the F55 is awesome. I would encourage anyone to test drive this option. I have more confidence driving this car fast on imperfect roads than the Z51. I think the fact that the ZR1 has a version of this suspension is important. I am also happy with the auto transmission. The paddle shifters work better than expected and are necessary to keep the RPM's higher for performance driving. I am 37 and use this car as a daily driver. On the negative side - my brakes squeal at times, the navigation system is not that intuitive, and sometimes the tranny has a little delay downshifting from 3 to 2 going around corners. All in all, I love this car. I average about 22 MPG. I can fit tons of stuff in the back. Top off is great. Most importantly, I love the F55 magnetic selective suspension. Unless you live where the roads are perfect like FL, I would get this. Most people can't use the Z51 to its limits. I am tall and love the automatic transmission. Is this a perfect car? No, it takes some time to work out the bugs just like a new Gulfstream IV that I fly. Have a little patience with the small stuff. Great deals on used one. I saved 20k on mine, and the previous owner worked out all of the small bugs.....Take care... | |
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I'm trying to find a reasonable price to list my 85 vette in order to sell it. Any ideas? Also, is this a bad time for me to sell it since noone has any money right now?
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Replying to: flozick (Aug 10, 2009 6:56 am) If it's a show quality, low mileage car (under 50,000) you might push $13,5K. If it's a bit shabby, deduct accordingly, all the way down to $3500 or so. Yes it's a bad time to sell, and also an 85 Corvette is not all that in demand. People like the later C4s. Of course if you had upgrades on the car, this would help the situation.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Aug 10, 2009 7:05 am) Do you think $9750 is a good asking price?
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Replying to: flozick (Aug 10, 2009 12:23 pm) If you aren't even getting calls or offers, after say 2 weeks, then that does tell you something. Also try www.craigslist.com and there's also www.corvettetrader.com C4s are tough to sell and there's a lot of them out there. But you are in the "realistic realm" so yeah, it's probably the economy that's stalling your sale.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Aug 10, 2009 4:24 pm) 
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| Joe, I take your suggestion and try covette trader.com. | |
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Replying to: bhill2 (Feb 06, 2009 12:51 pm) This thread is a number of months old so you may have solved this problem already. The problem you mention is most likely the motor on one or both of the headlights. The gears are plastic and strip after a few years. I went through 2 or 3 motors in my 2001 coupe before I sold it. There was actually someone selling brass gears and instructions on how to replace them on eBay due to the high number of failures. The failure mode is exactly the symptom you describe. I loved my Corvette when it worked but after 5 years it was just a hassle to keep running. I'd like to get another one but I need reliable transportation. Maybe the current C6 is better.
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