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Thanks for the feedback. My uncle has purchased enough cars to know that dealers play games with purchase price, trade in value and financing. Plus he's an accountant so he should be up-to-speed on those things. The one challenge I'd have going much higher than the 17k value is my wife is...

I have an opportunity to buy my uncle's 1999 Corvette. It's a coupe, two roof panels, automatic and has only 11,000 miles on it. My father worked for General Motors for his entire career and purchased a new corvette every year until I was about 15. My uncle purchased a number of them from my...

Attention all 84-86 owners. This week, I had to replace my drivers side, power window ribbon which broke on the way to work during the week. I ordered the part from Mid America Motorworks. A number of years ago, I replaced the passenger side ribbon and it is a pain to deal with. At that...

It has been a number of days since the vehicle stalled. But I've still not figured out the problem. The vehicle is for sale in the local trader magazine. I'll be honest with anyone who comes to look at it that it has stalled a few times over the past month for no aparent reason. The ad is...

I previously posted some questions about my 84 stalling. The dealership said they did not find any codes and could not duplicate the problem. I've had it stall three more times since picking it up from them. I did notice the check engine light was on after the engine stalled on at least one...

I stopped in at carmax today. They offered me 3,000 for my 84. That's half of what a dealership offered me two weeks ago as a trade for a 2000 they had on the lot. So I passed and will let the car run in the paper the next two weeks to see what happens. The thing that killed me was the woman...

I found a 2002 convertible listed with 4k miles for $36,998. From the ad, it looks to be fully loaded, but you never know until you get there and look at it. However, I wanted to get your opinion on the price. It looks like the blue book value is about $40,000. Does this price seem high for...

We are looking at selling our 84 Corvette and looking for a C5 model. I know CarMax will buy your car even if you don't buy one from them. Has anyone on this forum purchased or sold a car through CarMax? It looks like they have a no haggle policy and the price on the window is the price...

Well, I'm at a loss now regarding the stalling on my 84. The dealership hooked the computer up and did not find any codes had been thrown. So they let it run for a few hours, couldn't get the stalling to duplicate itself. Today I'm driving home, about 75 degrees outside and I come to a...

Power window update and request for more help After my drivers side window on the 84 stopped working in the down position, I removed the trim pieces and replaced the drivers switch with the passenger switch. It still didn't work unfortuately. I put the old drivers switch in the passenger side...

The wires are not very long that lead to the plug, so I can't pull it up very much. I can see the metal contacts at the bottom of the bezzel. That's why I wasn't sure if I could put a small screw driver in there and pry them apart. However, disconnecting the battery at that point might be a...

This is the week for work on my 84 I guess. Everything seems to be happening at once. The other day, I rolled the window down and it would not go up. It's about 1/2 inch from all the way down and after pulling it into the garage and turning off everything so there is no noise, I listened for...

My wife and I are attempting to sell our 84 and have considered buying a 2002 or 2003 to get into the newer body style. You never know what problems you will get with a used car but we are considering it still. However, I wanted to know if anyone has leased a 05? We would like a convertible...

It was a comment in my previous post on the 84 being hard to start at times. Someone mentioned that and I replied in this post as it's an update to everything happening. It's with a chevy dealer just up the street from my house. I hope they know what they are doing.

Thanks for the input. The dealer still has it at the moment. I guess they are trying to duplicate the conditions to see if they can get the same failure. That is the first time it has been running and stalled. The gas smell was in the cabin and it would get very strong at times and then weak...

That is one thing I forgot to mention. I was watching the temp gauge and it was in the normal operating range. It kicks on at about 226 degrees and turns off around 218 degrees. So that part was working as it normally does for me. John

I've had my 84 at the dealership today and they are trying to figure out why it was hard to start and why it was stalling yesterday. I called and talked to the service person who told me the tech is still looking at it currently. This is the same service representative I talked with yesterday...

I just took the entire bumper of my 84 so I'm not sure it this will work for you or not. I felt around the circumfrence where the connector enters the light housing. There is a tab that sticks up. You squeeze down on that tab and then rotate, counter clockwise I beleive and it lines up the...

Here is a quick update. As much as I HATE taking it to a dealer, that was the only choice it seemed. I have a good mechanic but he is past the airport and it's proably close to 20 miles to get there. I'm just guessing here, but I think it could be a choke problem or something similar. It...

Hopfully everyone can help with my hard starting problem as well. I've noticed over the last couple of days that my 84 will start and then second I give it some gas to raise the RPMs or even if I just let it sit at idle, it will die. It doesn't do this every time and I've noticed it has been...