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RELIABLE? YES.
Hi, just thought I would share some data with you. I was reading the latest consumer reports magazine on cars while at the grocery store.(while my wife was putzing around in the produce section for an hour) They rated the corvette as excellant reliability. Some of the various things they rated were brakes, transmission, engine ect. I have a 2003, I recently bought 4 months ago, and so far have had no problems. Of course when buying a car you get what you pay for. The higher price of a corvette generaly indicates that the parts used are of higher quality than a 15 to 20 thousand dollar car. The wheels and tires alone go for about 300 bucks a tire. Obviously a 300 dollar tire is better quality than say a 20 dollar pep boys tire. Same with most of the other parts in the car. And if you find that some parts are wearing out too soon there is the 6 year bumper to bumper warranty. Take care of the car well, and main tain it, and the car will take good care of you.
A few things that worry me is there is no dipstick to inspect the transmission fluid. You pretty much have to take it to a shop and pay some one to put it on a lift and check it. The problem with that is what if the guy does not actualy check it? The oil pan is flat, and wide so changing oil may be a hassle to drain out all of the old oil thoroughly. Another thing is th oil dipstick is a cork screw shaped dipstick, and is difficult to get accurate readings from.
Hi, just thought I would share some data with you. I was reading the latest consumer reports magazine on cars while at the grocery store.(while my wife was putzing around in the produce section for an hour) They rated the corvette as excellant reliability. Some of the various things they rated were brakes, transmission, engine ect. I have a 2003, I recently bought 4 months ago, and so far have had no problems. Of course when buying a car you get what you pay for. The higher price of a corvette generaly indicates that the parts used are of higher quality than a 15 to 20 thousand dollar car. The wheels and tires alone go for about 300 bucks a tire. Obviously a 300 dollar tire is better quality than say a 20 dollar pep boys tire. Same with most of the other parts in the car. And if you find that some parts are wearing out too soon there is the 6 year bumper to bumper warranty. Take care of the car well, and main tain it, and the car will take good care of you.
A few things that worry me is there is no dipstick to inspect the transmission fluid. You pretty much have to take it to a shop and pay some one to put it on a lift and check it. The problem with that is what if the guy does not actualy check it? The oil pan is flat, and wide so changing oil may be a hassle to drain out all of the old oil thoroughly. Another thing is th oil dipstick is a cork screw shaped dipstick, and is difficult to get accurate readings from.
) with a badly leaking left rear axle seal. This appears to be a common problem on all year C5s from everything I have read. So much for a "continous improvement" type program as far as reliability. :eyerole 
