"Is 60k a lot of miles on a C5?"

[rwpeders]

Wow that's impressive!!!!

Well as some of you know from one of my other threads. I have had to put my Vette purchase on hold for a few years. My daily driver died on me and I needed to get a good daily driver before springing for a 2 door 2 seat sports car in Illinois. I bought a 2005 Jaguar S-Type R to hold me over for a while. Not quite a family car but it does have 390 hp, 4 doors, 85K mile bumper to bumper and looks GOOD.

Time to go sit in it untill I have to go to work.

Who said you can't use a corvette for a daily driver? I do and have fun driving to and from work, not just on sunny weekend days.

 

[Johnnykretentiv]

It's the snowstorms that hold me back. I travel to Minnesota and Northern WI quite often. That's ok the Jag will do me just fine.

 

[MeekRN]

No, if its a 97.
Yes, if its a 2004.

 

[Wyodude]

Gotta say that it would be smart to know who the prior owner of a 60K Vette was. Anyone who's pretty savvy about cars can probably make fairly accurate assessments and assumptions about a car on a used car lot, but if I were buying one, I would look for a private party purchase. You can tell an awful lot about a car by looking in the current owners eyes!

 

[Bill Coke]

Guess I missed it Johnny but it depends on the year of the car. At the price you qouted you must be looking at a 1997 maybe a 1998? Then you have to look at the overall condition of the car as to whether or not its too much. I know a guy here that bought a 2002 Z06 with 48k miles on it and bought it in late 2003 or early 2004. that was a lot of miles on the car and he paid about 33-34 for it. Figure about 15k-17k miles a year for a car. Compare it with other cars of the same mileage and condition. Just because a cr is built for 300K miles and has 60k on it doesn't mean its low milege. You have to compare current mileage with age and condition of the car. 60k on a 1997 to 2001 is good mileage. 1997, 1998, 1999 with that mileage is good but there again if the interior is ragged out or the tires are slick; paint not good, rims rough the obvioulsy not a good buy. I've seen 997s with 100k on them and people asking 18K--nevere did find out what kind of stuff they put in their coffee!
Bill just my $.02