maintence costs and reliability issues
#1
04-06-2007, 01:09 AM
maintence costs and reliability issues
I am a 17 year old male who loves cars and has already owned a 1995 bmw m3. My grandpa worked for gm as a engineer and for some reason I fell in love with the corvette recently. i have found some c5s with light damage and rebuilt titles for under 15k. I dont know a whole lot about working on a corvette and is the work on a vette more expensive then a BMW M3? I want a manual transmission but are the autos very relable as in their torque converters, etc? I dont see much after market for vettes but im sure there out there what are some good sites, i know west coast is good but i dont see a whole lot of parts. I want a z06 and heres the link but im not sure the frame looks bent etc. http://www.erepairables.com/vehicle_..._corvette.html
let me know what you think!!!! thanks guys!!!!
Ryan Czap
let me know what you think!!!! thanks guys!!!!
Ryan Czap
#2
04-06-2007, 03:00 AM
RE: maintence costs and reliability issues
All maintence done on my car has been reasonable. If I had to guess I would say an m3 is more expensive to maintain than a corvette.
#3
04-06-2007, 03:04 AM
RE: maintence costs and reliability issues
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I am a 17 year old male who loves cars and has already owned a 1995 bmw m3. My grandpa worked for gm as a engineer and for some reason I fell in love with the corvette recently. i have found some c5s with light damage and rebuilt titles for under 15k. I dont know a whole lot about working on a corvette and is the work on a vette more expensive then a BMW M3? I want a manual transmission but are the autos very relable as in their torque converters, etc? I dont see much after market for vettes but im sure there out there what are some good sites, i know west coast is good but i dont see a whole lot of parts. I want a z06 and heres the link but im not sure the frame looks bent etc. http://www.erepairables.com/vehicle_..._corvette.html
let me know what you think!!!! thanks guys!!!!
Ryan Czap
I am a 17 year old male who loves cars and has already owned a 1995 bmw m3. My grandpa worked for gm as a engineer and for some reason I fell in love with the corvette recently. i have found some c5s with light damage and rebuilt titles for under 15k. I dont know a whole lot about working on a corvette and is the work on a vette more expensive then a BMW M3? I want a manual transmission but are the autos very relable as in their torque converters, etc? I dont see much after market for vettes but im sure there out there what are some good sites, i know west coast is good but i dont see a whole lot of parts. I want a z06 and heres the link but im not sure the frame looks bent etc. http://www.erepairables.com/vehicle_..._corvette.html
let me know what you think!!!! thanks guys!!!!
Ryan Czap
#4
04-08-2007, 02:36 PM
RE: maintence costs and reliability issues
Id say the corvette is more hard to work on and more expensive. Agreed on the price for a wrecked corvette. Try to find a non-wrecked one with good mileage for your price range from a reliable source. Also have a trusted mechanic check over it for you before you buy it. If they say no to that, dont buy it.
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