I'm sixteen and looking for my first car, I've seen local ads for a '74 and a '79 corvettes priced at $5100 and $5800. In the ad for the 74 is says it needs brakes, a rear bumper, and has splits from the sun, the 79 ad doesnt say much but high mileage. I go to school and have a part time job, not...

1977 Coupe, new 350ci. The hose that goes from the exhaust feedback tube into the smog pump got so hot it fried. Replaced it, and it took about five miles for it to happen again. So, I did some looking for a problem. There is a vacuum tube (3/16") that goes out of the smog attachment to a "Y"...

Yesterday the friking ignition key wouldn't turn off (94 ragtop) had to pull a fuse to kill the engine then dropped the NEG bat cable. I don't know if it's the lock cylinder or the ignition switch that's hanging so I dropped it off at Robert Tau Automotive (saw him listed in Vette Magazine as...

I loved corvettes for as long as I can remember. As a young boy, I had corvette models and toy cars, shirts with corvettes on them, and any time I saw one on the road I would stare in wonder. I always said, someday, I will own a corvette. About 2 and a half years ago, my finances and my luck...

So here I am parking in the Home Depot parking lot - for our international readers, Home Depot is a very large store that sells home improvement products. And they have a LARGE parking lot. So I head off to the farthest space in the lot in my X5 (keeping on topic for the BMW NG) - maybe 200...

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Found a nail in the tread portion on one of my Goodyear Run Flat tires. Once removed, is this something that can be plugged, without harming the tire pressure sensor? Any thing special I need to know about repairing the tire before I remove the nail?

I researched till I'm blue in the face, but I am sure I missed something. But I know my virtual friends here in the vette group will help me! My 1992 LT1 corvete coupe takes about 5 or 6 seconds every morning to start... The engine "cranks" so I have eliminated a bad starter... Ive eleiminated a...

My Mother was diagnosed with Cancer and it has spread through her kidney, liver, lymph nodes and spine... so I've been torn up for the last few weeks... Got a call today and the Social Worker at the hospital is suggesting Hospice. She was a CPA and handled all my accounting and bookwork at my...

For myself, I havent been in anything faster than a 12 second car ; however, im going to a local DragStrip in a couple weeks and was thinking of buying my way as a passenger for a 9 second ride down the lane. Will the DragStrip allow passengers in a 9 second car , and, how much money would be...

I need just a little advice about changing from crossfire fuel injection to a carburated engine on a 1984 C4. The intake and carburator shall be Edelbrock. My question is I have been told that I can continue to use the HEI distributator, is this possible? If it is I only have to change intake,...

<switching to plain text...> "RicSeyler" > wrote in message ... I'm still here. :-) I went to town (Pensacola) for the storm and the roof of the house I was staying in came down in about 70% of the house, miserable for the last...

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Well that didn't go well, the dealer still has the C6. We were close on the money but I wouldn't give and walked away. The salesman that was talking to my girl friend before he found out it was ordered for me told her the C6 would blow away the C5. That just isn't so, and it is so close to my CE...

Hi I'm looking to buy in march timeframe. Any experienced buyers here prognosticate how close to invoice I can exxpect to get by then, including all factory offers, etc. Thanks, TF

Before I buy, I have some concerns that deal with the total cost of ownership as a daily driver. I haven't found any sites or replies yet that give numbers for typical costs of ownership but I'm still looking while asking here. Trying to avoid a lengthy post with details, a) Does 65 cents/mile...

I used to own a vet, a 1979, which I sold quite a long time ago. Summers coming and I find myself which some extra cash so I have been looking in the paper for a late model corvette. I researched that a new model came out in 2005 so I thought I would look around for a used C6 rather then a C5....

All, I bought a 2000 Vette (other one is a 1990); both are coupes. The 2000 has heads-up display. The "trip" gauge states that oil has 53% life. My question, what is a good rule of thumb to change the oil; i.e. at what % should I change? Also, the oil pressure appears to be broken (since it is...

I cannot quite remember what I'm supposed to be looking for. When the brake is on, the tail lamp works, but if I turn on the headlights, the tail lamp goes dark. Same thing happens when I hit the blinker. This only happens to one light. The other one functions normally. I cannot remember if I...

Okay, time for a stupid question: which years of Corvettes are considered Stingrays? Thanks in advance. -Ted