C5/LSX guys i need some help

some guy from cobleskill, showed up with 5100 cash, so i took it. fuck it.

You have $16,000 in your car?? How and where, I dont even have that in mine!!

OP-assuming you’re going to finance your purchase, keep in mind that a lot of banks/cu’s won’t finance anything older than an 03 at this point (most ‘go back’ a max of 7 years). May want to check into that before you get let down.

Im afraid to add up whats into it. Alot of it was repairs, some that were done twice because they were fucked up the first time.
Last year I put atleast $6k into it with the motor, installation of the motor, heads, gaskets and a bunch of other parts needed for the motor installation.

sefcu (my bank) finances from 99+, rates for an 03 or newer are 1% less. And you can only do a 48month loan on anything 99-02, which is fine because thats what i planned on anyways.

fuck you paulie lolololol

i realize this. but right now unless i could get 35k for my car i would not get rid of it.

iirc there is a 02 z06, <10kmi for like 24500 on corvette forum. thing is absolutely mint. theres a few pretty good ass deals out there. Thats one hell of a car for 24 grand…

Save up money and buy bad ass ride

the 01-02 z’s had weak gears i think.

I thought it was just 01’s

gears as in rear end gears? Or tranny gears?

and Paulie, IMO, get a 02-04 C5 Z06 if thats what your going for. Stay away from the 01…im not saying theres anything wrong with them, its just 385hp < 405 for a beginning plateform…and sense you havent made a purchase, wait until one comes along within your price range.

congrats on selling the camaro.

Buy a Honda, no matter what year it is it comes with weak gears

tranny gears. 01+02 have weak gears. 03-04 are good.

im really starting to heavily lean towards going to sefcu monday and getting a loan for that 02z06 from idaho…its a pretty sweet ride, and the guy seems very upfront, showed me 40+ pics of the interior, took extra pics of each blem on the car, and sent me a few videos.

I look at it this way, if i ship or drive it home, once i have it, im only spending 15000 on an 02 Z, even with 104kmi, i could proabably recoup that or very close to that, if i decided to sell it.

OR

i might just wait until march, save up another 1000 or 1300 bucks and then look, prices on some of the cars may go up, but more people may start to sell.

do what u gotta do man. if u want to buy that one, go for it.

can u link me to the pics?

^ yeah np. ill send you a link to his photobucket and the f/s thread thru a pm…

You will prolly keep this car for a while so make sure it’s one ya wants. Look long and hard brother. I’ve been looking for 3 months now for the perfect audi to scoop up.

^^ i def plan on keeping it for a real long time. i almost feel like how can ya go wrong with an 02 Z though? Even if theyres a few bugs here and there its gonna be a strong running nice ride.

i agree 100% i looked allll over for my car for 6months, made sure it was bone stock from the radio to exhaust tips and low miles. take your time its worth it in the end. do not settle theirs tons of vettes out their(and i dont mean that i a dick way)