Inquired about test drive of C5 corvette

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake) 08/11/2014 at 11:37 • Filed to: None

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SOON MAYBE. A 1998 with a manual just showed up at a dealer down the street from my office.

quarterlifecrisis > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 11:45

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You know the rules, don't meet your heroes.

For Sweden > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 11:48

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Buy it or ban

Jayhawk Jake > For Sweden 08/11/2014 at 11:52

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They are asking about $5000 more than NADA says it's worth, and about $6000 more than I want to spend on my future C5. Also it's a base, I think I want one with the Z51. And I don't think it has the HUD, which I really want because fighter jet

Jayhawk Jake > quarterlifecrisis 08/11/2014 at 11:52

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But I need my fix man....

For Sweden > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 11:54

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Haggle

quarterlifecrisis > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 11:56

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Deal with it.

Just for you, I drove the truck today, so I don't even have any snarky comment about my drive home.

Hooker > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 12:18

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But you're keeping the Sonic, right? RIGHT?

Jayhawk Jake > Hooker 08/11/2014 at 12:19

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Yeah. I'm going to get a corvette to go with it eventually

Jayhawk Jake > quarterlifecrisis 08/11/2014 at 12:20

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Oh yeah? Well my drive home is in a turbocharged hatchback. SO MUCH BETTER THAN A TRUCK

Jayhawk Jake > For Sweden 08/11/2014 at 12:20

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I'll offer tree fiddy

Hooker > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 12:21

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That's all that matters. Hey, did you ever figure out how to add padding to your arm rest? I saw that a while back and was wondering how it came out. Or if it did.

Jayhawk Jake > Hooker 08/11/2014 at 12:24

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Yeah, that didn't work out well at all. Mostly because I'm not a skilled craftsman. Someone better with upholstry than me could do it.

Hooker > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 12:30

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I have a friend that could do it for you .... but they are here and you are there. They do a lot of cross country road trips though. He used to build hot rods in SOCal. Dude is mad talented. Every time you do or attempt to do something new you learn something. Who knows, 10 years from now you may be an expert craftsman!

quarterlifecrisis > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 12:35

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Yeah...well...umm...GMT400 FTW.

camaroboy68ss > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 12:43

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very cool but a word of advise for any future maitance and/performace upgrades. 98 LS1s and their respective ECMs are one year only odd balls. Just a heads up, learned the hard way after buying my 98 SS

Jayhawk Jake > camaroboy68ss 08/11/2014 at 12:48

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I doubt I'll end up with a 98, for exactly those reasons. Year one cars are always risky, and it's not like in 20 years a 98 is going to be worth any more than a 99, or cost any less to purchase now.

camaroboy68ss > Jayhawk Jake 08/11/2014 at 12:53

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well the ls1 was in its second year in 98 in the Vette. But problem is the aftermarket has really no support for a 98. All aftermarket heads are the later style. They will work but you have to buy more stuff, there are zero handhelds for simple tuning. You have to jump right into 700-800 dollar software to work on a 98. Althought the 98 LS1 had the hottest factory LS1 cam.

Not saying bad about them since I love mine but just a heads up when diving into the LS1 world.