• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

Strong gas smell

Rich Z said:
I thought Robert mentioned one.
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Maybe that was the C5. If you put in gas smell from C6 and do a search a ton of stuff comes up and it is a 2 to $4000 job. The whole car has to come part. Just no way i am doing that. Maybe it will burst in flames and i can get out the easy way. So i will drive it till it won't go anymore. The newer C7 are even worse with the A8 trans and T/C. So no way i would touch one of them.
 
Well, I certainly hope the fuel pumps are robust and reliable, since I guess the labor bill would be about the same for that job. :ack2:
 
What would be bad is getting the tanks fixed and then spending another 2k+ to have a fuel pump go bad later down the road. I will take it to a dealer Fri and see what they say on any recalls. Looks like the C7 also has gas tank problems.

Maybe i should just trade it in now and get a Mustang again. Or just drive the wheels off until it can't go anymore.
 
Perhaps using offshore made parts in American cars is catching up to American car manufacturers. Of course, as long as the service departments at the dealerships remain a profitable section of their business model, they really don't have much incentive to make these things super reliable.

One good thing about the Jeep Wrangler we bought, they offered a lifetime warranty for a relatively reasonable cost. Which I bought, of course.

But I guess car manufacturers really don't want to give their customers incentives to hold onto their vehicles for a long time, thinking they WANT people to keep on coming back buying new vehicles as replacements to the failing older model. And of course they keep on raising the prices of the new vehicles, which is pricing them out of the market of the average buyer.

Buying a car designed to only last for three years, yet paying off the loan you needed in order to be able to afford it in 7 years or more is a recipe for a real headache.

Too bad about the C7's problems. I read that the C7 Z06 has problems with engine overheating. I'm guessing it's not all of them, but who the heck wants to roll the dice on an expense like that? Not this old retired guy, that's for certain.
 
Few people hold on to their vehicles more than three years these days. That's why the lifetime warranty works for the parts houses and the dealers. It's a numbers game.
 
85vette said:
Few people hold on to their vehicles more than three years these days. That's why the lifetime warranty works for the parts houses and the dealers. It's a numbers game.
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That was the way i was for years. I was doing it every 3 months years ago trying out everything. This C6 is a 2013 with 26k miles looks new. But with no cats and headers i don't think a dealer would buy it. But i do have all the factory parts that could go back on and it could be detuned back to factory.

But i love the car and the power it makes so i will hang onto it as long as i can.
 
85vette said:
Few people hold on to their vehicles more than three years these days. That's why the lifetime warranty works for the parts houses and the dealers. It's a numbers game.
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I don't believe we have ever had a vehicle that we kept for less than 5 years, and many for at least 10 years, new or used. My biggest concern is that replacement parts will just become completely unavailable, unless I want to dig through a junk yard to "pick and pull".

Never much felt the pull of getting a new vehicle just to have a new vehicle. We need a good reason to move onto a "new" vehicle.

Heck, I think I need to buy new tires for the vettes, not because they are getting worn out, but because they are getting so old that the rubber is probably getting hard and brittle.
 
CHASZ51 said:
That was the way i was for years. I was doing it every 3 months years ago trying out everything. This C6 is a 2013 with 26k miles looks new. But with no cats and headers i don't think a dealer would buy it. But i do have all the factory parts that could go back on and it could be detuned back to factory.

But i love the car and the power it makes so i will hang onto it as long as i can.
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I sold Connie's 2007 C6 on CraigsList and that worked out pretty well. Dealer's really don't want to give you anything for your vehicle anyway.
 
Rich Z said:
I don't believe we have ever had a vehicle that we kept for less than 5 years, and many for at least 10 years, new or used. My biggest concern is that replacement parts will just become completely unavailable, unless I want to dig through a junk yard to "pick and pull".

Never much felt the pull of getting a new vehicle just to have a new vehicle. We need a good reason to move onto a "new" vehicle.

Heck, I think I need to buy new tires for the vettes, not because they are getting worn out, but because they are getting so old that the rubber is probably getting hard and brittle.
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In my teens and twenties I think I was getting a new car every six months or so. I just wish I had held onto a few of them. In the later years I've held onto some for as much as 13 years. It does get hard to find replacement parts on some of them. I think it's easier to get parts for a 63 Corvette than it is for a 98 Corvette now.
 
CHASZ51 said:
If is covered and no charge. They start work next Tuse. Still hate to think of my car being taken apart.
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Yeah, I understand the concern. But if would be a LOT worse if you were going to have to fork out the money it would cost you if it was on your dime.

Glad you found that it was covered under a recall.
 
This has gotten me thinking that maybe I need to be sniffing around my 2009 Z06 too....
 
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