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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 08:23 AM
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I've never posted here before so I'll give a little history. I'm 20yrs old and just graduated college, I work as PCTech and I've loved Corvettes (I owned a V6 Camaro before) all my life, so Friday night I bought this baby home.









Are their any known issues with 2000 Corvettes? This one has 59K miles on and runs solid, but it does have one problem, it keeps displaying the air pressure in the tires is always low after it's been sitting a few hours, is that a problem?
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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Sweet man! Congrads. I bet it was a big difference going from a V6 tank to the Vette! Get some DR's and a short shift and have some fun. Happy moding!!!!!
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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nice car man i have an 01 and it has a couple of issues but all C5's do
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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Nice! I love that shade of blue! Congrats and welcome to the club!
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 05:34 PM
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Nice! I love that shade of blue! Congrats and welcome to the club!
Thanks. It's been sorta a life long dream.....and this is great way to get back at the ex
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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Congratulations and welcome to LS1Tech! Very nice car!
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 06:58 PM
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Sweet car best of luck with it
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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congrats bro
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 08:32 PM
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congrats on the car...and graduating from college too of course
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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Congrats, welcome to the club As for the low air pressure, its probably a bad sensor or they were removed, no big deal at all.
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Quik Z06
Congrats, welcome to the club As for the low air pressure, its probably a bad sensor or they were removed, no big deal at all.
Actually...the really were low. The supposedly checked them at Carmax, but the only one that was correct was the one I actually seen them put air into. It's all good now
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 09:09 AM
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Congrats!
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 10:28 AM
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How much HP and TQ are they pushing at the rear-wheels?
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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Congrats man on the ride. Someday I'll be getting my own Vette.
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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Congrats man! This website is a wealth of information. By the way, most of us here are also members on Corvette Forum...LOTS of great info there as well.
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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Nice man! Congrats!!! You'll love it and never look back.
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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My 99 used to flash low air whenever the air pressure dropped below 25 psi, and I liked my rears at 27.

One other thing you need to know is that the tire pressure sensors have batteries in them that generally last for about 5-6 years, (7 would be a bit of a stretch, but not unheard of). Weak batteries usually become evident when the weather starts getting cold, and the RR is usually the first one to show problems with a low battery because it's the furthest from the receptor inside the car, I'm told.

If you have more than 25 psi and are still getting an alert on your DIC, try doing a TPS relearn on the car which is nothing more than getting into the DIC system, and then holding a magnet at the base of the valve stems one at a time. If that doesn't correct the problem you may need to pony up for some new sensors. If that be the case, check with Fred Bean GM. I don't know if he's a sponsor here, but he is on the Corvetteforum. He usually has the best price on those things.

By the way, welcome to the club. That car is a beauty!

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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 06:53 PM
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Congrats on the new ride!

A friend of mine had a 2000 coupe. He has tracked it, autocrosses it regularly, drag raced it, and has never had any problems with it (other than the column lock).
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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Congrats man. I have owned 11 4th Gen F-Bodies. I sold my 01 SS about a month ago. I'll be getting a FRC or Z06 within the next 3 weeks
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Beautiful car man. I hope to join you soon!
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