Newbie with a 2000 C5

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Nov 2, 2010 | 08:31 AM

C5Girl

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Newbie with a 2000 C5

Hi all. I will make a long story short. Had a 98 V6 Firebird for a handful of years and it fell apart (put in about 5k in the last year)... couldnt afford a V8 at the time the bird was bought and ALWAYS wanted more power. Eventually plans for the bird were going to be engine swap (LS) or supercharge the V6- but since it turned into more of a headache, I decided to get rid of it... I now have my LS1! Bought a 2000 C5 with glass roof, all stock, with almost 20k original miles...

Another thing is, I never drove a manual before and was taught by my fiance... he gave me about 5 lessons and I was on my way. Now I am wondering how I ever went all those years with an automatic- manual is so much more fun!

Right now, the C5 is all stock and only has some aesthetic mods- window tint and LEDs in the vents... I probably wont do much more than intake and exhaust... we will see

Nov 2, 2010 | 09:09 AM

DarkC5

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Post a pic up of your car if you get the chance!
And welcome aboard.

Nov 2, 2010 | 09:24 AM

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Welcome to the board. Yeah manual is awesome but I for one have both, there are times when the manual pisses me off in traffic etc lol, that's when I go with the auto. I actually got rid of the other manual I had (Trans Am) and don't really miss it now that I have my hawk. There are pros and cons for each, but manual is fun for sure. X2 on the pics.

Nov 2, 2010 | 11:43 AM

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Sounds like a very nice car.

How hard did you have to look to find a c5 with only 20k on it?

Nov 2, 2010 | 03:21 PM

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Welcomt to the site

This thread is going to blow up with a whole lot of guys asking for pics of you and not your car. Be prepared.

Nov 2, 2010 | 03:28 PM

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Welcome to tech, post pictures of Your Corvette! Sounds like it must be spotless with that many miles!
Do mods you mentioned and some Longtubes and call it a day. Goodluck.