Rebuilt Titles- Opinions - Corvette

[bluecollar]

Go ahead and get the brass gears for the headlights as well. The OEM stuff is plastic and likes to crap out.

For some reason, on my '02, the right DRL bulb would always find water and burn out. Any puddle I went through was a 50/50 if it would blow. Never could find anywhere that water could be getting up into though.

Also leaky diff seals are common as well.

[Mark Preus]

Only problem mine has done is the gas gauge acting up. It'll say it's empty and needs gas when it really has about half a tank. I run chevron techron gas Atleast every other fill up though and it fixed the problem. The sending units are real picky about what gas you run.

[akfodysvn]

Those are all pretty minor... which is good to hear.

How bad is the oil consumption or is it really just car to car? He told me not even a quart between oils changes.

If I can get it close to 11 I am going to have to make a decision.

[slow99]

Those are all pretty minor... which is good to hear.

How bad is the oil consumption or is it really just car to car? He told me not even a quart between oils changes.

If I can get it close to 11 I am going to have to make a decision.

Mine was an '03 but about a quart between changes sounds right on the '01s.
I want to clarify that I'm simply compiling the list of known issues. I drove mine for 3 years, often times pretty hard, and never had a problem. The gas gauge was quirky but that's it. It was a phenomenal car.

[Mark Preus]

Mine uses about a quart between oil changes. I change the oil about every 5000 miles though. Run Mobil 1 and it never gives me problems. I wasn't a corvette fan at all. I only bought this car cause I've owned just about everything else. I've had it almost a year now as my daily driver and I gotta say it is a fucking great car. Definatly one of my favorites out of all the cars I've owned. I think you'll like a corvette if you get one.

[akfodysvn]

Thanks Mark. Good to hear from someone who has an honest and down to earth opinion but still has owned a wide variety of performance cars.

I appreciate all of the feedback.