... Louis turned over 30,000 miles today.

Now six months out of warranty, but still absolutely solid. Ivelis somehow kills seatbelt ratchets, so the driver's side has been scheduled for a fix. Otherwise, just routine maintenance.

Still fast, still a little loud, still gets a lot of looks.

Of course, we'll add 6,000 miles to that total within the next month ...

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Interesting. We are not seeing the niggling things, but our car is three years newer. I also think we do benefit somewhat from being so late in the generational life cycle - both Grace (2nd to last year of the C5) and Louis (2nd to last year of the C6) have been quite reliable; almost all of the issues have been our fault ...

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Very true. When something breaks on the 1985, we're inconvenienced, but I accept it - I'm the fourth owner, the car is thirty years old, etc. When something on the 2003 breaks, even a minor thing, I am livid: I look at the car and think "how could you do this to me? You have wanted for nothing from the day you were picked up at the Corvette Museum. We built a garage for you, wrote a book about you, give you only the best fuel and fluids, hold birthday parties for you" ... etc., etc., etc.