PRINT this listing96 Corvette Cpe* 97k*Red*60 PIX*AS NU*vs*95*94*93*92*91DEALER TRADES INC359 North Duncan Avenue (Rte 19)across from the Big Blue Tavares Water Tower Tavares, FL 32778Call Us Today!(772) 332 - 9886 Ask ForRALPH J LENOCI (DAD)Ask Us A QuestionYear: 1996Make: ChevroletModel: CorvetteVIN: 1G1YY22P4T5101057Stock Number: 1357Mileage: 97750Transmission: AutomaticEngine: 8 Cylinder, 5.7 LExterior Color: RedInterior Color: BlackTitle: ClearVehicle Description NO RESERVE! NO RESERVE! NO RESERVE! THIS 1996 CHEVROLET CORVETTE WITH 97,000 DOCUMENTED MILES WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST AUCTION BIDDER AT THE END OF THE SALE. NO IFS!...NO ANDS!...NO BUTS! THIS 1996 CORVETTE REMOVABLE TARGA COUPE IS FINISHED IN FIRE ENGINE RED CLEARCOAT WITH SOFT BLACK REAL LEATHER BUCKET SEATS. THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR IS AS SMOOTH AND GLOSSY AS ANY 1996 CORVETTE WE HAVE SEEN. THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN FASTIDIOUS IN MAINTAINING THIS PREMIUM MOTOR CAR TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. THE INTERIOR MATCHES THE CARE RECEIVED BY THE EXTERIOR. THE LEATHER HIDES STILL GIVE OFF THE NEW CAR SMELL AND THE PREMIER CARPETS ARE SOFT AND SPOT FREE, ALWAYS HAVING BEEN PROTECTED BY FACTORY FLOOR MATS. THE ERGONOMIC DASH HAS COMPLETE ROAD AND SAFETY DISPLAYS WITH EVERY SYSTEM OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE DASH PANELS, DOORS AND ACCENTS HAVE A DEEP PETINA THAT HAS SEEN MANY COATS OF WAX TO MAINTAIN THE BEAUTY. EVERYTHING ON THIS CAR HAS BEEN KEPT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS, FROM THE SPOTLESS ENGINE COMPARTMENT, MOTOR, DRIVE TRAIN RIGHT DOWN TO THE BRAND NEW COOPER ZEON RADIAL SPORT TIRES. EVERY KNOB AND CONTROL OPERATES AS DESIGNED BY THE FACTORY AND ALL STILL HAVE THAT NEW VEHICLE RESPONSE. THE ORIGINAL BOSE RADIO AND SPEAKERS STILL PUMP OUT CLEAR HIGHS AND RUMBLING LOWS WITH SPEED SENSOR THAT ADJUSTS THE SOUND ACCORDING TO THE SPEED OF THE CAR. PLEASE DO NOT GET THE IDEA THAT THIS IS ANY ORDINARY AUTOMOBILE JUST BECAUSE DEALER TRADES IS OFFERING IT AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION. WE SELL EVERY CAR ON THAT BASIS TO ASSURE SALE OF EVERY VEHICLE AT THE MOST COMPETITIVE PRICE ON THE INTERNET. WE HAVE TAKEN OVER 50 PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE FROM EVERY ANGLE ALONG WITH EXPLANATION OF THE FEATURES. WE UNDERSTAND IT IS HARD TO PURCHASE A FINE CAR FROM A LONG DISTANCE AWAY. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PREMIUM AUTOMOBILE THAT RUNS, HANDLES AND LOOKS EXTRAORDINARY WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK, BE PREPARED TO FALL IN LOVE. THIS BRIEF ROADTEST WILL TELL WHAT THE EXPERTS THINK OF THIS VEHICLE. He Said, She Said Road Test: 1996 Chevrolet Corvette Maybe it's just that after a while, every couple becomes Ted and Sally Forth. (Those of you who don't get this comic strip, which is a definitive documentary of just how much trouble one man can get into and stay married, should holler to the local pressmen.) Of course, every relationship can be strained when an alluring third party steps in. Curvaceous, responsive, powerful -- what man wouldn't lose his head? And what good spouse wouldn't turn up her cute nose in response? A Corvette has a way of evoking strong reactions. Even though this 12-year-old shape is familiar by now, a bright white Corvette still gathers crowds in sunlit parking lots. Exterior styling, of course, rates a Full Linda Blair. "It does look sleek. It does look 'race car,'" noted the Splendid Co-Driver. I prefer the original flat tail to the ZR1 style rounded version that all Corvettes now have, but we don't get to make those decisions. Getting to design Corvettes for a living would be much too idyllic for this existence. Besides, I'm sure certain of my acquaintance prefer the tail I had twelve years ago, too. THE SC-D: The back end looks like a Corvette's back end. What more can one say to an exhaust and a square tight little back end. Actually, it's kind of cute for that matter. JJ: This is the comment of one who likes tight little back ends. The Corvette welcomes you, eagerly unlocking its doors as you approach. (A chip in the key fob activates a proximity switch, but it's a nice illusion.) As you slide down and in, the power seat absorbs you as an integral part of the car. As the SC-D said, "The seat doesn't just hug you and say 'hello.' It gets fresh." The Corvette is refreshingly egalitarian in that all the power adjustments available to the driver's seat are also available on the passenger side. Some of the Corvette's interior pieces, like the center console forward of the glove compartment, are rubberized. This fascinated the SC-D, who thought it might not collect scratches as easily and might stay cleaner looking. I suspect it has something to do with preventing damage from unexpected rain with the top down, but of course only a guy would do that, right? THE SC-D: "Some of the carpeting materials are of relatively short dense pile that's soft and very nice. Other parts of it, on the inside of the passenger's footwell on the right-hand side is covered with the cheaper stuff that is going to pill and look awful really quickly. Wait a minute, why would the guy who drives this car care whether or not the inside carpeting in the passenger footwell is pilling? Have I lost my mind?" The same arched, somewhat baroque-looking instrument panel we've noted in previous Corvettes. White on black gauges with orange needles for oil pressure, oil temperature, water temperature and volts, clustered around a digital speedometer with a digital fuel gauge and range to empty with a digital odometer, and waterfall tach skating down the right side. The various system gauges can be displayed digitally in the center of the dash using a button in the center stack. You can also display instantaneous miles per gallon, average miles per gallon, and range remaining with that same display. At night, the instrument lighting is beige or orange on a black background. Needles are the same color as the dials, but stay nonetheless reasonably visible. On top of all the other electronic wizardry, our tested Corvette had a low tire pressure warning system to tell you when the Michelin extended mobility tires are about to demonstrate their capability to run flat. The Michelin Pilot Sport's are both "handed" and different sizes front and rear, the result being four different tires on the four corners of the car. Yes, there's an obligatory cupholder, but as the SC-D noted, "The cupholder design seems to indicate that one spends time doing far more exciting things than drinking beverages." There's a center compartment and hidden cubbyholes in the arm rests about the size of two video cassettes. . All in all, one Golden Cupholder. But who cares? THE SC-D: I'm not prejudiced, but you open this hood and it says, "guy car." The biggest piece of whatever is it that's visible is some huge tubular thing that sucks air off the front. Right away that's tremendously evident. It's just really quite amazing. Colored handles on the dip stick, which is nice, but doesn't go to nearly the same extent as other cars. JJ: Well, the stylists have clearly been at work here. The cam covers are styled. It is obviously also not an engine you want to work on yourself. In fact, at the moment I can't see any of the spark plugs, much less get to them. But when you flip up the nose of the Corvette, you also see the suspension A-arm and all the gorgeous detail in there. It's a tidy package and more than a little bit race car-like. THE SC-D: I will have to agree that I do appreciate the design that has gone into covering up all kinds of things and the cam covers and so forth do look very sleek. JJ: But it is clearly still an engine as opposed to, say, the Infiniti Q45 where everything was just so styled it looked like there was this decorative luggage in the front of the car and had nothing to do with function. Also, when you flip up the hood, there are interior lights that go on to illuminate the beautiful engine. Vanity, thy name is Corvette. ON THE ROAD Jeez, you sit far back in this thing. The nose isn't all that far away, but because you're sitting low and you see so much hood, including the entire width of the hood including the fender ridges and the blisters down the center, you feel like the nose is impossibly out there somewhere. Popping the headlights up actually helps a bit. It's really got a lot of power. Of course, with the very wide tires, it's hard to crank the steering wheel over much. It's amazing how close you sit to the back of this car. I like the thick rim steering wheel. You can get a good handful of it. And you need a good grip. A Corvette is a high performance car; the movement of your wrist is translated immediately into lateral G. Yet it's not as rewarding as some other cars, simply because it is so capable. When you go through a corner and the car just sticks and you generate a lot of Gs and you go through the corner very quickly, there's not as much reward there as in a less sticky car where you have to apply correct techniques to corner well or to have fun in the car. Here, the capacity of the car is just so great that almost no matter what you do, you're not getting your limits, you're not challenging yourself as a driver because the car can handle anything you throw at it. Good line through a corner? We don't need no stinking good line through a corner. Put it anywhere. This car sticks. With this much grip, even tightly twisting roads pose no challenge. The Corvette chews them up and spits them out. No matter what speed you carry into the corner it seems, even if twice the posted amount, the tires just grip. The car just goes around and as long as you don't bring the power on too suddenly on the exit, you'll make it through just swimmingly. And you certainly do feel every little ripple and imperfection in the pavement. It's not nearly as harsh as the infamous 84 Corvette, but you know they're there. The sport mode just kicks in the performance mode above a certain speed. Now a gripe: the freewheeling. It may well be due to the automatic transmission, but when you get out of the accelerator, the car does not slow down very quickly. Because it is so responsive in all other axes, one expects it to be that way in deceleration also. And it is, if you use the powerful brakes. We came over a blind brow in a quick right-left and discovered a mail truck pulling out into the middle of the second apex. In a lot of cars, this would be a crisis of the first order. In the Corvette, you just plant your foot a little farther to the left. The brakes haul it down so suddenly that one must be very careful. The guy behind you can't stop that fast, and he probably doesn't expect that you can stop that fast, so you need to be very conscious about following traffic in this car. THE SC-D: I feel like I'm driving something in a comic book, it has such a long nose. It's very strange. I'm on a curvy road and driving cautiously at slow speed to get a really good sense of the feel of the car. In some ways I have to agree that the sense of satisfaction from driving skillfully is fairly minimal because the car's got sort of power and stick that protect you from doing anything interesting. This car is too big for me to enjoy driving and I don't know whether that's a boy thing or what, but it feels like it has too much body in front and it's too wide and it doesn't feel nimble enough and I'm not having a fun time with this car. It's very big and it wants to be very showoffy and it wants to be what it wants to be and it's not very interested in my inputs. It's tolerating my existence. It's such a boy car. I do not psychically understand this car. It's a fine car to be riding around in while some big strong guy who's plugged into this car is having a lovely time showing it off to his splendid beau, but this isn't a car that speaks to me. JJ: Tell me that part about the big strong guy again. THE SC-D: The reason why I like being driven around in this car is that it conveys an important message. This here must be one hot babe with a hot guy who drives this hot car which is to display her around in it. This I can handle. JJ: But one, at least this male one, looks for reasons to drive the car. Going to the grocery store? Honey, taking the Corvette. Going for a haircut? Honey, taking the Corvette. Going down to the home improvement warehouse to pick up some wallboard? Honey, taking the Corvette. We'll arrange for delivery. The radio in this car has a feature we've long thought car radios should have. The faster you go -- which is to say the louder the noise around you and the buffeting in the cockpit -- the louder the radio gets. When you slow down for a light, the radio quiets so you're not blasting the people next to you with the same volume you needed at speed. It's very easy to create highway room in the Corvette. If you need to be ahead of the guy next to you, just a gentle squeeze of the right foot will add 10 mph in no time at all and you can move over where you need to be. How fast can the Corvette go? We went to our favorite unpatrolled straight line nonpublic road and nailed it. And, frankly, we ran out of road long before we ran out of engine and we ran out of engine at over 100 MPH. It's no surprise that this car goes over 100, but boy it got there fast and there was plenty left. And yes, you can light up the tires on the Corvette, although the traction control kicks the throttle pedal back at you when you try. There's no reason for the power seats in the Corvette to have one of those 2-button position memories, because if you have one of these cars, you're not going to let anybody else drive it. And, based on the SC-D's comments, they might not want to drive it. THE SC-D: This isn't a car that a guy buys to share with his spouse. It is a car that he buys to catch the spouse. And once he catches the spouse there is no way he is going to let her drive it anyway so there. JJ: When it's time to think about fueling the Corvette a little notice comes up on the panel that says Reserve. We got right around 20 miles a gallon in mixed driving, and not too bad for the amount of performance you get from this vehicle. Fifty-five miles an hour is 1500 RPM. This car ain't hardly working. The windshield wipers leave a pronounced widow's peak more than halfway down the windshield. The B pillar isn't so bad on the right side, although you can lose a car back there, but on the left side it's rather poor and not amenable to being eliminated by mirror adjustment. One thing that would be useful, given where you sit in the Corvette , is the device we saw on the Acura RL that swings up the steering wheel when you open the door to get out. You're sitting so low down and so horizontally that the steering wheel makes it a little tricky to get out of the car, at least with the steering wheel adjusted the way I like to adjust it. CONCLUSION The next generation Corvette is just around the corner, and it'll have big shoes to fill. For all its performance, the Corvette remains a car that you can drive on the street, which may be one of the big differences between a $50,000 mass produced "exotic" car, and your quarter-million to million dollar very limited production exotics. You wouldn't want to park your F50 at the Piggly Wiggly. The Vette's a dream car for the real world. You can drive on real streets and park in gravel lots and the car is tractable on something other than a speedway. No, you can't carry much groceries, but is this car is for Ted's fantasy, not Sally's. I HAVE DRIVEN THIS FINE CORVETTE FOR 3 DAYS. IT IS A DOCUMENTED 97,000 MILE AUTOMOBILE AND DRIVES AS IT SHOULD. NO LEAKS FROM ENGINE TRANSMISSION OR REAR END. SMOOTH AND POWERFUL. EVERY OPTION WORKS. THE AIR CONDITIONING WILL FREEZE YOU OUT OF THE CAR WHEN SET ON HIGH EVEN ON A 90 DEGREE FLORIDA DAY. WE COULD NOT FIND A COMPARABLE CAR AT ANY OF OUR THREE LOCAL CORVETTE DEALERS BUT A 105,000 BLUE CAR WAS PRICED AT $10,595. THIS CAR NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE WE ARE OFFERING. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THE END OF THE AUCTION, WE HAVE PRICED THE VEHICLE AT $9,550 WITH $399 DELIVERY ANYWHERE IN THE NORTHEAST...OR YOU MY BID WHATEVER YOU FEEL WILL GET THE JOB DONE. CALL RALPH @772.332.9886 AND WE WILL MAKE ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS WITH EBAY AND PAYPAL.Features & Options 4-Wheel Disc Brakes Adjustable Steering Wheel Air Dam Air conditioning Alloy Wheels Anti-lock brakes Automatic Transmission Body Side Moldings Bose Sound System Break-Resistant Glass Cassette player Center Console Climate Control Compass/Temp. Gauge Coolant Temp. Gauge Cruise control Cup Holders Digital Clock Digital Instruments Driver airbag Dual Exhaust Dual Power Mirrors Floor Mats Front Bucket Seats Interior Hood Release Interval Wipers Keyless Entry Leather Steering Wheel Leather Upholstery Leather seats Map Light Multi Fuel Injected Passenger Climate Control Passenger airbag Power Antenna Power Brakes Power Lumbar Support Power Mirrors Power Steering Power Trunk Power locks Power seats Power windows Premium Sound System Radial tires Rear Defroster Rear-Wheel Drive Reclining Bucket Seats Remote Fuel Door Remote Trunk Lid Sport Steering Wheel Tachometer Third Brake Light Tilt Steering Column Tinted Glass Traction Control Trip Odometer V-Style Engine Vanity Mirror(s)Photo GalleryAdditional InformationWarrantyAS IS - NO WARRANTY This vehicle is being sold as is, where is with no warranty, expressed written or implied. The seller shall not be responsible for the correct description, authenticity, genuineness, or defects herein, and makes no warranty in connection therewith. No allowance or set aside will be made on account of any incorrectness, imperfection, defect or damage. Any descriptions or representations are for identification purposes only and are not to be construed as a warranty of any type. It is the responsibility of the buyer to have thoroughly inspected the vehicle, and to have satisfied himself or herself as to the condition and value and to bid based upon that judgement solely. The seller shall and will make every reasonable effort to disclose any known defects associated with this vehicle at the buyer's request prior to the close of sale. Seller assumes no responsibility for any repairs regardless of any oral statements about the vehicle.About Us WE ARE DEALER TRADES, A NEW CAR DEALER WHOLESALER. OUR PRIMARY BUSINESS IS ASSISTING NEW CAR FRANCHISED DEALERS KEEP THEIR INVENTORY UNDER 60 DAYS OF AGE. MANY OF OUR DEALERS ARE OWNED BY PUBLIC COMPANIES WHO REQUIRE A 60 DAY TURNOVER TO PROVE TO THEIR SHAREHOLDERS THAT THE VALUES OF THEIR INVENTORIES ARE REALISTIC AND NOT BLOATED BY AGE OR MISTAKE. THESE DEALERS ARE CURRENTLY SPENDING $800- $1,500 TO PREPARE CARS FOR RETAIL. THIS MEANS THE DEALER AT 60 DAYS HAS TO TAKE THE CAR TO AUCTION WHERE HE GENERALLY LOSES THIS REPAIR MONEY, PLUS THE COST OF MANPOWER, TRANSPORTATION, ANY DAMAGES AND WHOLESALE LOSS. I HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM WHEREBY THE DEALERS REDUCE THESE LOSSES BY OVER 50%. THIS SYSTEM ALSO GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY THE CHERRY PICK A FEW NICE CARS EACH MONTH OUT OF THE OVER 500 UNITS THESE MAJOR DEALERS WHOLESALE. WE HAVE ALMOST NO OVERHEAD AS WE SUBLET ALL RECONDITIONING AND REPAIRS. OUR WAREHOUSE IS NOT FANCY BUT RATHER DESIGNED FOR SECURITY. THERE IS NO ADVERTISING AS WE SELL ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON EBAY. LASTLY, THERE IS NO SALES COMMISSIONS AS THERE IS SARAH, MY ELEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SWEET TEA OUR DALMATION PUPPY AND MYSELF. WE ALWAYS TRY TO OFFER THE BEST COMBINATION OF PRICE AND VALUE. WE NEVER FORGET THAT OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ENTIRELY ON YOUR SATISFACTION. DAD 772.332.9886 CELLULAR PHONE DAILY 10AM-7PM WAREHOUSE HOURS: MON-THUR 10 AM-4PMTerms & Conditions 3. Winning bidder shall place a NON REFUNDABLE $750 partial payment through PayPal immediately at the conclusion of the auction. 4. DEALER TRADES WILL SEND YOU A FORM FOR BILLING THE VEHICLE AS YOU WANT IT WITHIN 24 HOURS, ATTACHED TO YOUR PAYPAL PARTIAL PAYMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The balance of payment and the pick up of the vehicle shall be within 7 days of auction bidding end. 5. We can make indoor secure storage arrangements if you need more time @ $6.00 DAILY. Thank you for your understanding. WE SELL OUR MOST VEHICLES WITHOUT RESERVE! THE ONLY WAY WE MAKE PROFIT IS THROUGH FAST TURNOVER AND PAYMENT. 6. If no contact is made within 24 hours we reserve the right to re-list the vehicle, sell it to the next high bidder, or sell it otherwise and take action against the bidder for loss. 7. WE ACCEPT CASH IN PERSON OR CASHIERS CHECK FOR COD. ADD 2.75% TO THE AMOUNT IF YOU WISH TO USE PAYPAL for the balance AS THAT IS THE COST TO US. Many banks and credit unions do not finance vehicles older than 10 years or with more than 100K miles. Make sure if financing that your financial institution accepts the year and miles of this vehicle before bidding. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ARRANGED YOUR FINANCING BEFORE BIDDING!Buyer is totally responsible for any INSPECTION PRIOR TO PURCHASE, and pickup or shipping of this vehicle. PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL INSPECT AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT DELIVERY. WE ASK YOU TO PLACE FEEDBACK FOR THE TIME OF CLOSING AFTER YOU FIND THE VEHICLE SATISFACTORY. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED: WE WANT ALL OUR CUSTOMERS TO BE SATISFIED. IF YOU PURCHASE AND WE SHIP A VEHICLE WITHOUT AN INSPECTION AND DO NOT LIKE IT UPON ARRIVAL, NOTIFY DEALER TRADES BY EMAIL WITHIN 24 HOURS, RETURN THE TITLE WORK BY REGISTERED MAIL AND SHIP THE PRE-VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER TRADES, TO ARRIVE AT DEALER TRADES NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS FROM THE END OF THE AUCTION AND WE WILL REIMBURSE THE FULL AUCTION BID PRICE LESS $447 WHICH IS OUR COST TO RE-FLOOR PLAN, RE-CLEAN AND RE-ADVERTISE THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE RELIABLE SHIPPERS AVAILABLE AND CAN USUALLY SAVE YOU MONEY AND DELIVER YOUR VEHICLE DOOR TO DOOR WITHOUT LOADING AND UNLOADING AT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. We WILL deliver to outside shippers within 35 miles for $125. This charge covers our costs for 2 DRIVERS as their warehouses are generally in the worst parts of town and they think nothing of wasting 2-3 hours of our time while they check and inspect the vehicle. I AM A SINGLE DAD WITH A 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SARAH. OUR HOURS ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM. We will gladly pick you up from the Orlando, Sanford or Leesburg, FL airports for inspection or delivery at no charge during THESE business hours MONDAY-FRIDAY 9:AM-4:PM. Other delivery times can be arranged but airport pickup is not possible. We can arrange taxi service to our door. Any questions please call 772.332.9886 before you bid and we will try to resolve your concern. If you are not sure about something, please ask! Do not assume anything not listed is included. It probably is not. We reserve the right to cancel bids for excessive negative feedback. We reserve the right to end the listing if the vehicle is no longer available for sale. Please, do not bid on this auction unless you are serious about owning this vehicle. All non-paying high bidders will be reported to eBay, and negative feedback will be posted. New Florida and Federal Laws are in place regarding electronic purchases. IF YOU HAVE EVER DEALT WITH THE IRS, YOU DO NOT WANT TO FOOL WITH THE GOVERNMENT. PLEASE ONLY BID WHAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY. MOST OF OUR AUCTIONS ARE NO RESERVE WHICH IS A BUYER FRIENDLY AUCTION. DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE YOU BID AS YOUR BID IS A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE! REMEMBER, THESE ARE PRE-OWNED CARS BEING SOLD AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION. AS THE OLD SAYING GOES "IF THE CAR BREAKS IN HALF AFTER YOU BUY, WE GUARANTEE YOU OWN BOTH HALVES! GET A WRITTEN CARCHEX.COM! If you have any questions or comments, please call Dad @772.332.9886. WE NEVER FORGET THAT YOUR SATISFACTION IS WHAT HAS BUILT OUR BUSINESS. THANK YOU. SARAH and DAD AND SWEET TEA, THE DALMATION PUPPY.Fee and Tax Information: 1.Dealer Fee of $399.00 is added to each FINAL bid. This means if you win a bid at $10,000.00 you would pay a total of $10,399.00. By Florida law, if we charge a dealer fee, we must charge all customers the same, via computer/ in or out of state, dealer or non-dealer. 2. Florida customers pay the Florida sales tax and registration charges. Also, Dealer Trades is required to handle the registration of the vehicle. OUT OF STATE CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE AN EXEMPTION FORM TO AVOID PAYING FLORIDA TAXES. WE WILL PROVIDE ALL THE TITLING DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR YOUR HOME STATE. YOU PAY ONLY YOUR HOME SALES TAX. WE ALSO PROVIDE A 30 DAY TEMPORARY PLATE TO TRANSPORT THE VEHICLE TO YOUR TRUCKING COMPANY SO THAT THE CAR IS LEGAL ON THE HIGHWAY.See our other listingsDisclaimer: This auction is a legally binding contract to buy this vehicle. All vehicles are sold as-is unless otherwise specified. I have done my best to accurately describe this vehicle. 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Corvette Cpe* 97k*Red*60 PIX*AS NU*vs*95*94*93*92*91Year1996MakeChevroletModelCorvetteVIN1G1YY22P4T5101057Stock Number1357Mileage97750TransmissionAutomaticEngine8 Cylinder, 5.7 LExterior ColorRedInterior ColorBlackTitleClear4-Wheel Disc BrakesAdjustable Steering WheelAir DamAir conditioningAlloy WheelsAnti-lock brakesAutomatic TransmissionBody Side MoldingsBose Sound SystemBreak-Resistant GlassCassette playerCenter ConsoleClimate ControlCompass/Temp. GaugeCoolant Temp. GaugeCruise controlCup HoldersDigital ClockDigital InstrumentsDriver airbagDual ExhaustDual Power MirrorsFloor MatsFront Bucket SeatsInterior Hood ReleaseInterval WipersKeyless EntryLeather Steering WheelLeather UpholsteryLeather seatsMap LightMulti Fuel InjectedPassenger Climate ControlPassenger airbagPower AntennaPower BrakesPower Lumbar SupportPower MirrorsPower SteeringPower TrunkPower locksPower seatsPower windowsPremium Sound SystemRadial tiresRear DefrosterRear-Wheel DriveReclining Bucket SeatsRemote Fuel DoorRemote Trunk LidSport Steering WheelTachometerThird Brake LightTilt Steering ColumnTinted GlassTraction ControlTrip OdometerV-Style EngineVanity Mirror(s)
NO RESERVE!
NO RESERVE!
NO RESERVE!
THIS 1996 CHEVROLET CORVETTE WITH 97,000
DOCUMENTED MILES WILL BE SOLD TO THE
HIGHEST AUCTION BIDDER AT THE END OF THE
SALE.
NO IFS!...NO ANDS!...NO BUTS!
THIS 1996 CORVETTE REMOVABLE TARGA
COUPE IS FINISHED IN FIRE ENGINE RED
CLEARCOAT WITH SOFT BLACK REAL LEATHER
BUCKET SEATS. THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR IS
AS SMOOTH AND GLOSSY AS ANY 1996
CORVETTE WE HAVE SEEN. THE OWNERS
HAVE BEEN FASTIDIOUS IN MAINTAINING THIS
PREMIUM MOTOR CAR TO THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS.
THE INTERIOR MATCHES THE CARE RECEIVED
BY THE EXTERIOR. THE LEATHER HIDES STILL
GIVE OFF THE NEW CAR SMELL AND
THE PREMIER CARPETS ARE SOFT AND SPOT
FREE, ALWAYS HAVING BEEN PROTECTED BY
FACTORY FLOOR MATS.
THE ERGONOMIC DASH HAS COMPLETE ROAD
AND SAFETY DISPLAYS WITH EVERY SYSTEM
OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE DASH PANELS,
DOORS AND ACCENTS HAVE A DEEP PETINA
THAT HAS SEEN MANY COATS OF WAX TO
MAINTAIN THE BEAUTY. EVERYTHING ON THIS
CAR HAS BEEN KEPT TO THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS, FROM THE SPOTLESS ENGINE
COMPARTMENT, MOTOR, DRIVE TRAIN RIGHT
DOWN TO THE BRAND NEW COOPER ZEON
RADIAL SPORT TIRES.
EVERY KNOB AND CONTROL OPERATES AS
DESIGNED BY THE FACTORY AND ALL STILL
HAVE THAT NEW VEHICLE RESPONSE. THE
ORIGINAL BOSE RADIO AND SPEAKERS STILL
PUMP OUT CLEAR HIGHS AND RUMBLING LOWS
WITH SPEED SENSOR THAT ADJUSTS THE
SOUND ACCORDING TO THE SPEED OF THE CAR.
PLEASE DO NOT GET THE IDEA THAT THIS IS
ANY ORDINARY AUTOMOBILE JUST BECAUSE
DEALER TRADES IS OFFERING IT AT ABSOLUTE
AUCTION.
WE SELL EVERY CAR ON THAT BASIS TO
ASSURE SALE OF EVERY VEHICLE AT THE MOST
COMPETITIVE PRICE ON THE INTERNET.
WE HAVE TAKEN OVER 50 PICTURES OF THE
VEHICLE FROM EVERY ANGLE ALONG WITH
EXPLANATION OF THE FEATURES.
WE UNDERSTAND IT IS HARD TO PURCHASE A
FINE CAR FROM A LONG DISTANCE AWAY.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A
PREMIUM AUTOMOBILE THAT RUNS, HANDLES
AND LOOKS EXTRAORDINARY WITHOUT
BREAKING THE BANK, BE PREPARED TO FALL
IN LOVE.
THIS BRIEF ROADTEST WILL TELL WHAT THE
EXPERTS THINK OF THIS VEHICLE.
He Said, She Said
Road Test: 1996 Chevrolet Corvette Maybe it's just that after a while, every couple becomes Ted and Sally Forth. (Those of you who don't get this comic strip, which is a definitive documentary of just how much trouble one man can get into and stay married, should holler to the local pressmen.)
Of course, every relationship can be strained when an alluring third party steps in. Curvaceous, responsive, powerful -- what man wouldn't lose his head? And what good spouse wouldn't turn up her cute nose in response?
A Corvette has a way of evoking strong reactions. Even though this 12-year-old shape is familiar by now, a bright white Corvette still gathers crowds in sunlit parking lots. Exterior styling, of course, rates a Full Linda Blair. "It does look sleek. It does look 'race car,'" noted the Splendid Co-Driver. I prefer the original flat tail to the ZR1 style rounded version that all Corvettes now have, but we don't get to make those decisions. Getting to design Corvettes for a living would be much too idyllic for this existence. Besides, I'm sure certain of my acquaintance prefer the tail I had twelve years ago, too.
THE SC-D: The back end looks like a Corvette's back end. What more can one say to an exhaust and a square tight little back end. Actually, it's kind of cute for that matter.
JJ: This is the comment of one who likes tight little back ends.
The Corvette welcomes you, eagerly unlocking its doors as you approach. (A chip in the key fob activates a proximity switch, but it's a nice illusion.) As you slide down and in, the power seat absorbs you as an integral part of the car. As the SC-D said, "The seat doesn't just hug you and say 'hello.' It gets fresh." The Corvette is refreshingly egalitarian in that all the power adjustments available to the driver's seat are also available on the passenger side.
Some of the Corvette's interior pieces, like the center console forward of the glove compartment, are rubberized. This fascinated the SC-D, who thought it might not collect scratches as easily and might stay cleaner looking. I suspect it has something to do with preventing damage from unexpected rain with the top down, but of course only a guy would do that, right?
THE SC-D: "Some of the carpeting materials are of relatively short dense pile that's soft and very nice. Other parts of it, on the inside of the passenger's footwell on the right-hand side is covered with the cheaper stuff that is going to pill and look awful really quickly. Wait a minute, why would the guy who drives this car care whether or not the inside carpeting in the passenger footwell is pilling? Have I lost my mind?"
The same arched, somewhat baroque-looking instrument panel we've noted in previous Corvettes. White on black gauges with orange needles for oil pressure, oil temperature, water temperature and volts, clustered around a digital speedometer with a digital fuel gauge and range to empty with a digital odometer, and waterfall tach skating down the right side. The various system gauges can be displayed digitally in the center of the dash using a button in the center stack. You can also display instantaneous miles per gallon, average miles per gallon, and range remaining with that same display. At night, the instrument lighting is beige or orange on a black background. Needles are the same color as the dials, but stay nonetheless reasonably visible.
On top of all the other electronic wizardry, our tested Corvette had a low tire pressure warning system to tell you when the Michelin extended mobility tires are about to demonstrate their capability to run flat. The Michelin Pilot Sport's are both "handed" and different sizes front and rear, the result being four different tires on the four corners of the car.
Yes, there's an obligatory cupholder, but as the SC-D noted, "The cupholder design seems to indicate that one spends time doing far more exciting things than drinking beverages." There's a center compartment and hidden cubbyholes in the arm rests about the size of two video cassettes. . All in all, one Golden Cupholder. But who cares?
THE SC-D: I'm not prejudiced, but you open this hood and it says, "guy car." The biggest piece of whatever is it that's visible is some huge tubular thing that sucks air off the front. Right away that's tremendously evident. It's just really quite amazing. Colored handles on the dip stick, which is nice, but doesn't go to nearly the same extent as other cars.
JJ: Well, the stylists have clearly been at work here. The cam covers are styled. It is obviously also not an engine you want to work on yourself. In fact, at the moment I can't see any of the spark plugs, much less get to them. But when you flip up the nose of the Corvette, you also see the suspension A-arm and all the gorgeous detail in there. It's a tidy package and more than a little bit race car-like.
THE SC-D: I will have to agree that I do appreciate the design that has gone into covering up all kinds of things and the cam covers and so forth do look very sleek.
JJ: But it is clearly still an engine as opposed to, say, the Infiniti Q45 where everything was just so styled it looked like there was this decorative luggage in the front of the car and had nothing to do with function.
Also, when you flip up the hood, there are interior lights that go on to illuminate the beautiful engine. Vanity, thy name is Corvette.
ON THE ROAD
Jeez, you sit far back in this thing. The nose isn't all that far away, but because you're sitting low and you see so much hood, including the entire width of the hood including the fender ridges and the blisters down the center, you feel like the nose is impossibly out there somewhere. Popping the headlights up actually helps a bit.
It's really got a lot of power. Of course, with the very wide tires, it's hard to crank the steering wheel over much. It's amazing how close you sit to the back of this car. I like the thick rim steering wheel. You can get a good handful of it.
And you need a good grip. A Corvette is a high performance car; the movement of your wrist is translated immediately into lateral G. Yet it's not as rewarding as some other cars, simply because it is so capable. When you go through a corner and the car just sticks and you generate a lot of Gs and you go through the corner very quickly, there's not as much reward there as in a less sticky car where you have to apply correct techniques to corner well or to have fun in the car. Here, the capacity of the car is just so great that almost no matter what you do, you're not getting your limits, you're not challenging yourself as a driver because the car can handle anything you throw at it.
Good line through a corner? We don't need no stinking good line through a corner. Put it anywhere. This car sticks.
With this much grip, even tightly twisting roads pose no challenge. The Corvette chews them up and spits them out. No matter what speed you carry into the corner it seems, even if twice the posted amount, the tires just grip. The car just goes around and as long as you don't bring the power on too suddenly on the exit, you'll make it through just swimmingly.
And you certainly do feel every little ripple and imperfection in the pavement. It's not nearly as harsh as the infamous 84 Corvette, but you know they're there. The sport mode just kicks in the performance mode above a certain speed.
Now a gripe: the freewheeling. It may well be due to the automatic transmission, but when you get out of the accelerator, the car does not slow down very quickly. Because it is so responsive in all other axes, one expects it to be that way in deceleration also.
And it is, if you use the powerful brakes. We came over a blind brow in a quick right-left and discovered a mail truck pulling out into the middle of the second apex. In a lot of cars, this would be a crisis of the first order. In the Corvette, you just plant your foot a little farther to the left. The brakes haul it down so suddenly that one must be very careful. The guy behind you can't stop that fast, and he probably doesn't expect that you can stop that fast, so you need to be very conscious about following traffic in this car.
THE SC-D: I feel like I'm driving something in a comic book, it has such a long nose. It's very strange. I'm on a curvy road and driving cautiously at slow speed to get a really good sense of the feel of the car. In some ways I have to agree that the sense of satisfaction from driving skillfully is fairly minimal because the car's got sort of power and stick that protect you from doing anything interesting.
This car is too big for me to enjoy driving and I don't know whether that's a boy thing or what, but it feels like it has too much body in front and it's too wide and it doesn't feel nimble enough and I'm not having a fun time with this car. It's very big and it wants to be very showoffy and it wants to be what it wants to be and it's not very interested in my inputs. It's tolerating my existence.
It's such a boy car. I do not psychically understand this car. It's a fine car to be riding around in while some big strong guy who's plugged into this car is having a lovely time showing it off to his splendid beau, but this isn't a car that speaks to me.
JJ: Tell me that part about the big strong guy again.
THE SC-D: The reason why I like being driven around in this car is that it conveys an important message. This here must be one hot babe with a hot guy who drives this hot car which is to display her around in it. This I can handle.
JJ: But one, at least this male one, looks for reasons to drive the car. Going to the grocery store? Honey, taking the Corvette. Going for a haircut? Honey, taking the Corvette. Going down to the home improvement warehouse to pick up some wallboard? Honey, taking the Corvette. We'll arrange for delivery.
The radio in this car has a feature we've long thought car radios should have. The faster you go -- which is to say the louder the noise around you and the buffeting in the cockpit -- the louder the radio gets. When you slow down for a light, the radio quiets so you're not blasting the people next to you with the same volume you needed at speed.
It's very easy to create highway room in the Corvette. If you need to be ahead of the guy next to you, just a gentle squeeze of the right foot will add 10 mph in no time at all and you can move over where you need to be.
How fast can the Corvette go? We went to our favorite unpatrolled straight line nonpublic road and nailed it. And, frankly, we ran out of road long before we ran out of engine and we ran out of engine at over 100 MPH. It's no surprise that this car goes over 100, but boy it got there fast and there was plenty left. And yes, you can light up the tires on the Corvette, although the traction control kicks the throttle pedal back at you when you try.
There's no reason for the power seats in the Corvette to have one of those 2-button position memories, because if you have one of these cars, you're not going to let anybody else drive it. And, based on the SC-D's comments, they might not want to drive it.
THE SC-D: This isn't a car that a guy buys to share with his spouse. It is a car that he buys to catch the spouse. And once he catches the spouse there is no way he is going to let her drive it anyway so there.
JJ: When it's time to think about fueling the Corvette a little notice comes up on the panel that says Reserve. We got right around 20 miles a gallon in mixed driving, and not too bad for the amount of performance you get from this vehicle. Fifty-five miles an hour is 1500 RPM. This car ain't hardly working.
The windshield wipers leave a pronounced widow's peak more than halfway down the windshield.
The B pillar isn't so bad on the right side, although you can lose a car back there, but on the left side it's rather poor and not amenable to being eliminated by mirror adjustment.
One thing that would be useful, given where you sit in the Corvette , is the device we saw on the Acura RL that swings up the steering wheel when you open the door to get out. You're sitting so low down and so horizontally that the steering wheel makes it a little tricky to get out of the car, at least with the steering wheel adjusted the way I like to adjust it.
CONCLUSION
The next generation Corvette is just around the corner, and it'll have big shoes to fill. For all its performance, the Corvette remains a car that you can drive on the street, which may be one of the big differences between a $50,000 mass produced "exotic" car, and your quarter-million to million dollar very limited production exotics. You wouldn't want to park your F50 at the Piggly Wiggly. The Vette's a dream car for the real world. You can drive on real streets and park in gravel lots and the car is tractable on something other than a speedway. No, you can't carry much groceries, but is this car is for Ted's fantasy, not Sally's.
I HAVE DRIVEN THIS FINE CORVETTE FOR 3 DAYS.
IT IS A DOCUMENTED 97,000 MILE AUTOMOBILE
AND DRIVES AS IT SHOULD.
NO LEAKS FROM ENGINE TRANSMISSION OR REAR
END. SMOOTH AND POWERFUL. EVERY OPTION
WORKS. THE AIR CONDITIONING WILL FREEZE YOU
OUT OF THE CAR WHEN SET ON HIGH EVEN ON A 90
DEGREE FLORIDA DAY.
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