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The C5 generation was only around for eight years (1997-2004) and during that time Chevrolet offered a number of different body and engine configurations. We’ve seen websites like Hagerty and MotorTrend tout the ownership benefits of the C5 Corvette as it offers outstanding performance for the price, and we think it makes a great starter Corvette for those looking to break into the hobby but don’t have the money to spend on a new C8.
As more and more people are becoming first time C5 owners, this may be a great time to offer a refresher on some of the valuable tips and tricks that have been known but were perhaps forgotten over the years as owners moved on to later models. Of course, you could always read the manual, but watching a video is much easier!
Toys4Life C5 is a YouTube channel that has all kinds of great C5 and C6 content on it and many of a technical nature to boot. He has just put out a video with 10 Useful C5 Secrets as he calls them, and there were some pretty good topics covered. After watching the video, I read through the comments and there were more than a few who learned a thing or two about their C5 Corvettes, including how to open the rear hatch when the car is running.
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If you have a C5 Corvette or just want to learn about some of the cool things that these Corvettes can do, give it a watch!
From Toys4Life C5 via YouTube
The C5 has many Secrets that are not widely known – perhaps as many as 50! In this video, I will go through the Top 10 Secrets of the C5 – that are actually USEFUL!
Source:
Toys4Life C5
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The “tighten seat belt” hint is something that I learned years ago when I had young children in my cars (not my Corvette). If you put a child’s seat in the back seat of your car (as far as I know, all modern cars do this for all seat belts), you should always pull the seat belt all the way out, latch it, and slowly let it retract. It does the same thing as the video shows and ratchets back into position and stays tight, not allowing any movement at all, which is what you want when strapping in a child’s seat.
I enjoyed watching this video even though I’ve never owned a C5. Two of these are not so secretive secrets that almost all Corvette owners from C4 on should know about: the seat belt cinch button and the service parts identification label. I learned that stuff the first day when I bought a used 84 in 1985.
I just take my VIN number to the parts counter at the Chevy dealer and they print out a full report on the car with all options where it was built etc. I have done this on my last three Corvettes, they have never charged me either. My C6 seat belts tighten automatically when ever you stop faster then normal.
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