Hey guys, here is my story I work in a moving company and I have a friend with a camaro one beautiful day i asked him if i can take a ride in his car and i fell in love with it I am planning on geting a camaro for myself since i just sold my car cuz the transmision was going in it. I am interested in a Z28 what year of the car should I pick and whats the highest milage that I should be looking for I usaly never buy cars with 80k miles or above. Please Help!

Thanks,
Sebastian

 

You should go with a 98-2002 if you are looking at Fourth Gens. Personally I'm not a fan of the earlier style with the LT-1 engine with its known and well documented evil OptiSpark distributor

 

yeah same here. you should go with a 98-2002

 

I agree with the above that the 98-02 is the way to go but I think you will find the 98-02s are a pretty penny compaired to their older brothers. Where is your budget? You want an automatic?

 

4th generation for sure. But judging from your name you are about 20 years old, and you want a z28. So mileage for you shouldn't matter because you are likely going to (and really going to want to) drive the wheels right off of it. You don't want a Camaro to get you from point A to point B, thats what Honda's are for. You want a Camaro so you can get where you're going fast, and in style. So unless you are serious about taking care of your car and not beating it up, i wouldn't shy away from buying one that has 100k miles on it. That leaves AT LEAST a solid 50k miles that you can lay down with little problems.

 

Yes I'm 20 but that dosen't mean I wanna beat up my camaro I always love muscle cars and I could never get one. I want a car that I can care for and make my 2nd Girlfriend. cuz i was depandant on my mom and she decided it was the best to pick a car that she likes. I am also wondering if i should get manual or automatic and what would be a diffrence in them while considering power MPG preformence and all the other good stuff.

 

look over the body styles and if you like the ls body then a 98 up is what you will want, not alot of differences in the years. if you like the lt1 body then try to find a 96 or 97. you would want to stick to your way and try to find one in the 80 to 100k miles range. if well cared for the 4th gens will go over 200k miles. the opti can be a pain but if they are replaced with a oem gm performance opti they go between 60 and 120k miles before needing a replacement. the manual 6 speed will get more mpg.

 

Ive got an automatic v6 3.8 andi get right around 30 mpg on the highway, going 75.

 

Im thinking about spending 5-6k on a car thats about right after what i make in the summer. any good website or places from which i should get a car? And the transmision type dosen't really matter to me.

 

Finding a nice 80K 98-02 LS1 for 6k will be tuff. The manual trans sell for a good bit more then the automatics. Look around your area. I know in my area a 80K 98 automatic would go for about 7.5-8K retail. Even at a dealer auction they can bring 5.5-6K