Pretty much. I committed to buy it from a guy, but he wants cash which requires me to move some funds around, and that takes a few days. Hopefully I'll have it next week.
http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/4658703133.html
TL;DR version is I talked to this guy about a month ago. He was cool, he liked me, I was going to go drive the car when life came up. Then I went to drive a C6GS, and got on that kick. He contacted me last week that he really wanted to move the car (bought a house, needs money, etc) and that he wants to deal. I figured I should at least drive a C5 before making up my mind because a cash car with no car payment really intrigues me. So I drove it and found it to pretty much be 90% as awesome as a C6 GS to me (mostly because it's older and can be driven ZFG), and less than half the price. My wife even really liked the car, so no brainer. I got him down to $17.5k, which is on the high side for what I wanted to spend, but the car's in awesome shape, and it's got the colors and features that I want. It also seems like the C5 market has firmed up significantly, and that $17.5 is the best deal I could find on an 02+ car.
I'm going to turn it into a Corvette All-star AKA Baller on a Budget (BOAB) C5 with C6 Z06 shocks, C5Z sway bars, C5Z front spring, C5Z exhaust, and maybe a set of long tubes 4 teh lolz. For less than $20k, I can have a Porsche eater.
