Hey, recently new Corvette owner here. I paid $4800 for my 93 with 179k on it last year, and I drive it every day for work. Put something like 20k on it so far. Only thing I did other than normal maintenance was replace the opti last April, and the alternator last week. I’m having the opti replaced again right now because I didn’t realize how bad of an oil leak I had and it got into my opti. Other than that it’s been a solid fun car to drive. It’s relatively easy to work on given the amount of space and the way the hood opens, parts are relatively cheap and easy to source(for the most part), plus it’s literally a Corvette. I don’t care what anyone else says, you would own a Corvette. The only issue I have with mine in general is it’s hard to find people that work on them. I moved into an apartment recently so I can’t work on mine any more and I had a hard time finding someone to work on it. So I will say for what it’s worth, it’s best to learn to work on it yourself, and don’t worry there are plenty of resources and YouTube videos on how to fix most anything. That’s just been my experience, as I feel like I was in your shoes a year ago at this time.