THE POLL WASN'T ABOUT STYLING!

 

well i didnt want to get into the rest of the car

 

i was the one that started the poll. the reason the poll was started where another person said the c3 was by far the worst corvette ever build. i have had a c3 which i still have and a c4 which i personally feel was a peice of crap and sold becuase i got sick of repairing it. i was curiouse how the vett community in a whole felt about each generation and would like to here complaints about all years and reasons.

 

THESE POLLS ARE CRAP

You would not have bought a corvette in the first place if you thought any of them were junk... this is all about personal preference, with doesnt mean crap to anyone else.

I declare a ban on this poll, and he who started it, and he who started any other poll like this is a loser.

(by the way, my personal preferance rates C4's as least desirable.... but again, thats personal preference... shouldnt matter to anyone else.)

 

what the hell is wrong with you. did you escape a mental hospital. i could sit here and list all the crap the broke on my c4 in a 2 year period and i bought it with 65k and sold it with 88k.

for as long as the corvette was built your bound to run into a few that arnt that good and especially since a lot of the corvettes use new parts or features not offered by chevy before. get over it and grow up.

 

I think what Joe means is that these types of polls tend to insight
bad feeling between owners, and they ultimately serve no useful purpose.

It doesn't matter how many miles are on an OLD car ... it will always have old car problems.
Across generations: technology will cure many issues, but also create new ones.
IMO - 84/85 gave a bad name to C4s. I'd like a late C4 vert, myself.

Now, a crappy C5 or C6 ... no excuses there, I guess.
Look at warranty records for C5s ... unbelievable.

 

I too had a bad C4, spent a fortune on fixing it, always breaking down,
however the C4 I have now, and for the past 11 years has given me virtually NO problems, this is why I state that this poll BLOWS!!
You cannot judge an entire generation, and hundreds of thousands of cars because some of them give you fits.

 

Are the records good or bad? Just curious.

 

yess but its a poll and nothing more then that. and what this poll is, is a group of people personal opinions about a car. i think this is a sore poll becuase if people feel that there generation is up top in means its a bigger peice of crap then the ford pinto. this isnt the case its a poll and nothing more and each generation had there strong points as stated before. the c4 might have been plaged with problems but it made me feel like i was in a jet fighter and technolgy wise made the c3 look are like an antique. on the other hand alot of people will tell you the c3 is the best looking. c1 and c2 porbly be the most valuble. and as i stated in the poll its generlised to a generation becuase it would be to hard to break it up any other way i relise some years are worse then others in a given generation. again its just a poll to see how the vett community feels in a whole about a given generation towards the quality of a generation.

 

Mostly here-say on my part, but I do have one data point to quote.
I'm sure I can get many more from my friend at Hillcrest Chevy.
Here is the waranty history of a C5 that a friend of a friend was considering (snipped from email) :


>I suggested that he check out the C5 forum, and someone posted this info
>based on the VIN:
>VEHICLE INFORMATION
>Merchandising Model : 1YY07 -1998 CORVETTE COUPE Warranty Start Date :
>11/13/1997
>BARS Order Type : 70 - RETAIL - STOCK
>Delivering Dealer : WALTER EARL CHEVROLET, INC.
>PO BOX 609
>BRIDGEWATER , MA 02324-0609
>(508) 697-6000
>
>
>
>CLAIM HISTORY
>R.O Date R.O Number Type Labor Operation Odometer Reading
>08/02/2004 259697 # V1153 - 04006 - INSTALL HARNESS KIT - AUTOMATICS ONLY
>75706 miles
>09/10/2001 055145 # F1530 - SHAFT, AXLE - REAR AXLE - RIGHT - REPLACE 51000
>miles
>09/10/2001 055145 # Z5001 - VIP FREIGHT/POSTAGE REIMBURESEMENT 51000 miles
>09/10/2001 055145 # V0505 - INSPECT LAP BELT RETRACTORS,INSTALL WEBBING
>GUIDES 51000 miles
>09/10/2001 055145 # L2300 - CONVERTER, OXIDATION CATALYTIC - REPLACE 51000
>miles
>09/10/2001 055145 # Z5000 - DEALER/RETAILER TRADE(PART OBTAINED LOCALLY)
>51000 miles
>01/15/2001 044402 # R0911 - GRILLE, RADIO SPEAKER - FRONT - LEFT - R&R OR
>REPLACE 43420 miles
>01/15/2001 044402 # Z5001 - VIP FREIGHT/POSTAGE REIMBURESEMENT 43420 miles
>12/14/2000 043239 # R0941 - SPEAKER, RADIO - I/P OR WINDSHIELD PILLAR -
>LEFT - REPLACE 42653 miles
>10/11/2000 040125 # C0660 - GLASS, BACK WINDOW - REPLACE 41139 miles
>10/11/2000 040125 # L2591 - MUFFLER - DUAL - LEFT - REPLACE 41139 miles
>07/25/2000 036489 # R0753 - RECEIVER, RADIO - MOBILE ESC CANADA - REMOVE AND
>REPAIR 39152 miles
>07/20/2000 036234 # R0752 38908 miles
>01/20/2000 027645 # E7100 - HORN CONTACT AND/OR CANCELING CAM - REPLACE
>31933 miles
>11/12/1999 024889 # L1200 - SENDER AND/OR PUMP ASSEMBLY, FUEL (TANK UNIT) -
>REPLACE 30436 miles
>11/12/1999 024889 # T2020 - TOWING 30436 miles
>09/13/1999 022072 # E7501 - LOCKING PARTS, RACK/SECTOR/LOCK BOLT/ACTUATOR
>ROD, STEERIN 28592 miles
>09/13/1999 022072 # T2020 - TOWING 28592 miles
>07/20/1999 019293 # N0686 - PARK & TURN SIG BULB REPL 25920 miles
>07/20/1999 019293 # J9993 - CUSTOMER CONCERN NOT DUPLICATED 25920 miles
>12/12/1997 309761 # C9021 - BUCKLE, SEATBELT (FRONT) (LEFT) - REPLACE 1257
>miles
>12/01/1997 309223 # R3011 - TRANSMITTER, KEYLESS ENTRY - REPLACE 842 miles
>10/23/1997 A08975 I Z7000 - PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION - BASE TIME 0 miles
>
>
>
>VEHICLE BUILD
>Merchandising Model : 1YY07 -1998 CORVETTE COUPE
>Gross Vehicle Weight Rating : 1687 kg (3720 lb) Order Number : 9759V4
>Build Date : 10/21/1997 Build Plant : 1W5Y - BOWLING GREEN
>OPTION CODES
>AAB - MEMORY PACKAGE AG2 - SIX-WAY PASSENGER POWER SEAT
>AK5 - DRIVER & PASSENGER SUPPLEMENTAL INFLATABLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM AQ9 -
>ADJUSTABLE SPORT LEATHER BUCKET
>BGR - BOWLING GREEN PLANT B34 - COLOR-KEYED FRONT FLOOR MATS, CARPETED
>INSERTS
>B84 - BODY SIDE MOLDINGS CC3 - TRANSPARENT LIFT-OFF ROOF PANEL
>CJ2 - AIR CONDITIONING-ELECTRONIC DUAL ZONE DL5 - ROADSIDE SERVICE
>INFORMATION DECAL
>DL8 - HEATED REARVIEW MIRRORS D42 - REAR COMPARTMENT CARGO COVER & CARGO NET
>FE1 - SUSPENSION SYSTEM-SOFT RIDE GU2 - REAR AXLE 2.73 RATIO
>IL3 - TRIM INTERIOR DESIGN-AQ9 JL9 - 4-WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM
>K63 - 110 AMP GENERATOR LS1 - 5.7L LITER SFI, V8
>MX0 - 4-SPD. AUTO. TRANS. W/OVERDRIVE M30 - 4 SPEED ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC
>TRANSMISSION WITH OVERDRIVE
>NF2 - FEDERAL EMISSION SYSTEM, TIER 1 NG1 - NEW YORK/MASSACHUSETTS/
>CONNECTICUT EMISSIONS
>NK4 - LEATHER WRAPPED STEERING WHEEL NN5 - EMISSION OVERRIDE CALIFORNIA
>QD4 - STYLED ALUMINUM WHEEL T96 - FOG LAMPS
>UL0 - AM/FM STEREO CASSETTE RADIO UV7 - WINDSHIELD ANTENNA
>UZ6 - QUAD SPEAKER SYSTEM U1S - COMPACT DISC PLAYER, REMOTE
>U52 - ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION VL7 - NEW YORK - STANDARD 5 MPH BUMPER
>IMPACT
>V49 - LICENSE PLATE FRAME V73 - STATEMENT OF VEHICLE CERT.-U.S. /CANADA
>XGG - FRONT TIRE-P245/45ZR17 BW SBR YGH - REAR TIRE-P275/40ZR18 BW SBR
>1AY - STOCK ORDERS PROC OPTION 1SA - OPTION PACKAGE - BASE
>19I - BLACK INTERIOR TRIM 193 - BLACK LEATHER
>70U - TORCH RED
>

 

Holy Crap!

I was curious so I took a quick look on MSN Autos. They have some reliability history for these cars (back to the C4's). Not looking to bash one model year over another, just some interesting info is all..

C5 - http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Re...ette&trimid=-1

C4 (back to 1998) - http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Re...ette&trimid=-1

 

Optispark, forgot about that little gem.

 

What's wrong with optispark? If you live in the southwest they last forever.

 

Its still the best looking Vette out there and it turns more heads,draws more compliments in one day than If I drive my MY Z for a week.Yeah they were down on HP but by 78-80 you could get 220-30hp as much as the early C4s..through about 86-87.

Some of the guys making comments in that poll dont clearly dont know much about the C3 gen.

Somebody said the C3 was worst on horsepower. Id like see some of those guys line up with a L71 or L88 ...hell even through 74 you could get 250hp in a small block or 270hp in a big block with good torque.

 

The way I look at it unless you've owned or at the very least had seat time in every year of whatever vehicle in question (vettes in this situation) nobody opinion means a thing and it always ends up being a my car is better than yours fest.

It does hurt peoples feelings when they hear this year or that is the worst vette ever made and that's the year they own.

It's a waste of time IMHO as is my posting this I guess

 

 

the 3rd gen or 70's turned out some bad hp numbers considering what had come before them i think that was the idea

 

Your right they did, especially considering what they had been..so they were a victim their own success...but they were still probaby the fastest American Car..along with the Pontiac Trans Am...also consider that the C1s...were not that quick until 57-58 with FI...Purely based on the HP issue the 53-56 have to be the worst.Is that sacralige to say that out loud? 225 gross hp..isnt that impressive considering how it was rated.

 

read my post in the other thread

 

I have been told that if it gets wet it is probably toast and expensive to replace.