c4 getting a bad marks
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 3,119
Likes: 0
From: Eustis Florida
I have an 06 C6. I love the look of the C3, that's my favorite Vette. The C6 is next then the C4. That's just my opinion though.
Truth of the matter is that any Vette is by far superior to anything in it's price class or two notches above it price for the time period it was made. The Vette gets respect from anybody that knows cars, no matter if it's a C1-6.
Truth of the matter is that any Vette is by far superior to anything in it's price class or two notches above it price for the time period it was made. The Vette gets respect from anybody that knows cars, no matter if it's a C1-6.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,240
Likes: 0
From: Cleveland OHIO
Bad marks from who ? Some old pompass *** who doesn't know anything other than what he reads or what his mechanic tells him 
THe C5-C6 is a better car but add 200rwhp to your C4 and you will have all sorts of fun pulling buslengths on C5-C6 owners.
THe C5-C6 is a better car but add 200rwhp to your C4 and you will have all sorts of fun pulling buslengths on C5-C6 owners.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 109
Likes: 0
From: Winter Garden Florida
Yes ,you all make some good points .I have always loved all vette. I did pay for mine in cash. I enjoy my red 84 . I'm 55 years old not sure if I'm considered to be an old fart yet. In ten years when my c4 will be worth some money. I'll have something bad to say about the c5 ,c6 (unlikely).So at least they can wave when they drive by like the others do. Their day will come. Thank you all for your comments. It all turned out very interesting.
Last edited by edlakesider; Dec 13, 2007 at 04:11 PM.
Moderator Emeritus
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 46,133
Likes: 111
From: Maryville Tn
CI 5 thru 12 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '23
NCM Sinkhole Donor
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 145
Likes: 0
From: Morristown TN
My 88 has only 39k on it. There a few little things that need to be done, but nothing major. How much would a C5 cost me? I got this one fairly cheap and it was what I wanted.The price on the C4's will go up as they get older, if for no other reason than the great looking body style. As far as performance goes, I don't plan on running it on the track or do any kind of racing. However, if I am on a 2 lane road and need to pass someone, it will do it with ease. It's a vette. I get a lot of compliments on it and if someone in a C5 or C6 doesn't want to waive at me, no big deal. I always wave regardless of what others are driving. Some people have personalities and others need to get one.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 109
Likes: 0
From: Winter Garden Florida
hey cleveland
go to the front page under the question Wow a c4 for $2800 ? are they that low? I bought my c4 in Lorain and had it trialered down to Florida. That's why my 84 only has 22800
Pro
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 501
Likes: 4
From: Deep in the Heart of Texas
People say to me, "Hey, since you got a new Vette, why don't you sell me your old one".
...I don't think so...
My C4 looks too good and runs too good to sell. It still gets a lot of compliments.
...I don't think so...
My C4 looks too good and runs too good to sell. It still gets a lot of compliments.
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 45,861
Likes: 94
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 9,226
Likes: 9
From: Irvine Ca
Me personally, I am glad that others bag on the C4. I got a 64k Garage queen for $4500 and have been happy as hell for the past 18 months.
let them scoff at my ride. It has been a great purchase and I enjoy popping the Clamshell and tackling anything that tries to go wrong.....
I have the "lowly" '84.....you know what? My kid is getting to be driving age.....I think I'll get another one for him......and another for his younger brother.
Plus with older cars....it's not about value as much is how well do you keep it up. Any old Clean ride gets props. Now if you are driving along spewing motor oil with the paint falling off...that is a different story and may explain a few things.
let them scoff at my ride. It has been a great purchase and I enjoy popping the Clamshell and tackling anything that tries to go wrong.....
I have the "lowly" '84.....you know what? My kid is getting to be driving age.....I think I'll get another one for him......and another for his younger brother.
Plus with older cars....it's not about value as much is how well do you keep it up. Any old Clean ride gets props. Now if you are driving along spewing motor oil with the paint falling off...that is a different story and may explain a few things.
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 45,861
Likes: 94
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
For a start to adding power, supercharger or cam on a L98 that is otherwise stock? Aren't they about the same price?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,240
Likes: 0
From: Cleveland OHIO
For a L98 I would start with the exhaust, do it once and do it right, Longtube headers bullet cats and a good cat back. I would address the intake while doing a heads and cam upgrade. A supercharger is costly and I personally prefer Nitrous over a blower anyways. If you do your own work, and you should this is not rocket science working on a s.b.c. the heads/cam,intake and exhaust could be done for less than the price of the supercharger.
Race Director
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 18,447
Likes: 14
From: Sheboygan Wisconsin
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14
Now this C3 is another story
the 305 "California"
Federal emissions requirements of the 1970s took a big neutering knife to American muscle cars, and no car bled more than the Corvette. The worst of it came in California — dang hippy librels! — where stricter state regs required that the barely adequate 350 cu.-in. smallblock in the 1980 Corvette be replaced with a wholly inadequate 305 V8, putting out 180 hp of pure shame. On top of that, the "California" Corvette sucked its pitiful rivulet of horsepower through the straw of a torque-sapping three-speed automatic transmission. That gave the Corvette — the very totem of hairy-chest, disco machismo — acceleration comparable to a very hot Vespa. These were dark days indeed.
the 305 "California"
Federal emissions requirements of the 1970s took a big neutering knife to American muscle cars, and no car bled more than the Corvette. The worst of it came in California — dang hippy librels! — where stricter state regs required that the barely adequate 350 cu.-in. smallblock in the 1980 Corvette be replaced with a wholly inadequate 305 V8, putting out 180 hp of pure shame. On top of that, the "California" Corvette sucked its pitiful rivulet of horsepower through the straw of a torque-sapping three-speed automatic transmission. That gave the Corvette — the very totem of hairy-chest, disco machismo — acceleration comparable to a very hot Vespa. These were dark days indeed.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 8,991
Likes: 2
From: Hanger 18 Taxachusetts
My 88 has only 39k on it. There a few little things that need to be done, but nothing major. How much would a C5 cost me? I got this one fairly cheap and it was what I wanted.The price on the C4's will go up as they get older, if for no other reason than the great looking body style. As far as performance goes, I don't plan on running it on the track or do any kind of racing. However, if I am on a 2 lane road and need to pass someone, it will do it with ease. It's a vette. I get a lot of compliments on it and if someone in a C5 or C6 doesn't want to waive at me, no big deal. I always wave regardless of what others are driving. Some people have personalities and others need to get one.
I was in a debate in another thread about C5Z prices. Long story short I found the Chevy dealer near me has brand new 08's as low as $39k
So today I checked Kelly Blue Book and NADA on my 94. Looks like trade in on mine is about $9-10k and retail of $13-14k. My point is, in 2001 I only paid $12k for the car. So for the past 6 years I have played with a world class sports car and can sell it for what I paid !! Show me how many C5/6 can do that. Think I'll keep my cheap fun toy 
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 8,581
Likes: 965
From: Communist Colorado
Racer
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 486
Likes: 0
Now this C3 is another story
the 305 "California"
Federal emissions requirements of the 1970s took a big neutering knife to American muscle cars, and no car bled more than the Corvette. The worst of it came in California — dang hippy librels! — where stricter state regs required that the barely adequate 350 cu.-in. smallblock in the 1980 Corvette be replaced with a wholly inadequate 305 V8, putting out 180 hp of pure shame. On top of that, the "California" Corvette sucked its pitiful rivulet of horsepower through the straw of a torque-sapping three-speed automatic transmission. That gave the Corvette — the very totem of hairy-chest, disco machismo — acceleration comparable to a very hot Vespa. These were dark days indeed.
the 305 "California"
Federal emissions requirements of the 1970s took a big neutering knife to American muscle cars, and no car bled more than the Corvette. The worst of it came in California — dang hippy librels! — where stricter state regs required that the barely adequate 350 cu.-in. smallblock in the 1980 Corvette be replaced with a wholly inadequate 305 V8, putting out 180 hp of pure shame. On top of that, the "California" Corvette sucked its pitiful rivulet of horsepower through the straw of a torque-sapping three-speed automatic transmission. That gave the Corvette — the very totem of hairy-chest, disco machismo — acceleration comparable to a very hot Vespa. These were dark days indeed.
Very collectable.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 2,240
Likes: 0
From: Cleveland OHIO
Pop the hood and jaws are going to drop Do you THINK the 305 looks different from the 350 ? You should start colleting them and when the prices go through the roof for 180chp C3s you'll be rich. I know you can sit in front of it in a lounge chair with the glorious 305 behind you and tell everyone how rare it is.
Last edited by wayne lowry; Dec 13, 2007 at 07:14 PM.