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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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I don't know the exact number of 1984-1988 Vettes that were built, but I understand that there were a bunch of them. My question now is.........where the heck are they all at? I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road. I do alot of driving, so I would think I would see one once in awhile. All the other years seem to be around on the roads, just not the early C4's. Where are you guys at?
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 11:12 PM
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Some of 'em are hangin' out in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas.......come on down for a visit.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 11:26 PM
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I drive my 87 vette every day since I bought it in 1989. Don't forget that these cars are 20+ years old. Think about how many other 20 year old cars you see on the road.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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Mines in the garage sleeping most the time ?
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 02:17 AM
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85 here. Drive mine almost every day here in the PNW.

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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 02:44 AM
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shes sittin on a trailer still
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 03:50 AM
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My 84s sitting under a car cover rotting away.Id like to sell it but thats not going to happen...........so it rots.
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by corvettedan22
Mines in the garage sleeping most the time ?
Mine is also. It is only an occasional driver, as we have two other cars. Since we have collectors insurance, we are limited in how many miles we can put on it.

It will turn up at some shows in the near future.
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Originally Posted by Greg0u812
Some of 'em are hangin' out in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas.......come on down for a visit.
Over here in Abilene Tx. we drive our 87 vert. and 88 coupe alot, the 01 vert. not so much.
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Mine's in the garage. It comes out a lot on the weekends.
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 06:42 AM
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Mine is affraid of being out of the garage too but I try to get out about once a week. Here in Michigan it sleeps in the garage all winter.
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Originally Posted by FOURSPEEDVETTE
I don't know the exact number of 1984-1988 Vettes that were built, but I understand that there were a bunch of them. My question now is.........where the heck are they all at? I can't remember the last time I saw one on the road. I do alot of driving, so I would think I would see one once in awhile. All the other years seem to be around on the roads, just not the early C4's. Where are you guys at?
Right here in central florida. only have 23000 on mine.
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by crawfish333
Mine is also. It is only an occasional driver, as we have two other cars. Since we have collectors insurance, we are limited in how many miles we can put on it.

It will turn up at some shows in the near future.
You may want to consider American Collectors. They just uped my annual mileage from 2,500 to 5,000 miles without any price increase. Nice of them to do this for free.
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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My 87 is in the garage getting her beauty sleep. She likes to come out a few nights a week for a drive to the local ice cream establishment and then once in awhile for ride into work on nice days.. Since it is 52 miles round trip to work she doesn’t do it that often, she doesn’t like the heavy traffic. Her favorite trip is the Saturday night cruise in where she can sit and talk to all her other vette girl friends. She gets all dolled up for her Saturday nights so she can sit and talk about how that one looks cheap, that one is being driven by a neighbor when her owner isn’t home. How another one has put on wider tires over the years, the normal vette chatter. It’s funny hearing all the old girls talking about each other.
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Mine comes out of the cocoon every day in nice weather. 50 mile cruise planned for this afternoon.
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Saw one in Wanted the movie
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Sounds like the one day a week is the majority
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Mines in the garage sleeping most the time ?
Me too; only about 1000 miles a year here.
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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I've seen a few around where I live but you can tell these are ones that are in the garage most of the time. If you drive around Monroe/Middletown OH you'll see me as I drive mine about 5000 miles a year.
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