Why all the issues?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: San Diego CA
Why all the issues?
Besides the opticrap ditributor in the 92-96 cars, C4's are actually very reliable. Mine has 158k and still runs strong. I worked at Chevrolet for 10 years and use to see C4's come in for regular maintenance. I saw many with over 200k and some with over 300k. These cars were built good and made to beat on.
Racer
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 475
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From: CLAREMONT Ca
I'd have to agree. Like anything else, if you neglect servicing, things will get expensive very quickly with the C4. I'm capable of working on nearly everything on my C4 so I'm not dependent on a shop's rates.
Yes, mine has served me well and extremely reliable. Of course, when I work on her, I do things right.
Honesty, don't know if I'd own this car if it weren't for this forum as I've had much success with everyone's help on this forum.
Yes, mine has served me well and extremely reliable. Of course, when I work on her, I do things right.
Honesty, don't know if I'd own this car if it weren't for this forum as I've had much success with everyone's help on this forum.
Besides the opticrap ditributor in the 92-96 cars, C4's are actually very reliable. Mine has 158k and still runs strong. I worked at Chevrolet for 10 years and use to see C4's come in for regular maintenance. I saw many with over 200k and some with over 300k. These cars were built good and made to beat on.
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Racer
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 475
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From: CLAREMONT Ca
Tom,
You're quite right. Being in tune means you hear, smell, feel, most signs of trouble in a car where most people would not. A six sense if you will.
You're quite right. Being in tune means you hear, smell, feel, most signs of trouble in a car where most people would not. A six sense if you will.
HERE YOU GO...FIXED! 
YOU, are "in tune" with your machine. You have a relationship w/it...and that is awesome.
I think it boils down to: Who is "in touch" with their machinery (you) and who is not (most posters). How many threads have we witnessed where someone drove their car beyond "that point"? -That point where someone attuned to their machine would have noticed something amiss, fixed it promptly (or stopped driving it) and prevented a larger failure? I see these types of threads a lot. People in general, don't know. Aren't "in tune". And why should they be today? Modern cars, those to which most are "adjusted" are appliances. Don't need to hear, smell, feel, etc. Just turn on, throw in "D" and put your hoof into it.
So now JQ Public gets in a 25+ year old 'Vette and wonders why it ______________ (fill in the blank).
YOU, are "in tune" with your machine. You have a relationship w/it...and that is awesome.
I think it boils down to: Who is "in touch" with their machinery (you) and who is not (most posters). How many threads have we witnessed where someone drove their car beyond "that point"? -That point where someone attuned to their machine would have noticed something amiss, fixed it promptly (or stopped driving it) and prevented a larger failure? I see these types of threads a lot. People in general, don't know. Aren't "in tune". And why should they be today? Modern cars, those to which most are "adjusted" are appliances. Don't need to hear, smell, feel, etc. Just turn on, throw in "D" and put your hoof into it.
So now JQ Public gets in a 25+ year old 'Vette and wonders why it ______________ (fill in the blank).
Pro
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From: Fort Myers FL
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Safety Car
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From: Indiana PA
Us former/present mechanic types definitely paid the price in tool investment, long hours, spare time wasted out in the driveway, and maybe crappy pay at times for the ability to make collecting and fixing cars possible on a little disposable income.
I try to help younger people out when they have that blank look about how something works, but man...most of them want instant gratification and are not genuinely interested in understanding how an internal combustion engine actually works. You can lead a horse to water, but I guess I'm saying someone has to really want to do this stuff rather than offhandedly state "I wish I could do this or that".
I try to help younger people out when they have that blank look about how something works, but man...most of them want instant gratification and are not genuinely interested in understanding how an internal combustion engine actually works. You can lead a horse to water, but I guess I'm saying someone has to really want to do this stuff rather than offhandedly state "I wish I could do this or that".
They don't understand it takes years to get "good" at it. You have to love, live it, and breath it.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: SF bay area C.A.
C4 of the Year Finalist
I was helping a young man when I asked him to check the oil and show me the dipstick so he proceeded to try to put the dipstick down the oil filler hole when I showed him what he was doing wrong he laughed it off but I knew it bothered him. I told him we all have to start learning sometime. I myself was always a shade tree mechanic but after I retired [ at 45] I took the total automotive engineering course at a local college from your basic rebuild to smog tech and after a couple years I learned so much more and even got a part time job as a smog tech and repair. Then I got the c4 and thanks to this forum I have learned so much more about it than I ever would have without it. As far as being in touch with my rides we are all one and the same and when one of them is getting sick I can tell right away.
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