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Old 02-22-2018, 04:04 PM
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Thanks GM.

First they publish a story whining about current Corvette sales, how awesome the 2019 ZR1 is, and how awesome the 1998 C5 was 20 years ago. Oh so nice, please buy.
http://www.superchevy.com/news/1802-...-20-years-ago/

Next bit, oh yeah, look at the 1985 sand box whack-a-doodle! What a fun clown car! Watch us get crazy!
http://www.superchevy.com/news/vette...-sandy-upside/

Old 02-22-2018, 07:18 PM
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I mean if my c4 was as trashed as the one they started with I'd have probably done the same thing. Too much work for no return...

As for the c7, I don't care. People say what they want. I don't like it. Everyone will do what they want. Corvettes are polarizing no matter who is speaking. Why even bother....
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I get what you are saying but I take a different view on the Roadkill Kart. I see it as showing what a pretty damn impressive platform the C4 is. If I remember the episode correctly the Kart kicked *** on the track when they did their original mods.

They hack on everything and don't take the cars or themselves too seriously. I think they just showed how impressive the car was for it's time.
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Track action starts about 10 minutes in.
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I thoroughly enjoy roadkill. A lot of people don't get it but it's just fun in it's purest form.
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I really enjoyed the original tear down by Roadkill, especially when they went for a drive and were hooked by C4 feel.

I'm not pissed at them, rather GM portraying the C4 as a junker plaything. Lookie, they will do skiing! How quaint! Not the rest of the story, how great the base C4 led to all this.

I'm certainly not buying a C7, ever.
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Let 'em have their fun, any publicity is good publicity and those guys have to sell magazines to eat.
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All of that just shows how ahead of it's time the C4 were. the complete engineering of the car
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If it had a stiff frame it would have been a monster. Or at least a t-top
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But for the money, a C4 is prefect for the trailer park clowns from Road Kill.
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Originally Posted by 84 4+3
I thoroughly enjoy roadkill. A lot of people don't get it but it's just fun in it's purest form.
Liked the roadkill series also, dont know if anyone else used to buy 3-400 dollar cars take em to the desert and derby them til they died.
Good times.
Remember there was a lot of speculation when the C4 came out it was a completely different car. Neighbor bought a new vette every year his 85 was his favorite. Fuel injection was a mystery back then

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