He bought if from man elderly lady in Pennsylvania. From what I understand, he'd done some work in her house, I think her basement was flooding or something like that. It was parked in the garage unmoved for pretty much its whole life. Her husband bought it before he passed and he'd only driven it a few times from what he was saying. I guess he saw it and they talked about it or something and she ended up selling it to him. He was saying she thought two thousand might have been too much to ask for it.

 

I would take a find like this any day and try go further down but I would not count on it happening on a daily basis.

 

Is this going to be your only car or do you have another to drive in the winter? Have you checked what insurance is going to cost for a 19 yr old male driver? You might be surprised how much of your budget is going to purchase stuff other than the car....if you expect to drive it.

 

When I was 19 I paid 300 bucks a MO th in insurance... On a 2500$ explorer sport... In the mid 00s when everything was like half as expensive as it is now.

I bet insurance for a 19 year old in a vette is 500+ a month.

 

Full coverage or liability? Problem with liability is you aren't covered, just the other party so.....

 

I think I had the most basic of full coverage. 1000 dolaar deductible and stuff. In retrospect, it was dumb cuz I didn't have a grand to pay the deductible lol.

 

Insurance sucks until you need it

 

This guy is 19 and is into c4 Corvettes. That's great! His enthusiasm should be encouraged. Plus a corvette is great motivation to work hard to be able to afford more corvettes and stuff for your corvette. He has a budget of around $4000 to buy a car to enjoy and have fun with. Yes, he is going to have to work on it. That's part of the fun. He may have to hunt down parts that he can afford to make the car better. Also part of the fun. I don't know how long it took him to save up his money to buy his dream car but that's what he's got. There are defiantly good running and driving C4's out there in his price range. He may have to hunt it down though. There are no C4's out there no matter what the price is that won't need something done to them in the near future.

Jarm, buy the best C4 you can find. If you are picking between the Cross Fire and the TPI, I would go for the TPI. If you can up your budget to $5000 you may have an easier time finding a car. If you are going to daily drive it, understand that you will have to work on it and it may leave you setting on the side of the road or in a parking lot, probably more than once. Just enjoy the experience. Get AAA or a friend with access to a trailer. I bought my first C4, a 1985, for $4500 right before I turned 17. It had ripped seats, rotten weather stripping, almost 200,000 miles, and had been sitting under a tree for at least 5 years. It was awesome. I daily drove it for almost 2 years until someone pulled out in front of me on the highway. The next one I got almost a year later was a 1986 4+3 with 70,000 miles. It also had torn seats too. Paid $5500 for it and daily drove it (winter, spring, summer, and fall even in the snow) all the way through collage. I did eventually replace the seats and carpet with ones from mid america. Did it myself, it turned out ok. Learned how to do a lot of other stuff myself too. Fuel injectors, clutch, head gaskets, heater core, etc. My friends and I pretty much still work on cars when we hang out. I've had several of these C4's and have paid between $1800 and $17500 for them. I have had to work on every single one of them. This site is pretty helpful when problems come up. I think it's great that you're into C4's. Out of the C3s, 4's, and 5's I've owned the C4's are my favorite.

Now some pictures. Because this thread needs more pictures.
My first Corvette. The 1985. circa 2003, Spring detail.

The 1986. circa 2007. Post head gasket replacement detail.

 

Save your money and buy a 95 for $8 - $10K that's been owned for a long time and has maintenance records. I mean if its going to be your only vehicle and you have to drive it to work every day.

 

94 convertible 58k mi 4900
Stuff like this pops up in Ca all the time
SAme car on this forum would be listed for over 10
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ws...096648221.html

 

Wow, it already sold. At least I know the "sell it fast" price now.

 

theres a half dozen of sub 100k mi L98 stick cars that are decent shape on there now. Only a few LT1s
As said most are priced 4-7k but arent moving.
One real nice black/grey 85 stick for 3k super clean. High mi but appears to be kept upright. Isnt seeing any takers til the virus things over.

If this keeps up much longer we will be seeing some interesting listings.
90k mi C5 that is super sharp started a 9k and is dropping, surprised it hasnt sold.
Under 100k super nice in/out

 

only a fool sells a c4 cheap

 

Not everyone has your acumen. Maybe that could be your calling. Selling C4s for top dollar and fast.

 

Hah, hey if everyone could get what they ought to be worth.
I dont see anyone paying huge money for a C4 let alone anything else right now with the times we are in.
People are worried about their job, mortgage and basic stuff right now.

 

If he could get me $20000 for my C4, I'd definitely be interested

 

That made me laugh

 

You don't know. Maybe he is more than "armchair quarterbacking"