Originally Posted by Patsgarage

I have never been a Ford guy, but the way GM is going I might not have much of a choice in the future. That is not good news about their fit and finish, however.
As far as the plastic oil pans go, I was amazed the first time I saw one as well. My brothers GTI has one, and VW puts them on every Jetta/Golf so it must work for them.

Originally Posted by FAUEE

I don't take something VW does as necessarily "a good idea" haha. But beyond that, there's a big of a different use case between a GTI or Jetta and an F150 or Explorer. A lot less likely to run over rocks or debris in a Jetta or gti than a truck or suv...

Originally Posted by PoloGreen’95

Hey Linus, glad you are looking into getting a C4. If you are looking for a cheap performance car you really can’t get a lower price for the same or better performance. While I do really like some of the earlier C4s, when shopping I limited my search to 1992 or later. If reliability is your worry I would search for later C4s as well, the newer the less likely for problems was my theory. However, maybe some guys on here will tell you that an 80s C4 is equally reliable despite its age, I am not sure. Also by the end of the C4’s run GM was able to create a car with less bugs than before making a car that is easier to own. I too wanted something cheap but not something I had to dump time and money into fixing. I settled on the ‘95-‘96 because it had an upgraded version of the commonly faulty “opti-spark distributor” that was found on the LT-1 engine cars that started in 1992. I felt that a mix between fixes like this and the car being newer would be best for reliability. I ended up not choosing the ‘96 because in 1996 OBD II was started on cars meaning ‘96 cars would not be able to share some major parts such as transmissions with other C4s. That being said I wanted parts to be cheap if something had to go. I got my 1995 a couple months ago and I love it. It was very well taken care of and had less than 40k miles. I drive it as much as I can and I so far only needed to do brakes. I will end with saying that I disagree with what one of the other responders said. He said that most minivans can keep up with a C4 in a drag race. That is entirely false. LT-1 C4s have 0-60 times around 5 seconds which was extremely competitive for the 90s but still a ton of fun today. You will have a great time in one of these cars and they still feel pretty quick. Maybe not in comparison to a C5z or a C7 but I have a feeling you will be proud to own one. Feel free to contact me with any more questions about your search.

Originally Posted by puterami

Since you are DeepSouth and thinking of going to Nashville, I'm 1.5 hours before there. Feel free to talk about stopping in and driving my 96 coupe. But, it's an auto, so...