The clean lines, and the subtle style of the C4 is going to be classic corvette 25 years from now. It will go down as one of the best looking cars ever. It has a clean, ready to explode, no flash, all business look to it. :auto:

 

My 90 C4 is often stared at for as long as someone is near
me. If I stop at a coffee shop I receive many compliments.
Driving on the California highways people pass me to get
a look at the front.

In my mind the C4 has the best appearance. Sleek, sexy and
very nice lines. I can afford a new C5 or C6 and would appreciate
the additional power and latest technology. However, these
just mentioned models are not sporty looking to me.....they are
wonderful cars but not for me........

:seeya

:auto:

 

"but they were listening to a radio station that I listen to and sometimes chicks who like that station will flash you if you got their bumper sticker on"

Tom Licus show perhaps? flash friday baby-turn them headlights on!

 

Ah yes, that story reminds me of a similar thing that happened to my car last summer. I was cruising down this four lane boulevard street on the river front in our city, you know, two lanes each side bricked and landscaped boulevard median down the middle with pedestrian crossings each block. Downtown on one side, river overlook on the other w/ very wide bricked sidewalk. Lots of street lights overhead. Riverboat casino boarding pavillion complex w/ bar & restaurants further up the boulevard with some colored neon lighting, etc., and the casino's hotel on the other side of the street. Popular local bar w/ bands next to the casino hotel and on warm weekend nights the Harley davidson crowd gathers there, bikes shined up and showcased. Okay, so I'm tooling down this boulevard last summer on a weekend night, top down on the 'vert, and earlier that day I had done a detail job on her. The neon and street lights were reflecting nicely on her, dancing accross her skin in an almost carressing manner as I cruised lazily, slowly past a newer model Chevrolet Tahoe XL (or was it a Suburban?) that was in the righthand lane of travel. Its full of kids in the back, 14, maybe 15 years old, and must have been their older brother and his sister or gf up front. They speed up to pace along side me and I hear one of the boys in the back say to his buddy, "Hey <insert forgotten name here>, check out this car by us!" Then I hear "SWEEEET!" ring out, and they're eyeballing my '95 as she glides along side of them. Alas, I hear one of them reply, "What is it!?...", as if they have spotted some not often seen exotic. I wanted to let them know the proud nameplate she bears, but they made a righthand turn into the museum of arts and sciences lot, where I suspect they were to meet up with others of their ilk :cheers:


[Modified by Lone Ranger, 10:08 PM 3/13/2004]

 

Hang on to those C4's, with that huge footprint, they are very sinister and foriegn to that young generation. My nephew is 14 and uncle Rich has the badest car in the family tree, can't wait till he's 16 and he can take her for a ride! These monsters will get chicks 20 years from now.

 

Well, I like em all. But for some reason, the sports car era of the C4 just seemed a lot more exciting to me. The Supras, 300ZXs and RX7s were all cars that I fell in love with. The sports cars in that era just seemed tohave it. However, I must admit, this sports car era is pretty damn good too with the cars that you just mentioned.

 

Nope. 96.7 KCAL Rocks!

 

Well said! :thumbs: :cool: :cheers: :cheers:

 

That's fine. But it really wasn't the point. And he was just joking.
Umm, no. I love my C4 even if the chick don't so much anymore. Plus the Mini is a front wheel drive 4-cyl. :smash: Not for me...
That's fine with me, I can deal. But would you please STOP YELLING!!!!! :p:

:cheers:

 

Don't sweat it.. if it's not the "latest and greatest" most girls don't have a clue. I remember my best friend in HS told some girls about his dads vette.. they ended up coming over to his house later and we showed off his dads Vette.. they all had the :nonod: look on thier face when we took the car cover off.. their only remark was, "Oh, it's an OLD one.."

It is an all original, original owner 63 Split in Gold condition. :smash:

 

Well, you got me drooling! :D :cool:

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Oh, I remembered a few things she DID LIKE about the vette :eek: :D She really liked the huge glass hatch that wrapped all the way around (art students like glass :thumbs: ). Also she commented on the clam shell hood and the fact that the engine "went all the way from tire to tire" :D

:thumbs: :cheers: :cool:

 

its funny to hear my sisters friends when they find out i have a vett. "Oh you have a corvette? is it fast? my boyfriend has a fast car. its an acura integra, he has done some stuff to it. you guys should race!"

LMOA Ill save my gas thank you!

 

The mini Cooper, man that's been around a long time. Hot ad's maybe brought it back. I remember in the early 70's seeing the my first Honda Accord (they only made motorcycles before that) and it was that size or smaller of a Cooper. I said it it finds the wrong pot hole it will disappear and never be found again. Bicycle tires are bigger then those on that car.

Back in the day there was only muscle cars and sports cars that the young wanted. There was no rice cars or so few. The prices were within reasonable reach of the young generation for power and so was gas and insurance until Ralph Nader. Today the Corvettes for the most part are not, except older versions but the newer ones at their prices no way unless you want huge debt. That's what most see in ad's new ones so they know they aren't going to get it. So they go with the tricked out cars. Most of them are asian and that's what they see. My nephew knows about Corvettes and muslce cars most likely from me because of the cars I had and the books and stuff. I ask him what he likes and his friends as they are going on 16 and he says the rice cars. They like all the stuff on there, hey that's the way it is.

Most (and said most) of the New Corvettes are the 45 and older crowd. Look who can afford them at 50-60K. Same thing with Harley's. Most likely a lot of those girls dad's or relatives have them so they associate that with them. They see all of their friends with rice cars and asian bikes.

 

"Fly slimmies, that cars dope, game on".
Wats up wit dat? Ghetto rap?
Fly slimmies, = goofy teens with a wieght problem? Or worse yet flighty chicks on crank?
Cars on dope, = a pimp ride carring drugs? Or maybe the drivers under the influence of glue?
Game on, = Radio Shack commerical?
What ever happened to rapping to the fuzz can you dig it?
Don't mean to diss the bro's but???????????

 

I get looks all the time. :confused:
Usually the only ones that say its not pretty are jealous guys. :confused:

 

Must have been young girls :confused: The MCS is nice but compared to a Vette....Please
I guess if you had a Riced out Honda civic with a fartcan on it it would have been all :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: .......please.
Your Vette is fine just the company is not.
Post a pic of this girl that said your vette is "plain" and let us give our opinon of her. Bet she is "plain" too :lol:
On the other hand I do get different looks with my 01 MR2 Spyder then I do with the Vette.

In summing this up as I always say "to each his own".

 

Are you sure she didn't say "Looks pretty PHAT"? That would be a compliment dude. :lol:

It all comes down to the nut behind the steering wheel. Chicks like cute, fresh designs like the Cooper. Heck, I like the Cooper too! It just looks like a death trap to me. I guarantee even an old '60s-era Cooper would get the same attention if it were polished cream puff.

Older Corvettes are fine attention getters. Just don't pull in and expect the same treatment from a crowd that just been "wowed" by a brand new Cooper or a Viper, etc! :eek: :lol:

The response I get is very favorable with me just subtly rolling up with the cam loping and not expecting to let the car do all the work for me. The car is meant to compliment YOU. How ever bitchin your car may be, you have to carry yourself in a way that lets people know that you are the point of attention, and your car is the complimentary afterthought! The C4 is not exactly at the top heap in regard to being a no-questions-asked "babe magnet", but as long as you're confident in the fact that it's the car YOU choose and that YOU love the most, that's what makes it work in your favor.

This is the car I drooled over when I was 16 and just old enough to drive my dad's old Ford pickup to the Chevy dealership to dream. My car is all about how I respect and keep alive my own dreams from my days of (relative) innocence. ;) It's not about trying to flaunt it to women as if I'm the king daddy of cool. If that's the case, there will always be women who dig it, and others who will enjoy spiting you just because it's not a sparkling new 2004 model. If you want to hang diamonds in front of a woman to get guaranteed positive attention, make sure they are the finest available because materialistic gold diggers are finicky about the stuff their bragging rights are made of.

Also take note. GROUPS of women are far more judgemental and vicious than a woman on her own. They have to prove their "standards" to each other. That's one of the ways they establish status amongst themselves.

On the other hand if you want to meet women, pulling up in a clean C4 is an excellent way to make an entrance. The trick is to actually exit the car and put yourself out in front of it so they don't think the car is all you're worth.

If you meet a hottie at the volleyball park who dumps on you the first time some gold-tooth looser pulls up in the latest & greatest vehicle, relish in the sight of her walking away. Chicks like that are not worth the trouble or the time it takes to wax your rod. ;) :lol:

 

Saturday after our clubs detail party, I was driving home on the interstate at a nice rate of speed,when a red Malibu came along side, stayed there for a while, then sped up and cut infront of me. With her long hair blowing out the window, she waved and gave me a thumbs up. Yep, the C4 still draws attention. I could hear Bob Dole saying "easy boy" :lolg:

 

I sit at car shows....and still get compliments all day..even from the C5 guys, also. :D

 

I had a kid do the "Grey Pupon" commercial (aka "Wayne's World") signal to me to roll down my window once, so I did. He yells out of his mom's beater, "Niiiiiiice Vette!" First off, my car wasn't spit shined, and second, this kid looked to be about 13-14. That would make him 5-6 when my car was new. *That's* appreciation of a fine automobile. :flag