Originally Posted by 95 Saleen S351

Sorry, I live in CA now. I guess I havn't updated my profile in the past 2 years! Thanks for the heads up.

Originally Posted by Mr. Peabody

My only regret is that I gave my Vega to my B-i-L in 82.

Originally Posted by Mr Mojo

Don't listen to these people, late C4's make awesome daily drivers.

I bought my '95 with 57,000 miles, it now has 127,000. Buying this car saved my truck(It had 191,000).

Actually bottom line, don't just drive one car all the time and the others occasionally, you will destroy them if you neglect them and not driving is the biggest and harshest form of neglect there is.

I rotate between my '95 and my '03 truck, but my '93 only gets driven on Saturday's, mainly due to the fact that it's awful hard to drive in the rain on drag radials and also my wheels are slated for race only, don't want the cops to have another reason.

That being said, any car you drive daily is going to need maintainence and at shorter intervals than those you don't drive.

Buying a '95 or '96 is a real good idea, they were just about perfect since the engineers were given the task in 1992 to make the C4 the best it could be while the C5 was being developed.

Originally Posted by 95 Saleen S351

I am considering getting a 94-96 or so convertible as an around-town car to keep my other two cars in better shape. How is the reliability/durability of these years? Any issues I should look for?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by 95 Saleen S351

Thanks for all the input. Sounds like a mixed bag. I figured I would get a couple wise guy comments on this board, but that's part of why I've been on it so long. My reasoning is as such:

The Saleen, being one of the few 351's built, is extremely rare (especially compared to the tens of thousands of C4's built) and that car is my baby. It's also quite finicky and would not make a good daily even if I didn't care about keeping it in fantastic shape (which would be a damn shame with a rare beast like that). The Lightning I have also had since new and is in perfect shape, without a scratch or dent, but I am now looking for something I can park in crowded parking lots without a concern.

I figured an older Vette (I used to have an '86 L98 with alum heads) would be a good choice. It prolly already has some scratches and the like, it can't be dented because of the fiberglass and hopefully I wouldn't be as **** about a used car with some wear as I am with the Saleen and the SVT. That's also the reason I'm looking for a C4 instead of a C5.

So basically, I have narrowed the search down to a C4 or a brand new Mazdaspeed Miata. As terribly fun as the Miata was to drive, I'm just having trouble getting past the fact that it's still a Miata. I just wanted to see if I am going to have a lot of maintenence woes with the late model C4, as I had a lot with the 86.

Hope that clears it up a bit. I am a high-performance car enthusiast, not just a vette enthusiast, or SVT or what-have-you like many out there are. I like em all.