Hard to get Into?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,151
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From: Opelousas, Lousiana
CI 6-7 & 9 Veteran
I only come in large economy size...
When I first bought my C-4, I had a little trouble getting in and out of it. Now that I am used to getting in on the drivers side, it is no problem at all. It seems more difficult for me to get in on the passenger side, but that could have something to do with the fact that if I am the passenger, then Mrs. C-Fish is the driver. It just ain't natural for my wife and my best girl to be together like that!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Pittsburgh Pirates PA
i am over forty, and still love "climbing" into the car. some special aura about it that is unlike just getting in any car. just a great feeling. only one warning, i try not to get out by using the steering wheel for leverage. i never grab it. i can imagine that would really start to mess up the column after a while.
Advanced
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 92
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From: Columbia Missouri
I read somewhere that the GM engineers had to raise the sills in order to stiffen the body to compensate for the removal of the center beam of the T-top. I find it's easier to get out of if you make a bunch of grunting sounds.
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 210
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From: Helotes TX
You do have to jump over the hobby horse sill to get in but once I am in I am cormfortable (I am 6' 7"). I increased the footroom by removing the brake pedal (automatic) and cutting off the left side so it is shaped like a brake pedal for a manual and installed the manual brake pedal pad. There was no safety issue because the support under the pedal was the same as for the manual pedal. That was 2 years ago and no problems!
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2002
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From: Tx
Ok here is my view. The 01 was easy to get in and out of. The 89 was 
getting in and out of. The 1980 was easy, the 76 is the most comfy car I have ever OWNED. The 1992 Seriously It is not that easy to get in and out of. I love my car but you cant just slip in and slip out of that car with ease.
getting in and out of. The 1980 was easy, the 76 is the most comfy car I have ever OWNED. The 1992 Seriously It is not that easy to get in and out of. I love my car but you cant just slip in and slip out of that car with ease.
Melting Slicks
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From: domesticmisfits.net c4guru.com
Originally Posted by MikeC4
drvn2fast-
OK.....here's a question for ya....how do you think the C6 compares to the C4's looks?
I gotta say, the C6's look sharp, no more headlight bushings to repare, Xenon lights, shrap cut door lines
....be honest now
OK.....here's a question for ya....how do you think the C6 compares to the C4's looks?
I gotta say, the C6's look sharp, no more headlight bushings to repare, Xenon lights, shrap cut door lines
....be honest now
now in my pics i have a torch red )1 vert posted. it belongs to my father. a nice car. on another day i will post pics of them side by side. 
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From: The last place on earth to get cable... Sacramento
Originally Posted by Steel Blue 91
A firend of mine said it best. He traded his 96 for one of the first black C5s in NC. He said he loves to drive the C5 but he misses piloting the C4. You "get into" a C5, you "wear" a C4.
A woman at work traded her 94 in for a 2002.
She said the same thing and drives it daily.