is the C5 timeless?
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"Every Corvette generation is desirable except the C4"?
You should have probably included the words: "In my opinion". Because it's certainly not factual.
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I just purchased my first Vette and after months of contemplating C5/C6 I like the power of the C6 Z06 but kept finding myself drawn to the sleeker styling of the C5. In the end I compromised and bought a Lingenfelter C5.
Now the big thing that dates my car is the cassette player! Didn't they have CDs in 99?
Now the big thing that dates my car is the cassette player! Didn't they have CDs in 99?
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I'm going to say yes. fist time i saw one it hit me as a "what the hell is that, and damn it looks good!"
most other cars are just an improvement over the previous year. those are the ones that don't stand the test of time.
most other cars are just an improvement over the previous year. those are the ones that don't stand the test of time.
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I'm curious, I feel that the C5 styling has aged very well. I would say it is one of the best aging vehicles styling wise from the 90s. When people ask the year of my 98 I always get a reaction like no way its that old. In my opinion the C4 really shows its age. Do you guys feel the C5 will be timeless. Or now that we have a new generation vette, the C5 will start looking out dated?
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I just purchased my first Vette and after months of contemplating C5/C6 I like the power of the C6 Z06 but kept finding myself drawn to the sleeker styling of the C5. In the end I compromised and bought a Lingenfelter C5. Now the big thing that dates my car is the cassette player! Didn't they have CDs in 99?
Now the big thing that dates my car is the cassette player! Didn't they have CDs in 99?
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Hard to say: the owner's manual for my '04 has a section for the AM/FM/cassette radio, but I was under the impression that the single-disc CD head unit was standard that year. My GF has had two nearly identical (and pretty much loaded) Buick LeSabres: the '01 had cassette, the '05 has CD.
CDs have been around since the mid-'80s and "record" stores quit selling cassettes in the early '90s. But I don't think CD players for cars really caught on until the recorder drives for PCs became common, maybe '95-'96?
In any case, swapping out the head unit for something a bit more modern is (or at least can be) cheap and trivially simple. Let the guys at Crutchfield hook you up.
CDs have been around since the mid-'80s and "record" stores quit selling cassettes in the early '90s. But I don't think CD players for cars really caught on until the recorder drives for PCs became common, maybe '95-'96?
In any case, swapping out the head unit for something a bit more modern is (or at least can be) cheap and trivially simple. Let the guys at Crutchfield hook you up.
Last edited by Lee DeRaud; Oct 22, 2013 at 02:21 PM.
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I have a stock CD player in my '98 which I believe came with the Bose stereo package. Surely CD players were available in the '97 as well. I remember buying CDs in the early 90s so I would think in a flagship Chevy that you could get a CD player in a C4 Vette.
*EDIT:*
Apparently the C4 got a CD player in 1990.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...cd-player.html
*EDIT:*
Apparently the C4 got a CD player in 1990.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...cd-player.html
Last edited by 5.3Avalanche; Oct 22, 2013 at 10:06 PM.
