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C4 vs C6
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C4 vs C6
I am coming from a C4 (1992). But one thing I really noticed that is vastly improved over the C4, is that the chassis/frame is strong on it's own accord.
I forgot to close the hood on my 2008 yesterday. Drove 5 miles to gas station and back. Didn't even notice it till I got out of the car in the garage.
Try that on a C4 and it'll feel like the car was falling apart. The C4 relied on the hood, and targa top for structural rigidity where the C6 does not.
To Corvette engineers!
I forgot to close the hood on my 2008 yesterday. Drove 5 miles to gas station and back. Didn't even notice it till I got out of the car in the garage.
Try that on a C4 and it'll feel like the car was falling apart. The C4 relied on the hood, and targa top for structural rigidity where the C6 does not.
To Corvette engineers!
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I am coming from a C4 (1992). But one thing I really noticed that is vastly improved over the C4, is that the chassis/frame is strong on it's own accord.
I forgot to close the hood on my 2008 yesterday. Drove 5 miles to gas station and back. Didn't even notice it till I got out of the car in the garage.
Try that on a C4 and it'll feel like the car was falling apart. The C4 relied on the hood, and targa top for structural rigidity where the C6 does not.
To Corvette engineers!
I forgot to close the hood on my 2008 yesterday. Drove 5 miles to gas station and back. Didn't even notice it till I got out of the car in the garage.
Try that on a C4 and it'll feel like the car was falling apart. The C4 relied on the hood, and targa top for structural rigidity where the C6 does not.
To Corvette engineers!
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I moved from 96, this year was much improved interior, dash was 1 piece.
Drove many times with hood open.. mine was a convertible, had an X-brace..
Of course C6 is much much stiffer
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[QUOTE=Valleybacker;1571917775]Aw come on man. The C4 is a great vehicle. I loved mine and if I had the extra money, I'd buy another in a heart beat. The C5 on the other hand I can do with out. (although I'd take one if it was given )[
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This is what I think of the C4
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This is what I think of the C4
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100% I bought my 96 Brand New, & loved every mile I put on it...(51,000 when I sold it) many of them were 1/4 mile at a time... & yes I blew several rear ends, until I changed the Dana 36 to a Dana 44! Then it was fine!My only "Honest" complaint about it was when I drove it with the Top OFF there was a lot of frame or body twist, it drove terrible... so I only had the Top off 2 times in the 12 years I owned it.. both times in the first month!
I did drive it several times with the hood (Clam Shell) lowered but not locked down, & it had no effect on how it handled, only removing the TOP made it drive poorly.
As for my C6 I've had it over a yr now & NEVER had the top off.. maybe I'm gun shy... but on long trips I prefer to have the windows closed... with AC and the radio playing...
Also to remove the top on the C4 was a Royal PIA
with the wrench and trying to screw all 4 corners in.. Maybe the C6 is easier, & I'll give it a try on a nice day...
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My C4..... sadly missed, great car. Skipped the C5, never really like the body style. Thought about the C6 and went back and forth. Then the economy tanked and the deals on a brand spankin new 2009 Z06 were just too good to pass up.
To quote a member from the Z06 forum "Now thats movin up like George and Whezie!"
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100% I bought my 96 Brand New, & loved every mile I put on it...(51,000 when I sold it) many of them were 1/4 mile at a time... & yes I blew several rear ends, until I changed the Dana 36 to a Dana 44! Then it was fine!My only "Honest" complaint about it was when I drove it with the Top OFF there was a lot of frame or body twist, it drove terrible... so I only had the Top off 2 times in the 12 years I owned it.. both times in the first month!
I did drive it several times with the hood (Clam Shell) lowered but not locked down, & it had no effect on how it handled, only removing the TOP made it drive poorly.
As for my C6 I've had it over a yr now & NEVER had the top off.. maybe I'm gun shy... but on long trips I prefer to have the windows closed... with AC and the radio playing...
Also to remove the top on the C4 was a Royal PIA
with the wrench and trying to screw all 4 corners in.. Maybe the C6 is easier, & I'll give it a try on a nice day... C4 was a great car for it's time. One of the only cars from that era that still turns heads.
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I also had a c-4 96. Like many of us I feel it was a good car. Had it been a pig I would never had made the jump to the c-6 I would have gone somewhere else. Boy am I glad the c-4 was good, because the c-6 is GREAT. and comes in LMB
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is it supposed to be a "Preferred Color" ? 
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