clemson_tiger

Hey guys...I mentioned a few months ago that I was getting a C4 Vette as a daily driver and I've got it and got the new wheels on it and loving it now! 1994 Vette with 83k miles. I drive it round trip 40 miles each day and am loving it. A little bit of a rough ride and hard to get in and out of, but I get 20+mpg and enjoy the looks I get. Thoughts?


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Dingleberry

to each his own...

Newzchspy

I like it!!! The only thing I don't like about the Vette is 1.. The ride (I agree with you on that one) and the 2. Seats 3. You fell like your butt is on the ground when you climb over that big ole door sill and then sit in the car like you're in a tub.

My likes are the infinite "mods" you can make to it. They really do handle well and are very torquey out of the hole. There's a ton of parts out there for the C4 as well.

For all the engineering that Chebby has put into the Vette over the years, they still can't get the seats right. Not a bad DD at all. Oh, and cops love em too!!!

clemson_tiger

Very true what you say...the door sill's are indeed DEEEEP...sort of looked weired the first time I saw them. The thing I love about the car is the handling...best handling car I've ever driven (limited sample size I guess). Its amazing how it handle the curves, and with the 275's up front and the 325's out back it has plenty of rubber on the pavement. The 300hp has great kick out of the box but is horrible when punching it at speed.

All in all, fun car to drive.

jturkel

looks super clean. and i love the rims. enjoy!

Dingleberry

how much did you buy this thing for? why didn't you get a c5?

Newzchspy

Ehh? Because he got a C4 !

Oh, and don't tell him the price, it'll be a rip-off!

xxaarraa

I always liked the corvettes, nice car. Congratulations. Looks like the wheels have been upgraded from a later model?

But... please don't post a picture of the interior.

clemson_tiger

Well, I got a C4 because I couldn't afford a C5. I bought the car fo $5000, spent $800 on paint and $800 on the 2008 Z06 wheels and tires for a total investment of $6600. Not bad for a 83k mile car with a nice pedigree. :-)

clemson_tiger

LOL

Dingleberry

That's a shame. I see them going as low as $9-10k. Such an amazing car for the money.

Newzchspy

C4 is a pretty nice car too!

Why pee on this guys parade DB?

squerly

Your car looks good CT, I’ve always been a Vette fan. Lots of options available and if the engine is strong I think you’ve found a great ride. Good track car too!

MIKESV8

C5 vettes go for as cheap as 8k in my area. LS1 ftw!

betrezra

Congrats! That was the car I test drove when I grad college..... c4 can be made to go fast for little dough. Enjoy. Don't worry about the hater-aid

Newzchspy

How does it compare to the C Klasse? I bet right off the digg, the C4 will take it?

clemson_tiger

Out of the hole the C4 would pull but the C55 would smoke it in a 1/4 mile. I don't know the numbers, but I would bet, based on experience, that the C55 would put a least a full second, maybe 2 on the Vette. Handling, the Vette would kill the C55 though. The Vette makes the Benz feel like a truck when it comes to carving curves.

splinter

What are you trying to say?





^ My then-new ‘87 Z-51 at Riverside.
How nice it’d be to still have a svelte midsection and some hair up top.

MIKESV8

looking good splinter, and to think, that pic was before i was even born.

Chedeng88

The Z06 wheels definitely improved the look of the car!

Any front shots?

I give up

Sweet ride. I bought a muscle car because my C32 spent too much time in the shop and costs a fortune too maintain. My new addition is a '07 Chevy Lumina SS 6 litre V8 and it is classed as an Aussie muscle car as it is not sold in the States, but it runs a Corvette LS1 motor. Comparing it to my C32 is like comparing a nightclub bouncer to Bruce Lee - both will kick your ***, just in different ways. I love the torque from a big V8 especially on the freeway when it goes like a freight train, but for racing between robots my screaming supercharged V6 rules. Have fun.

Dingleberry

ls1 is 5.7L

clemson_tiger

Thanks for the kind comments.

Here's a front shot I took with it parked beside a '78 Vette w/20k original miles...for comparison.

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I give up

My mistake - must be LS 2 (I think). Not clued up at all on American motors.

MIKESV8

it's not an LS1, LS2, LS3 etc. it is an LS block though. people generally make that mistake with GM vehicles such as the new cadillac CTS v, people call them LS7's with SC's but they're called the "LSA" which is also gonna be in the new z28. http://www.drivearabia.com/chevrolet...tluminass.html it says your engine is corvette derived, i don't know what that's supposed to mean though. and i don't think i have seen this car in the U.S.