I dont get the c3 vs c4 values

On 18 Nov 2004 20:23:29 -0800, (Ralph) wrote:

>I am not complaining. I just do not get it.
>
>I have a c4 ,my second. I love the body of a 1980-82 c3. But I do
>not see how my car is on ebay and bidding around 17-18grand with 19000
>documented miles and you have automatic late c3 cars for 15 grand.
>
>Aside from being more difficult to get in, I do not see a comparison
>between a 81 C3 corvette with 60 - 80 thousand miles and a 1996 c4 lt4
>6spd.
>
>So enlighten me...... without being insulting.
>
>Thanks
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I would never Insult another Corvette NUT...

But I own a 95 black on black 6 sp with both tops...And I also own
64 72 76 & 79 Corvettes.... all were in shows this summer so they are
all in damn good shape... The 79 is an Automatic the others are all
Manuel...

NOW.... The 95 is NOT repeat NOT the car I take out to have fun in..No
question it gets up and goes, but it lacks any mechanical feeling...by
which it really does not "feel" like a machine....at least when
compared to my sharks...It also almost never turns a head...whereas
any of my sharks turn a lot of heads...

When comparing performance...well the 95 is at or near the top...when
comparing fuel mileage it is absolutely at the top ..by a wide
margin...BUT truthfully the 95 is nowhere near as much fun to drive
the hell out of on the back roads....

When you come to Value...well the 95 is most likely worth a little
more then my 79 and my 76 at this time...it is depreciating...the 76
is just starting to appreciate and the 79 is flat..holding its own...

Insurance for the 64 72 76 & 79 (total of all 4) is just slightly more
then what I pay for the 95 alone... Tags for the 95 cost me 70 bucks a
year..(Vanity.. IO NO 1)! the other (all with Historic tags) cost me
under 20 bucks each...

Now I also turn my own wrenches....and honestly the 95 is not that
difficult (computer not included) but all of the others are simple and
easy cars to work on... and parts are generally cheaper also...

Guess it boils down to the fact that I really enjoy being in a machine
and not just riding ....can not explain it really.. but my excuse the
French...ASS feels the difference and I smile a lot more driving the
older one....BUT NONE are 1/2 the car the 95 is...and that 95 is not
1/2 the car a C5 is................

Bob Griffiths
68 SS 396 Heeled
64 & 72 Corvette Rag tops
76 79 & 95 Corvette Coupes...

None for sale...getting an itch to add a C5 to the fleet...which will
fill up the garages...

'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
C5 can blow away'

If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
away'...then okay !

'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
C5 can blow away'

If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
away'...then okay !

On or about Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:30:03 -0600,
(Dave in Lake Villa) wrote or did cause to be written:

>'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
>C5 can blow away'
>
>If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
>away'...then okay !

1/2 second is about 75 feet. 5 car lengths seems like a pretty good
definition of blown away to me.

On or about Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:30:03 -0600,
(Dave in Lake Villa) wrote or did cause to be written:

>'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
>C5 can blow away'
>
>If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
>away'...then okay !

1/2 second is about 75 feet. 5 car lengths seems like a pretty good
definition of blown away to me.

"Dave in Lake Villa" > wrote in message
...
> 'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
> C5 can blow away'
>
> If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
> away'...then okay !
>
It is, you name shifting piece of , ahh why should I go there? If a half
second was so unimportant they would only show the trap time in one or two
decimal places instead of three.

Plock, again!!

--
Dad
05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd

"Dave in Lake Villa" > wrote in message
...
> 'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
> C5 can blow away'
>
> If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
> away'...then okay !
>
It is, you name shifting piece of , ahh why should I go there? If a half
second was so unimportant they would only show the trap time in one or two
decimal places instead of three.

Plock, again!!

--
Dad
05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd

In a really hot small block, like a 302 or the current generation, the car
rips through the air with the authority of an arrow - fast, quick, and not a
lot of sensation.

A big block shoves the world backwards, and that is a heck of a sensation.

Unfortunately, they both get there about the same time, so which is best is
really based on what you desire.


"Dave in Lake Villa" > wrote in message
...
> 'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
> C5 can blow away'
>
> If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
> away'...then okay !
>

I don't even own a C5 but I know that they will blow away a '66 big block.

They will out accelerate it due to a couple of extra gears.

They will outbrake it like you can't imagine.

They will out corner it in a way that will make you sick.

And if they didn't, would you really be proud of the name "Corvette"? Try
thinking back to any friends or aquaintenances you had in the '70s who were
Mustang fanatics. Then the Mustang II came out. How proud were they of
"Mustang"? Today, Mustang II is a bad dream they try to forget, and is
usually never mentioned.

A similar feeling ran through Corvette. The older Corvettes (virtually any
from '71 back) would blow away the then-new mid '70s Corvettes. It wasn't a
contest. I remember people telling me that as much as I loved Corvettes, I
should really buy a new one at least once just to have one. Back then, I
couldn't see it. I loved them for performance, and performance was in the
old ones, not a new one.


"Dave in Lake Villa" > wrote in message
...
> 'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
> C5 can blow away'
>
> If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
> away'...then okay !
>

I don't even own a C5 but I know that they will blow away a '66 big block.

They will out accelerate it due to a couple of extra gears.

They will outbrake it like you can't imagine.

They will out corner it in a way that will make you sick.

And if they didn't, would you really be proud of the name "Corvette"? Try
thinking back to any friends or aquaintenances you had in the '70s who were
Mustang fanatics. Then the Mustang II came out. How proud were they of
"Mustang"? Today, Mustang II is a bad dream they try to forget, and is
usually never mentioned.

A similar feeling ran through Corvette. The older Corvettes (virtually any
from '71 back) would blow away the then-new mid '70s Corvettes. It wasn't a
contest. I remember people telling me that as much as I loved Corvettes, I
should really buy a new one at least once just to have one. Back then, I
couldn't see it. I loved them for performance, and performance was in the
old ones, not a new one.


"Dave in Lake Villa" > wrote in message
...
> 'After all, what sense is it to pay $65,000 for a '66 big block that any
> C5 can blow away'
>
> If you think a half-second (or so) over a quarter mile is being 'blown
> away'...then okay !
>