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Re: I dont get the c3 vs c4 values
From: "BDragon" <theCRAZYdoc47(at)charter.net>
Subject: Re: I dont get the c3 vs c4 values
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 02:03:46 -0800
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"Mike Ellison" <mikeellison3(at)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Bob G wrote:
> > On 18 Nov 2004 20:23:29 -0800, rebco10(at)aol.com (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
> >
> > ===========================
> > 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...
>
> Maybe this will help.
>
> I bought my `79 in 1987 for $7,800. Sold it in 1994 for $ 4,000. Clean
> today it would bring $8K to $10K. Well manicured, $ 11-14K.
>
> Bob has the advantage of everyday comparisons that a fine stable of iron
> provides but he is searching for the descriptor I call, "raw automobile."
>
> There will always be a market for good-looking raw automobiles--we call
> these "classics." They are great on the street and on sweeping back
> roads. Gov. Arnold has signed the bill that lifts smog regs from early
> & mid C3s and that will give these cars a further $$ boost.
>
> I don`t view the C3 (or C4) as a proper weapon for our tight mountain
> roads--the C5 (and most likely the C6) is the better "driving
> instrument" for that job.
>
> C4s do a lot of jobs much better than C3s but in each of those qualities
> they are overshadowed by the C5 -- Dad might say, "eclipsed." This
> factor will probably keep C4 prices depressed and most C4s will follow a
> faster path to salvage than will C3s. Left will be a few collector`s
> C4s. With some low mileage C5s approching $20K I`m getting very
"tempted."
>
> Mike
> `89 Coupe owner, occasional C5 rentor
>
You mention that the Gov. lifted smog restrictions on some early and mid
C3`s, but didn`t he also freeze it at a certain year, like 1977? I`ve been
trying to find a copy of that law if you know where I can locate it. I have
a 1977, and I`ve been waiting for it to clear regulations, but if it was
frozen at that year, it will never have the regulations lifted. I`d like to
read what that law says if you know how to find it.
From: Unklegrizzley(at)webtv.net (D R)
Subject: I finally bought it ! now a question concerning stereo system
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:08:50 -0500
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Hi folks, I had posted some time back with questions for advice on buyig
first vette,,,thanks to all who gave good advice. I finally found what I
had always thought I wanted,,,78 model. Now,,who has great ideas on
installing CD/stereo without butchering the dash, or perhaps someone
could tell me where to buy another mounting plate that I can butcher
and then I can keep the origanal put away,,,Thanks to all,,,Dan
From: "`Key" <Key(at)Ya.Net>
Subject: Re: I finally bought it ! now a question concerning stereo system
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:30:40 -0500
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"D R" <Unklegrizzley(at)webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Hi folks, I had posted some time back with questions for
> advice on buyig
> first vette,,,thanks to all who gave good advice. I
> finally found what I
> had always thought I wanted,,,78 model. Now,,who has great
> ideas on
> installing CD/stereo without butchering the dash, or
> perhaps someone
> could tell me where to buy another mounting plate that I
> can butcher
> and then I can keep the origanal put away,,,Thanks to
> all,,,Dan
>
google is your friend...
http://tinyurl.com/25kdzz
g`luck
--
"Key"
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