# Has anyone ever seen an awesome C4 vette? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 5, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175 "2010-10-05T13:24:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/141 "2010-10-07T09:09:55Z")
There are very few 80’s-early 90’s cars that don’t suck. I mean, just to compare: The Mustang of the same time period: ![http://mustangview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1984-mustang-svo.jpg](http://mustangview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1984-mustang-svo.jpg) Dodge Charger: ![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Plymouth_Duster_EEK.jpg/800px-Plymouth_Duster_EEK.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Plymouth_Duster_EEK.jpg/800px-Plymouth_Duster_EEK.jpg) Porsche 944: ![http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200602/1982-porsche-944-2_460x0w.jpg](http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200602/1982-porsche-944-2_460x0w.jpg) E30 M3: ![http://images.paultan.org/images/History_M3_E30_5.jpg](http://images.paultan.org/images/History_M3_E30_5.jpg) I would take a C4 over all of them. Looks and performance wise. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/142 "2010-10-07T09:10:31Z")
EDIT: I fucked up ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/143 "2010-10-07T09:13:47Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > I would take a C4 over all of them. Looks and performance wise. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHHAHAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/144 "2010-10-07T09:15:17Z")
[quote=“drvnkd,post:139,topic:161175"”] I do not remember them being a big deal. I have seen some that I liked for some reason, and others that I hated. I can’t begin to imagine how slow they were in the 80’s. I feel that my dads C5 is slow too. my 3y/o: “Go faster” me: “I can’t” ☹ [/quote] Again it is all relative. In the 80’s if you went to Lancaster’s 1/8th mile and ran a low 9, you had a pretty quick car. A Lamborghini Countach would run a low 14/high 13 in the 1/4 mile. Same with a Ferrari 328 (think Magnum PI), that ran low 14’s, Porsche 911’s all ran in the 14’s unless you stepped up to the Turbo ones which ran mid/high 13’s. The Corvette was right in the mix. ---
**Author:** ![Garick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8797f3/32.png) [@Garick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Garick)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/145 "2010-10-07T09:16:34Z")
Not really feeling the black wheels on the gs but I don’t mind c4’s too much. ![http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16424&d=1286467869](http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16424&d=1286467869) ![http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16425&d=1286467882](http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16425&d=1286467882) ![http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16426&d=1286468113](http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16426&d=1286468113) ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/146 "2010-10-07T09:16:43Z")
I assume you’re talking about the E30 M3? Lets see, a square shitbox with under 200hp and an ugly wing that ran 15’s, or a 2-seater with an LT1 and 100more hp that I think looks a lot better and ran a high 13- low 14. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/147 "2010-10-07T09:21:12Z")
last I checked, the mustang and that charger aren’t even NEARLY in the same league as the corvette was…cost/performance wise. Nobody in right mind would buy a fox body mustang and expect it to perform well in stock trim either. People buy them to turn them into fast drag cars. The E30 ///M is badass, but a completely different car. The porsche 944 isn’t realy a good comparison either. ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/148 "2010-10-07T09:23:43Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > The E30 ///M is badass, but a completely different car. The porsche 944 isn’t realy a good comparison either. You are right, they both cost a lot more than the Corvette. Not a good comparison at all. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/149 "2010-10-07T09:25:38Z")
There wasn’t really a whole lot of competition for the C4. I wasnt saying those were direct competitors per se, I was saying that was what passed as high performance. The manufacturers only cared about gas mileage. The ZR1’s ran against supercars and the regular ones were priced above the pony cars and below the exotic imports. Maybe the 911 carrera even though it was more expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/150 "2010-10-07T09:31:24Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > needs to have TFI Cease fire injection FTL > [@Joe](#): > > There are very few 80’s-early 90’s cars that don’t suck. I mean, just to compare: > The Mustang of the same time period: > > Dodge Charger: > > ![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Plymouth_Duster_EEK.jpg/800px-Plymouth_Duster_EEK.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/8/c892550df679832bf383a9fc629b96f46c69c107.jpeg) > Porsche 944: > ![http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200602/1982-porsche-944-2_460x0w.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/a/caa2d8ae886b3560110287b5cf7cb8e2f139f769.jpeg) > E30 M3: > ![http://images.paultan.org/images/History_M3_E30_5.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/a/9a4f84964d95a1999029f84faa9e8259a57add6b.jpeg) > I would take a C4 over all of them. Looks and performance wise. Have you moved from hooker and blow to just Crack for lunch? The older c4’s didn’t have LT1s. They sucked. Even with the LT1’s they sucked. I don’t think the M3 and the Vette are in the same league and in terms of performance, cost, reliability, or anything. Especially in the terms of panty dropping looks. I dont know any woman except someone who grew up in that era (which are now 45+ or some stupid poor broads) who think these look good. Hell, I would take the SVO mustang (what you listed) over the vette any day as well. Shit, turbo nigga, crank the boost, bye bye vette. These things sucked. Having worked on them many times when working in a chevy dealership I can hands down say that these were the worst cars to work on and no one wanted to work on them because everything was broken or everything broke when you touched it. The interiors fell apart, god have mercy on your soul if you tried to do anything under the dash board, the door cill was a fucking wall! These things were a GM abortion that lived. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/151 "2010-10-07T09:34:05Z")
I wouldn’t take any of those cars. Vette included. Short of a Ferrari/Lambo/high-end Porsche etc I wouldn’t take anything stock from 1980- ~1992. My point was missed which was that everything sucked compared to now and sucking less is OK when graded on a curve. I mean, check out the suck on the Car and Driver 10 Best list from that era. 1985 Price cap: $30,000 Model Times on List Audi 5000 S/Turbo 5 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z 1 Chevrolet Corvette 14 Dodge Caravan 3 Honda CRX 2 Honda Civic 6 Honda Prelude 10 Honda Accord 23 Merkur XR4Ti 1 Plymouth Voyager 3 Pontiac 6000 STE 3 Porsche 944 4 Fastest car tested: Chevrolet Corvette, 150 mph Top-selling cars: Chevrolet Cavalier Ford Escort Chevrolet Celebrity 1986 Price cap: $30,000 Model Times on List Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro 5 Chevrolet Corvette 14 Ford Taurus 7 Honda Prelude 10 Honda Accord 23 Lincoln Mark VII LSC 1 Mercury Sable 3 Porsche 944 Turbo 4 Saab 9000 Turbo 4 Toyota MR2 2 Volkswagen GTI 6 Fastest car tested: Porsche 944 Turbo, 157 mph Top-selling cars: Chevrolet Celebrity Ford Escort Chevrolet Cavalier 1987 Price cap: $30,000 Model Times on List Acura Integra 6 Audi 5000 CS Turbo 5 Chevrolet Corvette 14 Ford Mustang GT 5 Ford Taurus 7 Honda Accord 23 Mazda RX-7 Turbo 5 Pontiac Bonneville SE 1 Saab 9000 Turbo 4 Toyota MR2 2 Volvo 740 Fastest car tested: Ferrari Testarossa, 176 mph Top-selling cars: Ford Escort Ford Taurus Chevrolet Cavalier 1988 Price cap: $35,000 Model Times on List Acura Legend Coupe 3 Acura Integra 6 Audi 5000 5 Chevrolet Corvette 14 Ford Mustang 5 5 Ford Taurus 7 Honda CRX 2 Honda Civic 6 Honda Accord 23 Saab 9000 Turbo 4 Fastest car tested: Ferrari Testarossa, 173 mph Top-selling cars: Ford Escort Chevrolet Corsica/Beretta Ford Taurus 1989 Price cap: $35,000 Model Times on List Acura Legend Coupe 3 Chevrolet Corvette 14 Dodge Colt Turbo 1 Ford Probe GT 3 Ford Taurus 7 Honda Civic 6 Honda Accord 23 Lincoln Continental 1 Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo 1 Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo 4 Plymouth Laser Turbo 4 Saab 9000 Turbo 4 Fastest car tested: 750iL V12, 158 mph Top-selling cars: Honda Accord Ford Taurus Ford Escort 1990 Price cap: $35,000 Model Times on List Acura Legend Coupe 3 Eagle Talon Turbo 3 Ford Taurus 7 Honda Civic 6 Honda Accord 23 Lexus LS 1 Mazda MPV 2 Mazda Miata 10 Mercury Sable 3 Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo 4 Nissan Maxima SE 3 Nissan 300ZX Turbo 7 Plymouth Laser Turbo 4 Fastest car tested: Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, 175 mph Top-selling cars: Honda Accord Ford Taurus Chevrolet Cavalier 1991 New rule: No more than two places per marque. Price cap: $35,000 Model Times on List Eagle Talon Turbo 3 Ford Taurus 7 Honda Civic 6 Honda Accord 23 Mazda MPV V6 2 Mazda Miata 10 Mercury Tracer LTS 1 Mercury Sable 3 Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo 4 Nissan Sentra SE-R 4 Nissan 300ZX Turbo 7 Plymouth Laser Turbo 4 Toyota Previa 1 Fastest car tested: Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, 176 mph Top-selling cars: Honda Accord Ford Taurus Toyota Camry ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/152 "2010-10-07T09:38:55Z")
^ like most of the population on here…OH SNAP! ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/153 "2010-10-07T09:46:13Z")
this one does look good: ![http://e-bsm.com/shop/images/CORVETTE_MC4F.jpg](http://e-bsm.com/shop/images/CORVETTE_MC4F.jpg) but it just looks very strange to see an asian guy driving a C4 vette… has anybody on here ever seen an asian man driving a C4 vette in person before? ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/154 "2010-10-07T10:13:57Z")
a C4 no…but a C5 yes. no one wnats a C4. My buddy sold his C4 2yrs ago and started talking about picking up another vette. He mentioned a C4 and not a C5 due to his lack of funds. I reminded him how shity his C4 was and that he should just save up a liiiiiitle more and pick up a C5. . . . “remember how crapy that car was” . . .“yea your right, ill wait” ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/155 "2010-10-07T10:16:29Z")
Joe, understandable. Id still take the M3 any day. ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/156 "2010-10-07T12:20:29Z")
GNX ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/157 "2010-10-07T12:23:30Z")
I couldnt see newman running a GNX…too many people like them :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/158 "2010-10-07T12:26:09Z")
If I recall they were faster in a straight then the vette of the same year. ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/159 "2010-10-07T12:41:29Z")
A real GNX is serious cash, dont forget about the 3.8L Turbo Trans Am also… ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175/160 "2010-10-07T12:46:48Z")
I’ve got an irrational hardon for G bodies, but otherwise the 80’s into the early 90’s pretty much sucked. Digital electronics were in their awkward teenage years. 5.0 V8’s made 140hp. Sedans were RWD and sports cars were FWD. GM tried shit like the Cadillac Allante and Saturn. It was just the automotive lost decade. The only cool cars that came out of it are the bastard children that we selectively like for no good reason other than a fond childhood memory. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175.md?page=7) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-ever-seen-an-awesome-c4-vette/161175.md?page=9)