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Old 10-06-2009, 3:42pm   #1
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Default What is a C4,

and why would I want one?
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Old 10-06-2009, 3:53pm   #2
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because all the kids in the neighborhood already laugh at you, so why not give them a reason! I kid I kid!! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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ohhh..... :ROFLMAO:
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Old 10-07-2009, 4:43pm   #4
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because all the kids in the neighborhood already laugh at you, so why not give them a reason! I kid I kid!! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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Old 10-07-2009, 7:17pm   #5
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C4....hmmm...let's see maybe its:

- Seats that feel like falling into and climbing out of a 5 gallon bucket
- A frame that could have been the inspiration for "twizzlers"
- Mufflers that look like two 55 gallon garbage cans stuck under the fenders

....but fall into that seat down between those twizzler frame rails, wind that Mercruser DOHC LT5 up over 7 grand, listen to those garbage cans ROAR while you break every speed limit in the country in 2nd GEAR and if that don't make you have to call the docotor after 4 hours you ain't alive!!!!!
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C4....hmmm...let's see maybe its:

- Seats that feel like falling into and climbing out of a 5 gallon bucket
- A frame that could have been the inspiration for "twizzlers"
- Mufflers that look like two 55 gallon garbage cans stuck under the fenders

....but fall into that seat down between those twizzler frame rails, wind that Mercruser DOHC LT5 up over 7 grand, listen to those garbage cans ROAR while you break every speed limit in the country in 2nd GEAR and if that don't make you have to call the docotor after 4 hours you ain't alive!!!!!
id say you were
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Old 10-07-2009, 9:06pm   #7
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Yeah ain't it great!?
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Old 10-07-2009, 9:46pm   #8
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Maybe I owned a different C4...

It was....

...constant trips to the auto parts store
...constant trips to the dealership
...open line of credit at the dealership
...discovery of several new 4 letter words


but I don't regret the experience of owning one at all.
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Maybe I owned a different C4...

It was....

...constant trips to the auto parts store
...constant trips to the dealership
...open line of credit at the dealership
...discovery of several new 4 letter words


but I don't regret the experience of owning one at all.

I think someone said it best about a C4 being a real chevy...

Start it up, drive the hell out of it, wash it, repeat!
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We've had a few reasons!


















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Izzy and the Z at Pungo, seems to be a theme going on here with having fun in a C4
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Old 10-12-2009, 7:28am   #12
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Only A few bad thing about the car as a whole, Opti, spark plug wires, wheel bearings, and the cost and finding a good computer for a 92-93. Other than that, I love mine, I drive it daily.
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C4....hmmm...let's see maybe its:

- Seats that feel like falling into and climbing out of a 5 gallon bucket
- A frame that could have been the inspiration for "twizzlers"
- Mufflers that look like two 55 gallon garbage cans stuck under the fenders

....but fall into that seat down between those twizzler frame rails, wind that Mercruser DOHC LT5 up over 7 grand, listen to those garbage cans ROAR while you break every speed limit in the country in 2nd GEAR and if that don't make you have to call the docotor after 4 hours you ain't alive!!!!!

Well Said..... (except mine is a LTI built to LT4 specs)



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Nice C4 Piece!!!!
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Old 01-07-2011, 7:44am   #16
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C4....hmmm...let's see maybe its:

- Seats that feel like falling into and climbing out of a 5 gallon bucket
- A frame that could have been the inspiration for "twizzlers"
- Mufflers that look like two 55 gallon garbage cans stuck under the fenders

....but fall into that seat down between those twizzler frame rails, wind that Mercruser DOHC LT5 up over 7 grand, listen to those garbage cans ROAR while you break every speed limit in the country in 2nd GEAR and if that don't make you have to call the docotor after 4 hours you ain't alive!!!!!

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The LT4 is awhole lot of fun too. Well maybe the 12hr header job not as fun
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Old 01-07-2011, 2:47pm   #17
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IMHO one day the C4 will be just as desirable as a C1 or C2.
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Old 01-09-2011, 1:52pm   #18
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Why?

Maybe because it has a more "raw" sports car feel to it than the C5 even though the C5 and up actually perform and handle better (stock to stock).

You don't sit in a C4 you kind of wear it.

As for the 55 gallon mufflers? We don't need no stinkin mufflers. They're overhead in the garage.

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It was so nice and clean!!




...and why would I want one? Because it is fun watching the C5/C6 guys get all upset when the old C4 goes past.
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Old 01-14-2011, 10:35am   #20
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IMHO one day the C4 will be just as desirable as a C1 or C2.


Couple of decades and we may be in that ball park.

Nothing like a 67 with a 427.
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