| Re: Going to the dark side? |
Subject: Re: Going to the dark side? by bogus on 2012/1/26 23:44:10 Check this site, Dale: http://www.vettefinders.com/ Also, check ebay and craigslist. There is a site that consolidates all the craigslists together, pretty clever: http://www.allofcraigs.com/ Don't forget the all time fave, www.autotrader.com - that's where I found my 92. This thing is, you are limiting your search, just like last time. You seem to want to find something within 20 miles, but trust me, you are really restricting your options. When I went shopping for my Vette, I had the entire eastern seaboard from NJ south to FL and west to Ohio. I avoided most of the Gulf States - they get hit with hurricanes much more frequently than FL does. So southern Alabama, Miss, Louisiana, and Southeast Tx are off limits. I didn't want to go much farther west than the Mississippi, and stopped in the mid-west. I was a bit concerned with winter roads, but since I am now certain that 90% of the Vettes get winter time-out, I am less worried. Besides, the stainless steel chassis on the C4 isn't prone to rusting out. My greater concern was water damage leading to electrical gremlins. I ended up finding mine as a private sale in Cherry Hill, NJ. It was about 90 miles from home. Ken actually drove me up there to get it (we both worked in Wilmington at the time). Also, be damned sure you get what you want. You were blinded by a nice looker last time... and that's fine, but you found out it wasn't what you REALLY wanted... considering you went in looking for a 92+ with 6spd, and ended up with an 87 A4. That's pretty different. Please, don't make that mistake again... if only for your own sanity. C5s are actually easy to work on. Lots of bolts, yea, but just better laid out. Jason at Vette2Vette told me it takes 3 guys nearly a work week to strip and catalog a C4. It takes 2 guys 2 days to do the same thing with a C5. One huge advantage to the C5 is that they never really changed it. Sure, they revised things, improved this and that, but jeez, no 2 years on the C4 are the same! There was constant evolution and change. On the C5, all hard parts are the same and are interchangeable. All tops swap, all brake parts swap... the list goes on. Even some of the hard parts on the C6 can be used on the C5. To effectively own a C4, you need to know the nuances, to help your parts guy do his thing best. The other upside to the C5 and C6, they are just late model used... as such, if you wish to personalize, there are tons of options... just tons. And the car responds to both audio and performance upgrades so much better than the C4. |
