duboseq

Those vettes are too crammed. The S2k has more interior room IMO.

ElTianti

I had a 85 4+3. My biggest gripe was the tremendous loss of chassis rigidity with the roof out. AND unless you have the car parked on a flat surface, you'll have trouble getting the roof back in.

GregFarz78

Its cheap b/c C4s looked dated as hell 10 years ago, LT1 is a decent engine with lots of potential but the exterior and interior looks leave lots to be desired.

11Past9

I hope you are kidding about this suggestion. These go for $25-28,000 still... what is under the radar or bargain about this? Nothing... it is also a part of a string of Boxsters that inevitably suffered catastrophic engine failure. If we were even in this price range this car wouldn't even be on the list considering how badly it would get tromped by a C5 ZO6 in any category.

Christople

3300lbs is heavy?

That's lighter than a E46 M3, Tiburon, EVO X's, new STI etc.

About the same as a 350-370z with simliar HP just worse weight distribution. The engines can be modded with ease.


For somebody wanting a C4, I recommend the 1996-1999 Cobras

zachismisitok

^^lol at the porsche response


still, I would not go for the vette for 7k. Even though I'll say I think it a nice car, and probably goes in a straight line just fine... I would def. NOT track. That's probably because I prefer a smaller car though.

I would go for an old m3 I think if I could find a 30 or 36 at that 7000 price point

PedalFaster

Good comparison test of the C4 Corvette versus its contemporaries: http://www.geocities.com/ma71supraturbo/ar..._93cdsupra.html

Every sentence in your response is incorrect:

• Boxster S's are well under $20k now -- I just sold my 2003 986S for $18k this summer.
• I know dozens of people who have owned Boxsters, and not one of them suffered an engine failure, which hardly indicates that failures are "inevitable". You might be thinking of the 911, which is more prone to RMS leakage than the Boxster.
• The C5 Z06 is a fantastic car. Having said that, resale values are still higher than the Boxster's, it doesn't handle as well, and it's larger and less agile than the Boxster. I'm not saying it's a worse car than the Boxster overall (that comes down to personal preference), but your suggesting that the two are in no ways comparable suggests that you've driven neither.

Christople

I'm surprised that nobody is considering an F-Body or 90's Cobra over the C4

TheDonEffect

You are right, the weight isnt too bad, and one was even powerful, thing is though it still isn't particularly light or powerful. Of the pre-new edge stangs, the 96-98s were the only ones worth getting with the dohc v8 300hp engine, which is a low(er) production engine vs. the run of the mill 5.0 or modular 4.6, or the chevy lt1/ls1, more on this later. And being over 10 years old, most of these cars are getting high in the miles, I dunno, I can't buy a car with over 100K (domestic or japanese) on it knowing that getting an engine replacement (used) is going to cost a helluva lot of money (correct me if I'm wrong, I hope I am cuz I am partial to that body style).
Also, you could buy a LS1 powered F body which makes more hp, more donor cars, and tons of support, and some will even argue a better handler (although not better than the cobra out the box). It does weight 200lbs-ish more, but it makes an underrated 305 out the box.
But I do like those cobras, in all black, sexy sexy.

s2k>wrx

that much power and its 0-60 is amost the same as the S2K pretty lame