I dont get the c3 vs c4 values

"Mike Ellison" > wrote in message
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> Bob G wrote:
> > On 18 Nov 2004 20:23:29 -0800, (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.