I belong to a large "generic" car club and there are only a few Corvette owners in it.  I hear several comments from other members to the effect that "That is a nice looking Corvette", referring to my '86 Coupe.  I know that other Corvette owners sometimes put down C4's, but then they don't own one either. 
The electronics can sometimes be tricky to work on but a shop manual and my file of C4 magazine clippings over the years have served me well. 

There sure is a lot of negativity about he lack of HP in the C4 but it was close to top dog when they were built.  It's the torque that is what's felt though.  So, I can't brag about HP.  Who cares?

I love my C4 who cares what the haters hate

I'm new on the forum as of today, and saw this post.  I never realized that there was such a stigma with the C4s until I started reading about it on forums.  My husband owned a couple of C3s before I ever met him, and back before C4s were even made.  Recently, he decided he wanted to own another Corvette, since it's been a while.  I've never owned one.  He had been casually looking at C5s, but then began to notice C4 ads.  He said he'd never seriously considered one until he started really looking at some of the ads.  Good looking cars at a good price.  We bought a 95 and love it.  The torque is great and it's got plenty of horsepower for us.  I'm happy we decided to go with a C4, and it's great that there are Internet forums devoted to them! 

When I found mine on craigslist last year my wife says "It's not one of those long hood ones is it?"  She only likes the C1 and 2s.

The amazing thing about the Corvette is how attached the owners can be about their era of car. I am a C4 Corvette guy. Started with a 1984 and (4) C4's later I now have a 1996 LT4 coupe. I did stray awhile back, before I bought this 1996, and drove a few C5's thinking I should update a bit but my affection is for the C4 body, hood design, suspension, interior, overall look and stance.. Sure the horsepower race is debated non-stop, but what people miss is that when the 84 came out is was quite a machine, matching what was offered at the time 0-60. Talking with C6 guys and their Z06's, ZR1's makes 330 hp sound like current 4-door sedan or SUV numbers....but in 1996 it was a hot-rod. I was at a car show last Saturday and a guy had a C6 with a twin turbo monster engine making upwards of 1000 hp, his complaint was how carefully he had to push the go pedal or else the tires went up in smoke...what a dilema...We would not be Corvette owners if performance didn't matter...there were a few lean years in the late 70's early 80's, but Corvette was the American car that set the mark for "sports car" and all that stands for. I think the 84-96 Corvette offers the most performance for the money than any other car. You can take a few thousand an buy a tired Camry or Taurus or buy a C4. Naturally I wish the values were up on these cars and don't understand why a rough C3 will bring more money than a C4 even though there is no comparison between driving the two, but the market is hard to understand.... When the C4 came out it made quite a splash in the media not unlike the new C7 has for this era. It still means alot to me everytime I walk out in the garage and see my new(old) torch red beauty. Each one of my C4's made an impression on me, I can't imagine now not having one to drive.

Love my 86 coupe. I have the c4 since they were introduced.

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