| Re: *snif*... |
Subject: Re: *snif*... by vetteblondie on 2011/8/28 17:06:47 Steve - the differences are indeed there and something that will take me a little work to get used to. Noises - After you spend 12 years and put 248,000 miles on one car, you get to know every tiny sound it makes and what it means. This one sounds nothing like the C4 and I'm still trying to figure those things out. Exhaust is also way different. Other one had a Magnaflow and I loved it. Loved the sound, this one sounds totally different. Not sure I like it, we'll see. Handling - Like the C4 better in grabbing curves. In hard curves the C4 squats and grabs with no body roll. The C5 has slight body roll I"m not used to adn it's a little unnerving to me still. Speed - The C5 has a cam in it but the stock stall was left. I plan to change that. But when you nail it or when you hit about 85 you'd better be holding on. Like something out of nowhere propels it on. makes you smile. The faster I go in the C5 the 'lighter' it feels. Opposite to the C4. Sitting in the 96 and starting her up, hearing the sound and 'feeling' it all - kinda like sitting in a 1970s hot rod... sitting in the C5 and starting it and the 'feeling' is more like a Beemer or Lexus or something. Complete different feel and that is the main thing I'll miss. Makes me want to go out and buy and old Chevelle or something. Comfortability - still messing with all that. I swear I change the seat inflation and position every time I get in it. Right now I miss my C4 seat but I'll get acclimated to this one soon enough. I do like the 'trunk' storage. I can fit all kinds of stuff in there and there's little compartments to hide things. Ride height - The nose of that don't drag the ground either like I'd have expected even with that Tiger Shark kit on there. I've found I can clear things with the front of the C5 that the C4's air dam would drag on. The fin on the back and rollbar inside pretty much makes a rear view mirror useless though. I do like the telescoping wheel. I had missed that in the C4. The '87 however, had one. The '96 didn't. there will be some black touch ups and 'personalization' details forthcoming. I'm not a fan of cleaning cars either and now this one is such that I have to keep the INSIDE of the rims wiped out. PITA! The heads up display is still a nuisance also but when I get used to it, I'm sure I'll like it. This one is also Pewter and seems way easier to look clean as opposed to the black on the other one. Now - if I could take the things I like about the C4 and C5 and combine them, It would be literally perfect! Then I guess they'd call that a ZR1? Overall - I like it. I would have liked to have kept them both. Trying to decide now on some black accents for the hood and/or sides of the car. Have something in mind for the rear already. And, other friends are tossing ideas my way for vanity plates, not sure if I'll do that or not. |
