80s Overload: 1986 Chevrolet Corvette C4
This next car comes as a tip from Jeff who writes: Love this car. Bang for the buck it’s hard to beat and how can you not love the Knight Rider dash. Pricing is a little brisk, but looks nice. If I didn’t have an ankle replacement I would jump on this. Find this 1986 Chevrolet Corvette offered for $12,600 in Austin, TX via facemarket plac4book.
From the seller:
1986 Chevrolet corvette (z51, manual)
$12,600
Listed 2 days ago in Austin, TX
About this vehicle
Driven 33,000 miles
Manual transmission
Exterior color: Red · Interior color: Grey
Fuel type: Gasoline
Good condition
Clean title
This vehicle has no significant damage or problems.Seller’s description
A well preserved 1986 Chevrolet Corvette equipped with the Z51 performance suspension package, Doug Nash 4+3 manual transmission, digital climate control, and dual roofs (amber transparent).
Car runs, drives, and stops well — everything works (including the power antenna, Bose speakers, and AC).
NOTE: Tires are original Goodyear VR50s. They aren’t flat spotted and do drive well, but are VERY hard and I would not recommend extended highway distances.
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Wow! The tires are older than some of your viewers.
Forty years old. Tires should be replaced after seven years. They dry out. Old tires killed that movie star in a Ferrari. I forget his name. He was in those dopey drift car movies.
I just checked myself, I was a bit off, it was a Porsche and the driver was Paul Walker.
first time at motor biscuit. dunno how diligent their reportin is are, but state the Walker deathmobile had 9+ y.o tires.. .https://www.motorbiscuit.com/was-paul-walker-killed-by-expired-tires/
I had a set of old, hard tires on my ’90 Corvette: they looked new but felt perpetually like driving on dry leaves or sand. They encouraged me to pivot the car around tight turns with a bit of throttle as everything happened in what felt like easily-controlled slow motion.
Friends riding with me thought I was Ken Block. While fun, I don’t recommend emulating me.