11-28-2008, 10:01 PM | #21 | |
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11-28-2008, 10:06 PM | #22 | |
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during the 80's Corolla, Tercel Accord and Civic...were very reliable...as long as you got a manual transmission. Maxima was iffy at times (fueling...transmission) Nissan had the Stanza (Name changed to Altima during a the 90's rediesign. Stanza was ok. Sentra...not exactly golden and basically a shitbox. 91 redesign major improvement Mitsubishi was garbage half the time (ever see a mitsu carb last more than 80k? MX-6 was a non starter until 88 when they pProbes and 626 and MX-6 outa flatrock. The 12 valve 2.2 was decent. Power steering pumps were not. |
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11-28-2008, 10:13 PM | #23 | |
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In Sixxxer's defense, this is what Toyota and Honda were producing at the time GM was producing the Vega: At the Corolla Toyota and Accord Honda was producing during the X cars: And the Camry Toyota Accord Honda was producing during the Saturn years: Toyota and Honda have been kicking Ford, GM, and Chrysler's ass for decades.
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11-28-2008, 10:18 PM | #24 | |
Tractor Driver
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If you want a brand new Fiero with zero miles on the clock, there is a place called The Fiero Factory near Huntsville, AL. They will build you a brand new Fiero from the ground up. Here's their website: http://www.thefierofactory.com/ You can also get a zero time DeLorean as well: http://www.delorean.com/restoration.asp
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11-29-2008, 12:35 AM | #25 | ||
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11-29-2008, 09:50 AM | #26 |
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On the other side of the coin, I have a 95' GMC Sonoma that I bought new in Nov of 94'. It now has 247,000. miles on it, still holds 50lb's of oil pressure at idle and still gets the same 23 MPG it got when new. I've spent $1300. in repairs on it in 14 years and it still has the original Alt, water pump, radiator and heater hoses for God's sake.
Now it has some issues that will never be fixed because it is too old to be worth the repair costs, but it has been as good of a truck as the 85' Toyota I replaced with it and a hell of a lot nicer truck overall. If it blew up tomorrow I would still have gotten my moneys worth out of it. It anything it was built too good, shit it's 14 years old and I'm still driving it, so the auto industry hasn't gotten another sale out of me since. Oh and the 4.3 V-6 is a kickin little engine, for a truck. |
11-29-2008, 10:44 PM | #27 |
too much time on my hands
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Frankly, the japs just know how to outdo everyone on cars. I had an 02 S10, and I swear it was the biggest piece of shit ever. my 86 tercel with an auto didnt give me that much trouble over the time I owned it, and that car had 228K on the odometer, with a rough life and still ran like new.
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11-29-2008, 11:01 PM | #28 |
Clit Commander
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Exactly why I'm driving a Tacoma right now.
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11-30-2008, 12:58 AM | #29 |
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11-30-2008, 01:29 AM | #30 |
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