by "shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
Published 07/10/2017 at 10:30
by "shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
Published 07/10/2017 at 10:30
Tags: Dots
STARS: 4
A clean Cutlass Calais. A fine example of rare, but not desirable.
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
07/10/2017 at 10:37, STARS: 0
And where I live, never saw. I don’t remember them.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
07/10/2017 at 10:42, STARS: 0
Pretty desirable to me.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
07/10/2017 at 10:45, STARS: 1
In Illinois, too! I thought that rust or drive train issues got most of these crushed by now.
Brings back memories - a buddy of mine got a Grand Am (same platform) with the Quad 4 and a stick as his first new car. Not fond memories, mind you, but memories nonetheless.
"fintail" (fintail)
07/10/2017 at 10:46, STARS: 2
90s HS parking lot staple.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
07/10/2017 at 10:48, STARS: 1
My wife (girlfriend at the time) had one of these with the Quad4. It was rusty but decently quick. Playing with the ‘in car computer’ was fun.
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
07/10/2017 at 11:09, STARS: 1
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
07/10/2017 at 11:14, STARS: 1
I wanted one of these so bad growing up. Grandma looks with a 5-speed and that delicious (though high-maintenance doesn’t even touch it) Quad4. It beat the pants of my mom’s Cutlass Ciera
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/10/2017 at 11:16, STARS: 0
Yeah, in Illinois! This was at the Oakbrook Terrace Home Depot.
A Grand Am with a Quad 4 and a stick beats the hell out of my buddy’s first car. A beige automatic Renault Alliance.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/10/2017 at 11:16, STARS: 0
True!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/10/2017 at 11:17, STARS: 0
Man, these used to be all over the place here. Most of them have long since been crushed though.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/10/2017 at 11:17, STARS: 0
For sure!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/10/2017 at 11:18, STARS: 0
I like them too, but in general you and I both know we’re weirdos.
"Rock Bottom" (rockbottom81)
07/10/2017 at 14:15, STARS: 0
When I was in high school and these were fairly new, I desperately wanted a Cutlass Calais International... 2.3 HO, 5 speed, and dat face!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/10/2017 at 15:55, STARS: 1
Nice! I graduated in ‘99. My first car was an ‘89 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. This one isn’t mine. Mine was midnight blue with a blue interior.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
07/10/2017 at 19:36, STARS: 1
I still see them. You have to go to an area with lots of retirees and relatively little road salt, or an area that’s a bit economically depressed.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/10/2017 at 19:52, STARS: 0
The road salt is key. Around here most of these met their fate long ago.
"Rock Bottom" (rockbottom81)
07/11/2017 at 09:22, STARS: 0
Ohhhh, I always loved the Trofeo! A guy at my school had a bright red one that made me unreasonably jealous. I had to settle for a series of Iron Duke Grand Ams (both auto and stick), but always aspired to own the Big Olds Coupe!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/11/2017 at 09:46, STARS: 1
It was a pretty sweet car, with the best seats EVAR! Don’t be too jealous, it absolutely ruined my wallet :)