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A clean Cutlass Calais. A fine example of rare, but not desirable.
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And where I live, never saw. I don’t remember them.
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Pretty desirable to me.
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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.
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90s HS parking lot staple.
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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.
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Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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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
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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.
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True!
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Man, these used to be all over the place here. Most of them have long since been crushed though.
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For sure!
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I like them too, but in general you and I both know we’re weirdos.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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The road salt is key. Around here most of these met their fate long ago.
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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!
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It was a pretty sweet car, with the best seats EVAR! Don’t be too jealous, it absolutely ruined my wallet :)