"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/30/2019 at 07:18 • Filed to: hour rule
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"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
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RacinBob
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09/30/2019 at 08:14 |
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Early 80's ‘Vette.....
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> RacinBob
09/30/2019 at 08:21 |
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and not of the good kind
nafsucof
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09/30/2019 at 08:30 |
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i kind of dig that lower lip. they could have limp wristedly curled it back and under but instead decided to sports it up! that would look nice with a bumper delete. and by nice i mean not as bad as it’s parked...
Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
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09/30/2019 at 12:18 |
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Looks more like a shitbox to me.
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RacinBob
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
09/30/2019 at 13:39 |
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A Vette was my wife’s first car. Although its specifications ie Solid axle, Brazilian engine, 3 spd auto transmission did not hold a candle to the Honda’ s or Toyota’s of the day, it was not a bad car. The designers did pretty good in my opinion given the resources they had.
In the four years she owned it, n othing broke, it was safe to drive and got decent economy. It was what you got when the buyer wanted a compact American made Chevy.
She even got a decent trade-in when she bought her first new car, an ‘87 Civic CRX LX.
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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> RacinBob
09/30/2019 at 14:00 |
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When I was growing up, my older siblings had 3 of those Chevy Shitboxes at different times.
They were shit in snow. Had shitty HVAC. Were gutless even by the standards of the day. They also had non-existent steering feel when equipped with power steering. Also I recall the turn signal stalk was weak and tended to break. The electrical systems were also weak. I personally was driving a Chevette when it died on me after getting slush splashed onto it by a passing truck (wipers started going slower and slower, lights dimmer and dimmer, power less and less... until it died and we had to wait on the side of the road for the residual heat from the engine dried things out.)
And leaks... I remember oil and coolant leaks being a common thing.
And I know there were other things that made these cars shit.
They were only good cars compared to other small cars from the *1970s* and good compared to the dumpster fire that was the Chevy Vega.
“In the four years she owned it, nothing broke, it was safe to drive and got decent economy.”
All that really tells me is that you don’t remember the shit that broke, you never got into a collision (to truly test the lack of safety) and never compared the fuel economy to other small cars of the era that I know got at least 20% better while having
better performance at the same time.
I’ve personally driven a 1987 Civic AND drove a 1987 Chevette. It was a night and day difference between the two.
The 1987 Chevette was the last model year and, according to a GM mechanic we knew, was the ‘best of the bunch’.
But I interpreted that as “of all the piles of shit, it was the best pile of shit. But the fact remained that it was still a pile of shit.”
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RacinBob
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
09/30/2019 at 23:06 |
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None of that stuff happened to her’ s. No leaks, and maybe her alternater belt was tighter than yours. Maybe she was in the 3 - 5 year swee t spot, I don’t know.
I was the maintenance and repair guy i t was a good automotive appliance, even with oxcart engineering. (although it had Opel front suspension).
Ps - So have I driven the ‘87 CRX and the Vette. I drove the Vette as a plant car in ‘79 at GM as a coop student. In fact I drove her ‘87 CRX from the dealer to home as she didn’t know how to drive a stick...... I agree there is no comparison between the Vette and a Japanese car within 5 years . But for anybody that wanted an automotive subcompact appliance made in America it fit the bill.