Oppo, What is wrong with me???

"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213)
06/08/2014 at 12:45 • Filed to: NPOCP, Chevy, chevrolet, cavalier, wagon

Why do I actually kind of like this and want it? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Maybe its the blue interior. Maybe I'm just desperate for a second car. I don't know. This has been up on CL for 2 weeks now, and they keep dropping the price. NPOCP?

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DISCUSSION (29)

Nibbles > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 12:48

That 2.0 will literally and figuratively outlive every other component on that car.

That being said, mine (1987 Sedan) finally went to the Dealership in the Sky with 220k on the clock. Tons of life left in that thing. Sadly, NP.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Nibbles
06/08/2014 at 12:49

There is something that is just charming about it. Its pissing me off because I shouldn't care for it at all.

I know it'll be slow as shit, but that motor is nearly impossible to kill. And in my area, I believe it was driven by old people and cared for only at the dealer.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 12:52

It has the same door locks as a corvette. NP.

Nibbles > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 12:52

Slow, yeah. Overbuilt, too. I hillhopped the everloving shit out of mine on a regular basis and it still just kept begging for more.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
06/08/2014 at 12:53

How many bits do you think I could take from a 'Vette of that era and bolt onto this?

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Nibbles
06/08/2014 at 12:56

I like the idea that if it does die, I can go to the local pick and pull yard and I know Ill be able to find something that'll work!

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 12:57

That's a good question... Maybe a digital dash would work! Then wheels and seats... drivetrain, suspension, and front/rear end treatments and you have a proper corvette sedan!

Viggen > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 12:59

Malaise or not, it is a wagon. NP

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
06/08/2014 at 12:59

Id like to make a "Vette wagon" I know there is a guy on my craigslist parting out a 88 or 89 Vette... interior looked perfect. Bolt those seats in, put bigger rims on, maybe lower it a little...

WAIT WHY AM I THINKING INTO THIS SO MUCH?

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:02

DO IT. DO IT NOW! Graft on front/rear treatments and you just turned an honest, humble car into a badass bucket of WAT.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
06/08/2014 at 13:03

Drop in an LS motor and make an insane sleeper.

This thing is like 5 minutes from me, I may have to go look at it

TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:04

Interior's blue. Buy it.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:06

this car will make you an automotive celebrity, er, cavalier.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:10

I really want to say CP, but those were actually fairly reliable (at least by 80's GM standards) If it isn't your daily, then yeah, go ahead. Worst case senario, when it gets to the point of no return, LeMons it!

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
06/08/2014 at 13:11

Ba dum tsshh

But seriously, since the first time I saw it I kind of liked it, but he was asking around $2200, which was way too much

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
06/08/2014 at 13:11

That may be the best part of it!

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
06/08/2014 at 13:13

Itd be more of a dumb project-ish car that I would drive every once in a while, like maybe once every two weeks.

I want to make it a sleeper almost and start swapping some Corvette bits into it. Kind of tempting.

Frank Grimes > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:15

I think like me you just are sick of gaudy flashy cars and want something plain and boring that has limited value to the outside world and low performance but that can be experimented upon to maximize its awesomeness. I have this wierd attraction to really small hatchbacks and russian cars.

I want that wagon too! Its the white paint the boringness the wagoness the steering wheel is cool and the dash looks neat but also cuz I want to put a turbo ecotec and six speed manual in it.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Frank Grimes
06/08/2014 at 13:17

I have a really bad bug for mid-late 80s boxy things. Volvo 240s, Chrysler K Cars (really want a Lebaron convertible, god knows why) and now a boxy Chevy wagon...

Its odd because I was born in 98... my parents never drove anything like these. I never had any experience in or around one. So I dont know why I want it

PS9 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:20

Shitty cars aren't supposed to be endearing. What's wrong with this thing? Someone help me un-like it. I can't stand being able to stand this car.

TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:21

It is!

Frank Grimes > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:25

I saw a chevy 4 door chevette in a driveway yesterday I lusted after it! I was born in 82 but I dont remember the boxy cars or didnt pay attention. for the longest time we had GM fullsize vans and a cutlass supreme white with maroon interior that car was awesome but my dad says the motor was a dog...I think it means it was slow.

Kinja'd!!!

deekster_caddy > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 13:29

CP all the way. I taught a friend how to drive on one of those 20 years ago and it was junk then and they are junk now. Maybe it's in nice shape, but that car gets a CP from me at any price. The speedometer needle broke and fell off! You could still guess at the speed because the center of the needle had the line painted on it, so you could see it going around, but what a piece of garbage.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > PS9
06/08/2014 at 13:41

Im having the same issue! There is nothing great about this at all. Why do i want it.

I have this thing for 80s boxy cars. I love Chrysler K-cars (I really want a Lebaron convertible), Volvo 240s, and now this... help

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 14:13

Np. Also perfect car for engine swap to troll people.

mazda616 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 14:18

This is a perfect example of a car that used to be all-too-common and is now a relatively rare sight. Like the first gen Taurus, these sold super well but have not stood the test of time well at all. They were and are seen as throwaway cars, I guess. But I like them. I'm always intrigued when I see an older J-Body out and about.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
06/08/2014 at 16:37

Honestly, these cars are kinda neat and charming despite being spartan, like an old VW. I say go for it... practical, uncommon, well kept, and probably reliable!

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
06/08/2014 at 16:38

Kinja'd!!!

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Frank Grimes
06/08/2014 at 16:42

My old man had a '92 white on red Cutlass. Had the indestructible 3.8 in it too. Put almost 550 thousand kilometers on it before it rusted so badly the left rear wheel fell off when were changing off of the snow tires. Still miss that car and still get excited whenever I see one in the wild.