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"Jonee" (Jonee) 09/29/2016 at 22:14 • Filed to: Pontiac G3, Aveo, Shitbox

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That’s right. The ever elusive Pontiac badged Aveo.

They built excitement. Reminds me of the old T1000.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 22:27

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Those things are everywhere in Canada, except it was called the Wave up here.

It succeeded an earlier Canada-only Pontiac subcompact, the Firefly.

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 22:30

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Gross. And they left a Toyota dealership plate frame on the rear.

Makes my skin crawl with automotive pet peeves

EL_ULY > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 22:31

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I’ve driven these in Mexico.

Pontiac G2 as well

Wacko > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 22:39

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The Suzuki Swift+ was even less common. Here in Canada the wave was almost more common than the aveo.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 22:44

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Yup...not uncommon up here in Canada at all, in fact, one of my co-workers owns the previous-gen Wave to the one you have in your pic! Hers is a sedan though...

RallyWrench > EL_ULY 09/29/2016 at 22:45

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That’s just a sad, sad little car. Bet it’s easy to fix though.

Wacko > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/29/2016 at 22:45

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Didn’t know they did’t have firefly(s) in the states. Here in Quebec we basically called all geo metro / Suzuki swifts / Chevrolet sprints fireflies

404 - User No Longer Available > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/29/2016 at 22:47

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It was actually renamed G3 Wave sometime right before Pontiac’s death, along with the Pursuit which became G5 Pursuit.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Wacko 09/29/2016 at 22:47

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I grew up with everyone calling them Fireflies too, that or calling every car on that platform the Sprint.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 22:56

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Our office Aveo was that color. They all need to meet thermite.

Wacko > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 22:58

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The T1000 was sold in Canada as the Acadian

Jonee > RallyWrench 09/29/2016 at 22:59

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I don’t know. I kind of like it. The headlights remind me of the fried egg Porsche ones.

RallyWrench > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:00

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Oh, how the mighty have been badge engineered into obsolescence.

Jonee > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/29/2016 at 23:00

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They didn’t sell many G3's down here. I guess you folks liked your Pontiacs. I think the T1000 was more common up north than Chevettes.

RallyWrench > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:01

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Me too, but I don’t really like the fried egg Porsche lights. Almost looks intentionally similar.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:02

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Probably was, they’re all gone now though. They were called the Acadian up here.

Jonee > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/29/2016 at 23:03

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That’s right. What do you have against alphanumerics?

Jonee > RallyWrench 09/29/2016 at 23:04

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It’s a shame they didn’t have time to do an Olds one.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:04

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Alphanumerics are too American.

RallyWrench > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:06

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I’m imagining a big grille and G-body Cutlass taillights. Yeah, I’d drive that.

Jonee > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/29/2016 at 23:07

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Like this? It’s so weird.

Jonee > RallyWrench 09/29/2016 at 23:10

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That’s like a modern take on the Leata Cabalero, which is totally appropriate.

Jonee > Wacko 09/29/2016 at 23:11

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Why did Suzuki need one, too?

RallyWrench > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:25

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Brb googling Leata Caballero.

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Holy shit! I never thought I’d want a Chevette, but I do now.

Jonee > RallyWrench 09/29/2016 at 23:34

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Right? There’s like one or two left. And, note the correct spelling is with only one “L.”

Wacko > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:37

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small cars are big in canada, even more so in quebec.

and guess suzuki didn’t want to pay to get the real swift certified for north-america since small cars didn’t sell well in USA.

even though the real swift was a great little car.

RallyWrench > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:38

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That’s a thing of beauty. I just used the autocorrect spelling to search, wasn’t sure. Wonder if they couldn’t use two L’s because of the El Camino Caballero. They can call it whatever they want, it rules.

Jonee > Wacko 09/29/2016 at 23:41

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The real Swift was a great little car. We got one version of it that was also sold as a Geo. I had a teacher in college who was from Quebec and you’re right, she drove a Ford Festiva.

Jonee > RallyWrench 09/29/2016 at 23:44

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Did you see the pickup?

Brilliant.

I figure you pronounce it with a hard “L,” and not the Spanish way.

RallyWrench > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:47

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Yes! That’s the one that made up my mind for me before you showed the hatch.

Jonee > RallyWrench 09/29/2016 at 23:51

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It sold at one of the auctions a few years ago. I hope it’s getting used.

RallyWrench > Jonee 09/29/2016 at 23:53

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I can only imagine how much Coke it could haul in its prime.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jonee 09/30/2016 at 00:06

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Yup, that’s the one - hers is a light blue though (exactly like the car in this pic, minus the bug deflector on the front):

Coincidentally, now that I think of it, another one of my coworkers from the same store owns a facelifted Pontiac Wave sedan in a light green, exactly like this one:

Wacko > Jonee 09/30/2016 at 00:23

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The geo metro, Suzuki swift , Chevrolet metro and firefly where all swifts.

Just like the geo/Chevrolet/gmc tracker, Asuna / Pontiac  sunrunner where all the same truck too. Back in the rebadge hay day.

Jonee > RallyWrench 09/30/2016 at 00:49

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Capital “C” Coke, or COKE!!! ?

Jonee > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/30/2016 at 00:54

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The teal is glorious. I always love that effect of trying to squeeze a particular manufacturer’s signature grille on a badge engineered small car.

Jonee > Wacko 09/30/2016 at 00:57

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We got the previous generation Swift/Cultus/Firefly as the Chevy Sprint I just remembered. Even the Turbo variant.

RallyWrench > Jonee 09/30/2016 at 00:59

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COCAINE!!

Jobjoris > Jonee 09/30/2016 at 04:28

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The more you know... That T1000 looks epic though!!! What was that?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jonee 09/30/2016 at 07:31

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For what it’s worth, I think the metallic teal on the later models like the one in the pic is actually a pretty cool color! :)

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/01/2016 at 00:12

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That was a Chevette with a Pontiac logo stuck to it. Truly epic. I don’t think they changed anything about it except the badges.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/01/2016 at 04:31

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They seem to have put it somewhat up higher on it’s wheels as well.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/02/2016 at 02:09

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Boy, I haven’t seen one in years. I didn’t remember the difference being so dramatic. No wonder those were so popular in Canada.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/02/2016 at 04:24

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Canada always gets the good stuff. Better start moving. They have an excellent movie-business as well.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/06/2016 at 03:29

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They even got Ladas, those frozen, sort of Socialist bastards. They do have a pretty thriving movie and t.v. business. It’s cheap to film up there.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/06/2016 at 05:13

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Haha, I thought I was just kidding? Do they really have a movie business? I knew some tv series are shot in Canada, even American ones, right? Trees heeft een Canadees was a sentence we heard a lot after ‘44.

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/08/2016 at 01:49

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Yeah, they do make a lot of movies up there. Some by American studios like with t.v. It’s much cheaper mostly because of taxes. But, now a lot of states offer big tax incentives to the movie studios, so they’ll go to Georgia, or North Carolina instead of Vancouver which is like Hollywood North.

Canadians have trees?

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/08/2016 at 04:25

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Trees is a Dutch girl-name not that uncommon back then. It is now. Because many Trees ended up living in Canada ;-)

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/09/2016 at 21:21

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Trees is a first name for girls? Why did they all move to Canada?

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/10/2016 at 05:53

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Because they all got hooked up to/pregnant by Canadian soldiers...

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/11/2016 at 00:33

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I see. And, Canadian soldiers go for girls named Trees? And, what are all those Canadian troops doing in the Netherlands anyway? This just keeps getting more and more complicated.

Jobjoris > Jonee 10/11/2016 at 03:49

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We were liberated mostly by Canadians... The ‘40's were complicated...

Jonee > Jobjoris 10/11/2016 at 23:43

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Oh, right, you were. That would explain a lot of fair Dutch maidens running away to Canada. I’m still curious why they were all named Trees.