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03-11-2013, 11:22 AM | #91 | |
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My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs. |
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03-11-2013, 11:22 AM | #92 |
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Well realistically, it's a sixteen year old boy who has already wrecked one car. More than likely, he's going to get shitty mileage no matter what he drives.
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03-11-2013, 11:24 AM | #93 |
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The one thing about the 3.8L is make sure the coolant looks ok and isn't low. They had some problems with the intake manifold gaskets. By this age, most of them have been replaced but it worth looking for.
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03-11-2013, 11:28 AM | #94 | |
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When I first started driving, gas was 99 cents a gallon. So I never dealt with the "shock" of the pump that this guy is going to feel now when he realizes how expensive it is to drive nowadays. Especially if he's working for near minimum wage. I nearly have a heart attack when I'm at the pump, then again, I drive a Modded Mustang GT and a 4x4 4.0 Ranger True story, I had to do quite a few of those a few years back, it seemed everyone and their mother had a 3800 of some flair and almost all of them needed an upper gasket set. Good lord do they get shitty gas mileage when things start to go bad lol. |
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03-11-2013, 11:33 AM | #95 |
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True, if he was to get something like a Civic or Corolla. My son gets almost 40 mpg in his (my) '01 Prizm. That said, I doubt there would be much difference between the Intrigue and the Camaro.
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03-11-2013, 11:35 AM | #96 | |
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still waiting for him to get back to me on the Olds. Personally, I thought it drove better than the camaro.
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03-11-2013, 11:40 AM | #97 | |
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I would much prefer the Intrigue but I'm not 16 anymore. |
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03-11-2013, 11:51 AM | #99 |
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That's why you put the big stereo in - so you don't have to hear the rattles.
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03-11-2013, 12:04 PM | #100 | |
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I used to have a 2002 z24 cavalier, 5 speed. Besides the anemic 140 hp 4 cyl engine, the passenger side window motor crapped out on me, and the cd player stopped working. Oh, and there was something wrong with the door that made the interior lights not turn off like they were supposed to. When they fixed that issue, they screwed up the seal on the doors so I got lots of wind noise when driving on the highway.
What a poorly built piece of crap. I never had any problems with the engine or anything but still I would only buy it as a cheap car for a teenager to drive or a beater to drive in the snow.
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03-11-2013, 04:39 PM | #102 |
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took the Olds in for inspection and this is what they found.
Front struts rusty intake gaskets leak inner tie rod ends need replaced trans pan gasket leaks Oil pan gasket leaks needs new intake air tube all four tires are dry rotted. altogether over $1300 worth of work if I had them do it al. Showed the list to the dealer and they said hogwash, they trust their mechanic more than what mine found. JFC
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03-11-2013, 04:44 PM | #104 | |
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I've never had a dealer do that before. Just completely discount everything a mechanic found. Told me right there, even if I was still interested in it, they were not going to budge on the price at all.
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