I drove one a couple times, like most of them it probably hadn't had any maintaince in years, and was slower than a 240d. But, other than being so slow it still ran fine, probably still is as far as I know.
I drove one a couple times, like most of them it probably hadn't had any maintaince in years, and was slower than a 240d. But, other than being so slow it still ran fine, probably still is as far as I know.
yeah, those are surprisingly durable cars. My girlfriend's folks just got rid of hers (looked identical) about a month ago. Her dad got it at a police auction and they put a new starter in it and she drove it through high school and 1/2 of college before upgrading. Her mom drove it another 3 or 4 years till it needed more work than it was worth to pass inspection. She wouldn't entertain my idea of making it a UCAR so off it went to some charity auction so hopefully someone else might be working with it. Bout made her cry when she saw the empty spot in the driveway.
I must be the only one who has had a bad experience with the breaking down. My friend's Sunfire had a fuel pump die, all the gauges go out and the fan die twice under 150k miles.
Cavs are like runts of the litter, ain't pretty w/ some misgivings... but loyal little mutts.
doc_speeder wrote: There's a flat-biller around here that drives a hacked up Sunflower with NO SPRINGS in it. Just rides around on the bump stops with a stupid "Eastside Lowriders" sticker in the back window...yeah. Anyway, I've seen that car running around for several years like that. It's an automatic with a straight pipe on it. He drives with the go pedal on the rug. All the time. It smokes a bit but he's still rockin it.
LOL I can just picture him driving around blasting this tune XD
MY BIL has one. Drives the E36 M3 out of it and it comes back looking for more.
Bye bye car.
Pics of said filthy whore on fire or ban.
Feel better?
I will never admit to it, but I had a Cavalier wagon for something like two years as a work car. Darn practical, reliable, comfortable and efficient. Able to take stupid amounts of abuse, and keep on puttering down the road.
Cavalier: the Slant 6 Dart of the 90s.
You can get just as attached to a reliable daily beater as to a project/fun car. As much as I love my Mustang, I will probably shed a few tears when I eventually get rid of my '93 Corolla wagon.
Bye bye, little Cavalier.
Just noticed that on the new board, we have negative votes again. Wally, the Cavalier is going into the negatives once more!
(Mods, please inform us if it only goes to 0)
My first autox ever was in a Z24 of the same vintage, that car with the 2.4l and 5spd embarrassed plenty of Honda in the stoplight drags of my younger days :)
And once it no longer passes an E-test, a Cavalier is one of the best to use in a small car demo derby!
Goodbye little car. May you spend many hours bangin' the limiter in a field somewhere...
Sky_Render wrote: You can get just as attached to a reliable daily beater as to a project/fun car. As much as I love my Mustang, I will probably shed a few tears when I eventually get rid of my '93 Corolla wagon. Bye bye, little Cavalier.
Wife and I both felt the same way when we sold the Accent.
Awful, terrible, cars, you cant kill them without really trying though.
Am I the only one surprised that you got enough for it on trade in to not keep it until something breaks?
In reply to oldopelguy: That was the original plan but my schedule changed and I could no longer take the train and have to drive 80 miles each way, so I couldn't really wait to see what was going to fail and where and with everything that was rusting apart on it The Wife was uncomfortable commuting with it.
foxtrapper wrote: I will never admit to it, but I had a Cavalier wagon for something like two years as a work car. Darn practical, reliable, comfortable and efficient. Able to take stupid amounts of abuse, and keep on puttering down the road.
You kinda just did, on the internet, where it will be around forever for all to see...
I had a new one in 88. Terrible understeer was its downfall. Tried going through Laurel canyon half as hard as I would push anything else I owned, understeered over the center line, oncoming traffic, so I kept left, hit a curb and landed balancing on someone's brick wall. tore everything, frame and all, out from under it.
My Mom has a 97, and my Dad had a 96 Z24 that he traded at 350K for a Cobalt SS. They love their little GM's but after driving a neon and Focus, I am anything but a GM fan these days.
It's funny, my first introduction to autocross was from a guy who would come into the tire store I worked at frequently to have slick tires changed on his older V6 5speed Z24. I had never even heard of it until I asked him what he did with the car.
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