Puck Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 Yea, I'm gonna skip the whole performance thing and just go on reliability. My 86 'bird has been running strong ever since I got it(second owner) around 98. Starts instantly even after sitting for a while, and you know the ONLY time its ever really been down(besides the burnt clutch when we got it)? The primary wire that goes to the starter was corroded, lol. Replaced it, and now she fires up in an instant again. Who says american cars arent reliable? Every manufacturer is bound to have a couple less-then desirable cars, but that doesnt make the whole lot of them untrustworthy. A friend of mine has a 1976 full size ford extended cab pickup that STILL runs strong. It also may be the longest and widest non-commercial vehicle I have ever seen(actually, I think it is ment to be a commercial vehicle, but whatever). Top speed is maybe 70mph(lol), but with the sick gearing and intense torque it'll do that same speed empty or towing just about anything. You cannot tell the difference in the passenger side when it tows a 19foot boat or when its empty...doesnt strain at all. 19feet may not sound like a lot but boats are HEAVY, and with most modern trucks you'd feel it working harder, nevermind a fake plastic truck(EXT,Titan, and king of all ugly POS trucks the Ridgeline). Guess you have to have towed before to get what I'm talking about... That thing is 30 years old and still running strong - stronger then many modern trucks even! Tell me thats not reliable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 hmm, i'm refraining from quoting some people here... ....but form one earlier comment, there is no such engine as a 1.3 vtec, lol 514918[/snapback] That's funny i was quoting the little bastard with the car...well whatever it is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 lol, either way (im not getting at ya cc) there wasnt a 1.3 with the vtech system after reading a few threads by the new member, im not sure how to react. im not sure how to or whether i need to! hmm...confusion! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 Dangit Dale you're thinkin' of a Fiat! 514752[/snapback] Haha! Nail on the head! Nice work As far as reliability, it's not like GM makes cars that last and Ford doesn't, or vice versa. It's a lot more complicated than that. I used to think that american cars like the cavalier and the escort were 100k mile cars. After that, the drivetrain died and you just bought another one. However, one of my old girlfriends had a beat to hell corsica with like 230k on it. And the kicker was that she (and her mother, the previous driver) knew nothing about cars, and I doubt they even changed the oil as often as they should. You always hear about an S10 or something like that going 300k, but then you see the driver and you realize he's probably the type of guy that could replace the whole dang truck piece by piece, so it's not really that impressive. But when someone with no automotive knowledge gets over 200k out of a car, you know someone built that thing right. I always used to think that american cars wouldn't last, and I'd always talk about civics pushing 300k without breaking a sweat, but that little ugly corsica kinda made me think that maybe it's not so cut and dry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 corsica? is that like....a corsa? either way - every car is different to the next. depends on how hard it is driven etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 corsica? is that like....a corsa? either way - every car is different to the next. depends on how hard it is driven etc. 514942[/snapback] It was kind of the cheapo midrange sedan thingy. They haven't made them in a long time now. I'm not really a chevy guy, but I'd kind of compare it in it's day to what the malibu is now. Maybe that's off base, don't slaughter me if it is, I don't really care for chevy lineage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 oh this is a corsa, lol, still a GM piece of poo. not quite what that^^^ is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 corsica... yeah you could say that's where it went. corsa = 4 door speed bump? it's gotta be european right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 haha nice one red....but.... .....the SRi moves a sight quicker than you think and does.....BENDS! (and dont give me that crap about going over them....there are quite a lot of lamp-posts concreted in to the pavement [sidewalk] on bends here in europe, lol) and yes, Opel are GM owned and european Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
94Camaro Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 (and dont give me that crap about going over them....there are quite a lot of lamp-posts concreted in to the pavement [sidewalk] on bends here in europe, lol) 514969[/snapback] And you think lamp posts are going to stop Bigred driving an ~8000 pound truck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoArmistead Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 Well, personal family history with cars. 1. 1978 T-bird w/ 351 cleveland. Very nice, still running today in great condition to the person we sold it to. 2. 1985 Bronco II - Sold it in 2001, only problem with it was it left the factory with the the crappier of Ford's two AC blocks. 3. 1991 Corsica - P....O....S..... 4. 1996 Grand Caravan- In the shop 9 times in 11 months, nuff said. Traded it in for... 5. 1997 Grand Caravan- Reasonable quality, definitely not great. Only minor problems over the years like fuses blowing, wires disconnecting themselves, headliner coming off, just cheapo factory issues. I can guarante you it won't last 15 years like the Bronco II did. 6. 2001 F-250 Platinum Edition (Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico local model) - Great great truck. Lot's of power, packin the 6.8L V-10, reliable, just...all-around greatness. That's what ours looks like except ours has a cow catcher on it (or as you yankees say, a "brush guard") Yes, In texas there is a difference between a bull bar and a cow catcher 7. 1996 Bronco - Well, this was a fleet vehicle up in Minnesota for some small business. I bought it about a year ago with 96000 miles on it, it has 104k on it now and its still running strong. It had non-stock...just about everything when I got it. Heavy duty tranny, slightly supercharged(?). Only problem I've had is the fuel pump might've been going bad, so we replaced it anyways (typical mid-90's ford problem). 8. 2005 Lexus GX470 - uh oh! Our first import in our family's history! Bought for mom, and though im not an import fan, this is a DANG nice vehicle. Very high quality, very reliable, very powerful with a 4.7L V-8, not very roomy for my large framed self (6'3''), but still a great little SUV. I'm an American car man overall, but I have a lot of respect for those ritzy import companies too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 And you think lamp posts are going to stop Bigred driving an ~8000 pound truck? 514972[/snapback] well, with the size of some of our lamp posts.....yes, actually, i think they might!! and even if the smaller ones didnt...the engine bay would have a large lamp-post shaped crater running back to the dash! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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