I remember that series too!

Was about to post the same. Great show! Must rewatch now!

How wrong you are...

Very American is a good way to describe these, if you were coming out of a bigger GM car, these felt very comfortable and familiar, everything felt and operated the same.

Those iron duke 2.0L’s were absolute beasts. Plus the trans had to be good to survive the numerous neutral low drops teenage me subjected it to, haha.

Can confirm. 1984 Cavalier sedan in my family made it to 315k

These things ran for freakin’ ever. Between my brother and I we managed to get over 300,000 miles of “meh”from a 1984 Cavalier CL Type 10 2.0 EFI F41 (every one of those designations appeared in badge form on the car).

I’m actually stunned that the amount is that small. I mean, 13 million gallons sounds like a huge amount of water on the face of things - if you’re trying to visualize it, that’s 20 Olympic swimming pools. But that’s not how we normally encounter water, and once you have it flowing in pipes for 24 hours a day you can…

Ironic how the one thing the MTA tried to stop is the only thing that moves on its system

Maybe if you used cars like the rest of ‘Merica and didn’t rely on a stupid subway system this wouldn’t be an issue.

I was under the impression that periodic flooding was a feature designed to flush the urine and dead rats out of the system.

Our local potheads that my employer uses for our fleet did that to me. Replaced the brake pads and left the frozen caliper. Told me it was fine because I had three other brakes. Damn things almost catch on fire and are radiating heat like a space heater. He tells me I can finish my runs that day (about 100 miles) and…

Also, some manufacturers make changes mid model year and that can cause specific components to be referenced by VIN (usually by VIN range).

Parts of it encode what year, engine, model, etc. it is.

Milleneals can’t accept that everyone knows more than they do. If I have to look at one more “hey old people, quit doing this” article, I might have to choke out the nearest one.

The most common wouldn’t have worked either since it was an Olds 350 not a Chevy so it all worked out the same.

Agreed with the Goodyear experience.

What is the industry’s average default rate?

Or don’t buy a Dodge Journey with 100k miles for $30k from a shady used car dealer.

Wow! 35% default is bonkers! However, I can see how this can work with an easily repossessed and easily resold asset like a car can make money for this kind of lender.