I’ll take a 20% paycut over being unemployed any day of the week.

Well it’s not that easy. Any stylist can put pen to paper and OEM car modellers can build a non-functioning show car that will blow people’s minds. However putting it into actual production and building it to meet the targeted selling price point is a whole ‘nother game (e.g. think an under $70K selling point for a…

That body coloured panel between the headlights styling cue looks like it made it into the mid ‘70's Toronado.

Unlike many, I have some love for the Hornet fastback (Man With The Golden Gun Spiral jump anyone?). However, if you’re going to commit to a cross Atlantic marriage like this, I think a first gen Camaro or Bullitt style Mustang would garner an envious look at your new found union.

The only thing missing is a centre console full 8-track cassettes.  If you’re going to go period, you have to be all in.  So far I’m digging it.

A Supercharged low mile GT500 or a survivor Foxbody 5.0 notchy for pretty much the same amount of shekels. I’ll go with the one that twice HP of the other one and the better (not lighter) chassis. I’m as nostalgic for nice Foxes as the next fanboy, but from an engineering perspective, they were junk.

There are only two cars from 1987 that would garner my consideration; Ferrari GTO 288 (and I don’t play in that sandbox) and the Buick Grand National. If I was going to fork out $30K on a car from 1987, that last production year for either car, there is only one realistic choice.

It was certainly you.  I know your type.  Been around them for over three decades.

I too had a rental Malibu and it was a pleasant surprise.  It wasn’t exciting to look at, but drove as good as anything out there in the same price range.

The Bill Mitchell era of GM will never be surpassed.

I work for an OEM and back in ‘91 we had five competitor cars in our fleet that we could sign out for test drives. One was a light blue ‘91 Legend Sedan. I had it out for a few weekends and it was simply delightful to drive compared to our luxury line-up the time. But the car that I couldn’t get enough of was the…

That’s why automakers make use of 9 and 10 speed transmission vs. the days of old when they made do with 3 & 4 speeds. It’s all about torque multiplication - quickly shifting through a few low gears strung together on the bottom end will make the engine feel like it’s more powerful than it really is.

I’m with you. It doesn’t look like two tons of vehicle. That number is the GVWR, i.e. five people max, some cargo and full tank of go-go juice.

So you’re “that guy”. Well, I too am an engineer with 35 years experience in the field with the same OEM, plus I can add hot rodder, former kart racer, and a current C7 Owner to my CV. One thing I can honestly say about engineers is that the majority have a keen sense of humour, but sometimes there is the odd guy…

I see the glass as half full here. Not “weak links”, but rather built in engineering “fuses”. At first I thought “breaker” as being appropriate, pun intended, but fuse is more applicable since you have to replace a shorted fuse vs. reseting a breaker.

Here’s a paragraph from a GM Warranty Manual, in the “what is not covered” section:

That suggestion deserves consideration.

It’s the reason I had to baby our new C7 when we picked it up last April.

Don’t buy wheels from this guy.  He still hasn’t sent me the sea monkeys I ordered from him.

Too bad Johnny Cash wasn’t around to sing about this one.