Had something similar happen once. Family had just pulled into Schuss Mountain for a nice round of skiing in my 2003 Grand Prix GT (FWD, obviously). The entrance road is covered in snow, and I’m doing a cautious pace. I come around a slight bend, straighten out, and then 2 seconds later the car pirouettes. I’m talking…

They’re still readily available, especially where I live. People who rice cars can’t afford newer ones anyways. Yes, it’s a used market game when you have to factor in the hood with the fake scoops and the aftermarket gauges and HID kit that blinds people and lowering springs and cambarz and a 3.4 pulley with canned…

FWD, super cheap, good aftermarket support, forced induction but not that fuckin European turbocharging bullshit. Americans use superchargers. Also very often modded with items that it’s owner would consider “rice” if they were on a Japanese car, but apparently their car is not rice because America. 3800 club people…

You’re right, except the American Civic is the Pontiac Grand Prix GTP.

Nah you were just assuming that my story was BS because you wanted to be a dick.

its the pedal on the far left, that’s close enough. Christ, what a pedantic dick

Some automatic cars have pedal parking brakes that are where the clutch would normally be. If your rear brakes lock up unexpectedly you could easily crash. I’ve actually hit the pedal e-brake a few times when I decide to drive my Boatsmobile Aurora, but only when I go to start it, never whilst driving.

I’ve heard from several people working at LGR assembly that Chevy is playing around with an 850 horse V8, I suspect it might have something to do with this

Not really, the LS is a way better looking car, both inside and out. It could be had with a manual transmission (although only with the V6), and you could also get a V8, which was expected in an American luxury car at the time. And even the automatic had 5 speeds.

Also it shared underpinnings with a Jag, which sounds…

Idk about this truck, but I counted 7 heat exchangers on a relatively new Ford F250 recently

No, not really no. I’m young enough to date college girls, but old enough to know that I’ll attract far more campus police than women by blitzing through East Lansing in second gear

Went on a date with a girl. Picked her up in my car. Halfway through the ride she asks me “are you trying to impress me with all that revving and playing with the shift thingy? [sic]”

Needless to say I didn’t take her out again.

I had a 3400, obviously it had the LIM fail, and 4th gear quit around 180k which is when I got rid of it. Other than that it was fine, if underpowered.

Mine wasn’t in an Aztek, but I do know a person who has one, the only problem he had that you mentioned was the wheel bearings (as far as I can remember, anyways), but…

You bought a practical and decently reliable car that just happens to look like utter hell?

Could’ve been a lot worse, really.

Seems like a chopper would be excessive for a speeding violation

C4 Corvette ZR-1. Not yet a classic, but IMO soon to be. It’ll be the most fun to actually drive, far more reliable than something from the 70s. It’ll be MUCH faster. It’ll have a targa roof, which is better. There’s a chance that it’s value could actually increase (Although maybe not if you put DD mileage on it). You…

For 17k you could have a C4 Corvette ZR-1, and while I do like the Fiero, there’s no justification for that price.

Oh god I hated that fucking vehicle. I wanted to like it so bad, the z71 models looked so cool (though the base model fleet ones looked terrible because they rolled on sofa casters).

But then I drove one. The seating position was stupid, you were basically sitting on the floorboard, the pedals were super far away so…

Has this car ever broke the speed limit? How many times has it had to be repaired? Does it occasionally run red lights? Drink too much octane booster during a night at the strip? It was clearly wearing a sexy black paint job, and no undercoating underneath. The car was definitely asking for it