First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... JIm, I think it is all in how you take care of your vehicles.
I had a 1997 GMC Z71 that was THE WORST TRUCK EVER! It had just a hair over 100k miles, transmission blew once at 60k, rear end let go at 95K and when I finally got rid of it at 110k miles the engine had a bad knock in it. The steering box was shot, the suspension needed all new bushings, the paint was horrible and the interior was falling apart. Since then I have NEVER wanted another GM product made in the 90's or 2000's. I worked for a company who had a Toyota Tundra with a V8, now THAT is a real truck, rides great with 4wd, it can tow more than my Z71 ever thought about pulling with comfort, and it just kept on going. it is still going strong with 250k miles on the clock I've put over 215k miles on my Subaru WRX including track days, auto X events, Rally X, you name it I have done it. These cars have a supposedly weak transmission in them, mine let go at 165k miles after a huge life of abuse. My motor went about the same time because something got into the cold side of the turbo and I had nice turbo bits floating around in my motor. Easiest rebuild I have ever done! I like old American iron, but for new vehicles, I will look else where than GM. Paul Z. 68 350 Coupe On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > Gal at work drove her Buick to quite a bit past 200K and her Chevy Pickup > to something approaching 200K. Both looked like new when she replaced > them. Guess what she bought to replace them..... Toyo RAV4. Makes me want > to beat my head against a wall. Friend bought an early 90's pathfinder with > about 90K on it and in the couple years he had it spent $1000 on AC and > $2000 on injector work. During the same time I was driving my S-10 with > 160K+ on it and spent maybe $250 on repairs. His pathfinder is long gone > but my S-10 is still chugging along with 190K on it now. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: wcrist <[email protected]> > To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 12:58:20 PM > Subject: RE: [FGF] Pontiac to be scrapped - Express your opinions > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > What do you expect when the person in charge of destroying Olds > was given the job at Pontiac (Olds wasn't tired but driven into > the ground by bad marketing). This what happens when the marketing > people are not "car" people. By the way my last three Buicks have > been fantastic cars. Can you imagine a firebird with the Grand > National engine in it? > > Wayne TX > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/>
