nicky4968
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^^^^^^^^
And it didn't cost $50,000.
And it didn't cost $50,000.
Biggest lemon I ever bought
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The first sketch of the Gremlin design was done on an air sickness bag.
Seems fitting.
Seems fitting.
BigBill
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Compact, high gas mileage cars weren't popular earlier. The little Nash rambler would be a hit today. But they were people movers not like comfortable luxury cars. If we had cars like the amc hornet today it would give the other cars a run for there money. Don't forget the all wheel drive eagle hornet. Not look today were the industry is going. Gm decades ago bought into the Subaru all wheel drive design so they could use it in there cars suv's. How many years did Subaru off there all wheel drive before gm caught on? We seem to follow the leader. We lost that drive for new innovation and having the guts to just do it.
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4barrel
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That is because it didn't have the Chrysler automatic. In cold weather I had to wait a while before it went into reverse. When winter was over it went down the creek.
It's a real contest....
The biggest lemon I ever bought (I've had so many) was either the Mercury Topaz that ate tires or the Chrysler Concord with the 40,000 mile transmission that was repaired then broke again.
The biggest lemon I ever bought (I've had so many) was either the Mercury Topaz that ate tires or the Chrysler Concord with the 40,000 mile transmission that was repaired then broke again.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
My 73 Chevy k10 4x4 the front differential housing was welded 2 degrees off. Every 4x4 had the same problem up to my 88 suburban. I welded bearing bosses within .002" and they were off 2 degrees? I kept on swapping both front tires till they wore even then I rotated all four. American quality. Ever since 97 i own Subaru's.
CLASSIC12
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My second car and first lemon was a magnificent Alfa Romeo GTV 6 2.5 like this one
Stylish, beautiful even, amazing bombproof engine and great sound, powerful fast, light, great road holding .... but geezas was it unreliable. A real love / hate relationship
Stylish, beautiful even, amazing bombproof engine and great sound, powerful fast, light, great road holding .... but geezas was it unreliable. A real love / hate relationship
PeterJ
US Veteran
There was one tree at a campground in McAllen Texas that we stayed at that produced lemons that big. Best lemons I ever tasted.
CQB27
US Veteran
This is what I drove during the oil embargo.
It came with a bag for my head.
LOL..."It came with a bag for my head."
You did it to me again!
I had a 76 chevy vega hatchback. Best value in a car that I ever owned. Mine had the Iron Duke 4 cylinder. Paid $2200 for it in 78, drove it 60,000 miles, and never put a dime into it except tires and brakes. Got $1100 for it when I traded it in 1983....never got stuck in the snow, and i hauled 10' 2x8s in it to build my porch roof....
Robert
Robert
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Robert—I truthfully have never heard a good report on a Vega. And my uncle owned the dealership where we bought ours and started refusing their allotment they had so many angry customers. They replaced the aluminum engine in ours twice I believe before 20K miles.
https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2008/12/19/the-chevy-vega-the-worst-detroit-car-ever
https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2008/12/19/the-chevy-vega-the-worst-detroit-car-ever
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4barrel
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My brother bought a new 74 Vega and took a vacation to Mexico He ran out of gas and he bought a few gallons of lantern fuel to make it to a gas station. It didn't last long after that and got traded off under warranty.
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I know they were not good cars, but i had good luck with mine....i hated driving it, but 23 years old, married, paying $530 per month on my first house, an raising a 5 year old, we needed some luck.
Robert
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4barrel
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The only good thing about a Vega was the torque converter. You could put one in a 350 or 400 turbo transmission and have a 3000 stall converter.
You're right....
That is the 'X' version. My friend had one. We liked it. Whoever did 'Wayne's World' had a camera on us growing up.
And THAT was the "sport" version........
That is the 'X' version. My friend had one. We liked it. Whoever did 'Wayne's World' had a camera on us growing up.
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