NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(I generally only check in here on weekends, so I will especially miss you because I tend to care most about cars they stopped making during the Reagan administration. Back to Hooniverse I go!)
(I generally only check in here on weekends, so I will especially miss you because I tend to care most about cars they stopped making during the Reagan administration. Back to Hooniverse I go!)
Reliability-wise, though, I'm going with this one.
@darthchurro: That's not how you do it, son. You're holding it like some sort of European Nazi.
It's visually nice enough - certainly isn't as vomit-inducing as most of the Fieroborghinis and Fierraris. But a wheezy Chevy V6 and that ridiculous cover aren't fooling anyone. And for $39,500, you're still getting a fugazi.
I prefer the vaguely SAAB-like lines of the Moskvitch 2141 (Aleko)!
@ausflogan: They were also popular in suburban Houston as a bratwagon.
@Jackie: Saw one of these today. Love those '90s across the trunk taillights.
@JackTrade: Horrible, horrible car. But you could get a locking gas door on it to keep thieves from siphoning your gas, which, considering you were buying a horrible Kia penalty box, was all you cared about.
@Carl Levine: What, you think 30K timing belt and tensioner changes are excessive? ;)
@englishwhitetrash: is the Jalop proletariat: I suggested the E-series and O-series - remember the Perkins Prima diesel O-series conversion?
BMC E-series, used in the Morris Marina, Austin Allegro, the antipodean Leyland P76, all of the ADO17 cars, Austin Maxi, Princess 2200 models, and a few others.
The O-series was another gutless, fragile BMC engine. They threw this mess into the Austin Maestro, Austin Montego, Austin Ambassador, Morris Marina, Morris Ital (ugh), and, sadly, the base model Rover SD1 after 1982.
The O-series was another gutless, fragile BMC engine. They threw this mess into the Austin Maestro, Austin Montego, Austin Ambassador, Morris Marina, Morris Ital (ugh), and, sadly, the base model Rover SD1 after 1982.
@facelvega: I think maybe the rear-mounted spare might have been a bit ambitious. Clearly it needs one of those mounted Rascal racks so the driver can get from his car to the line at Luby's.
The Mark IX must have opera lights and opera windows. This is non-negotiable. Also, how about some of those maybe-sometimes-functional hide-away headlights? That's a trend that needs to come back.
Also, button-tucked red velour seats for that coffin interior feel.
The Mark IX must have opera lights and opera windows. This is non-negotiable. Also, how about some of those maybe-sometimes-functional hide-away headlights? That's a trend that needs to come back.
Also, button-tucked red velour seats for that coffin interior feel.
@lowmiles: Oh, it also needs a lot of knight-helmet badges.
1. Badge engineer a Camaro into a Buick.
2. Detune the suspension and engine to uninteresting (read: Buick) levels.
3. Give it a vinyl top, basket-weave leather seats, wire wheels, whitewall tires, and a rear-mounted spare wire wheel.
4. Call it Buick Riviera Brougham Eleganté.
5. PROFIT!
2. Detune the suspension and engine to uninteresting (read: Buick) levels.
3. Give it a vinyl top, basket-weave leather seats, wire wheels, whitewall tires, and a rear-mounted spare wire wheel.
4. Call it Buick Riviera Brougham Eleganté.
5. PROFIT!
The vinyl-and-velour seats actually look to be in decent shape. They don't have that sickly worn velour look.
@LPscuderiaSV: 1981 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. RUNS/DRIVES GOOD. NO RUST, GOOD PAINT (GRAY). RUFF INTERIOR.
@SagarikaLumos: Maybe it was a dealer-installed option: "Nonsensical Parking Brake Pad...............$29.95"
That carpet looks like dog hair, which makes this even more confusing.
@facelvega: Might be hard to come by considering they only made less than 70 of them and only 26 are known to still exist. But don't let that discourage you! You can buy one brand new!
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