A Horse With No Name

I agree with the bodystyle thing. Would love to own another GM car, need a small fuel efficient car, but 'blu is right, the basid sedan bodystyle is about as apealing as a tetnus shot. Chris

A black paint job, a screaming chicken on the hood...park it out in the tall grass in front of a trailer...perfect car for Berea! Seriously, my teenage daughter took one look at this over my shoulder and yelled "hey Mom, come look at this, someone actually built an uglier car than the Nissan Cube!" Chris

You guys have taken sweet care of that thing! What is going to take its place when the lease is up? Chris

Bingo! Chris

Oh, and to everyone reading this thread: Take a C5 Z06 or a C6 Z06 and run it at rull throttle and feel the LS motor. I've DONE IT. Once you've DONE IT you won't worry about DOHC etc. The LS is totally kick butt as a mill. Listening to smk and a few others debate performance mills is about like listening to virgins debate about sex. GO DRIVE THE DARNED CAR AND REPORT BACK ONCE YOU"VE DRIVEN IT IN ANGER. Chris

Think about it though...GM never developed the Northstar to anywhere near its full potential. they can come much closer to developing an LS based mill to its full potential. And as for not spending $300 million...why should they? They just lost over a billion dollars. Pissing away another 300 million on a low volume car like the Corvette makes NO rational sense whatsoever. Chris

NO! Chris

Often very low miles hurt a motorhome more than they help it. Seals dry out, etc. A lot of SCCA guys I know of who use them to tow race cars actually look for old rigs with higher miles, as they know they often have been better taken care of, and initial problems will have been dealt with. YMMV. chris

...and probably profoundly stupid but... I think that MINI did itself a disservice by bringing out the Clubman, and then planning on bringing out the Crossman crossover, etc. Think GM would make the same mistake by changing the basic formula of the Corvette. Corvette is old school American Hot Rod with some new school tech thrown in. Change it too much and your diluting the formula. Chris

That is utter absolute automotive Lust IMHO. Wow...that has me thinking "unclean" thoughts about a car... Chris

I know I used to ride a friends Honda 600 Shadow, IIRC. Nice, balanced bike. I would buy a used Japanese bike until you know what you want and are comfortable with it. If your going to dump a buke, better to dump a 2K bike than a 20K bike. Derek, the chaplain of our sons boy scout troup is the finance guy at the local Harley dealer, AD Farrow, which has been around since 1911 IIRC. Anyways, lots of people spend lots of $ on a fancy bike and never ride it because they are uncomfortable with it. Been thinking I wouldn't mind a 1200 Sportster myself, even though I am a good sized guy. Just like the looks of them. And the Harley V Rod is a work of art IMHO. Chris ...and yes reg, I love Triumphs also...just not as a first bike! Chris

The Ebay T/A is indeed a good buy and about eleventy billion times better a car for you than the redbird POS. That being said...I'm not sure that you yourself know what you want, knight. Do you want a second, third, or fourth gen? What motor do you want? 403, 400 Pontiac, 305 Original, 350, LT1, LS1? What Color do you want? What Options are important to you? What are you willing to compromise on? Where are you going to garage this thing? How are you going to insure it? You are going to get full coverage, right? Are you going to modify it or keep it all stock original? What are you missing/not thinking about/going to regret when you get whatever car you want? Just good food for thought. Chris

So wait until you've got three grand. Or four. Or five. Or even dare I say it ten. You've got two cool cars to drive. It's not like your Jay Leno buying a vintage Bugatti of which there are only three on the planet or something. Pontiac built enough Firebirds that there will be plenty around for a very long time. Besides, the third gen cars to own are closer to the 92 model year than the 82 model year. Sean, one of my best friends from high school, got an 84 TA brand new as a graduation gift. GM's warranty work on that car is one reason they are several billion dollars in the hole right now. Wait until you've got money and you find JUST THE RIGHT CAR. Started wanting a 55 Chevy two door post myself in the 5th grade...finally found "just the right car" when I was 34 years old. It was worth the wait. Trust me on this. Even if you wait until your 23 or 25 to buy your 'bird your still doing fine. Chris

I'd bet lunch at the Hot Spot it's gone within two weeks at $2000. Chris

That it is. What is nice is getting the middle row of seats out of a Minivan and putting kids in the back row. Cooler can fit in front of the kids, they can use it as a table as they travel.

Sweet Jesus...that thing is worth two grand any day of the week. Suprised it's lasted this long. Chris

I like the idea of the evolution of the excellent LS series powerplants. Riding in a Z06 driven "in anger" has convinced me! Chris

...and a billion of these got clunked under the CFC thing. Interior parts for these ought to be cheap! Chris

It's a running driving four wheel drive truck that isn't rusted or beaten to death for two grand. What the hell does he expect...mink fur on the dashboard? Chris

Good luck! Chris

...and 'blu, if you feel that strongly, I've got space in my heated garage. You could come visit him (Impala) on weekends! Chris

If you want to get really made, I can take you by a shop down on McKinley avenue here in Columbus where they seem to be Donking about half of GM's surviving RWD production. I've seen tri-5's, real SS Chevelles, GTO's, SS Monte Carlo's, full size B body's, nice two door 80's Caprice's, you name it... Whole whole whole lotta cars... Chris

When Penn traffic bankrupted the local Big Bear stores here in Columbus, a lot of people lost their pensions and 401K money. Penn Traffic/Big Bear had a large distribution center just north and west of downtown...turned off the electric there for the last time myself, permanantly, and got the building ready for demolition not that long ago. Nice industrial building came down and Luxury condo's are going up. Way to much of that going on. Not a political thing, but the damned rich keep getting richer and the working guy keeps seeming to get the short end of the stick. We need somehow to regain the ideas of personal responsibility that made our nation great in the first place. Perhaps Cubical/Moltar and Oldsmoboi will be the last two guys at cheers and gears to be employed? Chris

Just south of Columbus, Ohio. Talking with the guy he doesn't seem like a bull crapper at all...and the car sounds very legit and VERY nice. Chris

Yes, its really $1500! Chris