A little spare time to think. Remembering my Chevy Vega..
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From: Otis on 30 Sep 2009 12:46 Over the years, the inevitable subject of worst cars ever comes up, and the Vega is always at or near the top of the list. I've seen it a hundred times. I feel I should put in a good word for the little car. My sister got a new Vega in early 1973 (a stripped-down one at that, about as basic as was available). I then inherited it in late '74 and drove it merrily for another full year. That little car was never ONE ounce of trouble. It cruised at 75 mph like a charm, never burped or coughed, and I actually don't know that the oil was ever changed!!!! Maybe the car was serviced when my sister had it, but I know it wasn't during the time I had it (young and car stupid I guess). When I traded it in for my dream car at the time (the dreamy '75 Toyota Celica GT), it had about 42k miles on it and still performed like a trooper. Maybe it was a rare gem off the assembly line I don't know, but I had three friends who also had Vegas and I don't remember any of them being lemons; one did have notoriously squeally brakes though IIRC.
From: dsi1 on 30 Sep 2009 13:40 Otis wrote: > Over the years, the inevitable subject of worst cars ever comes up, > and the Vega > is always at or near the top of the list. I've seen it a hundred > times. I feel I should > put in a good word for the little car. > > My sister got a new Vega in early 1973 (a stripped-down one at that, > about as basic > as was available). I then inherited it in late '74 and drove it > merrily for another full > year. That little car was never ONE ounce of trouble. It cruised at > 75 mph like > a charm, never burped or coughed, and I actually don't know that the > oil was > ever changed!!!! Maybe the car was serviced when my sister had it, > but I know > it wasn't during the time I had it (young and car stupid I guess). > When > I traded it in for my dream car at the time (the dreamy '75 Toyota > Celica GT), > it had about 42k miles on it and still performed like a trooper. > Maybe it > was a rare gem off the assembly line I don't know, but I had three > friends > who also had Vegas and I don't remember any of them being lemons; one > did have notoriously squeally brakes though IIRC. > A bit of trivia: the Vega was based on the Fiat 124 Sports Coupe. GM bought a few examples to take apart and tried to copy it's design. I think they succeeded all too well. As far as the 124 Sports Coupe goes, I owned 3 of those and loved those things.
From: hls on 30 Sep 2009 14:05 "Otis" <rev_otis_mcnatt(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1f20ce7d-cd39-4208-920c-08032814acbb(a)37g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > Over the years, the inevitable subject of worst cars ever comes up, > and the Vega > is always at or near the top of the list. I've seen it a hundred > times. I feel I should > put in a good word for the little car. That is, I believe, the car with the silicon/aluminum alloy engine...That thing went out for most people very quickly. Now, believe it or not, I have seen Yugos still on the road. Even the worst automaker allows a good one to slip out occasionally.
From: dsi1 on 30 Sep 2009 14:30 hls wrote: > > "Otis" <rev_otis_mcnatt(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1f20ce7d-cd39-4208-920c-08032814acbb(a)37g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> Over the years, the inevitable subject of worst cars ever comes up, >> and the Vega >> is always at or near the top of the list. I've seen it a hundred >> times. I feel I should >> put in a good word for the little car. > > > That is, I believe, the car with the silicon/aluminum alloy > engine...That thing > went out for most people very quickly. > > Now, believe it or not, I have seen Yugos still on the road. Even the > worst > automaker allows a good one to slip out occasionally. Yugo = Fiat 128
From: hls on 30 Sep 2009 15:25 "dsi1" <dsi1(a)spamnet.com> wrote in message news:jtNwm.221416$cf6.208145(a)newsfe16.iad... > hls wrote: >> >> "Otis" <rev_otis_mcnatt(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:1f20ce7d-cd39-4208-920c-08032814acbb(a)37g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >>> Over the years, the inevitable subject of worst cars ever comes up, >>> and the Vega >>> is always at or near the top of the list. I've seen it a hundred >>> times. I feel I should >>> put in a good word for the little car. >> >> >> That is, I believe, the car with the silicon/aluminum alloy engine...That >> thing >> went out for most people very quickly. >> >> Now, believe it or not, I have seen Yugos still on the road. Even the >> worst >> automaker allows a good one to slip out occasionally. > > Yugo = Fiat 128 Maybe the equality is not quite right, but similar. Fiat also put Russia into the car business, IIRC. We have owned three Fiats...a 131 Mirafiore, a 128, and another I cant remember. The engines were okay, but the bodies tended to rust out very badly on some of them.
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