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Replying to: lemko (Jun 08, 2009 9:25 am) Remember, memorable can be postive or negative. I would agree that if list were expanded, then 63-65 Buick Riviera and 66 Olds Toronado should be added as positives to Mateja's list to bring it up to 12. Note that Mateja "actually" test drives cars (for 30 years) then writes about them in the Tribune. Perhaps we could start a GM Memorable list of its 100 worst cars. Start with Vega, then Cimmaron, Citation, Chevette, 4-6-8 Cad or was it Olds, etc, etc.
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jun 08, 2009 11:44 am)  There are plenty of other topics where the discussions have been allowed to be negative. 
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 08, 2009 12:01 pm)
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My parents' 70 Monte Carlo was a great 2nd car and never broke down as our '68 Plymouth Fury wagon did. Had it only 2 years, 73-75. Ran great until it got rear ended and frame was bent, 
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jun 08, 2009 12:22 pm) Well, the newest GM car I've ever owned was a 1986 Monte Carlo, and it was a great car until it got t-boned with 192K miles on the clock. So for the most part, my memories of GM have been fairly positive. At least, if I've gotten stuck with any crap GM cars, I can lay the blame more on old age/previous owner(s), than at GM's doorstep. I just have to keep that thought in my mind when I go home tonite, if I decide to try playing with my '76 Grand LeMons again and it decides not to start.
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Of the 50's and 60's were so much better than the cars Ford and Chrysler were putting out. Compare a 1965 Malibu to a 1965 Fairlane and the quality differences jump out at you. Lincolns and Imperials wre never up to the level of a Cadillac and a Buick Riviera was a much better car than a Thunderbird. My opinion, I know, and yours may differ. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 08, 2009 2:10 pm) Regards, Dale
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Replying to: iwant12 (Jun 08, 2009 4:12 pm) Thanks, it actually looks better in pictures than in person though! The car was repainted at some point in its life. It was originally a color called "Firethorne", which was kind of a dark metallic red. Last year, at a car show in Macungie PA I snapped a shot of this 1976-ish Ventura, which I think is Firethorne...  It's now painted a darker burgundy color, and honestly, they didn't do the best job in the world. One of those jobs where if you open the trunk, hood, or doors you can see the original color. At least it's a similar color though, not like they took a white car and tried to paint it black, or something clashy like that! BTW, my LeMans was supposed to go to that car show, where I saw that Ventura, but it died then, so at the last minute, I had to substitute this...  It was kind of amusing...I had a 1965 or so Chrysler on one side of me, and I struck up a conversation with the owner, who thought it was kinda neat to see my car, since the R-body Mopars are kind of rare. Well, I mentioned that I had originally planned on putting in a '76 LeMans, but the GM piece of crap let me down. I hadn't noticed that 1960 Caddy that pulled in beside me on the show field, and I think the driver heard me say that...he didn't seem amused!  I think the 1976 Grand Prix is really sharp, but with the 1977, there's one little detail that bugs me. I just don't like the way they stuck the turn signal in between the headlights. Gives it sort of a clumsy, swollen look IMO. Still, in the right color, with the right engine, they're nice cars! |
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| It was 1971 or 1972 and my Mom and Dad purchased a beautiful Pontiac Bonneville two-door coupe it was a large white car with a black roof. I could still remember riding in it many a times then I guess it broke down and it was gone. Then some years later, my Dad's friends had a beautiful maroon red Oldsmobile Cutlass Sedan, it was just sheer beauty of a car. General Motors made some great and beautiful automobiles and I have not even mentioned Chevrolet or Cadillac. I pray to God that General Motors does not disappear. | |
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