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#28 of 57 Re: Solstice [Mr_Shiftright] by uplanderguy

Nov 01, 2010 (9:26 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 01, 2010 8:10 am)
The Solstice looks nice, though, and had more dealer sales/service availability out in the small towns....until last year (sigh).

#29 of 57 Re: Solstice [uplanderguy] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Nov 01, 2010 (10:43 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Nov 01, 2010 9:26 am)
The Solstice had to do what the Miata did in the first place---build a much better Lotus than Lotus.
 
I was rooting for the Solstice, although I thought the front end regrettable. It would be nice if Chevy picked it up.

#30 of 57 Re: Solstice [Mr_Shiftright] by uplanderguy

Nov 01, 2010 (11:17 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 01, 2010 10:43 am)
Boy, I agree it'd be great if Chevy picked up the Solstice. Maybe call it a "Monza" or "Spyder".

#31 of 57 Re: Solstice [uplanderguy] by lemko

Nov 01, 2010 (11:20 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Nov 08, 2010 2:17 pm)
Any news about Chevy picking up the G8 and making it a Caprice?

#32 of 57 Re: Solstice [uplanderguy] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Nov 01, 2010 (11:41 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Nov 08, 2010 2:17 pm)
Seems a shame to waste all that Solstice tooling. The press reviews on the car were pretty favorable weren't they?
 
Chevy needs to work on its "rental car" image.

#33 of 57 Re: Solstice [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969

Nov 01, 2010 (11:45 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 01, 2010 10:43 am)
I was rooting for the Solstice, although I thought the front end regrettable. It would be nice if Chevy picked it up.
 
I never cared for the Solstice front-end, either. Not really ugly, but just too cute and "playful", I guess...like a pug puppy that's about ready to pounce. I preferred the Saturn Sky. Its front-end was a lot more cluttered, but I found it attractive.

#34 of 57 Re: Solstice [texases] by hpmctorque

Nov 01, 2010 (1:28 pm)

Replying to: texases (Nov 01, 2010 7:39 am)
Another major deficiency of the Solstice and the Sky is that they have no luggage space, or virtually none. There's no space for even a weekend get-away, unless the passenger were willing to suffer with a small folding back between his/her legs and the seat bottom. That's inexcusable, considering that the Miata is smaller than the Solstice/Sky, and does have a small trunk.

#35 of 57 Re: Solstice [andre1969] by bumpy

Nov 01, 2010 (2:30 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 01, 2010 11:45 am)
The Solstice looks like something you'd order out of the Good Vibrations catalog, then pop a pair of AA batteries in once it arrived.
 
The Sky borrowed its styling from the Opel Speedster, which is probably why it was picked to be the second Opel Speedster and the Daewoo version (if that ever got built).

#36 of 57 just towed my 2006 hh home by myraf

Nov 01, 2010 (7:58 pm)

I have a 2006 toyota hybrid highlander that is a few miles out of warranty ,talk about the expensive repairs exceeding vehicle value,my car would be worth 9,000 dlsis it was running ,the hybrid coponen fried and the dealer wants 14,000 dls to fix,i have a 2006 toyota hh sitting in front of my house worth 0,i paid 49,000 dls for this car new ,have been having problems since 5,000 mls and the service manager tells me they weren't meant to go past 100,000 mls,could you believe this,now what do i do,don't buy a hybrid ,they are deasth traps and expensive,very very crazy very expensive to fix,theis hunk of defectivejunk died on the fwy doing 70 mph almost lost my life,because when the hybrid components goes,no warning to light goes on,it just stops ,no power steering no brakes,almost hit a semi truck attempting to get it off the road.pass the word,someone is going to get killed ,toyotaadvertises them to be reliable,yea yea,let them ask me,i saw my lifeflash before my eyes when it died

#37 of 57 GM 5.7 Olds diesel by sda

Nov 06, 2010 (10:50 am)

What great promise that had. Unlike other diesels at the time, this one was very easy to live with. No long waits for the glow plugs to warm, no extra levers to push/pull to start, etc. My dad had a 79 Eldorado diesel. Beautiful two tone brown, kind of a copper brown on the sides, and dark metallic brown on upper body, roof, hood, trunk. It was the 125hp engine before it was reduced to 105hp. Really ran strong. Good mpg too. 20 around town, about 30mpg on the road. Dad loved it. Except...he couldn't keep it out of the shop. You could count on the head gaskets failing about every 15000 mi. It used oil like a Vega. Battery replacement was frequent, alternator, starter. Never had trouble with the fuel system like so many people had. From what I've learned since, if GM had done placed an effective water separator in the fuel line, many of the problems that plagued that engine wouldn't have. At 105k, dad gave up and trade it on a Mercury Grand Marquis. He got $1500 trade, $4000 less than had it been a gasoline Eldo. Had I had the resources, I would have bot it and put in a decent Olds 350. Just graduated from college, and no $$.

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