Mark,
It didn't get any better with the 1986 Pontiac Sunbirds, all 4 door bottoms
rotted away and too numerous brake and overheating problems. My daughter
used it eventually for a school car and would tell me the odometer would run
backwards as did one of her girlfriends Sunbird. Never believed it until I
witnessed it myself. It sort of stayed at about 86,000 miles plus or minus
2000.
POS and turned me away from GM cars which up until then I always bought. To
be fair I had a 98 GMC Jimmy company car which ran well until I sold it at
198,000 miles. Some normal issues at 150,000.
JVV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Hooper" <mhooper@digiscreen.ca>
To: "Frenken, Eric" <efrenken@lctax.de>
Cc: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 3:36 PM
Subject: RE: [TR] Re: OT price of gas?
> Hi Eric:
>
> Well, I imagine that the oil companies will be in the forefront of
investment into hydrogen and other methods when the tipping point is
reached. They'd be happier with their operations closer to home anyway.
>
> I remember that my father bought my mother a shiny new Pontiac Astre in
1974 because it was a sports car that he could fill from bottom to top for
less than $5. Times sure do change.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
> P.S. What a sad fiasco that Pontiac turned out to be. It rotted out like a
paper box in a rain barrel. The original all aluminium engine, cylinders
included.
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