XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
   XPost: rec.autos.tech   
   From: Trueno@e86.GTS   
      
   On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:35:09 -0800, Wayne wrote:   
      
   >   
   > "Hachiroku ????"  wrote in message   
   > news:pan.2009.11.27.17.38.50.848702@e86.GTS...   
   >> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:01:09 -0800, Wayne wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I've owned two GM vehicles, a Corvette and a Suburban, that were such   
   >>> pieces of crap, I seriously considered driving them off a cliff.   
   >>   
   >> Hmmm...I think I'd give the Vette some slack...I have an '88 Supra that   
   >> needs a fair amount of attention, but it starts, runs, steers and stops,   
   >> and looks good doing it, and it's such a BLAST to drive I don't mind a   
   >> weekend in the back yard up on jack stands and a tool kit!   
   >>   
   >> Of course, it's 21 years old and +200,000 miles...   
   >>   
   > My vette was the absolute worst car I have ever owned.  Bought it brand   
   > new and the throttle linkage stuck on full throttle while driving it home.   
   >   
   > Kept that piece of crap for 4 years.  During that time, the paint started   
   > peeling off the roof, I replaced the alternator twice, one a/c compressor,   
   > the water pump three times, and 4 new mufflers.  Lost track of the number   
   > of belts that were used up.  Once, a belt broke, wrapped around the fan   
   > and punched a hole in the radiator.  A/C clutch caught on fire. Oil seals   
   > blew. You name it.   
   >   
   > The radio had been bolted into the car with one of the wires clamped   
   > between the radio and body.  It quit working when the wire migrated   
   > through the insulation.  The door light switch was intermittent such that   
   > the interior lights would attempt to come on when the car hit a bump.   
   > However, the vibration was so quick that the lights didn't come on, but   
   > the radio had static.   
   >   
   > The flip up headlights wouldn't lift up is the car was going above 40 mph.   
   > Occasionally, when driving down the road, one headlight would come up and   
   > stay.   
   >   
   > I won't even rent a GM car.   
      
   Wow. I could almost put up with that kind of stuff on my Supra. But the   
   things that were wrong were mostly fixed, and the rest isn't near that bad!   
      
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