i drove my sisters chevi prizm. its based on corolla. that $hit is slow. i dont like it

 

Yeah they used to call them the Toilet cars (TOYota/chevroLET). All of the mid-80's Novas, then the 90's Geo Prizms, and later the Chevy Prizms (after GM merged its failing Geo division) were actually Toyota Corollas with a few cosmetic changes. GM has also bought cars from Suzuki - their new Aveo is actually a Suzuki Aerio, and the Geo/Chevy Tracker has been a Suzuki Sidekick or Vitara for years.

One of my friends had an '87 Nova in high school. It had a three speed automatic in it. I don't think I've driven a car that slow since then.

 

my mom used to drive a 1988 Nova. I drove it a few times. OMG. 74 hp is NOT enough to make the car go over 60mph.

 

actually the aveo is made by daiwoo sp?. i work at a chev/cadi dealership and everyone here hates those things. on a side note my buddy's dad has an old carolla that is early 80s. 378,000 original miles. its the 4wd model and last year he pulled his tundra out of a ditch in the snow with it. those cars are awesome....ugly tho.

 

sadly, i think they're going to feature a mustang in fast and furious 3, so i'm going to expect more mustangs on the street ;(

 

I can't believe they're going to make another one of those crappy-a$$ movies. It's created a whole generation of stupid ricers. I shudder to think what kind of crappy accessories they're going to superglue onto a new Mustang for this movie.

 

I love my Maxima. As far as gas mileage goes, it puts my girlfriend's 94 Merc Topaz (the badass 119 hp package!!!) to effing shame. My brother just bought a 2001 Merc Cougar V6. I thought he would rape me if we went from a dead stop. By 80 mph I was probably 10 car lengths ahead of him. Amazing.

 

A corolla is a good car to drive in the snow, in the rain , and to the gas station. Its good at being reliable,unlessit involves reliable performance. A perfect Fast and Furious Car, eh?

Quick SAT question. What Trilogy doesn't belong? Star Wars, Back to the Future, or .........Fast and the Furious?

 

I borrowed my dad's brand new hyundai elantra, and boy was it different than the max. your in the 4-5k Rpm range and going 40-60 accelerating to hiway speed. A go kart!!!

 

ya driving a bucket makes you respect your max more, I drove a 1990 honda accord all winter and when i got in my max i felt like a king .....

 

yeah the max is a completely different car then every other the ride is just so smooth and graceful

 

Prior to buying my 1998 I30, I sold my 1992 Max GXE back in April after owning it for ten years and putting 302k on it. I loved that car, and if the new owner wanted to sell it back to me, I'd buy it in a heart beat.

Why did I sell it? Good question, considering that I had the auto tranny rebuilt only one month before I sold it. Virtually everything BUT the engine, exhaust, and interior had been rebuilt or replaced. The interior was in good condition, the exterior was even better, and opnly the Y-pipe needed replacing.

The engine was a little bit of concern. Although the block and pistons ran as solid as Mt. Everest and seemed like they could run forever (at 300k, they were on the way there), the crankshaft pully/harmonic balancer was in dire need of replacement.

I thought about replacing the entire engine (because of the cost of replacing just the crankshart pulley was so high) and getting a catback system. With those changes, my car could probably go another 10 years without having another major repair. What changed my mind was the fact that I would still have a car with no safety features other than seat belts.

With the traffic situation getting worse every year, and with my body still feeling the effects of a minor accident I had five years ago, I had to give more consideration to safety features.

This is where the 1998 I30, with its three air bags, 4-wheel disc brakes and ABS, turned my head. That, and the other amenities of the car.

Yet, I still think about my old Max, and how much more fun I would have had modding it with about 1/2 the coins I spent on buying the I30.

Maybe I am being more nostalgic than realistic, but my advice is this:

if there is any way to keep a car you love running like it loves you back, keep it!

 

I always liked the last generation Cougar, I thought it was a really sharp looking car. However, in their never ending determination to blow the oppurtunity to make something cool, Ford decided to use the Countour/Mystique's impotent 2.5L Duratec V6 in the Cougar. Had they decided to use the 3.0L version of the same motor, used in the Taurus/Sable since '96, the Cougar would have had some serious potential. This motor in our '96 Sable LS makes 200HP and 200ft-lb, which is pretty good considering how horribly restrictive the intake and exhaust is. That motor with good breathing and some mild tuning is probably good for 230HP.