I guess I was more confused about the "solstice" comment, that is a pretty sweet little ride when you consider what its up against, I know a guy that bought one and drove it home stripped it down and races it- pretty sweet car- What else can you buy - a miata? I like the Pontiac better than the sky anyday, but that's my opinion I thought the Pontiacs were, well many of them were pretty fun to drive, overpowered FWD cars, Not sure that anyone ever liked anything about an oldsmobile made in the last 10-20 years, well except a couple obvious ones, and they even had their issues. The 2001 Aurora I had was a beast, what a sweet ride for just over $10,000-(used 3 years old with 50k but you would have been surprised that this car was ever driven) leather, like new, power seats- any option GM had and it was on that car, not to mention an award winning engine- that 4.0 would get well over 30mpg on the highway and was plenty of power when you wanted it (for a normal guy who hadn't yet experienced a real hot rod driver) The problem was oil smoke, yes oil burn/smoke would blow thru the vents inside the car when idling at an intersection. Not good for the clients riding shot gun. Come to find out 2 other guys I have known who had them told me they had the same thing happen to them. WTH causes that? And how does it happen, it didn't leak, oil levels stayed normal, and didn't smoke thru exhaust... Olds seemed to be the cars that GM put everything into that didn't quite work in the other cars, just to get rid of it? The parts weren't even good enough for a buick :) -----Original Message----- From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Adams Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 3:56 PM To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [elky] Re: The new El Camino, (Shrimp on the Barbie style) (was: Taco Bell Style) ? The pontiac comment? The only thing Pontiac had been selling at the end were lumina variants and filling up the crappy used car lots. They are worthless for resale cause the interior was so cheaply made etc. They haven't made anything decent for many years. They couldn't come up with a decent car of their on so corporate GM had to import the Aussie car and sell it under the Pontiac brand to try to get something good but they over priced it and it didn't look like a GTO. Then they tried again and failed. Robert Adams >Huh? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Adams <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 3:38 PM >To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [elky] Re: The new El Camino, (Shrimp on the Barbie style) >(was: Taco Bell Style) > > > >Pontiac was going to bring over the Ute, they even had a naming > >contest... I entered (can't remember my entry)... the name they chose? > > "G8 ST" How exciting... > > > >They were bringing over the G8 wagon too, but not in the full GXP trim > >(lame). All these plans went down the drain even before they killed > >Pontiac. The Australians get all the cool cars... > > > Well Pontiac died a slow agonizing death. It should have >gone before Olds. At least Olds had cars that people bought. Pontiac was >the hoopdie brand in the end and had nothing decent. Even the Solstice was >eh.. The Saturn version was better looking. > > > Check out liberty motors as they are the LHD export > versions. > > > >My GM card points are burning a hole in my pocket... a few months ago > >they offered to let me use ALL my points (on certain vehicles), not > >just the "redemption allowance". If they offer that again I might > >have to pull the trigger... maybe an autotragic Silverado? (boo) > > > > Well with as little as you drive you will kill that Dodge >diesel. They are a maintenance nightmare when driven as a daily driver and >not worked hard. You won't be disappointed with the Chevy 1500. They are >very nice trucks. You won't be disappointed. I also prefer the looks of the >GMC but you pay allot more for a different look to the same truck.... > > > > Robert Adams > > > >Rules: Please play nicely with others. > >-List members page (text & pic links): >http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm >-List members page (all pics): >http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm > > > > >Rules: Please play nicely with others. > >-List members page (text & pic links): >http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm >-List members page (all pics): >http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2718 - Release Date: 03/02/10 >01:34:00 Rules: Please play nicely with others. -List members page (text & pic links): http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm -List members page (all pics): http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm
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