[elky] Re: The new El Camino, (Shrimp on the Barbie style) (was: Taco Bell Style)

  • From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:00:54 -0600



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,
The front end of the Solstice is too much of a 55 gallon barrel sitting sidewards and the 1/4s and rear deck of the sky are better looking too. They are both roundy but the sky has a little more definition. 



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.
Well Olds had a big following and so did a few Buick cars... They appealed to the older generation. They were typically cushier cars. The Le Sabre and Park ave were prime examples of a GM screw up. The Le Sabre was the best selling in it's class for a long time and doing well so GM in their infinite wisdom decided to can it and start over. And they lost sales with the new replacement. Same thing happened to Ford. The Taurus was a very well selling car. They decided to try to appeal to the younger generation and in doing so screwed up the car and lost their existing customer base and never gained the one they went after and then the car dissapeared and now they bring the name back onto a poorly named car to start the 500. (poor naming job there) 


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)
That was an interesting drivetrain in those cars and fun. I thought they were ugly and reminded me of the riviera. As you can tell I have a thing against cars that are too roundy. I prefer more straight lines which is why I prefer the GN over the Monte SS. I prefer those straight lines as the curveys remind me of new cars. 


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 :)
Olds was below Buick and above Chevy in their class. Honestly I never understood why they had so many divisions that just took the basic car designed an interior and exterior and try to pass it off as a different car. How many successful car companies do that today? Hmm.
Robert Adams 


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