Pulling the GrandAm GT out of the garage for the first time this year. I changed the oil, filter, and took it for a spin. I found a nice quiet area with no witnesses and exercised the supercharger somewhat. Zoom zoom!
Talking to my roommate and his girlfriend. Dinner was good. Had a nice walk. After dinner, I found the cure for
Polio and saved a damsel in distress. The best part of my day was having dinner.
I traded the T/A in on a new Vette back in '88. Dumb. Still crying over that decision. The GrandAm was something I scooped at cost from a friend who souped the hell out of it and then got bored and moved on to a new project. In addition to the supercharger, it has two additional fuel injectors, water/alcohol injection to control prefire, and a custom computer module that runs everything. The tranny was beefed up to handle the additional power.
I don’t drive it often because it’s a speeding ticket waiting to happen. It spends most of its time in the garage and occasionally visits nearby Show n’ Shine events in the summer.
About $7000 used five years ago. The d00d who sold it to me owed me more than a few favours. I basically got the vehicle for the cost of the upgrades he made to it. There are two and four door versions of this car. The two-door is more collectable and appreciates more nicely in value, but the four-door drives the same and can be found dirt cheap used. A good deal for those more concerned with performance than appearance.
Nice…In 1978 a Trans-Am was about the coolest car you could have at my school. ( not counting porchsas, Lamborginnes, pantera’s etc.). It beat out Mustangs (I think you said you hate Mustangs) Firebirds, Cameros, and the odd classic cars that several kids had.
It’s not that I hate Mustangs so much as I dislike anything that isn’t Pontiac. I hope Obama burns in Hell for all eternity for keeping Buick and killing Pontiac, the wretch.
my friend Alisons car was bought about 3 months ago and it has depreciated by £5000 already such a waste of money and it had a cracked engine block that had to be replaced, i’d much rather she had the money for a car that appreciates but i dont know of any car that gets that over here unless its the Queens or something lol
i had a little project growing up when i was in the car business, morris minor traveller, would have looked good if i finished it
That’s why I refuse to buy new. My latest daily driver is a 1997 Chevy Astro. Paid $800 for it. I expect it to last me about five years and I don’t need to pay for expensive insurance for it.
you are so lucky over there, the cars over here are rubbish compared to over there and ours seem to be more expensive, my sister bought a second hand car for £2000 and she’s hoping to get a couple of years out of it i think it had done 80000 miles and the suspension is rubbish, everybody just wants to rip you off over here as well which is not good.
i wonder if i could get a good used car from America/Canada and import it thats better and cheaper than what we’d get over here.