Just to bore you this week, we have an End Times Update:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1981-BUICK-PARK-AVE-DIESEL-ONLY-9486-MILES-AWESOME-NEW_W0QQitemZ4625530979QQcategoryZ6139QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Royale-Diesel-Brougham-Coupe_W0QQitemZ4624651498QQcategoryZ6406QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://members.tripod.com/~A350Diesel/dieselfiero.html
Yes, children; even the very Worst car in the World can make a comeback, and there are actually people willing to PAY (presumably) GOOD MONEY for them. Does this not frighten you? Well, it SHOULD.
The GM diesels were absolutely the very WORST cars in the world ever made, worse even than the Yugo, because for $3990 and coming from Yugoslavia, you really deserved what you got. What COULD you expect? Name three good things that came out of Yugoslavia. Name one.
The GM diesels were worse even than the Trabant, a car manufactured in East Germany out of cloth (I am not making this up; I saw the video.) Then again, what do you expect from a country that has to put up a wall and surround it with armed guards and dogs trained to kill to keep their citizens in?
But people somehow expected better things out of GM, despite GM's record of producing innovative crap, such as the Corvair, Vega, Cadillac's 8-6-4 engine, etc. Especially since the diesel powerplants were offered mostly in GM's higher line models, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, and particularly Cadillacs- I believe for one unfortunate year anyone who wanted to buy a Seville only could have one with a diesel. This was like having to sleep with the dealership manager in order to buy one, or the toothless mechanic.
Nowadays, people should know better; The Oldsmobile diesel generated more jokes than any other awful car, probably more than all the other awful makes of car combined. Sample: How is an Oldsmobile diesel like syphilis? A: You can get rid of syphilis.
Also note the Fiero; Ignoring the durability issue presented by the diesel, why would you put a heavy motor designed to provide low-end grunt to move very heavy vehicles at low speeds into a car which looks like it is supposed to be light weight and fast and sporty (the Fiero was largely built out of Chevette and J-car components and pitched to management as a super-economy commuter car, so it isn't really sporty) but why the hell would anyone do this? WHY?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1981-BUICK-PARK-AVE-DIESEL-ONLY-9486-MILES-AWESOME-NEW_W0QQitemZ4625530979QQcategoryZ6139QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Royale-Diesel-Brougham-Coupe_W0QQitemZ4624651498QQcategoryZ6406QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://members.tripod.com/~A350Diesel/dieselfiero.html
Yes, children; even the very Worst car in the World can make a comeback, and there are actually people willing to PAY (presumably) GOOD MONEY for them. Does this not frighten you? Well, it SHOULD.
The GM diesels were absolutely the very WORST cars in the world ever made, worse even than the Yugo, because for $3990 and coming from Yugoslavia, you really deserved what you got. What COULD you expect? Name three good things that came out of Yugoslavia. Name one.
The GM diesels were worse even than the Trabant, a car manufactured in East Germany out of cloth (I am not making this up; I saw the video.) Then again, what do you expect from a country that has to put up a wall and surround it with armed guards and dogs trained to kill to keep their citizens in?
But people somehow expected better things out of GM, despite GM's record of producing innovative crap, such as the Corvair, Vega, Cadillac's 8-6-4 engine, etc. Especially since the diesel powerplants were offered mostly in GM's higher line models, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, and particularly Cadillacs- I believe for one unfortunate year anyone who wanted to buy a Seville only could have one with a diesel. This was like having to sleep with the dealership manager in order to buy one, or the toothless mechanic.
Nowadays, people should know better; The Oldsmobile diesel generated more jokes than any other awful car, probably more than all the other awful makes of car combined. Sample: How is an Oldsmobile diesel like syphilis? A: You can get rid of syphilis.
Also note the Fiero; Ignoring the durability issue presented by the diesel, why would you put a heavy motor designed to provide low-end grunt to move very heavy vehicles at low speeds into a car which looks like it is supposed to be light weight and fast and sporty (the Fiero was largely built out of Chevette and J-car components and pitched to management as a super-economy commuter car, so it isn't really sporty) but why the hell would anyone do this? WHY?
posted by SavageATL at 12:20 PM
1 Comments:
Sir you do not know What you are talking about! The Fiero, even
the 84-87 handle pretty good. The
8 has all new suspension The later 350 diesel and all teh 4.3 diesels were pretty good engines, most still running after 200 -250,000 miles. It is funny how you can tell someone whose knowledge comes from what they hear and not REAL first hand experience.
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