 Sunfire vs Alero |
 Oct 14, 2011 - 1:24 AM
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I'm shopping for a winter beater, because I don't want my beautiful St205 in the mud and shiz.
I found 2 interesting deals. the first one is a 1999 Pontiac Sunfire, with ~142k miles on it. not a single trace of rust and engine bay seems in order, guy asking 900$, I could deal at 800$ The second one is a 1999 Alero, same mileage as the sunfire, car is on primer because the rust was sanded but wasn't repainted, engine bay is in order, too. for 500$ My 3rd choice would be to shop around for a dodge neon. I would go with a tercel but they are a bit overpriced where I am from 
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Oct 15, 2011 - 11:22 AM
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Most common problem I see with them are clogged EGR systems and oil consumption at high miles. A few doses of seafoam or similar solvent on the piston tops can help with the oil burning and oddly so can fixing the EGR. Had one in...the passages in the head were totally packed solid, luckily they provide a plug to remove to get straight shots into the passages to clean them easily. a heavy steel cable in a drill works well!
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TheChildOfTheSea Sunfire vs Alero Oct 14, 2011 - 1:24 AM
stephen_lee its just a beater, id go cheaper. Oct 14, 2011 - 10:24 AM block NONE. I'd look into a Corolla. Those can be ... Oct 14, 2011 - 10:57 AM jordisonjr Don't buy and alero, they are sh!t
I drive... Oct 14, 2011 - 11:13 AM njccmd2002 let me see, between a pile of crap and a bag of ga... Oct 14, 2011 - 2:37 PM
RabidTRD QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 14, 2011 - 3... Oct 17, 2011 - 12:06 PM TheChildOfTheSea What about the tercel/Paseo? found a nice deal for... Oct 15, 2011 - 12:55 AM block tercel's and paseo's are also nice cheap e... Oct 15, 2011 - 1:25 AM TheChildOfTheSea QUOTE (block @ Oct 15, 2011 - 2:25 A... Oct 15, 2011 - 1:26 AM Soulend My friend has a Sunfire... its ****... I mean it g... Oct 15, 2011 - 12:02 PM njccmd2002 paseos can be cool, and get a jdm tercel turbo eng... Oct 16, 2011 - 8:27 AM mak5603 QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 16, 2011 - 6... Oct 16, 2011 - 11:52 AM njccmd2002 QUOTE (mak5603 @ Oct 16, 2011 - 11:5... Oct 16, 2011 - 6:58 PM PolliS_5S-FE QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 16, 2011 - 6... Oct 17, 2011 - 10:01 PM block QUOTE (mak5603 @ Oct 16, 2011 - 11:5... Oct 16, 2011 - 7:04 PM 4-eyed-freek I had a cavalier...aka a sunfire, Worst car I ever... Oct 16, 2011 - 10:02 AM Bitter turbo paseo or drop in an A series engine to a 200... Oct 16, 2011 - 1:46 PM easternpiro1 lol im surprised nobody mentioned a good 1994 civi... Oct 17, 2011 - 10:30 PM TheChildOfTheSea QUOTE (easternpiro1 @ Oct 17, 2011 - 11... Oct 18, 2011 - 11:25 AM easternpiro1 QUOTE (TheChildOfTheSea @ Oct 18, 2011 ... Oct 18, 2011 - 1:28 PM block a civic would be nice. i had 3 civics and were al... Oct 18, 2011 - 12:08 AM kurt95gt anything honda can make a good beater over had 4 c... Oct 18, 2011 - 1:26 PM TheChildOfTheSea ahh I see...
well, I might just give it a rust pr... Oct 18, 2011 - 1:33 PM |
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