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| Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 05:55 AM Location: Most Serene Republic of California Posts: 4,733
Car: 1992 Toyota Pickup Rep Power: 39 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | My brother just got his license and now he just got this Celebrity. I know, it kicks ass. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Iron Duke!!!!! ![]() ![]() The 2.5L I4 apparently produced 98hp when new but now, who knows.....
__________________ ![]() "Let's not forget that we are fighting for peace and for the welfare of mankind.” -Potsdam Conference - Harry S. Truman "This month's public bread is provided by the Capitoline Brotherhood of Millers. The Brotherhood uses only the finest flour: true Roman bread for true Romans." -Rome - Newsreader |
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| Joined: Feb 1st, 2007 Last Online: 11:05 PM Location: Dallas, Texas USA Age: 31 Posts: 3,020
Car: 87 XJ6, 95 XJR, 90 WD21, 86 CB700SC Rep Power: 52 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Minus 50 Car Guy points for admitting that someone in your family would willingly buy one of those heaps. I mean, it's not in bad shape, but it's such a horrible car...
__________________ ![]() 1986 Honda Nighthawk 700S (project, light restoration in progress) 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Series III Vanden Plas (modified) 1990 Nissan (WD21) Pathfinder SE 4x4 (little red offroad commuter box) 1995 Jaguar (X300) XJR (modified) My truck can swim the English Channel; what can yours do? It's just another day / Where people cling to light / To drive away the fear / That comes with every night |
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| ^ will bore you to death | Ok... show us the real pics. I find it hard to believe there is a running Chevy Celebrity still in existence. |
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| Joined: Feb 1st, 2007 Last Online: 11:05 PM Location: Dallas, Texas USA Age: 31 Posts: 3,020
Car: 87 XJ6, 95 XJR, 90 WD21, 86 CB700SC Rep Power: 52 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | He didn't actually say it ran...
__________________ ![]() 1986 Honda Nighthawk 700S (project, light restoration in progress) 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Series III Vanden Plas (modified) 1990 Nissan (WD21) Pathfinder SE 4x4 (little red offroad commuter box) 1995 Jaguar (X300) XJR (modified) My truck can swim the English Channel; what can yours do? It's just another day / Where people cling to light / To drive away the fear / That comes with every night |
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| | #5 |
| Joined: Aug 12th, 2005 Last Online: 07:57 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 489
Rep Power: 15 ![]() ![]() | Wait, wait ... You mean Chevy actually made a car and called it the Celebrity?! And people bought it?!?! |
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| Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 05:55 AM Location: Most Serene Republic of California Posts: 4,733
Car: 1992 Toyota Pickup Rep Power: 39 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | It runs quite well. Only has 99,000 miles and cost $500. He bought it from our uncle. Quote:
__________________ ![]() "Let's not forget that we are fighting for peace and for the welfare of mankind.” -Potsdam Conference - Harry S. Truman "This month's public bread is provided by the Capitoline Brotherhood of Millers. The Brotherhood uses only the finest flour: true Roman bread for true Romans." -Rome - Newsreader Last edited by jetsetter; August 7th, 2007 at 03:07 AM.. | |
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| Joined: Feb 1st, 2007 Last Online: 11:05 PM Location: Dallas, Texas USA Age: 31 Posts: 3,020
Car: 87 XJ6, 95 XJR, 90 WD21, 86 CB700SC Rep Power: 52 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
This was the POS that GM told us that we wanted to buy (the domestics were still telling their customers what the customers wanted and not listening to what the customers were saying). Is it any wonder that in 1989 (same year as this car), the best selling car in the US was the Honda Accord? To borrow a line from Clarkson: "[This car] made millions of people stand up and as one declare, 'I want to buy something else.'" Quote:
Which means it has *maybe* 1K left on it before it completely and spontaneously disintegrates.
__________________ ![]() 1986 Honda Nighthawk 700S (project, light restoration in progress) 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Series III Vanden Plas (modified) 1990 Nissan (WD21) Pathfinder SE 4x4 (little red offroad commuter box) 1995 Jaguar (X300) XJR (modified) My truck can swim the English Channel; what can yours do? It's just another day / Where people cling to light / To drive away the fear / That comes with every night | ||
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| Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 05:55 AM Location: Most Serene Republic of California Posts: 4,733
Car: 1992 Toyota Pickup Rep Power: 39 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | He won't be driving it all that much so it should last a little while. And in the end it only cost $500 so eh. My uncle was a detective and I he got this car when he became a detective.
__________________ ![]() "Let's not forget that we are fighting for peace and for the welfare of mankind.” -Potsdam Conference - Harry S. Truman "This month's public bread is provided by the Capitoline Brotherhood of Millers. The Brotherhood uses only the finest flour: true Roman bread for true Romans." -Rome - Newsreader |
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| Joined: Aug 12th, 2005 Last Online: 07:57 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 489
Rep Power: 15 ![]() ![]() | ^ y'know, I was just looking at the pics and thinking "It looks like a cop car from an American TV show or something..." |
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| Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 05:55 AM Location: Most Serene Republic of California Posts: 4,733
Car: 1992 Toyota Pickup Rep Power: 39 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Quote:
I've been checking out opinions on this site: http://www.carsurvey.org/model_Chevrolet_Celebrity.html It seems that it was the earlier models with the extremely serious problems. The later models had their problems but not as bad as the earlier years.
__________________ ![]() "Let's not forget that we are fighting for peace and for the welfare of mankind.” -Potsdam Conference - Harry S. Truman "This month's public bread is provided by the Capitoline Brotherhood of Millers. The Brotherhood uses only the finest flour: true Roman bread for true Romans." -Rome - Newsreader Last edited by jetsetter; August 7th, 2007 at 03:23 AM.. | |
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| Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 05:55 AM Location: Most Serene Republic of California Posts: 4,733
Car: 1992 Toyota Pickup Rep Power: 39 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]()
__________________ ![]() "Let's not forget that we are fighting for peace and for the welfare of mankind.” -Potsdam Conference - Harry S. Truman "This month's public bread is provided by the Capitoline Brotherhood of Millers. The Brotherhood uses only the finest flour: true Roman bread for true Romans." -Rome - Newsreader |
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| Joined: Feb 1st, 2007 Last Online: 11:05 PM Location: Dallas, Texas USA Age: 31 Posts: 3,020
Car: 87 XJ6, 95 XJR, 90 WD21, 86 CB700SC Rep Power: 52 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | As I said - fleet and rental cars.
__________________ ![]() 1986 Honda Nighthawk 700S (project, light restoration in progress) 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Series III Vanden Plas (modified) 1990 Nissan (WD21) Pathfinder SE 4x4 (little red offroad commuter box) 1995 Jaguar (X300) XJR (modified) My truck can swim the English Channel; what can yours do? It's just another day / Where people cling to light / To drive away the fear / That comes with every night |
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| Resident Buick Ninja Joined: Feb 25th, 2007 Last Online: 08:20 PM Location: St Louis, MO Age: 24 Posts: 1,263
Car: 98 Buick Park Avenue Ultra Rep Power: 39 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | My god that inside brings back memories. It looks so much like the inside of the 88 Park Avenue my dad used to have. Oh how I hated that car.
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| Joined: Feb 1st, 2007 Last Online: 11:05 PM Location: Dallas, Texas USA Age: 31 Posts: 3,020
Car: 87 XJ6, 95 XJR, 90 WD21, 86 CB700SC Rep Power: 52 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | That would be because it was essentially the same car - slightly different platform, though. ![]() ![]() We *all* hated those cars.
__________________ ![]() 1986 Honda Nighthawk 700S (project, light restoration in progress) 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Series III Vanden Plas (modified) 1990 Nissan (WD21) Pathfinder SE 4x4 (little red offroad commuter box) 1995 Jaguar (X300) XJR (modified) My truck can swim the English Channel; what can yours do? It's just another day / Where people cling to light / To drive away the fear / That comes with every night Last edited by Spectre; August 7th, 2007 at 04:11 AM.. |
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| ^ will bore you to death | Quote:
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For some reason I'm reminded of the Impala SS of the early-mid-90's and I'm struggling to understand why GM killed that off when it was still gaining in sales in '96. Short of the C5 'Vette it was about the only car GM sold that wasn't an ugly heap of shit (it was just a heap of shit). | ||
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| ^^They killed off the Impala SS (and the Caprice and Roadmaster and that pimp Oldsmobile wagon) to retool the plant they were made in, either to make newer FWD stuff or SUVs. Shame, really, because I wouldn't mind one of those cop-lookalike cars with an LS1 drivetrain. | |
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| Joined: Feb 1st, 2007 Last Online: 11:05 PM Location: Dallas, Texas USA Age: 31 Posts: 3,020
Car: 87 XJ6, 95 XJR, 90 WD21, 86 CB700SC Rep Power: 52 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | No - remember that the A-body cars were part of the GM planned obsolescence line-up. Around 100K they just suddenly started falling apart - system after system, part after part. Remember the conversation we had? http://forums.finalgear.com/showthre...ostcount483115
__________________ ![]() 1986 Honda Nighthawk 700S (project, light restoration in progress) 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Series III Vanden Plas (modified) 1990 Nissan (WD21) Pathfinder SE 4x4 (little red offroad commuter box) 1995 Jaguar (X300) XJR (modified) My truck can swim the English Channel; what can yours do? It's just another day / Where people cling to light / To drive away the fear / That comes with every night Last edited by Spectre; August 7th, 2007 at 04:44 AM.. |
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| .sa = bad driver! | Our family used to have a Celebrity station wagon. Aside from the fact that some of the air from the A/C came through the door handle/lock area, I don't recall any real problems with the car. I was only eight at the time, though.
__________________ "My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money." -Joe Weinstein |
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