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Bounty wrote: Yomillio wrote: Just bought my first car today for $50 more than your timing belt would've cost. What is it?

1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SL with the 3.1L six in it. It has 130K miles on it, but the thing has been babied. The guy we bought it from has kept track of everything he has ever done to it - oil changes, spark plugs, transmission work, everything. He even wrote down everytime he put friggen' gas in it and the mileage. Its insane.

It is in beautiful condition too. It rides so nice for its age and it definitly hugs the road surprisingly well. The tranny shifts smoother than my parent's cars that are years younger. The only thing really wrong with it is that there is some kind of noise coming from the engine. We think its the piston hitting against the cylinder/sleeve because these cars are known for that. It goes away in higher revs, almost like it aligns itself. You can't hear it when driving it, and if it grows to be a problem, an engine swap can be done for less than 1K. I'm just hoping for a couple years out of it.

The interior is amazing. Its a dark grey leather; it looks pretty good. It has clearly been cared for, with only a single small tear in the side of the driver's seat. It does need new front speakers and I'll probably just end up putting in some kind of mid-end system anyways. The paint is beautiful, there is a fair dent in the area behind the rear tire on the drivers side and two very small areas of rust that we'll end up touching up to keep it from spreading.

All in all, a great buy (knock on wood). Its a lot of car for what we paid.



Edited by Yomillio - 30 June 2008 at 8:41pm

.357 Magnum wrote: Because now he's in before I said something stupid. See.

So you admit you say stupid things.

Admitting is the first step towards recovery.

Yomillio wrote: Bounty wrote: Yomillio wrote: Just bought my first car today for $50 more than your timing belt would've cost. What is it? 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SL with the 3.1L six in it. It has 130K miles on it, but the thing has been babied. The guy we bought it from has kept track of everything he has ever done to it - oil changes, spark plugs, transmission work, everything. He even wrote down everytime he put friggen' gas in it and the mileage. Its insane. It is in beautiful condition too. It rides so nice for its age and it definitly hugs the road surprisingly well. The tranny shifts smoother than my parent's cars that are years younger. The only thing really wrong with it is that there is some kind of noise coming from the engine. We think its the piston hitting against the cylinder/sleeve because these cars are known for that. It goes away in higher revs, almost like it aligns itself. You can't hear it when driving it, and if it grows to be a problem, an engine swap can be done for less than 1K. I'm just hoping for a couple years out of it. The interior is amazing. Its a dark grey leather; it looks pretty good. It has clearly been cared for, with only a single small tear in the side of the driver's seat. It does need new front speakers and I'll probably just end up putting in some kind of mid-end system anyways. The paint is beautiful, there is a fair dent in the area behind the rear tire on the drivers side and two very small areas of rust that we'll end up touching up to keep it from spreading. All in all, a great buy (knock on wood). Its a lot of car for what we paid.

Rod knock and/or piston slap is not good lol. But that's damn cheap.

Alright, changed mine a minute ago.

Yeah, I put a ton of miles on my Cavalier, and I never had any trouble with it. Mine was a '97 with the Quad-4, and I didn't think it was "very very underpowered". It wasn't a race car, but it was supposed to have 150 HP, which would have been comparable to other vehicles in it's class at that time.

Shub wrote: Yeah, I put a ton of miles on my Cavalier, and I never had any trouble with it. Mine was a '97 with the Quad-4, and I didn't think it was "very very underpowered". It wasn't a race car, but it was supposed to have 150 HP, which would have been comparable to other vehicles in it's class at that time.

ya mines the 99 2.4L. 170hp with all the mods (had it dyno tested 3 days ago). it definatly isent the fastest car on the block, its the the slowest eather. its the perfect starter car in terms of reliability and durability.

Yomillio wrote: .357 Magnum wrote: Yomillio wrote: Bounty wrote: Yomillio wrote: Just bought my first car today for $50 more than your timing belt would've cost. What is it? 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SL with the 3.1L six in it. It has 130K miles on it, but the thing has been babied. The guy we bought it from has kept track of everything he has ever done to it - oil changes, spark plugs, transmission work, everything. He even wrote down everytime he put friggen' gas in it and the mileage. Its insane. It is in beautiful condition too. It rides so nice for its age and it definitly hugs the road surprisingly well. The tranny shifts smoother than my parent's cars that are years younger. The only thing really wrong with it is that there is some kind of noise coming from the engine. We think its the piston hitting against the cylinder/sleeve because these cars are known for that. It goes away in higher revs, almost like it aligns itself. You can't hear it when driving it, and if it grows to be a problem, an engine swap can be done for less than 1K. I'm just hoping for a couple years out of it. The interior is amazing. Its a dark grey leather; it looks pretty good. It has clearly been cared for, with only a single small tear in the side of the driver's seat. It does need new front speakers and I'll probably just end up putting in some kind of mid-end system anyways. The paint is beautiful, there is a fair dent in the area behind the rear tire on the drivers side and two very small areas of rust that we'll end up touching up to keep it from spreading. All in all, a great buy (knock on wood). Its a lot of car for what we paid. Rod knock and/or piston slap is not good lol. But that's damn cheap. Piston slap. Thats it. I couldn't think of the 'slap' part for anything when I was trying to type it... lol. Yeah, it isn't. But right now its not too obnoxious and were buying this the intention of it hopefully lasting me 2 or 3 years. Everything else is beautiful on it, and if we really wanted to we could just pay a visit to the junkyard and I'll still have spend less than $2000 on it provided nothing else goes seriously wrong.

Just make sure to keep an eye on your oil level.

ammolord wrote: Shub wrote: Yeah, I put a ton of miles on my Cavalier, and I never had any trouble with it. Mine was a '97 with the Quad-4, and I didn't think it was "very very underpowered". It wasn't a race car, but it was supposed to have 150 HP, which would have been comparable to other vehicles in it's class at that time. ya mines the 99 2.4L. 170hp with all the mods (had it dyno tested 3 days ago). it definatly isent the fastest car on the block, its the the slowest eather. its the perfect starter car in terms of reliability and durability.

My friends stock del sol puts out like 120 and it is hella lighter than yours, your cars not that great.