Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:55:40 -0500 From: "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> Subject: Re: anyone here know h.p. on 86-89 9000 turbos.....
Yaofeng wrote: > > johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) wrote in message news:<1ec6845d.0201101708.11487bbfnopsaming.google.com>... > > ychennopsam30.net (Yaofeng) wrote in message news:<e89d1e3e.0201101034.57503d6cnopsaming.google.com>... > > > > > Is the Chevy Vega what you are trying to remember? Another four > > > banger the US didn't know how to build in the 70's in panic reaction > > > to the oil crisis. > > > > > > > > > Yaofeng > > > > Got it at last: The AMC Pacer! This delightful car has also been > > popular in many film and TV productions, mostly for the wrong reasons... > > http://www.amcpacer.com/about/famous.html > > > > Johannes > > The AMC Pacer had nothing to feel sorry about for itself. It had some > following in the '70's. Not by design, the 232 cubic inch straight > six turned out to do okay in during the oil crisis, as did many other > AMC siblings like the Hornet and the Gremlin. > > My first car in the US was a '70 Hornet. A 232ci straight six. The 3 > speed Borg Warner gear box was a bomb. Had to replace the tranny soon > after. Shift was the steering column too. > > Yaofeng My first U.S.-made car was a 1973 Chevrolet Vega station wagon. It was cramped, and had an anemic performance for what -- by European standards -- was quite a large engine (2.3 liters, as far as I can remember). However, during the two years that I owned it, there were no significant repair costs (unlike my current 1996 Saab 900SE). Having owned quite a few American cars during the time I've lived in the U.S., I consider that a great deal of the criticism of them is based on nothing more than pro-European snobbery. Since my origins are European, I don't have to worry about that. If U.S., or Japanese, manufacturers start to market a mid-sized four-door hatchback, I'll gladly consider it.
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