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Zane Senior Enthusiast

Zane

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I was just curious as to how many of our members owned a GM car in addition to their gm truck?  Just one of those things that hit me, and i'm kind of curious.  :D  :thumbs:

 

Of course, we own ALL GM. A 97 Camaro, 00 Vette, 93 Van, and my 99 S-10.  Then we also have an 89 Olds

NewbieZ71 Senior Enthusiast

NewbieZ71

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No I don't, but have owned one in the past.  I tried to learn more about them when we bought my wifes car but I couldnt find a good website to read about em.

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

Shaners

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My wife has been driving GM since '95 when we bought our first Saturn....  Since then she has had a nothing but GM and alot of them!!!!  Until now, when our '00 Olds Silhouette "premiere" had to be towed to the garage with less than 10K on the clock!!!!  

 

This van couldn't be trusted and there were alot wierd things that were going on with it....   (that happens I guess), but with three kids we decided it wasn't safe and dumped it for a 2002 Honda Odessey...    ???

NewbieZ71 Senior Enthusiast

NewbieZ71

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Guilt is a horrible thing to live with on a daily basis.  

 

If you start to feel too guilty Shaners you can always go down into the garage and sit in your pewter.....oh, thats right, never mind. :sideways:

MadFish Enthusiast

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No,the only GM I have is the truck. I had a Cavalier and 2 Camaro's. But, all have been sold or sent to the crusher.

 

Family wise though-Sister owns a '99 Malibu, other siter and brother-in-law own 2 Saturns, Mom owns a '94 Lumina. and then my dad owns a Ford F-250 and a '84 Jeep CJ-7.

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

Shaners

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Guilt is a horrible thing to live with on a daily basis.  

 

If you start to feel too guilty Shaners you can always go down into the garage and sit in your pewter.....oh, thats right, never mind. :sideways:

Newbie I really want to sit in my leather lined pewter painted truck!!!  Did I mention a 2002 F150 can easily go over 50 mph in 4x4 Low????

Guest Friz

Guest Friz

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My wife's car is a 1990 Olds Cutlass Supreme.

It's seen better days appearance-wise, but it still runs like a scalded dawg and has 125,000 miles on it.

It is so worn out as far as the interior that it really isn't fun to drive. But it runs so good, I refuse to trade it in.

GMNewProductInfoCenter Enthusiast

GMNewProductInfoCenter

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i have my truck and my camaro.  My wife drives a Neon and my scumbag brotherinlaw (who freeloads off of us) drives a Mustang.he's had 4 of em and has blown the tranny in each of em.  Not too smart to build up the engine to ungodly amounts of horsepower and torque and leave it in front of a stock tranny (Mustang guys aren't very bright...rather have a pretty engine and crap for a tranny.)

ekonk Enthusiast

ekonk

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Kind of funny...I own a GM car ('92 Buick Lesabre), but I currently do not own a GM truck... (I will within a year, I'll make sure of it). :thumbs:

I had a GM truck ('84 C-10), but I sold it to my brother (I still get to see it now and then).

Stepside Z Senior Enthusiast

Stepside Z

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I have a 98 Buick Century that I call the slapper. It has a 3.1 liter in it and sounds like it is going to eplode when it is cold started. Other then the piston slap and a very fast clock it is a great car.

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