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Reply #15 – February 18, 2009, 07:45:10 PM

Quote from: 86XR7project;257570

Cateras

Who's Lisa Catera?

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Reply #16 – February 18, 2009, 09:20:03 PM

Don't be surprised if you get in the firebird one morning and the shifter (and tranny) are gone. :D

Worse? my wife's 99 Blazer.

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Reply #17 – February 18, 2009, 11:02:23 PM

Quote from: Chuck W;257572

Who's Lisa Catera?

What? I think I missed the bus here.

What I meant was my Caddilac Catera is a problem pit, bad intake gaskets, bad tranny leaking valve cover gaskets bald as hell tires, heated seats that no longer heat, a psgr seat that the leather is screwed up and is like cement......need I go on. I bought a lemon I though I could fix.

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Reply #18 – February 18, 2009, 11:36:16 PM

Thats a sharp lookin Trans Am! Congrats! ;-)

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Reply #19 – February 18, 2009, 11:44:56 PM

Quote from: 86XR7project;257617

What? I think I missed the bus here. What I meant was my Caddilac Catera is a problem pit, bad intake gaskets, bad tranny leaking valve cover gaskets bald as hell tires, heated seats that no longer heat, a psgr seat that the leather is screwed up and is like cement......need I go on. I bought a lemon I though I could fix.

You obviously don't remember the old commercials...

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Reply #20 – February 19, 2009, 12:15:20 AM

if you take care of it. dont soup it all up. and dont get it wrecked. that will be one of the best things you ever bought. a good reliable car thats not a money pit. congrats man.

and now you have time you can get to work on the red bird

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Reply #21 – February 20, 2009, 03:26:19 PM

haha bad memory, I had a buddy that had a 95 Camaro Z28 T-56 it was fast as hell but I just don't like em. I do however like the Firebird/Trans Am styling better. I'd take one but it'd stay stock other than exhaust the engine bay is laid out all retarded.

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Reply #22 – February 20, 2009, 03:39:59 PM

Quote from: Tbird232ci;257486

Yeah, I gave it away. I couldn't deal with it anymore. The engine had no oil pressure at idle, had a blown rear, and the registration was suspended because it wouldn't pass emissions no matter what I did. I was tired of it. Car was well abused before I even thought about buying it.

For future reference, Maryland lowered its requirements to register a car as Historic to 20 years old. Get Historic tags and...no more emissions inspections. Plus, tags are only 51.00 for two years.

Yeah, you're not supposed to use the car for daily transportation, but trust me, nobody checks.

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Reply #23 – February 20, 2009, 05:26:31 PM

Quote from: ivygreen;257872

For future reference, Maryland lowered its requirements to register a car as Historic to 20 years old. Get Historic tags and...no more emissions inspections. Plus, tags are only 51.00 for two years.

Yeah, you're not supposed to use the car for daily transportation, but trust me, nobody checks.

My Dodge is actually tagged historic, and I've been pulled over for no front tag, and they said nothing about the historic tags. I was fed up with the car and I wasn't going to waste any more time fixing the thing. When you've swapped out nearly every mechanical component of a car for it to keep failing, you tend to get burnt out quickly.

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Reply #24 – February 20, 2009, 06:10:00 PM

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When you've swapped out nearly every mechanical component of a car for it to keep failing, you tend to get burnt out quickly.

I had an MN12 T-Bird like that...

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Reply #25 – February 20, 2009, 07:38:18 PM

Good deal, Shawn, that's awesome. You'll love it.

And you're right about the exterior quality. There are parts of those F-bodies that are so well done, it puts the Mustang to shame. GM got a lot of those little details right. I am continually impressed, the more I check them out.

However...the interiors, everyone is right, it's not all that. Quality FTL. My brother has a '97 T/A WS6 6-speed, basically the same as your car, and even with a mere 2100 miles on the ticker you can watch the A-pillar flap as you drive. Very strange use of plastics too.

But hell...when it goes fast, you overlook those things. :)

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Reply #26 – February 21, 2009, 12:20:20 PM

Quote from: Chuck W;257572

Who's Lisa Catera?

Quote from: 86XR7project;257617

What? I think I missed the bus here. What I meant was my Caddilac Catera is a problem pit, bad intake gaskets, bad tranny leaking valve cover gaskets bald as hell tires, heated seats that no longer heat, a psgr seat that the leather is screwed up and is like cement......need I go on. I bought a lemon I though I could fix.

Quote from: Chuck W;257624

You obviously don't remember the old commercials...

here it was tia carrera... the duck would go on and on about it......

btw, EVERY catera is a piece 'o .... gm really screwed the pooch on that one....

as for the trans am, they are wicked fast..... when i was selling them, i drove a 1997 Firehawk.... what a fun car to drive, but i agree that the interior was .... felt like i was in a sardine can, but a really FAST sardine can :)

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Reply #27 – February 21, 2009, 09:21:38 PM

Quote from: EricCoolCats;257898

But hell...when it goes fast, you overlook those things. :)

You don't overlook things such as engine placement. I was getting ready to start tearing it down to do the lifters and pushrods...this thing is no joke to work on. It may handle better and go faster than a fox, but a fox is much easier to work on.

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Reply #28 – February 21, 2009, 10:27:33 PM

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a fox is much easier to work on.

Understatement of the month, my man

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Reply #29 – February 23, 2009, 01:39:29 PM

Amen to that. Thats why I'd never buy one to mod in any way.