RIP PONTIAC

Had the exact same ... 2000 Sunfire. It was marketed as a "chick" car, I didn't care. Hardly had a damn thing wrong with it ever (140K miles) and I would still be driving it today if i wasn't T-boned last summer.

Great gas mileage.

 

I was actually looking at buying a Vibe. Oh well. Maybe I can find one at a discount.

 

I heard the '04 Grand Am was better. Want one?

 

Buy a Toyota Matrix. It's the same car.

 

The family car when I was a kid was a '64 Catalina in which all seven of us would take long trips. Looking at this photo, I can almost feel the inside edge of the rear light moldings under my rag as I wash it from a cold bucket of water every Saturday morning.

 

Shhh...
Not the same. The Matrix is expected to run for more than a year longer later if used the same amount as the Vibe.
"It's the little differences."

 

We're talking about cars. Surely you could have found an anything goes thread for this post.

 

Sonuva ...

I have owned three cars in my life. All three are/were Pontiacs. Can't see myself buying any other GM brand, so I guess I'll be open to other suggestions when it's time to get rid of this one (which hopefully doesn't happen for another 7-8 years).

So much for your customer loyalty, GM.

 

My first car was a 1990 Pontiac Grand Am. That thing sucked in every way imaginable, but I will always remember it.

And I recently found out that my music teacher from elementary school still drives his Pontiac Fiero, which he had when I was there in the late 80s.

 

Wow, Fiero, one of the great bombs in auto history.

 

As much as I bitch about my Sunfire, it does what I want it to do and never breaks down. It is, to quote somebody, solid.

 

Dude, that was my first car, same color and everything. SS coupe with a 389.
Sigh.