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The Chevrolet Division hit one of its all-too-common low points in the early 1990s; cruises that depart from new york city the early-80s-design Camaro and Corvette looked more dated by the minute, the Cavalier was a laughingstock , the Lumina might as well have had gigantic RENTAL CAR badging on the decklid, and minivan shoppers ignored cruises that depart from new york city the confusingly-named cruises that depart from new york city Lumina APV in their mad rush to the nearest Chrysler dealership.
cruises that depart from new york city The turquoise-and-pink Flashdance -style GT decals would have looked dated in 1986. In 1992, they may have passed as retro-nostalgic. The decade-nostalgia cycle really speeded up starting with the 1990s, and the 80s were already big by 92.
Another odd thing about the Beretta: the steering column is offset from the driver s seat by a good inch or two, for no apparent reason. I always assumed (but couldn t confirm) that it was a holdover from the X/A-cars and their bench seats.
I actually had two Berettas in my family, a sharp blue 89 gt that I learned to drive on and a white 95 Z26 later on. They were both pretty reliable for their time period, though they nickel an dimed after 125k. Decent pickup, especially with the 3100 and the 4speed auto got good mileage cruises that depart from new york city all around.
I always figured the steering wheel was offset because of the unusual reverse action cruises that depart from new york city rack. The center moved and the ends were stationary. Like a first generation Cavalier. Perhaps the Cavalier body was widened to make the Beretta/Corsica and they didn t move the column over?
About 20 years ago I saw a high speed chase on I95 involving one of these cars. The cops caught cruises that depart from new york city him when he ran out of gas. They were yucking it up at a gas station just afterwards (don t believe the BS that high speed pursuits are anything but a joy to South Carolina State Troopers) and they remarked how he held 130 for several miles. They were actually impressed with the car s performance.
Anyhow, I financed it to a guy who always seemed to have trouble every few months making the payments. I think the finance amount cruises that depart from new york city was $3500 and he was either paying $60 a week for 50 weeks, or $50 a week for 60 weeks.
Every few months I would call him. If the call wasn t returned I would have one of my employees drive a nasty looking 03 Ram to the guys place. A brief conversation would ensue. I would start getting paid again.
His girlfriend/wife/sleeping companion would sometimes come by looking for a vehicle as well. She would come by in a nice looking Accord coupe with tinted windows. She was near-40 and wore skin tight everything. Kinda sad really. Anyhow she would try to buy some lower end car and I would wind up hearing cruises that depart from new york city about all her problems and veiled suggestions.
My first wife s car at the time we got married (1992) was a new Beretta with the V-6 that her father bought for her when she graduated from high school in 1989. She loved it I couldn cruises that depart from new york city t stand it. Interior was pretty shoddy as far as construction goes. We kept it for about another year and then I introduced her to a 1993 Honda Del Sol. Though her parents were slightly upset, cruises that depart from new york city we never missed the Chevy. When we traded the Beretta in (remember, this was now only a 4 year old car) the dash was coming apart and the steering wheel was warped.
I read a review that compared it with the Chevelle SS 396 from the 60 s, as it was, according to how cars had been downsized, was a comparable comparison. Really? cruises that depart from new york city Are you kidding me? This V6 compared to a 396 V8? Are you kidding me? Now I REALLY wasn t impressed.
I found the car interesting at the time, but then as a new and young driver, just about anything new was interesting in some way or another. I remember the rediculous comparison to the SS Chevelle, which I believe was loosely based on quarter mile ET s (could be wrong that s just what I remember).
It was a program (ex-rental) car. It handled well and had quite good giddyup. Problem was, that 3.1l engine with the rental-car 3-speed auto got about 15 MPG Hwy, which was pretty god-awful for a small V6 in a smallish 2-door. I think it made it to about 120k. The last 20k being spent in Canada before being dumped at a junkyard in the middle of the night with a blown head-gasket.
There was something drastically wrong with your 3.1/3 speed auto combo if you only got 15 highway MPG. We still sell loads of 90-96 Baretta/Corsica cars with the 3.1 at my best friend s southern cruises that depart from new york city car dealership with either the 125C or 4T60 4 speed trans and mileage is very good with either setup with mid 30 s highway mileage not uncommon with the latter. I had two Corsicas, one a 1993 with the 3.1/3 speed and it usually got mid twenties around town and 30 -31 on the open road. My 1996 white 3100/4 speed car sometimes saw 35 on the open road and high twenties around town and was a hoot to drive with the go pedal mashed down.
I was going to say 15 highway? Even my 3 speed 2.8 powered 6000 got 23-30 on the highway depending on how fast you were driving it over 55 mph. Drove at 55? you were rewarded with excellent mileage, drive at 80 and it got 23, drive it at 120 and it got 15.
My first car was a 1994 Beretta with the 3.1L V-6 and the four speed auto. My dad and I went to half a dozen Chevrolet dealerships in central Alabama that summer before we finally found one in the color (Teal) that I was set on. It was important to my mom that my first car have an airbag and anti- lock brakes. The Beretta was the cheapest car in the Chevrolet line that year that had both of those as standard equipment.
It was a great first car. The V-6 had plenty of power and got great gas mileage. One of my friends had a 1993 Ford Escort, which I drove a couple of times. It was an underpowered POS compared to my Beretta.
I had only two regrets. My first regret, particularly as I got older and after my first child was born, was that I had gone with my heart and got the two door Beretta instead of with my brain (and Dad s sage advice) and got the 4- door Corsica instead. If I had had a four door car at the time my daughter was in infant, cruises that depart from new york city I might not have made several financially questionable cruises that depart from new york city vehicle trades trying to find a perfect family car.
The second regret was that it didn t have cruise control. I had to drive eight hours of mind- numbing interstate to the small Baptist college in Charleston, SC that I attended my freshman year. I swore that I would never own another car that didn t have cruise control and So far I haven t.
It never gave me a bit of mechanical trouble. Except for an alternator failure at around 70,000 miles, it never left me stranded. I never had any rust issues or anything like that. I taught Mrs. Dukeboy01 how to drive in it. She loved it because it was easy to drive, and particularly easy to park. I kept it for 12 years and over 130,000 miles before I passed it off to my younger brother at a time in his life when he needed a reliable beater and needed one bad. He kept it for another two before selling it to one of his employees. I used to see it around town, but I haven t in awhile.
I can remember my dad actually quite fancying these cars in the early 90s. Particularly in red paint. I could see why at the time. The years cloud my memory now, though, and I have a hard time remembering what was so appealing about the car.
My aunt and uncle had the Corsica four-door variant of this car from the late 80s until circa 2003-2004. It had well over 200,000 miles on it when they sold it private party and bought a gently used first-gen of the reborn Malibu. I think it was a 99 or 2000 model. It also served them well and got near 180,000 before they recently sold it and their aging nearly 300,000-mile Jeep Cherokee, then bought a brand-new Grand Cherokee. The JGC is very nice, and quite pricey if MSRP is to be believed. Ah, the things you can afford when you drive old, paid-off cars for years and years.
There have been a number of these episodes in my life, where I set out to buy a more-or-less practical car and end up with (yet another) musclecar. Another time I went shopping for a wagon and ended up bringing home an 89 WS-6 Trans Am.
I had an 1988 GT with 5-speed that I bought new. The car was quick on from a stop light or from a highway roll due to the broad torque curve. I used it to learn to autocross on Ohio State s west campus while attending school there and later Akron events where she weighed in at 2675 lbs without cruises that depart from new york city spare tire and accessories. Bolt-on cruises that depart from new york city mods bumped me to ESP class where tweaked Mustangs and Camaros ended which it was no match againist a well driven V8.
Plenty of spring break trips driving all night to Florida and AZ/Mexico since I had the nicest, newest car. But with VR6 and SRT s on the scene in the 1990 s I installed a Powerdyne supercharger from a Chevy 350 truck and used FAST Grand National stand alone ECU to tune it. Added 3.1 crank and over bored for about 3.2 liters along with 3-angle valve job. Polished and port matched everything else. It only made just under 300 horsepower and torque well over 320 lbs but could hang with 600cc sport bikes above 100 mph and smoked an Audi S4(V8) in the process.
Like most GM cars at that time someone took a hammer to the ignition and used a screw driver to drive it away. It never rusted in Ohio like the Jap cars of that day and as long as you kept it washed/waxed the maroon cruises that depart from new york city paint was still glossy after 17 years of ownership. Even attended a few BerettaFests. Good times as everyone remembers the Beretta GT.
I also was a Beretta faithful in my day. My name was PhantomGTZ and I built a few Quad 4 engines for mine. I ve tried posted cruises that depart from new york city my links but they keep getting moderated for some reason.