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- From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: OPINION WANTED: Z-24
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 16:18:38 -0700
- Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO
- Lines: 23
- Distribution: usa
- Message-ID: <1dmrkeINN7l0@anthrax.solbourne.com>
- References: <1992Nov6.040911.5024@meaddata.com> <1992Nov06.161855.9330@bnr.ca>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: anthrax-fddi.solbourne.com
- Summary: Aaah! Don't do it!!
-
- While reading article <1992Nov06.161855.9330@bnr.ca>, I noticed that
- jcyuhn@crchh574.BNR.CA (James Yuhn) said the following:
- > 87 model years are equipped with "the V6 from hell." Mine certainly
- > ran that way - rough idle, and liked to stall a few times first thing
- > in the morning. I finally got frustrated and sold the car in
- > December 89. The only saving grace was that I got $7500 for it :)
- >
- > As a counterpoint, a friend of mine just traded his 88 (or 89) Z24.
- > It ran almost flawlessly for the 110K miles he owned it. I'd recommend
- > you look for an 88, as many improvements were made that year, including
- > significant redesign to the 2.8 V6.
-
- As a counterpoint, I owned an '88 Z24 that liked to stall a few times first
- thing in the morning as well. It also liked to hunt for idle speeds, and stall
- occasionally when warmed up. To make a long story short, after about one year,
- nine dealer visits and eight car computers, BBB arbitration forced GM to
- repurchase the d**n thing from me, and I've been happily driving my Probe
- GT (which doesn't stall in the morning) ever since...
- --
- | William Kucharski, Solbourne Computer, Inc. | Opinions expressed above
- | Internet: kucharsk@solbourne.com Ham: N0OKQ | are MINE alone, not those
- | Snail Mail: 1900 Pike Road, Longmont, CO 80501 | of Solbourne Computer, Inc.
- | President, "Just the Ten of Us" Fan Club | "Dittos from Longmont, CO"
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