Chevy Chevette
What a complete and total disaster that chevy turned out bearing the name Chevette. What was the Horsepower rating on those things? 2,3, maybe 5??? In the rolling hills of the pedmont on a fairly shallow hill you have to floor it before you get to the hill keep flooring it up hill and even than you would only have 29 mph. My Huskee riding mower can do better than that!?! Taking those things out on the highway is bad too. You better like going 45 mph, becausemuch over that and you are trying to keep the thing in the lane, because the steering wanders so bad. I beleive the only role in which the Chevette would be an acceptable car would be in the city in stop and go traffic. If that was the case Chevy should have emphasized that and not tried to sell it to all sections of the country. I beleive Chevy has improved on that over the years with cars like the Aveo, and the Cobalt, but Back in the '80s, compacts weren't worth the lot they were sitting on.
Yawll, never tell you're girlfreind your gonna pick her up in a 'Vett and show up in a Chevette. Don't ask me how I know. All i can say is that you'll be single again soon.
Yawll, never tell you're girlfreind your gonna pick her up in a 'Vett and show up in a Chevette. Don't ask me how I know. All i can say is that you'll be single again soon.
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I'd appreciate any help! And thanks!
BTW is the Nash you own a convertible or a hardtop?
The car eventually went with my sister when she got married and moved to Cincinatti. It had 80,000 some miles on it after 18 years and still ran, but it was in bad body condition (accident) and was kind of sluggish. The 1976 model supposedly was the most problematic year being the first, but our was good. Only thing I disliked was the auto transmission, lack of AC, and AM radio.
Oh the horse power in the car was 70hp for that year if I remeber right. It was up from the original 55 hp in the first engine which was a 1.3liter then went to a 1.6liter.
By the way, I never had complaints picking up the girl friend in my vette! (I guess that going back to the condo on the water helped out a little)
I find the car is actually quite good... i paid nothing for it.. it was a "haul away" and all it needed was a leak fixed in the gas tank and a tune up... runs great, in fact.. perfect, has original 86,000 miles on it, and as far as handling and power... well... the first time i drove it the spedometer was sticking and my friend was following me and informed me that i was going 90+ mph... so it's go go... although i do have it geared differatly since i am running p185 70 r14's instead of the stock P155 70 R14's, free tires.. can't complainge..
as for my mileage.. hell i'm getting about 38 mpg with it... so wow... at 3+ mpg i can't complain.. oh... something i needed to add.. the 90 mph trip was done on a hilly road.. anyone who knows the rual highway of 201 in montana konws it's not a flat by any means haha
Thanks,
Quentin
You had me going there for a second.
At first I thought that was a somewhat serious (if misguided) post in support of Chevettes - but now I realize I was reading satire.
Excellent job!
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I really don't want to debate whether or not the chevette is a great little car. You've owned nothing but chevettes; obviously you've found some redeeming value to them.
However, when you post stuff like "...and the cornering is only surpassed by the corvette" then you need to prepare yourself for NOT being taken very seriously.
ranaenew@sbcglobal.net :confuse:
You've GOT to be kidding, right? I mean, this is satire, correct?
What STARTED all this nonsense was your assertion that the Chevette's handling/cornering (STOCK Chevette's handling) is, quote "surpassed only by the Corvette". unquote. We're discussing the HANDLING qualities of the Chevette, right?
And to back up your 'qualifications' to making this assertion, you post that you've owned a bunch of GM land sleds (powerful sleds, yes.....but still sleds).
Your claim was to the handling of the Chevette. Have you ever autocrossed it? If you had, would you expect that the only thing to beat your Chevette (your STOCK Chevette) would be a Corvette?
Are you claiming that you could out-handle a Miata? An MR2? A Mazda3, Celica, GTI or RSX? Look, if you want to be a fan of the Chevette, fine - have at it. But the SIMPLE FACT that the Chevette was NEVER known as a good 'handler' (even by 1980 standards; it's DIRECT competition in the late 70's/early 80's, the Ford Fiesta, was a better handler) simply makes me slightly incredulous that NOW, nearly 30 years later, you would feel that even NOW, the Chevette is "second only to the Corvette".
Get a grip, turkey3. And your first hand knowledge of powerful 1/4mile-centric GM sleds doesn't mean squat when it comes to the point of this issue; ie. the HANDLING qualities of a late '70s Chevette.
You don't need to be disagreeable to disagree.
I've participated in SCCA sanctioned autocross off and on since 1985. Autocross events are typically low speed events which stress handling over power. When I began, there were MANY cars from the 70's still competitive (MG Spitfires, X1/9's, even Ford Fiesta's). In the 15 years (off and on) that I've been tinkering with Autocrossing, I think I've seen 2, maybe 3 Chevettes entered in competition. Of course, I've also witnessed a VW Bus as well as an Olds Delta 88 entered (purely for the hell of it I'm sure).
Now, either you are right and the Chevette was the absolute PARAGON of handling prowess at a bargain basement price which has languished UNDISCOVERED by 10's of thousands of SCCA members over the last 30 years or.....
...you are considering the Chevette through rose colored glasses.
And yes, turkey3 - occasionally I can be an idiot. And attempting to discuss this rationally with you is probably one of the more idiotic things I've done lately.
Have fun with your Chevette.
Everything's fine on my end......turkey3 DID refer to me as "sir".....
However, if you think I'm goading turkey3 a bit too much (and I probably am), I'll tone it down a bit.
Not looking fro the Summer of Love, just trying to keep that edge from getting too sharp!
Carry on!
...Summer of Love? Hey, isn't this the 40th anniversary? :sick:
Also, a knowledgeable GM dealer should be able to pull up this information for you.
So my Chevette only depreciated $25.00 A year.
Or should I pull out the engine and go all electric. With the light weight of the car and the High torque of the motors that might be the way to go.
Several years ago a Chevette was rear ended by a Kia Sephia ( a small car)... not that hard... on Long Island.
The Chevette exploded and 3 young people were burned to death.
It should not have exploded... it was not hit that hard.
Does this sound like the accelerator pump? or the fuel pump?or is it related to and electrical problem as it sometimes idles rough. All of the smog stuff is removed except the egr vlave.
Any help will be more than welcome.
By the way, It has a fairly food amount of power when mounted in a 1600 pound chasis.
Thanks
Ours was the first year of production and supposedly the most problem. After inheriting it from my grandmother who lived in the desert of California, we had real good luck with the car especially in the winter in Illinois where it sat outside and always started even after sitting a week or two in sub- zero temperatures where others were having problems. The car lasted 18-years and was still running when my sister and her husband finally got rid of it because it was in pretty rough body shape and had less power.