Rawja
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Most Americans live in urban/suburban areas.
Most Americans drive LESS than 40 miles round trip on their commutes.
When I lived in NY, I sat in my car about two hours each way to commute about 30 miles. My MPG was 12-16 MPG (3800 V6).
For the MAJORITY of the population for whom the above more or less applies, hybrids and the Volt are a good solution to their transportation needs.
I live in the (comparative) boonies now and while I'm getting much better gas mileage now, my much greater distances traveled are negating any savings and then some. :-/
I'd love to get a first-gen Insight, but boy they are crazy-expensive, no doubt a reflection of their super-efficient gas consumption.
I've test driven the Volt. It's quite simply an amazing car. That GM has suspended production rather than following the practice of the "old GM" and continuing to pump 'em out demand-be-damned to my mind is also a positive. If I had the scratch, I'd buy me a Volt in a heartbeat. The forthcoming Cadillac ELR, based on the Volt platform is jaw-droppingly gorgeous to my eye.
BTW, Toyota sold over 134,000 Priuses last year.
Hybrids are the future of automotive transportation. For all the consternation and prognosticating doom and gloom and explosions and latching onto whatever other false memes are presently floating around on the interwebs, every year more hybrids are produced and sold and are on the road saving their owners money, both in terms of fuel consumption and lessened depreciation compared with their conventional counterparts.
You can deny reality all you want, but by its very nature it is unchanged by your opinion of it.
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Look, whatever survives after enough time is collectible.
Some of the cars that get the most attention at shows I've been to recently are the old, no-option cars. Y'know, dog-dish hubcaps, no A/C, manual windows, smallest engine, manual transmission in a car that sold 90+% automatic, radio delete.. the cars only ordered by dealers to advertise a crazy-low sticker price in the weekend edition of the local paper. Most, myself included tend to gravitate towards and collect the "ne plus ultra" cars, but seeing strippers are something of a breath of fresh air.
The Cimarron, contrary to the prevailing rap on it was not just a Cavalier with some Cadillac badging and leather seats. I owned an '88 Cimarron and it was a very nice little car. There were significant upgrades in the suspension, massive amounts of additional sound-deadening and higher quality trim utilized throughout. I also owned an '89 Sunbird so I have first hand experience of the differences. Cadillac managed to sell 20 some-odd thousand of these cars year after year in spite of little to no marketing and all the bad press. Had the predicted $3 a gallon gas prices arrived in the mid-eighties ($6/gal in today's prices) rather than it plummeting below a dollar a gallon you can bet that the Cimarron and the disastrous "double-downsized" C/E/K bodies would have sold like hotcakes.
Cars of an era for the most part "all look alike" with the exception of a few stand-outs. To the uninitiated/uninterested the styling cues that allow you to know what make/model/year a car from your pet era is from 100 yards away are simply invisible.
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The AACA will not allow negative postings on this site.
This proposed rating system would need to be maintained elsewhere.
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Face up to the fact that it is NOT an investment (not a profitable one at any rate) and buy it if you really want it.
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With the console top out, you'll see that there's a little window for the bulb socket clips to engage behind the ashtray opening. Socket mounts horizontally to the opening and in my experience it will take you a number of tries to get the top in without disengaging the lamp holder from the opening.
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Of the five Reattas that I've acquired, 4 were owned by men (two were the pride and joy of their deceased original owners) and one was owned by a woman.
Sure the Reatta wasn't a high powered sports car, but for many once they get past a certain age, smokey burnouts become a low priority.
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The switch is for more or less "tweet".
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:D:D:DMy Current fleet of "un-collectibles":
1984 Cadillac Seville Elegante
1987 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo
1988 Buick Reatta
1988 Cadillac Seville Elegante
1989 Cadillac Allante
1990 Buick Reatta
1991 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special
1994 Pontiac Trans Sport
Feel free to be dismissive, but any one of the above will cruise at 80+ all day long with full comfort, good gas mileage (~2000 RPM @70MPH) and if I get in a wreck at speed I won't have a pointy chrome steering column shoved through me.:eek:
Of course anything after 1996 is complete garbage. :roll eyes: /S
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It clips in behind the ashtray to provide illumination for same. Very tedious to get in place when re-installing the console top. It'll take a few tries, but eventually you'll get it.
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You need a pump assembly.
I went through the same thing as you a couple of years ago, replacing items one by one 'till I came to the inescapable conclusion that I needed the pump assembly (which includes a new pre-installed pressure switch). Cost of the adventure sucked, but with the new pump assembly in the brakes worked flawlessly for the remainder of my ownership.
It's still available brand new HERE for $452.78 with free shipping. Best price you'll find it for new.
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That's one button you'd generally never use anyway. The interior lights should come on when you hit the unlock button, do they?
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Put me down for $100. Mailing it out with my RDiv renewal today.
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If one is into looking for used parts, note that a number of early '90s Buicks used the same steering wheel and horn buttons as the '90-91 Reatta.
Century's as well, AFAIR.
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Interesting thoughts. I mfr and market a relay setup for headlight control for the classic car and hot rod/restomod field. Wonder if these would work with the Reattas. I never thought of this application. The headlight switch only provides the signal to the relays, while the headlights (bright and dim) are directly wired to the battery source.
Dunno if you could do it for less than $ 12.99.
Race Sport Accessories RELAY-HARNESS 12V Relay Harness
I'm running Sylvania Xenarc's with the factory harness only tripping relays, power to the lights are provided directly from the battery. I've had no problems with the operation of the headlight retract mechanisms as a result.
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The pumps at $ 452 are pretty high though. Maybe I should raise my prices on used pumps. I recently sold one that was almost new for $ 85 and am currently completely out of pump/motors. Sold 6 in the last month or so for about $ 60 each.
The pump listed is actually a complete assembly and includes a pre-installed new pressure switch. I discovered this quite by surprise when I ordered one a couple of years ago, so it's not quite as expensive as it might seem at first glance.
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is that 21 dollar coilpack in ronnies store for real?
Part number checks out on RockAuto (though at $74.79(!)), so yeah I'd say it's the correct part.
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Really nice car!
Since we're nitpicking, the inset detailing on the seats are suede not velour, right?
I've gotten my Reatta to 124, didn't seem to want to go any faster. Might be electronically limited.
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The car now has 64,000 on it, most highway driving at 70+ mph. I feel very comfortable driving on these tires.
I'd get me some new tires if I was you. They aren't expensive for your car and if you have a blow-out up front you will lose one of your plastic fenders. I've seen it many times.
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Thanks for the explanation. I was just speculating as I know the new-style aux inputs people are getting added to factory radios sense incoming signal which causes them to switch inputs.
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All you have to do is hit PLAY on the radio screen and it'll play your ipod. The controls of audio pause, stop and etc are on the ipod. The inputs(4-wire connector) from the deck are deciphered by the radio regardless of tapedeck being used or not
The current prevailing wisdom is that if your battery is ever disconnected or goes dead, you will have to re-connect a tape deck in order to re-activate your aux input.
Care to test out the theory? (not being sarcastic) I say this because the early models ('86 Riv for sure) had control buttons on the tape deck and you'd press play and it would cause the radio to switch automatically, it's entirely possible that your iPod pushing signal through the aux input could cause the radio to switch, and we can dispense with a lot of the complicated surgery that others have done thinking it was necessary for proper operation.
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Just the right vehicle to drive around in on Cinco de Mayo day.
Or towing a hot dog cart.
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Question:
I thought the BCM or radio needs to "see" the cassette deck in order to activate the input. Does this mod achieve a work-around or are you going to have to re-connect the cassette deck any time the battery has been disconnected in order for this to remain operable?
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It might be worthwhile to inquire about the '88 glove box damper if you have a specialty source.
"Sky Parking" In Baltimore 1956
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I like this even better. I hate handing over the keys to someone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/automobiles/even-on-the-11th-floor-theres-parking-right-out-front.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sky%20garage&st=cse