Giulio answered
about a year ago
That vehicle should be in a museum if its a true 8500 miles, but
I'm thinking more like 85000 or 185000 miles to be honest. If you
think about it, that's less than 258 miles driven on it every year. If
it sat outside then the paint should be dull, the brakes rotted, the
unibody chassis falling aparts and so forth just due to exposure
of the elements, and there's no getting around it. If it was stored
indoors, it must have been a climate-controller showroom for
some crazy collector, or someone in a coma for about 33 years.
Aside from all this, they were fantastic cars if equipped with their
2.8L V6, otherwise the I-4 or larger V6 engines were pure junk.
Parts are still widely available for them, including body parts.
They are a very reliable vehicle with lots of room inside,
comfortable, cheap to insure, and fairly good on gas as long as
you don't drive with a lead foot, speed like an idiot, or abuse it.
Like every car made in the 80's, these consumer grade entry
cars weren't meant to take abuse, just use them as a daily driver.
Solid transmission, 2.8L V6 is a good engine, nice A/C, and so
forth. The 2 door models have very heavy doors, even with
manual windows, so change the door pins when they start to feel
loose or sag. Service the engine and tranny meticulously, and
don't over-rev or over-heat the engine. The rad is the only weak
link. Replace it with an aftermarket maxi-core rad and a decent
thermostat and you should be good for years. Their big-brother
was the Chevrolet Celebrity, and the 6000LE with the Eurosport
package and factory aluminum rims looks nice and sharp.
Don't forget to add a black leather front hood LeBra, repalce the
headlight with aftermarket factory insert 9005 9006 headlights,
and maybe even some Terrazza rear lights and it will look as
modern as any car today.
Don't go crazy with the exhaust or muffler or you will blow the
heads or engine, but a decent factory compliant muffler and
exhaust will do you just fine for years.
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