98 Cavy - what a piece

[starz15]

So since I bought my 98 cavy, I have had nothing but dissapointment. Here are the specs : 2.2, 4 door, non-electric insides(which I actually wanted), and not to mention it's a popcorn popper. NO POWER . Anyway, soon after buying it I had to put in about half the bottle of anti-freeze. Well, since we are doing some mods to my car I was looking over the engine and etc the other day when I noticed my coolant was BROWN, well, tan brown. Not to mention it has been smelling funny and driving a little crappy lately such as losing power at acceleration. Hmm, wht could this possibly be? Anyway, as for the outside the winshield is cracked thanks to a semi, and a small dent in the back panel. So does anyone else hate their cavy as much as I do? I would actually love to have a thunderbird, haha, crossing to a ford lover.

[WorkinOnACavi]

you bastard never leave chevy. Sure cavi's suck but you got to work with what you got.

[amac209]

what do you expect buying one of the cheapest cars there are??? sound's like you might've blown a head gasket. just so you know ford get cracked windshields all the time.

[fajita23200]

Originally Posted by starz15

So since I bought my 98 cavy, I have had nothing but dissapointment. Here are the specs : 2.2, 4 door, non-electric insides(which I actually wanted), and not to mention it's a popcorn popper. NO POWER . Anyway, soon after buying it I had to put in about half the bottle of anti-freeze. Well, since we are doing some mods to my car I was looking over the engine and etc the other day when I noticed my coolant was BROWN, well, tan brown. Not to mention it has been smelling funny and driving a little crappy lately such as losing power at acceleration. Hmm, wht could this possibly be? Anyway, as for the outside the winshield is cracked thanks to a semi, and a small dent in the back panel. So does anyone else hate their cavy as much as I do? I would actually love to have a thunderbird, haha, crossing to a ford lover.

Wow, you have all those problems on your cavy??I have a 98 cavy with 94,346 miles.It still run great,good on gas,ins,ect.Sorry to hear it.

[RedWingCavy95]

Thats shocking to me.

[thecommi]

the brownish color is probably just the shotty coolant GM uses..... Dexcool. its known to turn to mud and gum up the inside of your coolant overflow bottle. not to mention most people destroy dexcool by putting in standard Ethlyine Glycol (green) coolant. not compatiable... it likes to turn to Jello.

[fajita23200]

Originally Posted by RedWingCavy95

Thats shocking to me.

Well it's not to say I have'nt had a few problems.Valvecover gasket leak at 43,000 miles,alternator at 60,000.But,all that was covered by the extended warranty I bought.I would not recommend that anyone buys any kind of car without a warranty.