You're right, Ptyra, this thing IS a piece of crap. IT MAKES A HORRID TERRIBLE LOUD GRINDING NOISE when it's running 1,000 RPM'S and under.. and it has attracted UN-WANTED stares and negative attention. it says "HEY, LOOK AT THE PIECE OF S**T he's driving!* the terribly loud grinding noise sounds like this: (and dad thinks it's the engine's fly-wheel....WHICH WE JUST HAD FREAKING FIXED BACK IN APRIL 2010...by some hillbilly mechanic who lived out in the country (dad gave him the flywheel part he found on a "junkyard" Riviera and put it on ours.. and now THIS one is GRINDING LIKE THE OLD one did in April '10 !!! :angry: :angry: DAMN it! :angry: :angry:
***RUNNGGA RUNNNGA RUNNNGA.. RUNGG-A RUNNG-A RUNNG RUNNNNG RUNNNG RUNNNG RUNNG RUNNGG RUNGGG!!!!!! and the car shakes too, as the engine makes that HORRIBLE HUMILIATING "LOOK AT ME!! I'M A POOR A**ED HILLBILLY DIRTBAG!!" sound. :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:*** THAT'S the sound the engine makes when it's running at 1,000 RPM's or lower.
I have to have it revved over 1,000 rpm's (gently holding the gas pedal down very slightly..just so it's above 1,000 RPM's while waiting at red lights and stop signs) to avoid red light/stop sign grinding/embarrassment.
Personally, I say that lbtlover couldn't be more wrong on keeping the damn car.
LBT Fact: That '95 Riviera was built in April of 1994. at that time, NONE..zero! of the 12 LBT sequels EXISTED! (The Great Valley Adventure was released in December 1994)
Ptyra, this is not a car that should belong in a vintage/antique/collector car museum. It's not that kind of a car. It's a '95 Buick Riviera worn to near s**t, NO horn, TERRIBLE LOUD grinding noise due to the "second" fly-wheel problem in the last 2 years..
HAVE I MENTIONED that my dad's had the transmission worked on... TWICE? WE'VE gone through 3 transmissions (and yes the second and third ones were used parts dad found in a junkyard off of another Riviera.)
It's had SO MANY damned repairs done to it in the last 4 years.. it's freaking un-real!
Don't worry. i'm not going to get a brand spanking new 2013 Chevrolet Camaro, rest assured. O_O I'm not gonna get something that's dumped/gotten rid of it's cd player for those young digital music Apple Ipod-nuthead buyers.. and a '12 is IDENTICAL in appearance inside and outside except for the radio.
an '11 Chevy Camaro is identical inside and outside to a '13 except for the style of the numbers on the speedometer/gages.. and the radio. IF you wanted to know.
I will also add..that this coming August-September, the '14's will be released, making a 2012 Camaro 2 years old this coming August-September.
Remember...
THIS CAMARO will not.. will not...willlll not... be a brand new 2013.
(A used '12 with between 10,000-15,000 miles on it will do and it'll have depreciated a few thousand dollars, too.. PLUS I can play my cd's in it).
(lets NOT forget the down payment/monthly payment method, too.) :| Remember that you DON'T have to pay for a brand new car IN FULL $$$ on the spot.
I WILL NOT go any newer than 2012 for a Camaro.
Production of the Camaro stopped after 2002. Then, there were NO CAMAROS made between 2003-2009, and then it returned with the neat retro-1960's style in March of 2009 as a 2010 model.
2011 Camaros look exactly like a '10 does. a '12 Camaro has the chevrolet "bowtie" logo on the horn pad of the steering wheel instead of the word "C A M A R O" on it like the '10's and '11's did. and a '13 has that new. AM/FM/Satellite/Mp3/ipod player in it with NO cd player.
If I get a Camaro, i'll choose an '11 or a '12, Ptyra. (I'd like the '12) (I repeat once again that this is an event that is still several months away, and I do not know when it'll happen either.)
the '95 Buick Riviera WILL get sold GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD-BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! > : )
Dad and I have no intentions of keeping the car, ALL KINDS of repairs...dad's poured HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of dollars of repair work into it, taking it to several different mechanics/guys... and will put that heap of trash out for sale (when we can GET our freaking Michigan house/property sold, and when mom really starts making sales in real estate and gets to really selling houses so that our money supply is great again. I'M doing MY part at my job..Dad's doing HIS part at his job.. mom's the one who's not making money getting regular paychecks every 2 weeks like dad does (I get paid once EVERY week at my job).. because as a real estate agent..my mom ONLY gets paid when she's sold something.) When mom's gotten to bigger sales, earning more money, and/or our Michigan house is sold.. then mom and dad can give me all of the money back that they owe me. Meanwhile I can build my bank account and save the money as the wait continues.
We'll see what happens with my mom in this busy Florida winter season and how she does on her condo/home sales.... the winter tourists here in Florida really start to pour in after Christmas is over. and it'll be really busy with all the tourists until the very end of April when those people start going back to their homes up in the north for the summer. First though, I want to see how the first half of 2013's going to play out for me, my mom, and my dad money-wise.
Ptyra: To me, your car's age is fine. mid 2000's ('04, '05, and '06) is ok. those aren't "old/pieces of crud" to me. I'd call "old"... a car more than 10 years old.
My car age scale is: ( between brand new-5 years old is "young". between 6-10 years old is "middle aged". and 11 years old or older is "old". )
So Ptyra, to me, your Dodge Neon is in it's "middle" years.. meaning of course it's nothing new, but it's also not an old junk-heap on its last legs ready to collapse and die. You're ok for right now, and you can keep it for as many years as you want to, and sell it whenever you want to.
It's your car, Ptyra.
