Adding Big Rims?

[Sargeman 10+ year member]

1. Achievas aren't bad vehicles. They did happen to have a very rare trim called the "SCX" and those would be the best car of the Achievas that you could upgrade. But again, you aren't me and until I have an SCX, I will customize my current Achieva.

2. I was saying that the Pilot isn't any better than the Achieva (and I saw this because I've been working on cars since I was 7 and am very interested with modern autos). Sure it has more room and it's newer, but what is it going to look like when it's as old as my Achieva? My car has NO RUST and it hasn't been in a garage in 7 or 8 years AND has been driven in the Minnesota winters. If the Pilot is like other Imports (like my mom's old 2000 Galant), I GUARANTEE that it will rust out faster than my Olds.

3. Your town has about 7,000 less people than mine and the comment was about how you people are rednecks (not saying all of you are), not of the small population.

 

[Sargeman 10+ year member]

If I had a button like that, I would've pressed it for this comment.

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

1. Achievas aren't bad vehicles. They did happen to have a very rare trim called the "SCX" and those would be the best car of the Achievas that you could upgrade. But again, you aren't me and until I have an SCX, I will customize my current Achieva.
2. I was saying that the Pilot isn't any better than the Achieva (and I saw this because I've been working on cars since I was 7 and am very interested with modern autos). Sure it has more room and it's newer, but what is it going to look like when it's as old as my Achieva? My car has NO RUST and it hasn't been in a garage in 7 or 8 years AND has been driven in the Minnesota winters. If the Pilot is like other Imports (like my mom's old 2000 Galant), I GUARANTEE that it will rust out faster than my Olds.

3. Your town has about 7,000 less people than mine and the comment was about how you people are rednecks (not saying all of you are), not of the small population.

1. Nobody said they were bad cars, just that it's not worth spending a bunch of money upgrading the appearance of a 15+ year old grocery getter.

2. If you think that a 90s-era GM sedan is as good as a quality import car, that doesn't say much for your automotive knowledge. Sure, you run into the dreaded honda rot on those old civics a lot, but I can't count the number of 80s-90s GM products I've seen where the paint just flaked off. It's all in how well you care for it. The pilot doesn't have a spec of rust yet.

3. Minnesota doesn't have any fewer rednecks than Wisconsin, so your comment doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

 

[Sargeman 10+ year member]

You are wrong in two ways...

1. I know that my GM car is better than a lot of imports (not all)

2. My Olds is just fine and it's twice the age of that Pilot. You just wait until that car is 8 years older then come back and tell me that it's better than my Achieva. And you know what? I don't think that I will get that reply because those cars do not last.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

WTF is an achieva?

Edit: Googled it....

HAHAHA.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

WTF is an achieva?

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

You are wrong in two ways...
1. I know that my GM car is better than a lot of imports (not all)

2. My Olds is just fine and it's twice the age of that Pilot. You just wait until that car is 8 years older then come back and tell me that it's better than my Achieva. And you know what? I don't think that I will get that reply because those cars do not last.

1. The achieva is the same car under the skin as the Pontiac Grand Am, one of the most reviled, low-rent cars ever put on the market. It will last if you take good care of it, but so will any car

2. Hondas don't last? Really? Funny, because I have seen countless hondas with over 250,000 miles still running strong. They hold their value better than any domestic brand.

Don't get me wrong, I love domestic cars. But your re-badged Grand Am is not better than much of anything. Maybe a Yugo.

 

[Sargeman 10+ year member]

The Achieva shares the same body plan as the Grand AM and the drivetrain. In my experiences, Grand Ams rust out a lot faster and are generally not as clean as mine.

Imports don't last. Hondas may be able to make it to 250,000 miles, but what modern car can't? Their bodies rust out and are almost gone as they are approaching that mile marker.

 

[4OZGLOVES 10+ year member]

1. Nobody said they were bad cars, just that it's not worth spending a bunch of money upgrading the appearance of a 15+ year old grocery getter.
2. If you think that a 90s-era GM sedan is as good as a quality import car, that doesn't say much for your automotive knowledge. Sure, you run into the dreaded honda rot on those old civics a lot, but I can't count the number of 80s-90s GM products I've seen where the paint just flaked off. It's all in how well you care for it. The pilot doesn't have a spec of rust yet.

3. Minnesota doesn't have any fewer rednecks than Wisconsin, so your comment doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

My mid 90's car is built like a tank

And the I think the stock 15's with whitewalls look way classier than the set of 22"s that came with it

 

[Chad1]

Ugg what a stupid thread. My 95 jimmy has 250k miles.. Runs perfect. My 1988 benz (currently under complete restoration) is without a spot of rust. My 2006 navigator rusted 2 years after I bought it (06)..