20th Jul 2009, 22:50
$500; it's the price I paid last year when I bought my Pontiac Tempest 1989, and the car has just got 75 000 km and I've NEVER regreted my purchase.
In a year I touched the engine only one time, and it was the spark plugs and the thermostat, and it run pretty well.
I even get surprised when I quit looking to the gauge for too long; when I look I'm 40 km over the limit. The engine runs so well and is powerful enough, I can't feel the acceleration.
The 2.8 engine is a perfect fit in this car. This winter we got 2 weeks under -40 c, and as long I keep it plugged, it starts every time I turn the key...
I know some other people that can't say the same thing of their new cars..
In my life I've tried a lot of cars, American or Japanese; name it, I probably drive it, but only 3 cars have got my heart and gave me real emotions and it's 3 Pontiacs... My first was a 1989 Bonneville SSE (I was really nuts to let this one go...), my second was a 1985 Parisienne (still cry), and my Tempest (I've still got this one and take good care of it).
Finally, why don't they do cars like those today???
31st Dec 2008, 12:11
Oh man. The '89 Pontiac Tempest was my first car (got in in 2003). When I bought it, it had 190,000km on it. It lasted me until 2006 (it died after I gave it to my brother, prob died more due to my brother's maintenance of it).
Any-who, the only problem I had with the car was leaks! This thing leaked everything. Gas from the gas line & tank, power steering fluid, oil. You name it, it leaked it. Other than that, the car was great!