Wanna hear of a POS. Never ever ever never........ never buy a GM car with the 3.4 liter engin from the 90's. This is by far the worst engine ever made. So bad that even GM mechanics don't want to touch it. I unfortunatly have a car with this engine. A 93 chev lumina Z34. This is what I have fixed in it so far. Alternator ($800) Timing belt ($1500) timing chain + timing belt($2500) complete frond end brake system($800) complete exhaust replacement w/ dual mufflers ($800)alternator($700) starter celinoid and starter thingys (800) front end brakes ($300) door handles ($60 X 4) and various small repairs. I don't drive my car hard and after all these repairs my car leaks oil, over heats, guzzles gas, and gets me to point A but barely gets me back to point B. Most of the repairs were done initially at GM mechanics but their incompitance made me go to smaller garages. This is by far the worst engineered car ever made. Let me explain how they have to replace my alternator. First the car's motor mounts must be unbolted, then the engine rocked forward, jack the car up, remove front wheels, remove front fender, drive shaft comes out, then the alternator is barely reachable. total labour is 5-7h depending on garage. Also the door handles are soo stupid. The handles on the car are vertical and attached to the side of the window. (Same as the beretta, OLDS cutless, pontiac grand prix) These handles are cast metal and become very very brittle past -15C. Meanning they snap. At one time, both my door handles were broken so I had to go through the trunk to get in.
Oh well, I'm getting a new car as soon as I'm done school so I don't have to worry about this for much longer. And atleast the heater works very well. I should only have to replace the timing belt once more before then
Hey anybody wanna buy a used car? :twisted:
Simon