1998 Chevrolet Lumina review from North America

Car has less than 90,000 miles on it and its already headed for the scrapper. White paint started peeling off around 60,000 miles. New brakes 72,000. New tires 75,000. "Chg Oil" light was always constantly on even after oil is change. Many cheap plastic interior parts broken a long time ago. Interior seats have worn very, very badly. Engine started "ticking" when cold 63,000 miles. Sound always went away after car warmed up, but I should have known cuz that's what bombs do, they tick and blow up. Now at 86,000 miles motor is knocking.

Never buy a former rental car. They get driven hard and treated badly, which shortens the life of the car. My grandmother bought this car from Hertz with something like 30,000 miles on it. I got it from her at 50,000. Everything went to sh*t before 100,000. We took good care of the Lumina, but to no avail. The car looks like its 10 years older then it really is. First the interior which looked like hell by 60,000 miles. Paint coming off in large chunks by 70,000 miles. Motor started making noise at 60,000 miles, which turned into a knock at 85,000 miles. We took good care of this car, but it simply crapped out on its own. Which sucks because this car has sentimental value to me and I wanted to keep it forever. These are cheaply made cars, meant to be rented out and thrown away. If you got one with low miles, sell it while its still worth something.