Faults:

Breaks were replaced last year, and wore very quickly.

The factory stereo is set up in such a way that it is difficult to add an after-market stereo.

The rotors should be replaced.

Due to the front struts going out, every bump I hit makes an annoying squeaking noise.

General Comments:

The car is very fast.

The engine and transmission are in their original form, no work has been done other than the occasional oil change.

I have plans to bore the cylinders and have the engine rebuilt, not because it needs it, but because I race it, and this will help us both out.

Aftermarket parts for this car can be difficult to find, in my area the car is quite uncommon.

It is always fun to drive my car onto the track with all those Honda's. No one believes my car can do what it does, but I smoke them, then I'm the one laughing.

I love this car. It is very reliable, and sporty. I wouldn't trade it in on the world.

Faults:

Replaced alternator 3 times.

Cracked head, caused the car to misfire.

Replaced cracked head, and head gasket.

Replaced cooling fan 3 times.

Replaced oxygen sensor.

Replaced cooling temperature switch.

Replaced catalytic converter.

Replaced fuel pump, and strainers.

Replaced water pump.

Replaced water pump housing.

Replaced valve cover gasket.

Replaced windshield wiper motor.

Replaced radiator, and hoses.

Replaced brake pads.

General Comments:

This vehicle has always ran extremely hot.

Good performance on flat roads, poor performance going up small and steep hills.

Oil, and oil filter are changed every 2,500 miles. I also substitute Slick 50 for High Mileage vehicles for one quart of oil.

Spark plugs do not want to come out during a change, even if the threads were previously greased, and the car is cold.

Front struts are going bad currently.

Front rotors need replaced, and brake pads were worn 2 months after new ones were installed.

Faults:

There have been no mechanical or electrical failures during my ownership of this car.

General Comments:

Where to start, where to start...

It's dog slow on the highway. I know that a car that's near the end of the line won't be especially quick, but a maximum speed of 78 miles per hour is totally ridiculous.

Second, it rides like some form of buckboard. The suspension is not only unable to absorb small bumps without upsetting the car, but it bottoms out on anything much bigger than a cigarette butt.

Third, it handles like a derailed locomotive. The limits are very low, very poorly marked, and exceeding them leads to truly terminal understeer. Of course, a discussion of the handling cannot be complete without a description of the steering. At parking-lot speeds it manages to be both slow and heavy. As speed increases, the power steering kicks in and deprives you of what little handling precision you had. During cornering, the fuel sloshes round the tank... away from the fuel pump.

The car was not screwed-together well. There are fewer components that aren't rattling than those that are.

The interior is ergonomically disastrous. To turn the lights on, you hit a switch on the left side of the instrument panel. To switch between low and high beams, you pull a stalk on the steering column. The steering wheel is gigantic and blocks your view of every gauge aside from the speedometer, unless you either raise or lower it, in which case it blocks your view of the speedometer. The seats are all very uncomfortable and the seatbelts are twisted.

It seems that the car was designed by someone other than an engineer. The leading-arm suspension in the rear is a sad-sack example of where GM went wrong; there are literally dozens of items that five bucks more per car spent at the factory would provide massive improvements in the driving experience. A small sedan with a curb weight of 3200 lbs indicates a complete failure on the part of the design staff.