1984 Cadillac Cimarron 4 door from North America - Comments

I have found one for 300 dollars and I'm thinking about buying it. The first owner has kept all his receipts of fixes, and basically the problems it had were electrical. It is an 86, I don't know what the milage is.

It has a problem while idling; it acts like the plugs and wires are bad, and in one of the receipts it had low voltage to the fuel pump and injectors, so I don't know if this is the problem now or not, but it only does it when stopped in gear or idling; when it goes it smooths out.

Any opinion on this subject that will help me in my choice? I only have a few days to decide thanks. My e-mail is thumper2068@hotmail.com and thanks for any help.

I have been an avid J-body fan for years. And as a couple of people have already said, these cars are very easy and inexpensive to repair. I do 95% of my own repairs, I am not a mechanic but I know my way around my 1991 Sunbird better than most people know their way around their house.

There are two major international clubs that are GM J-body specific, one is specific to the manufacturing years between 1982 - 1994 aka 1st generation and 2nd generation GM J-bodies (V6Z24.com) and the other based in the later years 1995 - 2005 aka 3rd generation GM J-body (j-body.com).

For those Cimarron owners that read this, I would recommend that you visit V6Z24.com as it is a veritable wealth of information regarding the earlier GM J-body cars. There are even maintenance/appearance and performance "How to"'s that help you not only save a bunch of money but assist in keeping your car running smooth.

As to the longevity of the J-body... I had one that was 3.1 5spd with 285,xxx miles on it that still came off the line quicker than it's BMW equivalent. I got decent (not great in my books) gas mileage that being a combined 25mpg. It has been passed on to a guy that is currently racing it on the oval and is consistently finishing in the top 5. He has done nothing aside from a typical tune-up. I sold it because the body needed more work than I could do.

The Cimarron is very rapidly becoming a collectors item as many of them are disappearing every year into the scrap yards of North America... give it another 5-10 years and one that is in showroom condition may be worth their original sale price's current equivalency of 30K.