1985 Chevrolet Celebrity from North America - Comments

The tranny fluid was a little low when I got it - I had it flushed since the fluid in there appeared old.

I replaced the distributor cap, wires and plugs since they looked old (and yeah, they *were*-- plugs and distributor cap metal were almost worn to nothing 8-).

Noteably, even before I changed those the car gave me no trouble, and it hasn't acted up since either..

My friend used to have one.. they're especially good in the winter; the weight distribution is excellent, and it's front wheel drive. It also has good throttle response, so you can vary the amount of throttle easily to limit wheel spin on slippery surfaces (on the Shadow, which was a 2.5L, and on a 3.0L Plymouth Acclaim I had before that, I ended up leaving them in 1st gear if I was driving around in slippery snow, since otherwise the wheels would break loose *really* easily - just touching the throttle would break them loose.)

I remember my friend commenting that the few times it dropped below about -20 (F), he'd have to wait about 15 or 30 seconds between the time he shifted the transmission shifter and when it *really* shifted.. (it'd be normal after a minute or two of driving). Maybe it was due for new fluid 8-). Since it's fuel injected, it started right up though.

Also, on his, the previous owners didn't know the oil even existed, so it was never changed. He got it at 100,000 miles. After about 9 months of changing the oil frequently, the oil quit sludging up. After all that, the engine didn't consume any oil. He drove it for probably 50,000 miles before he sold it to someone else..

I have an '88 Chevy Celebrity. It is a pretty good car!!! Although, it has real problems with the exhaust, but that is probably only because of its age.

The air conditioning works like new, unlike some other cars of its age, whose air conditioning is long dead.

Very reliable!!!

I have an '82 Celebrity sedan with 173 c.i. 6 and 2BBL. It has about 240k miles on it and always starts in the coldest weather, the 3-speed tranny always shifts right.

The ride is still smooth and stable. The car is rather easy to work on. A great winter car.

I had an '83 Celebrity, and an '89 Celebrity, one right after the other, my '83 had an engine problem, someone supposedly put sugar in the gas tank, but I'm not sure.

Both of them had an engine tick, and they both had muffler problems, they both got holes in the muffler, around the same place, about in the middle of the car, the holes were about 1 inch wide and 2 inches long.

Other than that, they got me where I needed to go with almost no problems, didn't burn any oil, good gas mileage, but, being a teenager, I had to have more of a sportscar when I got the money, and I sold them both to good owners and they have had no problems with them that I know of.

I would suggest this car for a teenager as a first car or a "winter beater".

I recently had the pleasure to see what a showroom condition Celebrity looked like. A co-worker had acquired a burgundy, vinyl-topped '84 sedan with only 25K miles. It hadn't even been broken in yet! With a fresh coat of paint, it attracted lots of stares. When I crawled under it, I was amazed to find everything shiny and new! Obviously no winters. The car is like a museum. It still has an original box of Wet-Naps in the glove-box... from 1984!

I just got a '89 Celebrity as my first car. Basically, a teenager car. It has some muffler problems, but everything else is like new. I was very amused by that! The previous owner had owned the car since she bought it off the car lot and only drove it on weekends to run errands into town.

The car is great on gas mileage. I have yet to run into any problems with the car..

It's a great car for teenagers!!!

No complaints here.