Aluminum block replaced at 15,000 and needed another at 30,000, but none available because every other Vega was waiting for one at the same time.
2-door wagon (hatchback) doors too heavy to keep them aligned with door latch.
Rust bucket.
Exhaust replaced at 15,000.
This piece of junk had nothing to do with how I took care of it. I babied it. It was my pride and joy. Back in the day, it was a joke to say "fill up the oil and check the gas", because each of the two times the engine needed to be replaced, I bought oil by the case, and actually had to put the parking brake on going up a hill to give the car a chance to build up enough power to get over the top! This car was a joke... j_o_k_e!!
You should have put a steel sleeve in it and you wouldn't have that problem, but you didn't so the person you sold it to thought he was getting a deal out of it, and he probably did if he knew how to fix it.
Yeah, this review exactly mirrors my family's experience with three Vegas: sagging doors, everything below the bottom 1/3rd of the body rusted out, rattling aluminum block, blowing smoke, leaked oil at the rate of 2 quarts a week, top speed of 57 mph, starter eternally shot. The best thing I can say about this car is that it kept me warm and dry in the rain, and it eventually would get from Point A to Point B, provided that Point B wasn't more than 20 miles away -- thus, it was a couple steps above a bicycle.
My girlfriend in high school had one brand new and I really liked it and the styling. Later I saw one many years later in my friends shop that had a 327 dropped in it... and how about the factory Cosworth Vega?
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