1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme review from North America

Well, before all this I had a 1979 Olds Cutlass with a V6. Except for the transmission being messed up on third gear the car was pretty good. It was my dad's best friend's car, and the poor bucket sat in a yard for 15 years. Even for being as heavy as it was that little V6 could scoot. That and it got pretty decent gas mileage. But like I said, the transmission was messed up. It was fine going down hill, but if it ever had to climb you'd better hope you had a running head start. Later I got rid of it and bought a new Ford Contour. I tried to race the poor little rice-rocket wanna-be. But I dumped so much money in it just to keep it going (It was a Ford. I should've known better). So then I found my baby. My '78 Cutlass. It sucks on gas because of the V8 but it does things that always surprises me. Had one suspension problem, but that was because I lived on a dirt road with potholes. But it still runs, still coasts. The only thing I don't like about it is the tranny. Too slow and too leaky. But this old girl has taken out a chain-link fence and all I had to do was touch up the paint a little. Not a dent. I'm never going to buy a new car ever again.

I hate Fords now. $2000 for a Catalytic Converter?