1986 Pontiac Firebird Base review from North America
"Don't drive em in snow unless you like ditches"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Right side headlight motor is starting to go 88,250.
Needed new tires when I got it
82,000.
Transmission mounts need replaced 88,000.
General comments?
My first car, bought it at a VERY reasonable price. Car has many options on it such as tilt wheel, T bar roof, 6 disc CD player with amp, overdrive transmission not sure if that was an option or not. well I bought it in november of 2005 with 82,500 miles on it for around $1,500.
It sat under my car port for about a year untill I got my drivers license. I have since put in a K&N high flow air filter wheich made a very noticable diffrence, removed the stock cat caonverter and added a highflow, removed stock muffler and welded a FlowTech Terminator, just had to replace rear tires due to previouse owners abuse, I bought the FireStone Firehawks which have realy helped with winter time handleing all in all with some of the minor performance modifications I have made this little 2.8 is realy pretty quick now.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model year | 1986 |
| Year of manufacture | 1986 |
| First year of ownership | 2005 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2007 |
| Engine and transmission | 2.8 V6 Manual |
| Performance marks | 7 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 9 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 7 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 81500 miles |
| Most recent distance | 88250 miles |
| Date of Entry | 6th January, 2007 |