1993 Chevrolet Cavalier Sedan from North America - Comments

There have been enough repairs to perform on this car, but seeing that the car is so cheap, its expected.

-Front Brakes (2X)

-Head gasket leaking at 140k, but fixed

-Exhaust (from Catalytic converter to the rear)

-Radiator and hoses

-Water pump

-2 alternators (it's a Cavalier thing)

-Wiper relay kicks in and out.

I bought the car for cheap, and have put about $2300CDN worth of repairs into it. All in all it's a great car for going to school. Its only left me stranded once, when I blew a radiator hose. I do my oil changes every 5,000km, and it never burns a drop, and the oil stays a goldish colour even after 5,000km's. It handles great, the brakes are a bit too sensitive... not good in snowy conditions, because the ABS always wants to kick in. For what I put it through, it's a pretty good little car.

Braking on slippery roads can result in the rear wheels locking up thereby releasing the front brakes on ABS equipped cars, the result then being no braking. One solution is to carry several hundred pounds in the back of the vehicle so as to provide enough weight to create enough ground force to prevent the wheel lock up in the first case. The extra weight also stabilizes the rear end of the car increasing its likelihood of sliding out of control. Three times I have experienced loss of control until I added 250 pounds over the rear axle.