1981 Chevrolet Caprice sedan from UK and Ireland - Comments

12th Apr 2004, 13:19

"Grunty, reliable old boat"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Alternator gave up had to be replaced.

Bootlid support struts failed

door handle broke.

General comments?

I loved this car! in the UK it seemed like driving a tank, despite the smaller V8 option it really packed a punch when you floored it. It was capable of pushing the speedo needle right the way round...

Typically wallowy handling, but at over 2 tons on a seperate chassis with huge profile tyres you could not expect any different.

fuel consumption was not too bad for a big V8 with a 4 barrel carb, 25mpg on a run, but you had to nurse it to get that figure, average more like 15-18


18th Sep 2007, 22:20

These cars are built like tanks. totally bombproof and ultra reliable.

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