First thing that went wrong: Car wouldn't start. Replaced battery.
Same week: Blinkers wouldn't work. Replaced flasher. Still didn't work. Fiddled with steering column until it did work.
2 months later: Car wouldn't start. Replaced ignition switch at the dealer (no one else would do it) $400.
3 weeks later: Car wouldn't start. Security light went on. I figured out if I let it sit for a while than tried it again it would start.
Less than a week later: Driving (not too hard) and the transmission went out. I cried. $2000.
Finally: Car wouldn't start (Security device again. $100 at the dealership and it was o.k. I think they reset the computer or something.
I wouldn't have spent over $3000 in repairs on this car if I didn't absolutely love it's body. This is what GM has been doing for years. They spend all the money on the exterior and leather interior and have nothing left for reliable mechanical and/or functional parts. Nonetheless I felt like a god every time I sat in the drivers seat.
No resale value; at least not in the bay-area. Most people know how unreliable American cars are here.
A few years later I drove a 2002 Camaro SS and I wasn't nearly as impressed with the interior as my Cutlass Coupe. Beautiful car I just wish I could've afforded to keep repairing it every month.
The reason why it wouldn't start is because the battery terminals were bad. This is a common problem on these.
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