1993 Chevrolet Caprice classic from North America - Comments

Only the expected wear items as I service my own vehicle's.

I have owned more than one chevy caprice my first was a 1972 2nd 84 3rd 88 4th 90 and of course this current 93

although I am not a fan of the new body style wich I believe began in 1991 it fortunatly had an identical drive train

I enjoyed thouroughly every caprice I ever owned.

Chevy made more money on SUVs so it dropped poorer fairing lines like these cars. Now the SUV market is starting to bottom out, so the cars have made a comeback. However the big three are in a wee bit of finiancial trouble. Toyota is sitting idley by laughing and eating a Happy Meal, knowing they will suffer the same fate after controlling the American market for a decade or two...

Inevitably, the chinese will get their cars in. We may not like the crap boxes, but a new car for $8,000 is pretty nice.

*sigh*

A Chevy Caprice wouldn't be able to replace an SUV if that is what the owner is using it for. However, if someone is buying an SUV just for the space, yes, Chevy doesn't have a car that big anymore.

I suppose you don't like minivans either?

What, pray tell, is the difference between "use" of an SUV and use of a Chevy Caprice?

SUVs are INFERIOR in every way to their car counterparts, and the only reason they are bought is for some misplaced feeling of power.

I wouldn't try to drive off road in a sedan. I would prefer to drive up a dirt mountain road my relatives in VT call a driveway in an SUV, especially if there is snow, and it's the only way to get up there during mud season.

You assume everybody that owns an SUV doesn't need it. Maybe most, but not everybody. I suppose if it snows, we should just all stay home until it's all plowed out. Maybe your job allows for that.

I have been driving 93 Caprice ls for 11 months and I have not run into any trouble as of yet. The mileage on my car is around 251,000 kilometers (Canada).

I bought it from my father in 2006. It might be a surprise, but the car does about 30 to 32 miles a gallon. It also does a max speed of 125mph. My motor is a 5.0 lt 305 cu l03 throttle body fuel injection stock, 170hp. It does a complete donut of 360 degrees very easily when the tires are warmed up from spinning.

If a driver removes the air filter and leaves the air filter component open, it will give out a very loud acceleration noise. This sounds better than those muffler extension on imports or domestic cars of today.

I have come across the same problems as the other commentators: horn switch, ABS light, back noise at rear end section of frame, rusted quarter panels at bottom.

The Police Package 9c1 is a faster car. It has a 350lt1 engine 260hp at 5000 rpm, heavy duty suspension, heavy duty posi traction rear end, heavy duty coolant system & heavy duty braking system. A friend RC MP Constable told me personally that in 1996 he passed a 1996 LTD Crown Vic p71 Police Package during an emergency call like it was parked. He was driving a 1996 Caprice 9c1 Police Package. He also told me that the Crown Vic does not even come close to the performance and handling of the Caprice cop car.

I have decided to fix up my 1993 Caprice. I will in the future inherit a 1996 Collectors Edition Caprice Classic 4.3lt 200hp l99 263cu luxury sedan with no less than 160,000kms. I will store it away for show at future car shows in the mid 21st century, my father's new car.

A "Collector's Edition" '96 Caprice Classic?

That's a new one.

Are you sure it's not a Buick Roadmaster?

"SUVs are INFERIOR in every way to their car counterparts, and the only reason they are bought is for some misplaced feeling of power."

No, the feeling of power I had when driving through two feet of snow while everybody else was snowed in was not misplaced. It was quite justified. 4x4's are inferior at negotiating deep snow, hauling loads on rutted dirt tracks and hay fields, or fording streams and mud holes? Okay, tell yourself whatever you have to.