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<blockquote data-quote="OBSESHON Mark" data-source="post: 2183" data-attributes="member: 66"><p>My first car was probably the worst car GM ever sold.</p><p>I had a 1973 Vauxhall Firenza. Gm imported these to compete with the Japanese invasion. One of the biggest mistakes they ever made.</p><p></p><p>I had just got my drivers license in 1976 at the age of 16. </p><p>My uncle called me one day and asked if I wanted the car, it only had 23,000 miles on it. He said if I wanted it it was mine for free. The only condition was I had to go and get it from the shoulder of the 401 and Morningside Ave. </p><p>He had broken down and had hit his limit with this piece of crap.</p><p></p><p>I drove it for almost a year. I carried a spare battery and bought a folding bicycle to keep in the trunk just so I could get home when the car would die.</p><p></p><p>There was some sort of electrical short that no one could find that would fry the alternator or battery or both. ( Not good for dating and watching the submarine races)<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>One winter morning I was driving to school, when I shifted from 2nd to 3rd the shifter broke in half in my hand.</p><p></p><p>I remember Firenza owners rallies to GM in Oshawa to protest these lemons.</p><p>Half the cars had to be towed to Oshawa.</p><p></p><p>looking back now it's laughable, but I was the only 16 year old with his own wheels<img src="/styles/smilies-extra/vette-smileys/Cdnsmilie.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":canada:" title="Cdnsmilie :canada:" data-shortname=":canada:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OBSESHON Mark, post: 2183, member: 66"] My first car was probably the worst car GM ever sold. I had a 1973 Vauxhall Firenza. Gm imported these to compete with the Japanese invasion. One of the biggest mistakes they ever made. I had just got my drivers license in 1976 at the age of 16. My uncle called me one day and asked if I wanted the car, it only had 23,000 miles on it. He said if I wanted it it was mine for free. The only condition was I had to go and get it from the shoulder of the 401 and Morningside Ave. He had broken down and had hit his limit with this piece of crap. I drove it for almost a year. I carried a spare battery and bought a folding bicycle to keep in the trunk just so I could get home when the car would die. There was some sort of electrical short that no one could find that would fry the alternator or battery or both. ( Not good for dating and watching the submarine races):D One winter morning I was driving to school, when I shifted from 2nd to 3rd the shifter broke in half in my hand. I remember Firenza owners rallies to GM in Oshawa to protest these lemons. Half the cars had to be towed to Oshawa. looking back now it's laughable, but I was the only 16 year old with his own wheels:canada: [/QUOTE]
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