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Our neighbor had the opposite car... they bought a brand new 1985 Cavalier 4dr sedan (gold), but it was the top of the line "CL" model, loaded to the max. It had power windows, power locks, tilt, A/C, AM-FM cassette, rear defog, factory wheels, automatic, cruise control, etc, etc. Then in 1987, on down the street our other neighbors bought a new Cavalier Type-10 or something like that. It was a sporty hatchback... then my aunts BF bought a brand new Cavalier Z24 convertible in 1988.... I liked that car.
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Originally Posted by CortlandGirl79
LOL We had a four door 1985 Red Cavalier with a red interior when i was a kid. My parents bought it brand new and got it as cheap as possible. It was my dad's work car and he pretty much only drove it between home and GM's Packard Electric plants in Warren (now Delphi, barf!). Packard used to make pretty much all the wiring for GM's cars back in the day. Now it's all in Mexico, China, Turkey and India, among other places...........
Anyway, like i said they got it as cheap as possible. It had an old AC Delco push button, and i mean manual push button radio with only speakers in the front of the car up on the dash. No clock. No tape player. No passenger side mirror. No rear defrost. Manual door locks. Manual windows. By the time i started driving in 1995 my parents had inherited my Grandpa's Olds 88 (1984?)and i got to drive the Cavalier.
Other than a little rust spot on the rear driver's side door and the compressor for the air conditioner going out we never had a problem in 12 years of owning that car. Dad traded it in in '97 for $500.
I would get the Tempo. I owned a 1987 Cavalier that handled better and had better engine response from the fuel injection than my 1991 Tempo. However, at 50000 miles the Chevrolet overheated and needed major engine repairs. Later, the wiring needed fixed by a dealer. By 90000 plus the rack was broken on the power steering. The Ford ran without any breakdowns.
I had a 89 Cavalier Z-24 with the 2.8 V6 and 5 speed. Sort of a ecomoney mini musclecar I bet it would beat moct 3rd generation Camaros. It actually was quite reliable but was as typical American cars of back then was a junky car. Had a junky feel as you drove it. Not like a Honda at all. Had the American wallowy handling.
My wife had a new Ford Tempo GL from the early 90's to 2004 and we never had an issue. It was a large seller for Ford for over 10 years (84 to 94?). They must have been doing something right.
The Plymouth horizon is way different than the Plymouth reliant the horizon is the brother of the Dodge Omni and the reliant is the brother of the Dodge Aries they were Chrysler’s K cars and they did come in a convertible they had the Chrysler lebaron witch was a K car platform. The Plymouth horizon and Dodge Omni looked like a VW rabbit. The K car came standard with the 2.2 liter motor and an optional 2.6 from Mitsubishi and the Plymouth horizon and Dodge Omni came standard 1.7 liter VW engine with a Chrysler redesign head and then the 2.2 in latter models. Don’t know how you put the Horizon and the Reliant in the same category 2 completely different vehicles.
My wife had a new Ford Tempo GL from the early 90's to 2004 and we never had an issue. It was a large seller for Ford for over 10 years (84 to 94?). They must have been doing something right.
The transmissions in those cars were terrible. They were also bad about rear main seal leaks and broken motor mounts.
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