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My sister and her husband had one back in the day. It was dark blue. We went to see several drive in movies in that thing. Why the drive ins you ask? My brother in law had Rocky Mountain Spotted fever and looked like death warmed over, we didn't often take him out in public so off to the drive in for us, in the Citation.
Holy smokes, a garage kept example just popped up at one of the local "buy here pay here" lots. Two door, silver, complete with vintage bumper stickers. Looks good. Probably out of an estate. Maybe I'll look at it.....maybe. But do I smile at the length of time it's lived or do I laugh at the fact that it lives at all?
I remember those little pieces of works. GM must have been snorting some damn good cocaine when they released that disaster.
When I needed a car back in 1983, I test drove one. Upon leaving the dealership, the steering jammed! The dealer had to tow it back to the lot. I went to another and bought a Pontiac 1000 (sister of Chevette) instead. Good thing I did.
I haven't seen one in years. My neighbor used to have a maroon one many years ago. He only drove it a year or two before it bit the dust. He let that car sit on his driveway for almost ten years before getting it hauled off for scrap. As I recall he was still paying for it when it gave up the ghost!
Yeah and by '83, they were supposedly better. The consumer reports in the late 80s only said to especially avoid the 80-81 models. Like the Chevette as discussed in other threads, I still see these cars from time to time here as well.... a man down the road from my aunt has one... its an 83 or 84. I remember when he bought it new.
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Originally Posted by Lindsey_Mcfarren
My brother in law had Rocky Mountain Spotted fever and looked like death warmed over, we didn't often take him out in public so off to the drive in for us, in the Citation.
How dreadful. Hopefully he recovered.
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Holy smokes, a garage kept example just popped up at one of the local "buy here pay here" lots. Two door, silver, complete with vintage bumper stickers. Looks good. Probably out of an estate. Maybe I'll look at it.....maybe. But do I smile at the length of time it's lived or do I laugh at the fact that it lives at all?
Yeah, when I tell my dad I had seen an X-Car, he is like, it was actually running... bad memories of our old '81 Omega I guess.
bought it a year and a half ago, but its not your usual citation. We nicknamed it the Skytation. oh, and incase anyone is wondering....no, those aren't 33's on it, they are 36's.
How could anyone forget them? Probably the vehicle most responsible for driving GM into bankruptcy (Although that's a value judgment, as the Citation had a lot of company, but I grew up in a wrecking yard and saw a lot of these cars. At the same time that Honda, Toyota, Nissan et. al. were producing some of the most reliable autos ever made (I worked at an import specialty shop in the 80s and routinely saw these cars get 40+ mpg, far better than they do now), GM reached deep into their bowels and came up with this steaming pile. As if anyone needed an excuse to buy an import--the Citation helped chase customers away with a stick.
The sad thing is the Citation was supposed to be a direct replacement for the Nova, which the Nova was actually a really good car...well built, RWD and you could still get the indestructible inline 6 with a V8 as an option. The Citation was the compete opposite of the Nova.
Oh boy do I remember them ! I worked for Sheldon Hansen Chevrolet in Price Utah back in them day's and we got a truck load of Citations that had the brackets attached to rear stabilizer bar and the brackets were not welded to the uni body . They did not get welded on at the factory and they still delivered the cars to the dealer .
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The consumer reports in the late 80s only said to especially avoid the 80-81 models. Like the Chevette as discussed in other threads, I still see these cars from time to time here as well.... a man down the road from my aunt has one... its an 83 or 84. I remember when he bought it new. 
hehehe i still have my citation!
oh, and incase anyone is wondering....no, those aren't 33's on it, they are 36's.
