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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by 440cuin Ya man, a big old Oldsmobile! Actualy I find the 383 is fairly good on gas and some "seem" as strong as the 440. The Buick 455 puts you back in the seat too, but it's also bad on gas, but reliable. My buddy had a 72 Cutlas with a 350, it was mint condition, but you know what? it was uncomfortable to sit in even though it is not a tiny car, I raced against him with my BIG BLACK RUSTY 71 IMPERIAL WITH 440 and I would blow him away every time from start or on the highway with him and his cute sister in his car, I was laughing "gutless cutless", But how can 350 cubic inches be so weak? And what's the deal with viynal roof? what crap. And automatic transmitions, even today's newer vehicles with 4wd, always pushing for automatic, sure standards exist, but always hard to come by on American cars. What I NEED is a 440 with an A833 4-speed!! But seriously some American cars are fun, but most are kind of crappy, even newer vehicles, poor build quality, bad handeling, cheesy details, and big and clumsy, compared to the more "refined and tighter" import cars. [/quote] Yea I totally agree that the newer american stuff is crappy. I definatly dislike cars made in the 80's for a multitude of reasons. The 90's were not much better. Although there seems to be some improvements these days, only time will tell. And about automatics, I hate em. I'll take a manual any day for several reasons. The main one being reliability. I worked in a transmission shop for a while. I learned quite a bit about automatic trannys doing rebuilds, But not manuals. Why? because they don't break down. Shure the clutches wear out, thats to be expected, but a gearbox failure is rare. To give you an idea of what I mean, for every 1000 automatics that came through that shop there would be 1 or 2 manuals. Speaks volumes.
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