Thread: 1980 Malibu

Thanks for the info guys. I'll give a good look over tomorrow. -- J Wald "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.... " "Ed Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> wrote in message news:0pednQAkpaBaZ3HXnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@giganews.com ... > > "Canuck57" <Canuck57@nospam.com> wrote in message >...

"Canuck57" <Canuck57@nospam.com> wrote in message news:bs3Hm.1910$X77.1442@newsfe24.iad... > JWald wrote: > >> I'm looking at a 1980 Malibu with 47k, as a knock around 1st car for my >> daughter. This is an old ladies car that is no longer in use by her. I'm >> not sure of the engine size, but am wondering about any inherent issues...

GM steering wheels have not gotten any better over the years. I finally wised up and bought a Wheelskins steering wheel cover for my new company car as soon as I got it; my previous one was worn through to the foam after three and a half years and 80K miles. yeah, that's $50 or whatever that I'll never see again, but at least I won't be gripping bare nasty foam every time I have to go somewhere. I also bought good rubber floor...

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:27:24 -0500, "JWald" <wldj4@grics.net> wrote: >I'm looking at a 1980 Malibu with 47k, as a knock around 1st car for my >daughter. This is an old ladies car that is no longer in use by her. I'm not >sure of the engine size, but am wondering about any inherent issues with the >car type in general. Thanks. Lacks safety equipment (air-bags for example),...

I had the 1980 station wagon, 6 cylinder, automatic, a long time ago. I had issues with the rear window above the tailgate. I could not clean the steering wheel without melting the texture off of it. I finally got rid of the car when the rear bumper fell off on Interstate 90, maybe it was the road salt used in the winter. Did not hit anything, it just fell off. Basically it was a trouble free car. On Oct 31, 2:27*pm, "JWald"...

Ed Pawlowski wrote: > "JWald" <wldj4@grics.net> wrote in message > news:hchvsc02r9q@enews6.newsguy.com... >> I'm looking at a 1980 Malibu with 47k, as a knock around 1st car for my >> daughter. This is an old ladies car that is no longer in use by her. I'm >> not sure of the engine size, but am wondering about any inherent issues >>...

JWald wrote: > I'm looking at a 1980 Malibu with 47k, as a knock around 1st car for my > daughter. This is an old ladies car that is no longer in use by her. I'm not > sure of the engine size, but am wondering about any inherent issues with the > car type in general. Thanks. Less than 2k per year, and after 29 years still street legal? I have a feeling our legs are being pulled.

Cannuck, My 84 year old mother drives about 800 to 1000 miles a year. My neighbor inherited a 78 Olds 88 in 1991 from an uncle that died....the car had only 600 miles on it. That averaged out to only 50 miles a year over 13 years the uncle owned it. harryface 91 Bonneville 320,260 05 Park Avenue 92,153

Harry--- another WebTver My 79 y/o mother drives about 1000 mi/year also-- and has for decades. She has a junky looking 96 Corsica that she bought about 5 years ago with around 60K. I guess it is ok mechanically-- I have never driven it and only ridden it it once. I was down there to visit them over the weekend and told her I wanted to get it painted for her, but she doesn't want that. Eventually they will have to get down to one car when...