[scarymoose]

i might be getting one for my first car
it is affordable and in good condition
its a '99 GLS 4d 6cylinder
any one got any experience with them?

[Tasha]

You don't have a car? damn.

[Boondock]

Originally Posted by scarymoose

i might be getting one for my first car
it is affordable and in good condition
its a '99 GLS 4d 6cylinder
any one got any experience with them?

not too much really. i remember a couple came through the shop for routine shit. nothing major that i can think of. i think they take 6 quarts of oil. make sure you check.

[FilLaB0NGo7]

niiice. Alero's the only oldsmobile I really like.

I'd want 2 door, 5 speed, black.

Sister bought an Olds Achieva, let me tell you, piece of shit, still running, but the thing has had more problems than you would belive, more $$ in repair the first year, than the damn car cost.

Alero's are good tho, buy it nigga.

[scarymoose]

when i was doing research on the alero it said the achieva was a piece of shit with lots of problems and the alero is better in everyway the acheiva is not

[FilLaB0NGo7]

exxxxxactly.

[elroypornlab]

Originally Posted by The_Shootist

You don't have a car? damn.

What ttype of car do you have?

[|love-weed|]

alero and intrigue are the only good olds. my sister has an intrigue, and my ex still has her alero. the 2 door aleros look best i think.

[budslide]

my buddy has had an alero since 20,000 miles... its just got over 100,000 now...
The only problems he said he's had with it our broken motor mounts and had to get two new power window motors. He's fucking religious about oil/tranny/coolant changes though too.

[Boondock]

if everyone was like that budslide all cars would last longer


people don't take care of them and don't do maintenence and they bitch cause they break down

[budslide]

yea that's what everyone tells me...
*says the man who needs both an oil change and tranny flush*

wish I had the money to even do it myself

[Boondock]

i'm the same way dude and i'm a mechanic. my car is like 4k over for it's oil change right now.

bud, it's really not that hard to do the oil and tranny fluid yourself.
the oil is very, very easy. i would say if you watched them do the tranny fluid once then you could do it.

you actually have to take the tranny pan off. thats how you drain the fluis. then the filter assembly will be bolted down with like 1 or 2 small bolts. replace it, put the gasket on and put the pan back on.

thing is though you need a torque wrench that reads inch pounds to put the tranny pan on correctly.

[stoned jude]

go to the library

[AnnonUSA]

It's a pain in the ass to do your own oil changes now, because of the disposal rules. I have to save the old oil and bring it to a recycle center and pay per quart or some shit. It's easier to go to jiffy lube and wait 10 minutes. Beep. Done.

[Boondock]

Originally Posted by AnnonUSA

It's a pain in the ass to do your own oil changes now, because of the disposal rules. I have to save the old oil and bring it to a recycle center and pay per quart or some shit. It's easier to go to jiffy lube and wait 10 minutes. Beep. Done.

i know what you mean. thats why i used to throw my used oil away with the garbage. i'd pour it into gallon jugs and stick em in the can on garbage day. done and done.

thoe jiffy lube and grease monkey places are very cheap. i've been to them before but i try not too. i'm a few k over now though so this weekend we might b rolling through the stp changing center. it's $18 and it takes about 7 minutes. you don't ven need to get out of the car

[AnnonUSA]

The only experience I had with an Oldsmobile (can't remember if it was an Alero or Achevia) was in Florida, a rental. Final day of vacation, leaving the resort, pouring rain, stopped for gas, and after fillup started the car, and forgot something so I opend the driver side door got out, back in and closed the door, which promptly caught the driver side windshield wiper and riped it off the fucking car. (what kind of asshat design is it when the wiper can leave the windshield and get snagged by the fucking door?)

So With like an hour to get to the airport to leave, I had to drive with one hand leaning over in the passenger seat to see out the windshield to see where the fuck we were going. When I got to Alamo to return the car, the guy says, Any problems with the car? I reached in the car and handed him the Wiper blade arm and said have a nice day.

[Boondock]

thats pretty odd. usually they design those cars so the wipers clear the doors