the 200 was another sad tale of woe for GM. originally designed for use
with small displacement engines, some genius decided that they were
adequately over engineered to be used on V8s. the tranny lasted about 20k
miles, but this was in the days of 12k new car warranties
At 06:53 PM 9/13/2005, you wrote:
I had that experience with a small block Pontiac motor where I couldn't
use a Chevy 350 trans but instead it was a Olds 350 transmission.
Something different with the bellhousings and where the engine bolts up
was different. Buick and Pontiac back in the 70's and early 80's used a
turbo hydramatic 200, the metric trans they called it. junk I call it
JabbaHursty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>as late as the late 70s there were some substantial differences between
>identical GM cars, most obvious being that each division had their own
>engines. in other words, a chevy, olds and buick 350 were all different
>engines. other little things included such idiosyncrasies as buick not
>letting chevy build turbo 350 transmissions for them, but building them in
>house from kits.
>
>
>At 12:18 PM 9/13/2005, you wrote:
>>De plane! De plane!
>>
>>Answer: yes!
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> > could you order a volare with rich corinthian leather?
>> >
>> > At 10:16 AM 9/13/2005, you wrote:
>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> When will people learn that a
>> >>> vehicle isn't better because its a Caddy (or an MB for that matter ;)
>> >>> just because its a Caddy is probably a better question ;)
>> >>
>> >> Fascinating, isn't it? The nameplates at GM ceased to have any deep
>> >> differences, aside from suspension tuning and trim, more than 20 years
>> ago,
>> >> but people still swear by 'their' make.
>> >>
>> >> Case in point: When I worked for Budget, we had a huge fleet of Dodge
>> Aspens
>> >> and Plymouth Volares.
>> >>
>> >> Now these were the SAME car, in fact they came off the same line.
We had
>> >> some cars delivered with Dodge moldings (wider) and nameplates on one
>> side,
>> >> Plymouth on the other....
>> >>
>> >> Yet we had customers who swore the Aspen was a delight to drive,
but the
>> >> Volare was a nightmare. Incredible.
>> >>
>> >> Mac
>> >>
>> >>
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