I remember that car [Kadett] well, as it was so poorly built and tin
cannish it wasn't funny.
My HS math teacher had a Kadett. (Logging town, B school, you can
imagine
the pay grade.) She lived with her parents, and I think the Kadett was
well-used by that time. Not much of a car, is what
My cousin had one of those things back when, it was like his first new
car after a Valiant with push-button shifter for the auto box. He
thrashed the *** out of the thing. He really wanted the Opel GT but
could only afford the Kadett but he would slam powershifts on it. I
remember riding
In Europe, the Opel line has a reputation similar to the Yugo here. I drove
an Opel Manta in the 70's. Okay car but a bit tinny. It had fuel injection
a full decade before it became popular with US automakers.
There was a joke in Germany - Why do Opel owners keep a bale of straw in
the back seat?
