By Polo121518 on 10/12/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 2dr Coupe
Review
This car is perfect for college, great
gas miliage, makes a drive a breez, and
for not having a lot of money it looks
sleek, has peep , I wouldnt recomend
the stadard version goes with this
one , it just looks sweet
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By modelboy on 10/04/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier RS 2dr Coupe
Review
Mine hasn't had any problems
that I didn't create. I had to replace
the clutch since I taught someone how
to drive on it. The engine has so much
unlocked potential that you just can't
get from any other car in this class.
My certified mechanic brother that
works on funny cars and top fuel
dragsters loves to help me make it
faster by doing this or that since he
agrees that Chevy makes by far the best
engines out of anyone. FYI I have been
able to push out 250 hp out of the 2.2
engine naturally aspirated, so imagine
what the 2.4-liter will do when we swap
it out and supercharge it! We're going
for 1000!
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By TBCass on 09/09/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier LS 4dr Sedan
Review
After 6 years this car is as good as
new. New breaks at 34000 miles is the
only money outside of normal
mantainance I've put in to the car.with
the 2.4 liter engine it has all kinds
of power and still gets 30 mpg. The
finish is nearly as good as brand new.
I would recommend this car to anyone.
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By mrmcderm on 09/04/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier 2dr Coupe
Review
I have had this car almost 6 years,
and have put 85k on it (mostly
highway) and it still runs well. I
had A LOT of problems with the coolant
system when it was new (1 year old).
Was in the shop 7+ times in 3 mos.
Eventually filed and won a lemon law
suit against GM. Since then, no
problems. Seats are falling apart
(moldings and adjustments) and has a
lot of dings...i just hope it keeps
running.
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By MM2107 on 07/30/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 2dr Coupe
Review
I have had the car for over five years
and never had problem until this month.
The water pump went on the car. It is a
big job for do-it-yourselfer or an
expensive job at the shop. Other than
that the car has ran perfect with
regular maintenance for 110,000 miles.
Everything still operates in and out of
the car. Performance wise it is a
speedy little four banger with good
acceleration and no problems at
cruising speeds on the highway.
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By mad cavi owner on 07/27/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier 2dr Coupe
Review
This car has turned out to be such a
lemon! Within the first 18 months the
steering rack had to be replaced. It
needed a new clutch after 50k miles and
now at just after 60k the head gasket
needs to be replaced! Oh yes, and the
windshield wipers have decided that the
new off position is straight up.
Yikes! Steer clear of this one my
friends!
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By INANE on 07/14/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 2dr Coupe
Review
I've had my Z24 for a little over 4
years now, bought it when it was one
year old. I had traded in my 89
Berreta GTU for it (a car that doubled
it value from all the work I had to do
to it). I like the design's of GM
products but I know that most of what
they made from the 80s and early 90s
were junk from a reliablity standpoint
so I cautiously purchased the Z24 with
an extended warrenty. I guess its
good to say I only had to use it once,
had to replace the water pump,
otherwise this car has been near
perfect to me (has 71k miles now).
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By Big Jim on 06/24/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier 2dr Coupe
Review
Good run-about. Dependable but lots of
little problems developed after the
warrenty expired like broken plastic
components (AC knob, driver seat base
molding, seat belt cover), specific
lines on rear window defroster, and
lowest fan level on AC doesn't work.
For a car among the cheapest that GM
makes and having 80000 miles, it has
been a good but not great car. It
seems like GM is always having recalls
on this car (#3 by last count) which
means that I am being inconvenienced
for a day each time. I would consider
buying another, but I would do a lot of
shopping around for other cars in the
same price range first.
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By matthoffman on 06/23/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier 2dr Coupe
Review
I've had it for 5 years and haven't run
into any reliability problems yet,
except for plastic trim falling off,
which seems pretty standard. It's the
least expensive sports-looking car
available! I haven't taken it into the
shop for any real problems yet, and it
has 50,000 now. I'm hoping for another
couple years.
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By cavhater on 06/17/02 00:00 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
1997 Chevrolet Cavalier LS 4dr Sedan
Review
Bought this car as a replacement for a
Jetta that was a money pit. Bad move!
At least the J looked better! Ignition
switch went out after 55k miles, leaks
oil, ABS light has been on for weeks,
and it has no personality whatsoever.
On my way to get a Honda CR-V!
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