[doug from upland]

Chevette: "An engine surrounded by 4 pieces of drywall!"

[socal_parrot]

I also had a Chrysler Laser, their first attempt at a turbo engine. It spent more time in the shop than on the road, three turbos in four years. I learned to drive on a Corvair Spider, a car that had a much undeserved bad rap.

[The Raven]

I once arrived at an aiport Hertz counter very late and they told me "I'm sorry, we've run out of cars and the only thing we have for you is a Chevette"

I was a little tired and what I heard was "We've run out of cars and the only thing we have for you is a Corvette."

I was immediately pumped up and was almost dancing "You've got to be kidding....that would be wonderful." ...and started planning my back-road trip to the hotel.

Well -- they weren't kidding....they had sold out of cars.....the parking lot was empty....except for this one small compact in the middle of a lot of asphalt. It took me a while to find my car that night - even though there was only one! I kept thinking they'd garage the Vette, perhaps. It took a while for the light bulb to go off and when it did -- I began a lifelong resentment against Chevettes.