Had one of those 1980 chevettes as my first car also. Was a scrawny teenager but was still able to lift up the back end by myself enough to slide it sideways.
My scary car (besides the Fiat 600 and Fiat 124 I owned...:^) was the Lotus Elan.. just like Emma Peel had in the Avengers.
Fiberglass shell, no real chassis (just a "backbone"), a hell of a power to weight ratio, and foam filled fiberglass bumbers!!
Fun to drive, but scary... you looked sideways at the axles of busses.
http://www.neilslade.com/gifs/lotusemma.jpg
