[Petronski]

Pontiac Aztec 2002
A car only a lesbian could love.

[Registered]

lol

[dead]

I saw one of those Aztecs on the road the other day, and I immediately thought it looked like something the white Power Ranger would drive.

[Lokibob]

Another Rosie slam. I love it!!!!

I had a Fuego, and what a pig (speaking of Rosie)!!!!!

It came with Michelin X tires (14.2 inch rims, not 14 inch, not 15 inch but 14.2 inch). The only tires that would fit was the X tire. At $100 a tire. These x tires were sticky, man you could go around a corner at 55 and never slide. HOWEVER, they had the consistancy of an art gum eraser. The first set balded in 10,000 miles (in fairness tho, I had a lot of mountain driving, switchbacks and all at speed). 2nd set was worn out in 15k miles. Decided to put 13" wheels on the pig and cheap tires. That worked however (see below) it probably was because performance had fallen.

The turbo went out at 15K, estimated to cost $1500, but the car still ran, so I blew that off. The performance went to nothing. This car , when the turbo was running, would go from 55 to 85 in flat nothing in 5th gear. Great performance out of an 85HP engine.

At 25k miles, smoke came out of the instrument cluster. I disassembled it and found a burned printed circuit board. Handy soldering iron fixed that, but about every 5k miles, another part of the board would burn out. Pretty soon I had wires running all over the circuit board. Remember, this was in 80's when boards wern't small.

75k, and the brakes wore out, and the metallic/asbestos pads were on the epa hit list. Another $400 for environmental abatement.

88k miles, the rubber hoses (vacuum)(and man did the sucker ever have vacuum hoses all over) seemed to self distruct. The engine just quit, never to run again.

The first 10k miles were fun to drive.

Oh, I forgot, it had a oil level measuring dip stick. Only one I have ever seen. 5 mins after the engine was turned off, the dip stick would measure the oil level, and send the results to a guage on the instrument panel.

[ricpic]

PONTIAC AZTEC 2002: A car only a lesbian could love.

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As a proud Subaru owner I resemble that remark.

[DBtoo]

Hey! That Pontiac Aztec looks like the type of vehicle I'm looking for. I'm not a lesbian, but I'm looking for a used small car that can handle rugged roads and a very cold climate with lots of snow. I am starting to look around now. That looks like the sort of car I would be interested in. I need to do some research and find something small, hardy with good gas milelage. Where I live now we all have to live a bit poorly as things are so very expensive here. I bet that Aztec is out of my price range anyway. I don't want to spend over $10,000. If any Freepers are experts on small but durable cars for rural Alaska please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks.

[Erasmus]

Looks like one of Paul Bunyan's Nikes.

[Corporate Law]

I thought their car of preference was a Subaru Outback. According to a friend who works in a Subaru dealership, unless you are an engineer (have not figured out that linkage), you only buy that car if you are a lesbian.

[Dan from Michigan]

Damn, those things are ugly. Makes AMC's non Jeeps look cool.

[iceskater]

Pontiac Aztec 2002

It reminds me of a CRX on steroids....