OK, Who Here Had a Chevy Vega?

[CO Liberal]

I had a '73 Hatchback - red with white stripes and a red interior. 4-speed stick. My first wife got custody of it and the kids when we separated. The Vega was dead within a year, because she never bothered to check the oil until the light came on.......

[corarose]

1. My best friend in High School had a Mustard Brown/Gold one

I myself had a Red AMC Pacer.

[slackmaster]

5. Ah, the famous "water balloon on wheels"

Once I was out with a friend in his mom's Mercedes-Benz. Two clowns in a Pacer... ...excuse me, a Pacer X decided they wanted to drag race us. They were properly dusted by the Mercedes.

[corarose]

9. Hey, I fit 8 people in my car one time

It was my first car and I loved it.

Steve Marriott offered to buy it off of my one time when I was a kid and I told him no way. Boy was I dumb!

[slackmaster]

2. I helped destroy one in high school

It belonged to the mom of a "friend" (read: fellow gang member) of mine. We used it for cruising and as a getaway car for our more nefarious activities, all of which are now well past applicable statutes of limitations.

[Don_G]

3. My Brother Did

The oil pressure switch wouldn't stay in and kept killing the engine until you pushed it back in. Come to think of it, a friend had one and called me to fix his heater one fall day; turned out he was about out of anti-freeze and nothing was circulating through the heater core.

[freethought]

4. I had an orange one!

It had a refabricated floor, The old one was virtually rusted out.
I wasn't capable of breaking speed limits. One day a telephone poll stepped out in front of it. Totalled!

[slackmaster]

6. Orange must have been one of the most popular colors for Vegas

Most of the rest were shit brown.

[coralrf]

10. Sky Blue was the most popular color...

with a black interior. I had such a vehicle. The Vega was doomed at that start. It used an experimental engine block of silicon-impregnated steel with an aluminum alloy piston. The intent was for the dissimilar metals to "etch themselves into a proper bore surface" and they did nothing of the kind. I replaced the engine in mine 2 times at Chevy’s expense then demanded a replacement car. I was given a Fiat 128 wagon that I took to Europe for 3 years with little trouble. Chevy, and I am a current Corvette owner, has never made a good car (perhaps with the exception of the 1957 convertible). The US auto industry was pure carp in the 70's and seems to be going back in that direction.

[freethought]

13. Did I mention the blue racing stripe?

[no one in particular]

7. Me Me Me!

I had a '73 GT hatchback. Bought it in college back in '91. Paid $400 for it, and it only had 34,000 miles.

Loved that car. It was originally gold, but I painted it black with a neon blue stripe down the middle. People told me it looked like a squished Camaro. It certainly wasn't the fastest car on the road, but it was unique and a blast to drive.

I sold it to a friend after college and he proceeded the warp the oh-so-fragile aluminum block. He somehow jammed a 305 into the damn thing and sold it for $2500.

One of the many cars I wish I could get back.

[rucky]

8. Primer Colored '72

I learned to drive with it.

[denverbill]

11. 77, yellow.

Actually, my Dad got it for my younger sister when I was away at college, and I inherited it from her, complete with Jebus bumper stickers.

It was pretty much a pile of junk when I got rid of it in 85.

[Ivory_Tower]

12. Mine was green

It was my first car. Got it in '77. Green hatchback, '72 or '73, I forget. Three cylinders actually worked on it. Had a top speed of something like 65 mph, but I couldn't go that fast because it made too much noise.

My parents wouldn't let me take it to college, and then sold it while I was away. (Grrrr.)

Can't say I miss it, since my second car was a '76 Chrysler Cordoba and a lot more fun.

[ronnykmarshall]

14. They were kinda cute.

[Bake]

15. '73 Hatchback here

My first car. I don't remember what they called the color, but it was a dark reddish bronze metallic. Three speed stick, black vinyl interior with NO A/C!!! But I loved that car. My monthly car payment was $55.00. I could drive all week on $5 worth of gas.

Bake

[catzies]

16. Well, my daughter was conceived in one.

The Vega was as reliable and as dependable as her dad.