At how many miles do they start to have problems? On the average how many miles do they get before they are ready for the junk yard? Do you think this would be a good buy at $4200?
2006-12-19 06:51:49 · 6 answers · asked by greatest 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ GMC
That's only 6600 miles a year, which is pretty low. Most cars built in the early/mid 90's should get you 15 years or 150,000 miles. I'd take it if it seems like a car you'd be happy driving. Keep a budget for repairs, just in case. One coming up soon will be timing belt at 100K miles, prolly $500.
2006-12-19 06:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by Jerry J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reliability wise I wouldn't trust this Pontiac for anymore than 100,000. Which means you have about 20,000 miles left before things start happening. The reason I'm saying this is because domestic cars were not as good or reliable 10-20 years ago as they are now. For $4200 you can get an Acura Integra, Eagle Talon, which is the same as the Mitsubishi Eclipse, Honda Civic, Mazda MX-6, Nissan 240SX, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Celica and the Toyota Paseo. All of these cars are far more reliable, for the most part, than the Pontiac Sunfire. However, you never know. Your Pontiac could turn out to be more reliable then the rest, even though that is very unlikely to happen.
2006-12-19 08:05:14 · answer #2 · answered by Car freak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you may have a sticking thermostat or a water pump propeller problem. If you bled out the system, I would check for proper thermostat operation. Check the upper and lower radiator hoses to see if they are about the same temperature. If one is colder than the other you may have a problem with the thermostat. For the water pump, try to look inside the radiator to see if you can see coolant flowing through. If you can see flow, then the water pump should be pumping. I would start with the thermostat though. I hope this helps.
2016-05-22 21:38:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had a 95 caviler that is the same as the sun fire. JUNK JUNK JUNK. At 75,000 the head gasket goes. 100,000-160,000 the timing belt goes. best bet is to go find a Ford
2006-12-19 11:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Super bad car, most of the mechanical still dates back to the first generation. ( 1982 cavalier) This car's toast move on to the next choice.............
2006-12-19 12:21:58 · answer #5 · answered by Yeah man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the way you take care of the car,,,i had a car with close to 250,00 miles on it and still have it
2006-12-22 13:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋