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andddd its gone.

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Bye bye Bonnie. And thanks to the assholes that almost ran me over on 15 mile. Sub frame snapped.

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Why are you not going to fix it. I just had the same thing happen to me. Only cost me $500 to fix.
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Because its rusted out. Couldn't tell when I bought it. Seems like they sprayed it with that cheap aerosol rhino lining stuff. It also broke a transaxle, all the ball joints, stabilizer bar and links and the tie rods. I'm 22 and do landscaping for a living. I can't afford to fix all that :( but I am looking for another ssei around the same year!
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Dam that sucks man!
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It definitely does. Especially since me and my girlfriend have to share the grand prix. And we both have 30 minute commutes to work. In two different directions. Fml
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I'm sorry to hear she's dead. :( Hopefully you find another SSEi soon.
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I'm hoping and praying and craigslisting, but everything in the Detroit metro area is a hunk of over priced junk.
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Bummer man! Hope you get another Bonny so we can get some Eastern MI meets. I'm living in Saginaw now!
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forcefedbucket96 wrote:I'm hoping and praying and craigslisting, but everything in the Detroit metro area is a hunk of over priced junk.
I know what you mean. My Mom was up there visiting 2 months ago and planned on buying a car there. She said every car there for sale was a pile of crap held together with paperclips, JB Weld and bubblegum!
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Some meets would be great! I'll have another one before winter hits. And the jb weld and bubble gum trick is infamous around these parts. If you have a rust free car around here, It's probably brand new.
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Bonneville92V688 wrote:
forcefedbucket96 wrote:I'm hoping and praying and craigslisting, but everything in the Detroit metro area is a hunk of over priced junk.
I know what you mean. My Mom was up there visiting 2 months ago and planned on buying a car there. She said every car there for sale was a pile of crap held together with paperclips, JB Weld and bubblegum!
Don't be knocking JB weld, that stuff has save my ars a few times
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Sorry man! Lol
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My little bro and I were just talking about this problem tonight with the H-Body cars. If only GM would have made the metal twice as thick on those rear sub frame mounting locations, these problems could be avoided.

That's how it goes. You drive one of these cars year after year in the salt and she gonna fall apart. Undercoating when the car was new and oiling down those areas is what a person would need to do in order for these cars to survive the unkind winters.
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