Two baffling things that are *everywhere* in Auckland...

Knurled wrote:

Keith Tanner wrote: Hmm, how many makes are available through the GM parts system?

Besides Chevy/Buick/Caddy/GMC/Pontiac/Olds and Saturn? Let's see, in no particular order. Opel, Vauxhall, Holden, Daewoo, Suzuki, Isuzu, Toyota, SAAB, Subaru. Not 100% if those last two count because they sold Subarus and Chevys as SAAB but not the other way around. I can't begin to probe what kind of badge-engineering was done in Australia. That E36 M3 is just *baffling*. I'm not going to even think about the use of GM parts in other cars, then you'd have to include Volvo, BMW, Jaguar, Rolls-Royce, Ferrari...

I phrased that poorly. How many badges could I get? There's probably no GM part number for a Subaru badge. Isuzu, maybe.

Let us not forget Geo.

I've owned 3 Cavaliers, including an 86 z-24. The Z was garbage (2.8 v6, digital dash that kept setting itself to Kilometers per hour) but the 2.2 was indestructible, as stated.

I always wanted to drive one of the later Z-24s in anger, just to see how it did.

How many Holdens have you seen?

Depends who you're asking. I lived in Australia for a few years, I've seen a lot of Holdens! I've also seen a few in the US, but some joker stuck Pontiac badges on them.

Keith Tanner wrote: Depends who you're asking. I lived in Australia for a few years, I've seen a lot of Holdens! I've also seen a few in the US, but some joker stuck Pontiac badges on them.