Originally Posted by Elscooby

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I remember when I was in high school and a friend of mine was driving his beat up Chevette. We took turns driving out to Federal Mogul for work during one summer working in the stocking department. Pulling parts form shelves for orders in the warehouse. My 75 Firebird had a built 406 and it constantly overheated. His ratty old Chevette never had any issues and of course never over heated. Can't hate on that car as much as I wanted to Other than rust holes in the floor boar where you could see the road passing.

Originally Posted by JonBoy

In Alberta, they have an ice racing class that is Chevettes-only. Since they're RWD and available with a manual, they're a lightweight, decently balanced and cheap car that can be run on ice. It's highly competitive, as the power is fairly meagre, and so it's all about driver skill.

Originally Posted by JonBoy

In Alberta, they have an ice racing class that is Chevettes-only. Since they're RWD and available with a manual, they're a lightweight, decently balanced and cheap car that can be run on ice. It's highly competitive, as the power is fairly meagre, and so it's all about driver skill.

Originally Posted by zeroptzero

That's wild, must be a funny sight, lol. very cool.

Originally Posted by Elscooby

wow!

Agreed. JonBoy, please post a link to any videos you know of. This would be wild to see.

Originally Posted by JonBoy

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1510331109098774

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=190438852030775

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_M0AdV3PuI

https://www.facebook.com/NASCC.ab.ca...6984213865375/

I haven't run a Chevette on ice but I did drive a 944 once and it's surprisingly tricky, even in a car with "unlimited" studs (and these are large bolts driven through the tire, not your typical road-legal winter tire studs). There's a real rhythm to throwing the car into a corner and gathering it up. I got it wrong more than I got it right...