https://www.mecum.com/lots/1131814/1987-chevrolet-chevette-cs-hatchback/
Gotta be a stick enthusiast.
$4,995 in 1987 = $13,793 today.
Gotta be a stick enthusiast.
$4,995 in 1987 = $13,793 today.
Alright, 'fess up. Which one of you bought this fine vehicle for $33k?
- Thread starter Carmudgeon
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Had a friend who had one. Called it his ‘Vette.
Ot clearly has more than 47 mi on it.
Someone drank a little too much of the special "koolaid." My buddy and his wife had a Chevette and it was actually a pretty decent car for them.
Someone cut that filter open, it will be like an archeological find.
I used to carpool with a guy who had a 2 door. I dreaded when he drove the Chevette. Traveling rural roads coming home at night and there were deer everywhere. Only lasted a year till I went to day shift.
LOVE the black & silver look throughout. Plain Jane FTW.
AM radio AND a dome light!
BITOG Q: What gauges would you install in the empty pod beneath the coolant-oil-battery warning lights?
Gotta love the "three black hatboxes" under the hood....the blower motor, air cleaner and timing belt cover.
AM radio AND a dome light!
BITOG Q: What gauges would you install in the empty pod beneath the coolant-oil-battery warning lights?
Gotta love the "three black hatboxes" under the hood....the blower motor, air cleaner and timing belt cover.
The Chevette had the two adjacent strips of contacts -bottom of car beneath the driver's feet- where you could meter 1 with A, 2 with B etc. (using the correct meter for the particular circuit).
They had a reputation as a decent if basic car. But I don't know about $33,000.
Question is - do you drive it?
If you drive it regularly, in a year you will have a 30 year old low mileage car in really nice shape, worth maybe $2500 on a good day.
If you don't drive it at all, what is the point of owning it? You pay for indoor climate controlled parking and insurance, and you get to look at a new '86 Chevette once in a while.
Question is - do you drive it?
If you drive it regularly, in a year you will have a 30 year old low mileage car in really nice shape, worth maybe $2500 on a good day.
If you don't drive it at all, what is the point of owning it? You pay for indoor climate controlled parking and insurance, and you get to look at a new '86 Chevette once in a while.
Drove one in the 80's. Found the steering wheel was not directly in front of the driver's seat but off to the right. You can see this in one of the photos.
My wife had the exact same car but in red it was basic transportation at best !
It was reliable , she bought it new drove it ten years until it got to rotten , always started no matter how cold it got , put brakes, battery and something on the electric choke and that's it.
It was reliable , she bought it new drove it ten years until it got to rotten , always started no matter how cold it got , put brakes, battery and something on the electric choke and that's it.
ls1mike
$50 Site Donor 2025
My dad had one and it was decent, never gave him any trouble. 33,000? I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
Shoula had it hot oil undercoated.
Is it just me, but for some reason, I question the paint job on this car. It doesn't seem to be OEM at least from the photos. Just saying.
She didn't know any better at the time LOL.
By the time I got my hands on it was to late.
$33K for a CHEVETTE?? Man, a fool & his money are some party! My uncle drove a couple of those, they made Pintos & the Dusters/Volares look like a Cadillac…
My BIL drove a Diesel Chevette in Highschool. He mentions it occasionally. I think he's still traumatized.
Patman
Staff member
It’s crazy to think that someone bought this car and never drove it. What is the story here? Even though it sold for way more than it was worth new, there is no way that this was a good investment. The cost to insure it would have added up a bit over the last few decades. And if the original owner had just invested that money into a safe investment I’m sure that he would have had $75,000 or more after all of this time. I can somewhat (but not exactly) understand when people do this with a sports car or other rare vehicles but with an economy car like this?? 
I would love to own that! If I was rich I'd have a little museum full of 80's crap cars like that.
This is on my bucket list to visit.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/cultu...ted-to-the-regular-traffic-of-the-70s-and-80s
This is on my bucket list to visit.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/cultu...ted-to-the-regular-traffic-of-the-70s-and-80s
