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the.saint
08-21-2005, 05:03 AM
Hi i'm Maarten from the Netherlands.

Some time ago i saw a Chevrolet Alero, yes they really are rebadged to Chevys in Europe, and kind of thought it was a neat looking car.

Poorly rebadged because the steering wheel is olds as are all other markings except on the trunk, it says Chevrolet and on the front, where a Beautie is glued on a black oval (Ford) background which was then stuck with double sided tape to the front.

Considering "we" drive totally different cars overhere the Alero is not seen in everyday traffic.

After some thorough research on the internet i found out its basically a real crappy car so....... I got ahead and bought it.

Trading in a Subaru Legacy, known for it's reliability, i'm not sure what to expect but the Sub got so boring.

Oh its a 2000 V6 without sunroof and no leather, slightly different models overhere,here it's called 3.4 SC nevermind.

Got a full year warrenty from the (Peugeot) dealer and upon delivery they already repaired the blowerunit, brakes and bearings.

Well, i leave it at this for now, but will surely be hopping in and out of this board while you guys are sleeping :P
cherrington17
08-21-2005, 09:33 AM
so... you bought it because its crap? i'm not understanding that much.

welcome anyway. Internationals are always welcome to the dysfunctional family we call aleromod.

and you might meet a few insomniacs around here.. :lol:
the.saint
08-21-2005, 11:26 AM
Originally posted by cherrington17@Aug 21 2005, 08:33 AM
so... you bought it because its crap? i'm not understanding that much.
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Well eh, I guess I don't understand it either, if you look at carsurvey.org the car isn't really coming out very strong.

But I think it looks great, was fed up driving a four banger and generally like the luxury and relaxed way of driving of American cars.
Besides that, when I went for a testdrive it felt good and I knew I was gonna buy it despite the negative critics its been getting, of course being convinced mine is a good one :biggrin:

By the way, nice .gif you planted there, i've been "The Saint" for many years, one reason because I also have a Volvo 1800S, but hadn't seen this one yet.
FormulaNERD
08-21-2005, 12:12 PM
the netherlands, cool, i've been there a few times, and a friend of mine lives there on the tri-border with nato.
the.saint
08-21-2005, 01:17 PM
@ formulaNERD

small world, he can't be living more than 10 minutes away from me then!!!!
Serious.

Used to work for Boeing (Defence & Space group Awacs) thats why I ended up in the area.
smlzalero
08-21-2005, 05:19 PM
Welcome! :) Congrats on the crappy car purchase! :P
johny_boy32
08-21-2005, 06:09 PM
what they said, welcome to the site
gre0481
08-21-2005, 07:10 PM
Welcome,


You know they say everyeone's a critic. I like my Alero, no matter what anyone else says. Just as long as you enjoy it and like the way it drives.


That's one of the main reasons I like mine so much..
StockAlero00
08-21-2005, 08:30 PM
Welcome!
Daytona
08-22-2005, 10:24 AM
Welcome aboard!
jackal2000
08-22-2005, 10:31 AM
welcome
cobra621
08-23-2005, 09:15 PM
Welcome to the site! I've heard the alero is a crappy car, but I like mine ;)
alero168
08-28-2005, 09:45 AM
yo
kwhauck
08-28-2005, 11:11 AM
welcome to the aleromod.com family!!