My family had an 87 dark brown cavalier wagon. My mom had just gotten a new job and we could afford a brand new car in 1987. This was a huge step up from what we had which was a 72 Buick skylark that only had lap belts and an AM radio. Our cavalier had an AM/FM radio with a tape deck. Before we got this car we only had records to listen to, after we started getting tapes and I could listen to the rock stations on FM radio which had an enormous effect on the 7 year old me and is probably the start of me becoming a music producer. We traded it in for a new 94 Camaro and my mom and I always regretted getting rid of it. It was the perfect car to grow up with. Nowadays I have a 2001 Volvo v70 as my daily and an 82 DMC DeLorean. I love the DeLorean but the old V70 is my favorite car since I love wagons and it all started with this little Cavalier wagon
@Mi$Fit Studios agreed! My old V70 is showing its age, over 250,000 miles. I was looking at new V60s and the cargo space is about 2/3rds of my 2001 V70, that thing has more storage space than some SUVs and it handles like a car! I can’t stand SUV’s or crossovers and I just want another big wagon
I have a 1986 Chevrolet cavalier sedan with a 82 front end on it. It has been one of the most reliable and fun cars that I've ever owned. I still drive it to this day we drive it everyday. Love this video
I just picked up a 1990 Cavalier Wagon. No rust and it's in great shape with 70k miles. I couldn't believe I found it in the shape its in. I wish I could find more info about the car with an internet search but I guess I'll have to figure things out myself. I love the body style more than most cars ever. the one in this video is very nice man, appreciate the video
My first car was an 87 cavalier wagon. My brother found a set of z24 wheels in the JY that we threw on. Tough little car. We beat the piss out of that thing! Miss it!!
I had my grandmothers 1984 Cavalier through college in the later 90's when she could no longer drive. Loved that car. First car I owned with EFI & AC. I moved 2x using that wagon. Should of kept it but traded it for my first new vehicle after school, my 2000 Jeep Wrangler. My dad owned his own office supply company and they ran all Cavalier wagons for decades. He was upset when they discontinued them in the mid 90's.
I moved from Brooklyn, NY to the Dallas, Texas area in the summer of 1988. I made the drive in a beater Mazda. It was a great car for NYC driving, which does not rack up gobs and gobs of miles. The four-day drive to Dallas took a lot out of that car, and within the next year, it had died. So in the summer of 1989, when I was 24 years old, I replaced it with a 1985 Cavalier wagon in that metallic "ice blue" that was so common back then. It was definitely not as zippy as my old Mazda, but it was a real workhorse, and it handled the normal-for-Texas 18,000 miles each year. One year I put 40,000 miles on that little beast! It was junky, clunky, and not cool, but I loved it. I really liked the shape of the rear of the wagon; I always have. And the front was typical '80s plastic, but it also looked pretty good. The seats were cloth but very comfy. Mine needed shocks and struts and new gas shocks for the rear lift gate when I bought it, and all were very inexpensive and easy for me to install myself. I did the brakes, too. I think it has discs up front and drums in the rear, but it might have had four drums; I can't remember. I enjoyed that car while I had it. I replaced it with a 1979 Mustang after a few years, which I drove for 300,000+ miles before moving on to my next car. This video really took me back to that day in 1989 when I bought my 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier wagon. I remember the seller was a jet mechanic for Delta Airlines at D/FW International Airport. He took great care of it. I got a pretty good deal on it from him. Thanks for posting this video.
I've got an 88 wagon, same color. I replaced the dash, engine, trans from an 94 RS convertible. Also put FE3 suspension on it. 16x7 American Racing mags. Z24 hood with cowl induction. Very clean, rust free. I paid $300 for it. Mine doesn't have the those lower panels yours has.
man that brings back memories, my father had the 88 with the V6, with the oversized ralle wheels that were always in a hard to find wheel size, and it was quite a little hotrod, unfortunately macco ruined it with a cheap paintjob he had to put on it in texas that just started to flake off in the 90's, and it just rotted out and the air con leaked as the car sat in our driveway after it got back up to the north east, and we had that thing all the way until 2001 when it got traded in on an olds, which was good for 3 years and then started having problems.
Mother had this car in gray as a sedan. The wire in the edge of the torn backseat would always cut my leg. I was just a kid and thought it was an alright car that just, she said the wiring burnt up and she got rid of it. It wasn’t exciting or grand but it had a smooth ride. 😊
my grandma had a 87 ,my older cousin drove me and her younger sister to highschool. my impatient cousin passed a school bus around a turn. i cant beleive we survved to this day . its a main road . that poor lil car . 3 speed no tach . just floor it and pray. this was 2005. my freshman year . ran for years my mom drove it a bit , then my aunt drove it . for quite a few years . only to replace it with a 04 grand am
I had the same car and same color. Mine was a 5 speed and I taught all my high-school friends how to drive it. Wish I could find one today. Very hard to find. But would be a fun classic car to have now.
My step dad bought one to deliver papers in his was a 84 sky blue wagon... When my 06 Nissan Altima engine blew I used it to go back and forth to work... It did have an electric issue and the battery would drain completely in 3 days and you had to start it by pouring a little bit of gas in the throttle body but it was still a cool car.... Don't know how many time people would stop and ask if I would sale it... I told them it wasn't mine but my step dads
Had a couple friends in HS in the late 90s that had Celebrity Wagons or other GM equivalents. It was a tank. We all used to pile in it for off campus lunch lol. Seriously 7-8 of us, in one of these basically. All over 6ft, all near 200lbs. We were a literal force to be reckoned with when we all went to Arby's in Luke's Celebrity Wagon!
My parents had an 85 1/2 Escort, it's cool seeing the competition. My parents were pro Ford and anti GM, so it's interesting to see a review of these that isn't negative.
I learned to drive on one of these. Holy crap they were so slow, so it kept me out of trouble. I remember piling in friends in this car and going to blockbuster on a Friday night.
The area in the shifter console is not for cassettes. Cassettes actually won’t fit in there. If you look closely, the slots are different sizes. They are coin slots to hold nickels, dimes and quarters. The rest of the box is just to hold any odds and ends, like the owner seems to have in there.
Mr' Regular said it best "The world needs to understand that not all classic cars are all mustangs, chevelles, and GTO's... Most classic cars are just regular cars."
My favorite memory of my first car which was a brown 1983 Cavalier: We crammed 11 high school kids into it and drove 40 miles to Ann Arbor MI to see The Rock Horror Picture Show.
After a House Party, I was the designated driver. Eight of us piled into my 1991 Escort Pony 2-door. Two in the front passenger seat; 5 in back. How did we not get pulled over?? Good Old Days.❤😊
My family had TWO of the big brother to the Cavalier: the Chevrolet Celebrity. Later, the first car I bought on my own was a Cavalier Z24 with a 5-speed and a V6. Loved that car!
"Excitement in the mundane." Well put, Zach. I feel the same way regarding "regular" cars and love seeing in depth tours of these long forgotten but at the time everyday time capsules. Cheers, from Ottawa, Ontario.
82 J200 fastback (aunt) 82 J200 sedan (uncle) 85? Firenza (distant aunt and uncle) 86 Cavalier CL coupe (aunt) 87 Sunbird sedan (mum) 87 Skyhawk Custom sedan (aunt) 89 Sunbird coupe (dad) 94 Sunbird sedan (mine) Fair to say, we were a J-Body family and lots of awesome memories were had in those small cars. We then all moved on to own several Grand Am.
GM was getting everything out of that platform, especially in the Chevy brand with every configuration from station wagon, 4 door, 2 door, hatchback, convertible and Z24. But then Chrysler did everything with the K Car platform except turn it into a dump truck. Another car to you could consider testing would be an 83-86 Mustang or Capri with the 3.8 V6. They were only rated at about 100hp in that era but they got 35-37 mpg on the highway. From what I’ve read since the Capri had the bubble back hatch it got around 1 mpg more than the equivalent Mustang. 1983 3.8 V6 was carbureted then 1984-1986 were EFI.
My dad had an 86 Blue Cavalier I think it was a four-door sedan but I don't remember this is back in 93 he bought it used and it was cool smelled kind of funny that's about all I can remember lol
My mom had a two-tone light/dark brown 1984 Chevy Cavalier CL wagon. Great little car. Had a few nice upgrades for the time like power windows/locks, cruise, tilt. Never one problem. I think we had it up until ‘90 with about 70K miles. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
I had a 93 cavalier wagon wished I never sold it. at the time it was a beater so I ran it with no oil for a week filled it back up it quit knocking and just kept on going those cars are tough. I bought it in 2018 and sold it after a few months wish I never did cause I don't see any at all around me
I just bought one of these other day in good condition low miles 98 thousand miles 1 owner clean i dont care what anyone says its rare vintage old school and ill do my best to keep we will never see these cars again i dont care who says its cheap i got a piece of history
Memories: my aunt had a 86' Cavalier coupe. She visited us from upstate & my cuz locked the keys in the trunk. My dad pushed me thru the rear vent window so I can pop the trunk. The Cavalier was a coupe, but the next year she also bought a Celebrity wagon. I went to the dealer with her family to purchase it & got to sit in the rear facing 3rd row seat. Both cars: Dk. Blue
Our first 'New Car' that we bought was a Cavalier Wagon. Our son was born in December of 1984 and we felt we needed a new car for our young family. This was before Child LATCH seat locking points. You used the Seat Belts to lock down your Car Seat. Which I did by strapping our son's Car Seat in the Middle of the back seat for his safety. I remember the salesman selling us on adding A/C to this car for resale value. You have to understand even this vehicle was pricey back then. Every dollar counted. So we ended up with this Wagon adding A/C and we added the AM/FM radio too. (No Cassette Player) It was a good little car. We could carry all of our son's stuff. His diaper bag, stroller, etc. I really miss this car. Sadly we traded it in for a 1987 Celebrity Eurosport Sedan. The Eurosport was the WORST car I ever bought. What a piece of junk that turned out to be.
Fantastic review and that gold on the wagon is so good. I've known Aaron for years now and he is a truly stand up guy that is willing to help others with their gm fwds
Zack, I think you secretly love 1980s Cavaliers and J-car equivalents. That's ok, we all have our guilty pleasures. 🤣I'll admit it, I secretly like old Ford Tempos and Toyota Corollas from that era too, especially Corolla wagons with a manual transmission.
I’m pretty sure these were closely related to the mk2 Vauxhall Cavalier, which my grandad had the saloon (sedan) until I was 4 and he changed it for a 1st gen Toyota Yaris. It was bottom spec in red and for some reason the thing i remember most about it was that it had quite a loud indicator relay, at least compared to the 80s Corolla my dad had at the time.
Yes...Chevy Cavaliers were cousins of 2nd gen Vauxhall Cavaliers/Opel Asconas,just like North American Chevy Chevettes were cousins of European Vauxhall Chevettes/Opel Kadetts
There were hatchback Lynxes too...and the Mercury Lynx XR3 was the sportier equivalent to the Ford Escort GT...they had 1.9 litre fuel injected engines. Europe got the Ford Escort XR3 cousin & also the Ford Escort RS Turbo!
Old beige Cavalier wagon, FTW! I also love wagons, not so much a Cavalier fan, but I'd drive this one! Love it with the newer looking OEM Chevy split 5 spoke wheels. Looks badass. Would have been nice if there had been a Cimarron version of the Cavalier wagon, might get power windows and locks, and an AM/FM/Cassette instead of the AM Radio. But at least it has a cigarette lighter, ash trays (including for the back sets) and crotch cooler. That makes it all good.
1 of my sisters had a wagon like that 1, probably a few years older. My 1st car was an 87 Z24 and later on I got a 94 Z24. Both had a 5 spd manual. They were so much fun. Only had the 87 about a year. The 94 I put around 200k on it. It was so much fun and I usually had to get tires every year! Soooo much tire smoke from the front tires!
I just watched this and thought about your coverage of Cavaliers: ua-cam.com/video/GKdx9D4v588/v-deo.html Start at 30:16 It definitely puts an eerie vibe on things
My dad had Cavaliers and Citations as company cars. The Cavalier was the better car. I daily a 1995 Taurus GL wagon. Same beige color. Manual windows, doorlocks and seats. I love the thing.
My grandma ordered a 86 wagan cav, she ordered it with no a/c or FM literally only thing to fiddle with was rear wiper! And that steering wheel is actually used on second gen camaros also. My mom got it from grand ma in 91 had it till 94' had 200k miles was reliable but rotted out. We then got a Celebrity wagon loved that car!
they still sold them base on the lots too, we got one off a dealership lot, not ordering it. I remember the day we went to the dealership to look, find one, then got it.
My high school had the sedan version of that car a the "driver's training" car. I drove that to satisfy the requirements to get my license at 16. LEGITIMATE reason for the "crotch cooler" vent, BTW. Remember how short the short pants were in the 80's. When you say in the car seat, the leg openings acted like scoops to take fresh air to your nether parts. I am being serious here- If you have cool air on your guy parts, it is every bit as good if not better than a cooled or heated seat. Since I was in drivers training in the summer, that vent was priceless. No joking. Guys know what I'm talking about. Best thing ever to protect your sperm count.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 our high school had an automatic Cavalier sedan,an automatic hatchback Chevy Citation,& a manual hatchback Chevy Chevette aa driver's ed cars in 1983...i chose the manual Chevette as I always preferred manual cars and still drive one.
Our family had one of these in like a dark burgundy prior to that she had a Datsun station wagon and this was quite an upgrade from that however, I think the Datsun was better engineered even though it was older this car got almost 30 Mi to the gallon my mom loved it for that fact
I've been serious considering talking to a old guy that has a 1990 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport Wagon in my community. It just sits there and doesn't move. Shame. Thought about switching it to a manual. One out a Cavalier with the 3.1 engine should work
Parents had one like that, a gold wagon and everything. It was a hugely unreliable car. First car they with AC, turned it on the first time, didn't work, only got worse fro there. This is why Toyota and Honda sold lots of cars. I'm serious. Parents never bought another GM car. They had bought 4 in a row. If only if it was reliable, it would have been an awesome car instead of awful.
The wheels are not original to that car. Those wheels look like they may be from later model Cavaliers (likely the Z24 models) and may be an inch or two larger in diameter than the stock wheels.
So says the turbo guy HOW MANY engines have had Turbo catastrophic engine failures LOL. wagons DRIV INNS , called a bed. WAGONS no $$$ hotels, WAGONS Long distance ROAD TRIPS well I need a NAP in my WAGON BED , did I forget tools, job materials plus have an 8 foot step ladder & MOST IMPORTANTLY , LADIES SEEM TO LOVE FOLD OUT PORTABLE BLOW UP cushioning for SOME PUSHIONING LOL
My family had an 87 dark brown cavalier wagon. My mom had just gotten a new job and we could afford a brand new car in 1987. This was a huge step up from what we had which was a 72 Buick skylark that only had lap belts and an AM radio. Our cavalier had an AM/FM radio with a tape deck. Before we got this car we only had records to listen to, after we started getting tapes and I could listen to the rock stations on FM radio which had an enormous effect on the 7 year old me and is probably the start of me becoming a music producer. We traded it in for a new 94 Camaro and my mom and I always regretted getting rid of it. It was the perfect car to grow up with. Nowadays I have a 2001 Volvo v70 as my daily and an 82 DMC DeLorean. I love the DeLorean but the old V70 is my favorite car since I love wagons and it all started with this little Cavalier wagon
Love the story and nostalgia here 👍
Good story but a 72 lark are cool!
@Mi$Fit Studios agreed! My old V70 is showing its age, over 250,000 miles. I was looking at new V60s and the cargo space is about 2/3rds of my 2001 V70, that thing has more storage space than some SUVs and it handles like a car! I can’t stand SUV’s or crossovers and I just want another big wagon
@@boingonutelfman6223 have you ever considered looking at the Subaru Outback or B6 Passat Wagon or maybe a Benz E Class Wagon
Great story, wagons are underrated. Utility of an SUV but handle, accelerate, and MPG like a car.
My mother had an ‘84 Cavalier Wagon. It was blue. It had power windows, A/C, FM radio, but cloth seats. I grew up in that car. I loved it.
I have a 1986 Chevrolet cavalier sedan with a 82 front end on it. It has been one of the most reliable and fun cars that I've ever owned. I still drive it to this day we drive it everyday. Love this video
I just picked up a 1990 Cavalier Wagon. No rust and it's in great shape with 70k miles. I couldn't believe I found it in the shape its in. I wish I could find more info about the car with an internet search but I guess I'll have to figure things out myself. I love the body style more than most cars ever. the one in this video is very nice man, appreciate the video
My first car was an 87 cavalier wagon. My brother found a set of z24 wheels in the JY that we threw on. Tough little car. We beat the piss out of that thing! Miss it!!
I had my grandmothers 1984 Cavalier through college in the later 90's when she could no longer drive. Loved that car. First car I owned with EFI & AC. I moved 2x using that wagon. Should of kept it but traded it for my first new vehicle after school, my 2000 Jeep Wrangler. My dad owned his own office supply company and they ran all Cavalier wagons for decades. He was upset when they discontinued them in the mid 90's.
I moved from Brooklyn, NY to the Dallas, Texas area in the summer of 1988. I made the drive in a beater Mazda. It was a great car for NYC driving, which does not rack up gobs and gobs of miles. The four-day drive to Dallas took a lot out of that car, and within the next year, it had died. So in the summer of 1989, when I was 24 years old, I replaced it with a 1985 Cavalier wagon in that metallic "ice blue" that was so common back then.
It was definitely not as zippy as my old Mazda, but it was a real workhorse, and it handled the normal-for-Texas 18,000 miles each year. One year I put 40,000 miles on that little beast! It was junky, clunky, and not cool, but I loved it. I really liked the shape of the rear of the wagon; I always have. And the front was typical '80s plastic, but it also looked pretty good. The seats were cloth but very comfy. Mine needed shocks and struts and new gas shocks for the rear lift gate when I bought it, and all were very inexpensive and easy for me to install myself. I did the brakes, too. I think it has discs up front and drums in the rear, but it might have had four drums; I can't remember.
I enjoyed that car while I had it. I replaced it with a 1979 Mustang after a few years, which I drove for 300,000+ miles before moving on to my next car.
This video really took me back to that day in 1989 when I bought my 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier wagon. I remember the seller was a jet mechanic for Delta Airlines at D/FW International Airport. He took great care of it. I got a pretty good deal on it from him.
Thanks for posting this video.
These were all over the place when I was younger. I miss seeing them so often.
Grew up in a 84 cavalier CL 2 tone brown. Mom loved it. Had it till 1993.
I've got an 88 wagon, same color. I replaced the dash, engine, trans from an 94 RS convertible. Also put FE3 suspension on it. 16x7 American Racing mags. Z24 hood with cowl induction. Very clean, rust free. I paid $300 for it. Mine doesn't have the those lower panels yours has.
man that brings back memories, my father had the 88 with the V6, with the oversized ralle wheels that were always in a hard to find wheel size, and it was quite a little hotrod, unfortunately macco ruined it with a cheap paintjob he had to put on it in texas that just started to flake off in the 90's, and it just rotted out and the air con leaked as the car sat in our driveway after it got back up to the north east, and we had that thing all the way until 2001 when it got traded in on an olds, which was good for 3 years and then started having problems.
I saw an 85 Cavalier Type 10 in the junkyard today. First time seeing one.
Owned a Skyhawk wagon i used for work. Dont remember the year, but the headlights were exposed and cool looking. ❤
Mother had this car in gray as a sedan. The wire in the edge of the torn backseat would always cut my leg. I was just a kid and thought it was an alright car that just, she said the wiring burnt up and she got rid of it. It wasn’t exciting or grand but it had a smooth ride. 😊
my grandma had a 87 ,my older cousin drove me and her younger sister to highschool. my impatient cousin passed a school bus around a turn. i cant beleive we survved to this day . its a main road . that poor lil car . 3 speed no tach . just floor it and pray.
this was 2005. my freshman year . ran for years my mom drove it a bit , then my aunt drove it . for quite a few years . only to replace it with a 04 grand am
We just bought an '85 on FB market place. Had to do an engine swap and some small things afterwards, but it is a workhorse, and our family car.
Never owned one . Still I did ride in some cavalier cars. They were not bad. The wagon looks very good . Totally practical .
I had the same car and same color. Mine was a 5 speed and I taught all my high-school friends how to drive it. Wish I could find one today. Very hard to find. But would be a fun classic car to have now.
A white one near me im thinking of getting
My mom had two of these wagons a 1987 and a 1994 I pass my drivers license on this wagon 😌👌🏽 love these wagons they don't make em like this no more .
My step dad bought one to deliver papers in his was a 84 sky blue wagon... When my 06 Nissan Altima engine blew I used it to go back and forth to work... It did have an electric issue and the battery would drain completely in 3 days and you had to start it by pouring a little bit of gas in the throttle body but it was still a cool car.... Don't know how many time people would stop and ask if I would sale it... I told them it wasn't mine but my step dads
Had a couple friends in HS in the late 90s that had Celebrity Wagons or other GM equivalents. It was a tank. We all used to pile in it for off campus lunch lol. Seriously 7-8 of us, in one of these basically. All over 6ft, all near 200lbs. We were a literal force to be reckoned with when we all went to Arby's in Luke's Celebrity Wagon!
My parents had an 85 1/2 Escort, it's cool seeing the competition. My parents were pro Ford and anti GM, so it's interesting to see a review of these that isn't negative.
We had the direct competitor, the Escort Wagon which I took my road test in.
If I had that car, I wouldn't change a thing about it. I too am a sucker for wagons!
I learned to drive on one of these. Holy crap they were so slow, so it kept me out of trouble. I remember piling in friends in this car and going to blockbuster on a Friday night.
Must not of had the 2.8
The area in the shifter console is not for cassettes. Cassettes actually won’t fit in there. If you look closely, the slots are different sizes. They are coin slots to hold nickels, dimes and quarters. The rest of the box is just to hold any odds and ends, like the owner seems to have in there.
Your can fit cassette tapes in the center console cubbie, take a look at mine on my channel. Works great.
Mr' Regular said it best "The world needs to understand that not all classic cars are all mustangs, chevelles, and GTO's... Most classic cars are just regular cars."
My favorite memory of my first car which was a brown 1983 Cavalier: We crammed 11 high school kids into it and drove 40 miles to Ann Arbor MI to see The Rock Horror Picture Show.
After a House Party, I was the designated driver. Eight of us piled into my 1991 Escort Pony 2-door. Two in the front passenger seat; 5 in back. How did we not get pulled over?? Good Old Days.❤😊
This guy seems too young to be this knowledgeable about 80’s cars, I love
he's got a couple things wrong, because I still have my 1985 Cavalier that I grew up with, but he's about 98/99% right on everything else.
I just got an 89' Wagon in blue, with the 2.8 V6. Also a matching blue interior which is really nice.
Back in the day I always liked these
My family had TWO of the big brother to the Cavalier: the Chevrolet Celebrity. Later, the first car I bought on my own was a Cavalier Z24 with a 5-speed and a V6. Loved that car!
"Excitement in the mundane." Well put, Zach. I feel the same way regarding "regular" cars and love seeing in depth tours of these long forgotten but at the time everyday time capsules. Cheers, from Ottawa, Ontario.
82 J200 fastback (aunt)
82 J200 sedan (uncle)
85? Firenza (distant aunt and uncle)
86 Cavalier CL coupe (aunt)
87 Sunbird sedan (mum)
87 Skyhawk Custom sedan (aunt)
89 Sunbird coupe (dad)
94 Sunbird sedan (mine)
Fair to say, we were a J-Body family and lots of awesome memories were had in those small cars. We then all moved on to own several Grand Am.
Yep! And cousins in Europe,The Vauxhall Cavalier & Opel Ascona!
One of my x-girlfriends had an Oldsmobile Firenza. She said it was better than taking the bus!😎
GM was getting everything out of that platform, especially in the Chevy brand with every configuration from station wagon, 4 door, 2 door, hatchback, convertible and Z24. But then Chrysler did everything with the K Car platform except turn it into a dump truck.
Another car to you could consider testing would be an 83-86 Mustang or Capri with the 3.8 V6. They were only rated at about 100hp in that era but they got 35-37 mpg on the highway. From what I’ve read since the Capri had the bubble back hatch it got around 1 mpg more than the equivalent Mustang. 1983 3.8 V6 was carbureted then 1984-1986 were EFI.
I own 1987 cavalier coupe I love it.
My dad had an 86 Blue Cavalier I think it was a four-door sedan but I don't remember this is back in 93 he bought it used and it was cool smelled kind of funny that's about all I can remember lol
My mom had a two-tone light/dark brown 1984 Chevy Cavalier CL wagon. Great little car. Had a few nice upgrades for the time like power windows/locks, cruise, tilt. Never one problem. I think we had it up until ‘90 with about 70K miles. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
3:43 you mean cassette player, my base 1985 Cavalier has just the AM/FM radio, no cassette player.
I had a 93 cavalier wagon wished I never sold it. at the time it was a beater so I ran it with no oil for a week filled it back up it quit knocking and just kept on going those cars are tough. I bought it in 2018 and sold it after a few months wish I never did cause I don't see any at all around me
1:53 I've had a 1985 Cavalier since 1985, and that's not normal, there's something wrong with the transmission if you have to drive it that way.
I just bought one of these other day in good condition low miles 98 thousand miles 1 owner clean i dont care what anyone says its rare vintage old school and ill do my best to keep we will never see these cars again i dont care who says its cheap i got a piece of history
I'm jealous.
Memories: my aunt had a 86' Cavalier coupe. She visited us from upstate & my cuz locked the keys in the trunk. My dad pushed me thru the rear vent window so I can pop the trunk.
The Cavalier was a coupe, but the next year she also bought a Celebrity wagon. I went to the dealer with her family to purchase it & got to sit in the rear facing 3rd row seat.
Both cars: Dk. Blue
Our first 'New Car' that we bought was a Cavalier Wagon.
Our son was born in December of 1984 and we felt we needed a new car for our young family.
This was before Child LATCH seat locking points.
You used the Seat Belts to lock down your Car Seat. Which I did by strapping our son's Car Seat in the Middle of the back seat for his safety.
I remember the salesman selling us on adding A/C to this car for resale value.
You have to understand even this vehicle was pricey back then. Every dollar counted.
So we ended up with this Wagon adding A/C and we added the AM/FM radio too. (No Cassette Player)
It was a good little car. We could carry all of our son's stuff. His diaper bag, stroller, etc.
I really miss this car. Sadly we traded it in for a 1987 Celebrity Eurosport Sedan.
The Eurosport was the WORST car I ever bought. What a piece of junk that turned out to be.
I Also had an '87 EuroSport. I Loved the car but the 2.5 Iron "Duck" engine was a POS!!😑
Cool stuff ! These are the cars we remember growing up in the 80s . The Chevrolet Cavalier, Caprice/Impala , Chrysler K cars got us around
Gotta throw the Escort, Topaz, and Taurus in there, too.😎
i was made in back of one of these and very likley this very car. Its not easy being a asbestos baby!
Fantastic review and that gold on the wagon is so good. I've known Aaron for years now and he is a truly stand up guy that is willing to help others with their gm fwds
any idea what are the tire / wheel upgrade to this car ?
Zack, I think you secretly love 1980s Cavaliers and J-car equivalents. That's ok, we all have our guilty pleasures. 🤣I'll admit it, I secretly like old Ford Tempos and Toyota Corollas from that era too, especially Corolla wagons with a manual transmission.
Lol my brother had a 85 1/2 cavalier wagon with a 5 speed. Had that thing to almost 300k.
I never realized there was a wagon version.
Lil Timmy to his baseball game!! 😂😂
If the Cavalier saved the 80's, then my Taurus saved the 2000's
I can imagine flooring this thing and seeing over the course of the next thirty seconds:
25. . . . . . . . . . .35. . . . . . . . . . . *headlight*
I just got one yesterday!!
To bad GM doesn't make reliable cars like this anymore 😢.
I’m pretty sure these were closely related to the mk2 Vauxhall Cavalier, which my grandad had the saloon (sedan) until I was 4 and he changed it for a 1st gen Toyota Yaris. It was bottom spec in red and for some reason the thing i remember most about it was that it had quite a loud indicator relay, at least compared to the 80s Corolla my dad had at the time.
Yes...Chevy Cavaliers were cousins of 2nd gen Vauxhall Cavaliers/Opel Asconas,just like North American Chevy Chevettes were cousins of European Vauxhall Chevettes/Opel Kadetts
Hey Zack, see if you came review a Mercury Lynx. It was the mercury version of the Ford Escort in wagon form .
There were hatchback Lynxes too...and the Mercury Lynx XR3 was the sportier equivalent to the Ford Escort GT...they had 1.9 litre fuel injected engines. Europe got the Ford Escort XR3 cousin & also the Ford Escort RS Turbo!
Old beige Cavalier wagon, FTW! I also love wagons, not so much a Cavalier fan, but I'd drive this one! Love it with the newer looking OEM Chevy split 5 spoke wheels. Looks badass. Would have been nice if there had been a Cimarron version of the Cavalier wagon, might get power windows and locks, and an AM/FM/Cassette instead of the AM Radio. But at least it has a cigarette lighter, ash trays (including for the back sets) and crotch cooler. That makes it all good.
1 of my sisters had a wagon like that 1, probably a few years older. My 1st car was an 87 Z24 and later on I got a 94 Z24. Both had a 5 spd manual. They were so much fun. Only had the 87 about a year. The 94 I put around 200k on it. It was so much fun and I usually had to get tires every year! Soooo much tire smoke from the front tires!
Every year?? Sounds like a suspension problem.
What wheels are on this bad boy? I have a black 94 cutlass that could use some wheels like these
I test drove a V6 wagon like that a long time ago. It was quite quick.
I love this! You were giving me RCR vibes towards the end (Regular Car Reviews) 🙂
I just watched this and thought about your coverage of Cavaliers:
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Start at 30:16
It definitely puts an eerie vibe on things
Also, note the scene before the car takes the on-ramp and just as it’s merging. Camaro, Beretta, Astro
I love Chevy Cavaliers
My dad had Cavaliers and Citations as company cars. The Cavalier was the better car. I daily a 1995 Taurus GL wagon. Same beige color. Manual windows, doorlocks and seats. I love the thing.
The beauty of simplicity 👌
My grandma ordered a 86 wagan cav, she ordered it with no a/c or FM literally only thing to fiddle with was rear wiper! And that steering wheel is actually used on second gen camaros also. My mom got it from grand ma in 91 had it till 94' had 200k miles was reliable but rotted out. We then got a Celebrity wagon loved that car!
they still sold them base on the lots too, we got one off a dealership lot, not ordering it. I remember the day we went to the dealership to look, find one, then got it.
Whenever mom went tó mall would drop her and go find parking spot to practice for license
My friend Mike had one in blue it was his first car. We used to drive around drinking vodka and coke. I don't recommend it.
My high school had the sedan version of that car a the "driver's training" car. I drove that to satisfy the requirements to get my license at 16. LEGITIMATE reason for the "crotch cooler" vent, BTW. Remember how short the short pants were in the 80's. When you say in the car seat, the leg openings acted like scoops to take fresh air to your nether parts. I am being serious here- If you have cool air on your guy parts, it is every bit as good if not better than a cooled or heated seat. Since I was in drivers training in the summer, that vent was priceless. No joking. Guys know what I'm talking about. Best thing ever to protect your sperm count.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 our high school had an automatic Cavalier sedan,an automatic hatchback Chevy Citation,& a manual hatchback Chevy Chevette aa driver's ed cars in 1983...i chose the manual Chevette as I always preferred manual cars and still drive one.
More wagons please.
3:09 #BringBackTheBallChiller
i like cavalier wagons also firehawk, sunfre, fireneza. 134a ain't too bad. i think they stopped r12 tho
Anyplace that specializes in auto climate control should be able to swap out the r12 for r134.
Love this channel
Imagine this slammed , and converted to rwd for formula drift with a new ls v8
older automatics can be somewhat entertaining to drive when you learn how to bait them into doing what you want
Our family had one of these in like a dark burgundy prior to that she had a Datsun station wagon and this was quite an upgrade from that however, I think the Datsun was better engineered even though it was older this car got almost 30 Mi to the gallon my mom loved it for that fact
I want that car!
Omg that was my first car lol... different color but same car
my mom bought the 1985 wagon. in white
I've been serious considering talking to a old guy that has a 1990 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport Wagon in my community. It just sits there and doesn't move. Shame. Thought about switching it to a manual. One out a Cavalier with the 3.1 engine should work
A lotta people say the 2.5 Iron Duck is a great engine. I went through Two of them. Neither one made it to 100,000 miles.
you could review the Dodge Spirit.
He did. Check it out.
Looks like the first owner had to put a reflective strip to meet the new road standards. Found that funny
Nice cavy
Ouh... what a review and what a car. Love it! The comparisons are gut great! ❤😎
Parents had one like that, a gold wagon and everything. It was a hugely unreliable car. First car they with AC, turned it on the first time, didn't work, only got worse fro there. This is why Toyota and Honda sold lots of cars. I'm serious. Parents never bought another GM car. They had bought 4 in a row. If only if it was reliable, it would have been an awesome car instead of awful.
I got 94 Chevy Cavalier wagon
I feel like I can smell the inside of that car
Cool my Uncle had
a 😀blue one
As someone who grew up in the '70s and '80s the change to brown was a big relief after the ugly greens that ruled the 70s.
I looove wagons 🙌🏼🔥❤️
❤️ From 🇧🇩
my favorite chevy forever i like sedans and coupes better
Awesome!
I theorize the lack of crotch vents explains declining average testosterone levels in modern times
It's a conspiracy.
The wheels are not original to that car. Those wheels look like they may be from later model Cavaliers (likely the Z24 models) and may be an inch or two larger in diameter than the stock wheels.
I agree! Early 90s Pontiac Sunbirds also had alloy rims in that design
OMG.....i had an 84 Cavalier wagon. POS
Owner leaves their improvised brass pipe-fitting weed smoking paraphernalia in the cubby. Or was that yours?
It’s the can tap adapter for r134. I also have the hose set in the back, perhaps I use that for tying people up. HVAC is pretty scary
Wagons are lame just like those high back seats
So says the turbo guy HOW MANY engines have had Turbo catastrophic engine failures LOL. wagons DRIV INNS , called a bed. WAGONS no $$$ hotels, WAGONS Long distance ROAD TRIPS well I need a NAP in my WAGON BED , did I forget tools, job materials plus have an 8 foot step ladder & MOST IMPORTANTLY , LADIES SEEM TO LOVE FOLD OUT PORTABLE BLOW UP cushioning for SOME PUSHIONING LOL