I like the 'lude because it's sharp looking.
I don't run too many fools on the street.
I also usually get the "hole-shot" on the street because my reaction time is nearly nil.

The 'lude puts me in mind of the early ponycars. I really like the way it looks. It is also kinda practical, with real room for 4, and the good looks.
Long hood, short trunk, looks like it's rear wheel drive. All the stuff I like in a sporty car.
Plus, the 197 Hp it's rated at, is way more than I've had under my right foot in a long while.
I've spent the last 22 years of my life learning how to be fast in a slow car.
I'm sorry to say I'll pass on the Cavalier. I've known too many GM cars.

Plus, ages ago, (1984) a Chevy dealer in Florida thought that my wife and I were stupid kids and tried to sell us a $9500 Cav' for a $250 monthly payment for a 5 year note. If you do the math you'll note that that's $15,000. I actually laughed at him as I was getting up to walk out. He kept talking the whole time we were leaving, acting like we were passing up the deal of a lifetime.
2 weeks later a sinkhole opened up under that dealership and it swallowed about 10 cars, including the one we looked at.

I bought a 1982 Nissan Sentra a few days after talking to the Chevy idiots. It was an all-round better car, and it cost me less money. A lot less money.
My new truck is rated at only 112 HP but like 140lb/ft of torque. And it's a little 2.3Liter Ford.
I had a 2.5liter 'Iron duke' four in a Pontiac 6000. It was a great car, fairly quick, especially for a mid-size four dour sedan. It also ran great, right up till the day it blew up. It gave me no warning. It didn't burp or burble, it just up and quit. It wouldn't have pissed me off so bad, except it did it the day after my birthday.

The Escort I bought to replace it (four years and 70,000 miles ago) was old when I bought it, is currently only running on three cylinders, and it's giving no indications that it will
ever quit.
I'm gonna donate it to the Kidney Foundation as a tax write off in a bit. I'm currently teaching my kids how to properly handle a manual with it. I figure that if they can handle smooth take offs with a stumbling motor, they'll be smooth as glass in a properly running car.
