1987 Chevrolet Nova

Pros: great mpg (~30), smooth ride, good pick up, economical tires, good in snow, good traction
Cons: -wheel wells rust out

Purchased my Nova 5 years ago. I've averaged 20k miles a year. Small repairs every once in awhile, but so far nothing major. It has served me well for highway driving. When cleaned up, I still get plenty of compliments.

Pros: Roomy, cute (yes cute), and hard to kill.
Cons: Mine vapor locks. But that's probably just mine.

I bought my Nova at a small used car dealer about a year ago. It only cost me $500 because the owners couldn't get it to pass emissions. My dad looked at it and decided all it needed was to rebuild the carburator. He did and the car started purring like a kitten. It gets about 25 miles to the gallon. It usually starts right up. It does vapor lock a lot, but a little ice on my fuel pump takes care of that problem.

She's comfy on the inside and roomier than you would think. The trunk is a lot larger than it looks. And can fit five people and enough camping gear for all in my little nova.

I was in an accident with it a few weeks ago and completely crumpled the front end. I think with any other car, I would have just gotten rid of it. Not my nova though. I'm determined to fix her up and get another 200,000 miles out of her.

I'd recommend a nova to anyone. They just keep going and going and going . . . . .

Pros: American (kind of...)
Cons: Ugly as a cheap prostitute, Very little initial acceleration from a stop, Small, Toyota Engine

My Nova has less than 60,000 miles and has not been driven hard at all(I know because it was my grandparents car that was purchased new) and there is already a leak between heads that creates a huge miss. The starter has already gone out. It is also very ugly. The only good things I can think of is before the leak it got good gas mileage and has a fairly large trunk.