From reading this newsgroup and talking to others I come in aquaintence with
> it seems that old GM fans are now starting to whisper distgruntlements about
> GM. Not that the cars are neccesarily bad, but more about what GM is
> offering which dosnt seem to be all that much unless you want to settle for
> a basic car or jump up to a Caddy. Like a previous poster mentioned GM is
> still using the pushrod engine design that is not as efficient. GM is also
> suffering the backlash of ignoring the intake gasket problem in these
> pushrod engines for years. I like the Mone Carlo SS which comes with the 3.8
> which is known for the intake failure so I wont be getting one until they
> stick a newly designed engine in it thats been tested 2 or 3 years. Another
> thing about the 3.8 is you have to be running a Supercharger to make it
> getup and go which just adds to something else to break and maintain not the
> mention the hi-test gas it requires.
I had one for years. Have worked on plenty of 3.8's with the Supercharger. Never had to do any work to the Supercharger. I kept mine to 250,000 miles. I never used hi-test gas either. I runs just fine on 87 octane.