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oldsmobile ninety eight

Introduced in 1941, the Ninety-Eight was Oldsmobiles top of the line model and was a very stylish rear wheel drive land yacht up until the early 80's.

The fuel crisis pretty much doomed the Ninety-Eigh, and all large sedanst. Experimenting with Diesel engines proved problematic in the early 80's, so sales suffered. So in 1985 it was downsized to a front wheel drive generic design that looked like every other GM car at that time. 1991's bloated round restyle proved unpopular too and the model was axed in 1996, to be replaced by the Aurora.

You can probably find a 50's/60's/70's era Oldsmobile Ninety Eight on ebay for a good price. Many were driven by senior citizens when new, and were looked after.

by Metalhead83 January 6, 2012

Honda Civic

The most BORING car ever. Built since the 70's, and got popular in the USA during the 70's gas crisis. A cheap car that was designed soley to get good gas mileage, but looks like a cartoon car that took 2 minutes to design. Today they are popular with ignorant people who don't care what they drive as long as it gets them to point A, B, or C. And of course wiggers and gang bangers who put stupid mufflers on them that make them sound like weed wackers. They also put tail spoilers on them that don't even match the car, or give them ugly paint jobs.

Ok, I understand people care about getting good gas mileage but seriously...kill off the Honda Civic. It is a bland dull car with a horrible image these days.

by Metalhead83 January 1, 2012

Pontiac Grand Prix

First appeared in 1962 as a full sized two door coupe, similar to the Bonneville. In 1969 it was moved to the mid-sized chassis shared with Chevy's Monte Carlo. Was given a re-style in 1973. Many would agree that 1962-1977 were the most stylish years for this personal luxury coupe. But it was down sized in 1978 to a boxy generic design which continued till 1988. Thats when the Grand Prix was redesigned as a Front Wheel Drive aero jelly bean on wheels. 4 Door models were offered, due to the declining popularity of personal luxury coupes. The Grand Prix lost it's uniqueness and was just another boring GM sedan. It was redesigned in 1997, and 2004, but still continued the same look until the Pontiac name was axed in 2009.

I don't know what GM were thinking in the 80's, but they turned the cool Pontiac Grand Prix into a boring crap box that looked the same as all their other cars.

by Metalhead83 December 6, 2011

Ford Crown Victoria

The Ford Crown Victoria was first introduced as a luxury trim package on Ford LTD's in 1981. It became it's own model in 1983 and became very popular with Senior Citizens, Police, Taxi companies, and other fleet use. The boxy body style is probably the best ever, and was made until 1991. In 1992 an all new Crown Victoria was offered, which featured round aero styling. It was rounded out even more in 1998 (it's last restyle), and by the 2000's the full size RWD sedan had completly fallen out of favor. Majority of sales were for fleet and police use, and the Crown Victoria was discontinued in 2011.

Ford's making a huge mistake discontinuing the Ford Crown Victoria. Cabbies and Police need a large car like that.

by Metalhead83 December 4, 2011

Pizza Delivery

Probably one of the worst jobs ever, and one of the lowest paid. If you don't know the Delivery area by heart, or have a GPS in your car, you'll constantly get lost. Especially at night. Customers get pissed if you're late, sometimes people don't answer the door, and you'll never get good tips. It's a job you won't make any profit from. Most Pizza Delivery drivers have to use their own cars, and pay for their own gas. So whatever tips you do get, you'll end up spending them on gas. Washing dishes is another responsibility for drivers too, while they are waiting for their next delivery. Avoid this type of work for the sake of your own sanity.

Mark the Pizza Delivery driver makes 6 bucks an hour, and got lost on his way to some house in the middle of nowhere. But when he found it an hour later the people didn't even answer the door.

by Metalhead83 December 1, 2011

Dish Washer

The worst job in the Restaurant business, and the lowest paying. Many people do it to start off and work their way up to a cook job, but quit due to the horrible conditions. Plus the staff don't care about you, or your goal of being a cook. They ignore you, while you spend hours cleaning pots and pans. Your arms and hands get covered in greasy dirty water, bits of cruddy food, and at the end of the day you smell horrible and your fingers are messed up from all the soap and chemicals. It's totally not worth the time or the paycheck. Avoid this job at all costs!!!

It's about time they made a machine that cleaned pots and pans instantly. Nobody wants to do Dish Washer work as a career.

by Metalhead83 December 1, 2011

Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts is the Chef profession. Learning how to cook, and basiclly how a restaurant works. While being a Chef may seem like a "cool" career, it's not. You will learn to hate it very quickly. It's stressful, tiring, you have to handle pressure and be able to work in a past paced enviornment. This can cause serious psychological issues for some. For all the work people put into this career path, very few become anything special. Many people quit, simply due to stress and the lack of advancement. You won't make alot of money working as a cook at diners or all the popular chain restaurants. In order to make a decent salary, you'd need to do even more training for a Masters Degree. And you'd have to be working as the Head Chef at a fancy hotel somewhere. Or be one of them Celebrity Chefs you see on TV. Culinary Arts is just not worth the money and work people put into it.

Learning Culinary Arts is like being in the Military. People yelling at you, judging you on everything you do. And you have to know EVERYTHING about food, in order to make more then $15 an hour.

by Metalhead83 December 1, 2011