I guess I know how to pick the lemons when it comes to cars. I have owned two Pontiac's among the many cars that I have owned. The first was a 1961 Pontiac Tempest. This was the 4 cylinder with half of a 389ci v8 and a trans-axel in the rear of the car. This was a beauty, white with maron leather interior. The car had timing belt issues that Pontiac just couldn't solve. Because the car had only half of the v8 it seems they didn't know how to keep timing chains and the tensioners from breaking. I had kit on top of kit and still when you cranked the car it sounded like a hay bailer on its last leg. When you turned it off at times it would continue to run for several minutes. it was a beautiful lemon. My next was the 1980 Indy Pacecar Trans-am. This was the turbo V8 that had trouble passing itself. It blow the turbo twice and the Main seals 3 times. The T-top rusted out when the car was 6 months old. Pontiac repaired the rust but after that it seemed I could hear the rust eating away at the car. After the Trans-am I swore off Pontiac and GM till this day.