1997 Pontiac Sunfire - I'd Rather Laugh With the Sinners

Nothing stokes buyers remorse more than finding what you think, at first, could be a better deal than the one you just negotiated. I found this 1997 Pontiac Sunfire for sale for a mere $1500 less than a month after we procured a 1996 Chevrolet Camaro for $3900. Oh, the pain. The pain.
 

 

What's more, the Sunfire has just 64,000 miles on it compared to the Camaro's 76,000 and it doesn't necessitate the compromises of the Camaro. Those being limited interior room, ease of egress, drivability in winter weather. Just to name several. We've had the Camaro just shy of a month and more than half the time it's been grounded due to bad weather. It's also sat stone cold at times because our boys took our Tahoe needing they extra room to pick up up friends. Wait, wasn't part of this process to have them not use the Tahoe?

 

 

$2400 is a size able amount and my mind flutters thinking about what we could have done with that cash. Have you seen our Clinton era dishwasher and fridge? Then I get a grip on myself. After all, we are talking about a Pontiac Sunfire. No matter what, a Chevrolet Camaro will also be a Chevrolet Camaro. Even the awful Iron Duke Camaros of the early '80s were still Camaros. A Sunfire? What is a Sunfire anyway? 

 



General Motors introduced the Sunfire in 1995 to replace the Pontiac Sunbird. Sheet metal and interior was all new and the car received significant upgrades to the chassis and body shell to make it  adhere to more stringent 1996 model year, government mandated, safety standards. Sunfire and its mechanical twin, the Chevrolet Cavalier, was available as a coupe, convertible and four door sedan. In full boil, Sunfire GT trim, Sunfire could blast the doors off our Camaro. More pain? C'mon. Again, we're talking about Pontiac Sunfire. 

 

 

Who bought a Sunfire over a Camaro back then? Even now? Those on a budget who wanted a little style and flash with their pragmatic purchase. In a lot of ways those kind, thoughtful, pious people got what they paid for. After all, Sunfire does everything right a Camaro does wrong.

 

 



I'd rather laugh sinners than cry with the saints.

The "Iron Duke" was a 151 cubic inch, in line 4 cylinder engine based on the 301 cubic inch Pontiac V-8. The Iron Duke powered base models of the Camaro and Pontiac Firebird from 1982 through 1984.