8: Junker Oldsmobile Delta 88
There was a time when Oldsmobile dominated the passenger car market, and the Delta 88 was at the pinnacle. Kevstev told a unique story about his experience with the car. “My first car was a 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88. This was a luxury car at the time, and had a talking voice in it like Knight Rider, telling you your keys were in the ignition, the headlights are on, etc. So this car had tons of sensors and bells and whistles that all eventually broke.
“There were two particularly fun things it would say- One was “Your brakes are not operating. Pullover to the side of the road immediately and test your brakes.” It also tended to overheat, so this leads to fun times in summer where I would be blasting the heat to cool the engine down while the voice would be yelling “The engine is overheating” over and over. That car broke down so much over the two summers I drove it that I worked it out and I could have leased a corvette on how much I spent on repairs. Why I kept putting another few hundred into it, is something I don’t understand today.”