Yes, the Chevrolet Chevette (1976-87) was a crap car. But that was its charm. Nowadays, cars are so pricey and so darn nice, you have to treat each of them like a princess. Not the Chevette.
If you forgot to roll up the windows during a rainstorm, no worries. Kids were all muddy after baseball practice? So what. Fender bender? Eh, who cares. That was the charm of the Chevette. You could let it all go to hell and not lose any sleep over it. Today’s families, Tom Appel explains, need a car in their fleet that they can junk up—like the Chevette.