[unruhjonny]

Originally Posted by moontower69

I was watching an episode of Roadkill (Extra) and Dave Freiburger was asked about GTOs in terms of cars he likes. No secret, he's a diehard Mopar guy and also seems to like Fords and Chevys.

This guys charm is that he comes across as a down to earth, meat and potateos kinda guy... but his fame has gotten to his head, and I often find myself irritated with him - which is why I often ignore the link when some family member or friend shares with me another roadkill ect link.
It seems to be to a growing number of people who fall into the camp of "if freiburger says it, it must be true" ...

...He said he NEVER liked Pontiac engines because they have a "design flaw in the lifter valley". ...

His design flaw is weak sauce, because every single engine has it's weak points, to white wash all Pontiac's because of his opinion of a design flaw is well, silly.

...Also, he said GTOs are "just okay, they're just Chevelles".

oh come on.
that is as asinine a comment as I have read in a good while.
Does he say the same thing about Skylarks and Cutlasses?

Sure GM corporate required their divisions to use the same basic arcitecture, but without the GTO, the Chevelle SS would never have happened - I believe it took a full model year for Chevrolet to create the Super Sport package for the Chevelle - which was a direct response to the GTO.
Imagine how lack lustre the Chevelle would be without the Super Sport!?

There was a really good article in Hemmings Muscle Machines recently which compared a Cutlass 442 and a Skylark GS;
It served to give the reader a feel for the difference in feel for driving them ect - the divisions had unique drivertrains which alone change the character in a car.

I say ignore freiburger, and let him harken back to his 'Car Craft' (or what ever Chevrolet dominated magazine he comes from) roots...