Yep, since I bought my S10, I'm selling the TSTE. I bought it with about 99K several years ago, it now has 106K and MANY new parts. It also has many quirks as well, which I will try to detail as much as possible. I posted this on W-body.com too, but I know there's a few here that no longer visit there, so I want to make this available to anyone.
Glamor Shots:




MANY more pics here:
http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a348/bossman429/Grand%20Prix%20Turbo%20STE/My%20STE/For%20Sale%20Pics/?start=allSome videos:
Accelerating 20MPH- 60 MPH
Accelerating 0-40 MPH
Under hood with engine running, I also rev it up, but the BOV is hard to hear, but it really is loud, the camera just doesn't pick it up well
Exhaust tone stock exhaust, converter removed:
Basics:
1990 Grand Prix Turbo STE
106K miles
Located in Manhattan, Kansas. I will help deliver to any Kansas border if possible, or I'll pick you up at KC Airport, and you may drive it home.
Asking $2300 OBO.
The good:
- Catalytic converter removed in place of a straight pipe.
- Turbo XS RFL Blow off valve installed on factory TGP pipe.
- recently installed Addco rear swaybar. installed with brickyard monte inner brackets, and greasable poly outer end links.
- Fresh tune up including plugs (Delco Rapid Fire), wires, and GM oxygen sensor
- crossover pipe DOES NOT appear to be leaking, but is the original.
- recent 94+ rear brake upgrade
- almost new Duralast Gold battery
- I have a set of brand new Dunlop Sport A2+ tires at work ready to install, They will come installed on the car for the buyer.
- no rips in seats, but some stains.
- TG160 Chip, K&N filter
- Auto trans shifts great w/overdrive.
- Factory Sunroof works perfect
- A/C still blows COLD, and it is the old R-12 refrigerant.
- Freshly painted (by me) front valence. It really looks great, I went though all of the proper steps to painting it properly.
- I will include the stock wheels with the car ( what do I need em for?)
- I do have everything need to install a 5 speed trans except for the axles, and flywheel. This includes ~100K mile 282 trans, console, ECM Prom, Firewall plate w/pedals.
- probably more, but that's all I can think of for now. I will include this with the car for an additional $400
over agreed selling price- I have ALL of the maintenance records for the car since I have owned it saved in Microsoft Access. I can paste it to Excell and E-mail it to anyone who wishes to see the details.
The bad/not so good:
- small (pencil eraser) chip in windshield, not spiderwebbing at all. Has been there since I bought the car.
- pain on hood, roof, and trunk is oxidized and not shiney at all. I would bet it is a macco paint job, I have tried to wax to no avail. but at least the paint is not chipping to primer like many other GMs of the era.
- ABS light comes on intermittently, pump motor will still run, but I cannot scan codes on it for some reason. I do have a spare ABS module I will include with the car. I have not tested it to see if it solves the problem.
- Speedo & Tach on cluster will stop working intermittently. All other gauges work fine, and DIC still displays correct average speed. I will include an intested spare cluster with the car (116K miles, I was waiting to installl until the miles on the car would be accurate with the cluster. This problem happens MAYBE once every 4 months of driving, it is NOT a common problem, but I don't want a buyer to be taken by surprise.
- rear headliner starting to fall
- gas cap spring is broken, I tried to install a new spring but broke it installing. So the gas cap is held shut with 2 button magnets, it seems to work OK.
- Factory CD player was replaced by the previous owner with a pontiac tape deck. The rear channel subs cut out OCCASIONALLY.
- some rust on the hood near right hood vent (pictured in link) but this is the only rust on the car.
- Seems to idle rough when starting, but this is after 2 weeks sitting, afterwards it starts fine.
-lumbar support pump on seats does not work, all of the other adjustments work OK though.
Dome light does not light up when opening driver's door, I have diagnosed it to be in the door latch. the DIC still knows the door is open, but the dome light module does not. I get around this by setting the security lighting to keep the lights on for 10 seconds after shut off.
- paint chips on front bumper
- rear taillight harness allows wires to move around, so some lights don't work occasionally. A junkyard harness connector would fix this for cheap. I was planning on just soldering the wires together. The DIC alerts you to when a light is not working.
I really only used the car for cruising, but have used it as a daily driver for a week at a time occasionally, and it does great. It just has a few quicks here & there, the ABS light would be solved by the 5 speed swap.
I will add other info if I think of it.
Can take other pics upon request.
Any questions may be replied here, please PM about price details if interested. I would like to keep questions specific to the car within this open forum, so all may read my reply.
THANKS FOR LOOKING.
I REALLy want this car to go to an enthusiast, so I am not planning on selling locally (in town, in the newspaper, etc). I will probably list on Ebay in 2 weeks.