The condition of a car is largly a result of how well it has been taken care of. There are unrestored cars from the 60's that are still in good shape because they have been maintained very well.
There are three problems inherent to the camaro interior, the headliner comming down, the drivers seat tearing, and the dash pad cracking. I cannot make excuses for the headliner or the dash pad (which are cheap and easy to fix), but the seat tearing is a result of people who don't know how to get into the car (they put there butt about half way up the seat and slide down. This puts undue stress on it and ultimatly results in it ripping, there are plenty of these cars around with seats in good shape because someone actually got into the car correctly. And when your seats do rip, $200 will get you a set of almost new cloth seats from a 4th gen camaro, and $400-$800 (depending on the seats and how hard you look) will get you a set of nice leather ones.
I don't know about the extra cost of parts balencing out. My car (1991 camaro) is thirteen years old now and the biggest thing that has gone wrong so far is the starter needs to be done ($80 for a good one, $25 for an autozone special).
The parts you are going to replace depends mainly on how the car was maintained and how it was driven. If I wanted to pertend my car was a race car I could destory just about everything in a thousand miles, but if I take care of it and drive very easially it will see 250,000 miles before any major non-wear parts start to go. Most people are somewhere inbetween.
Squeeks are almost always because a bushing is worn out, a bolt is loose or somthing stupid like that. My car doesn't have any.
There are three problems inherent to the camaro interior, the headliner comming down, the drivers seat tearing, and the dash pad cracking. I cannot make excuses for the headliner or the dash pad (which are cheap and easy to fix), but the seat tearing is a result of people who don't know how to get into the car (they put there butt about half way up the seat and slide down. This puts undue stress on it and ultimatly results in it ripping, there are plenty of these cars around with seats in good shape because someone actually got into the car correctly. And when your seats do rip, $200 will get you a set of almost new cloth seats from a 4th gen camaro, and $400-$800 (depending on the seats and how hard you look) will get you a set of nice leather ones.
I don't know about the extra cost of parts balencing out. My car (1991 camaro) is thirteen years old now and the biggest thing that has gone wrong so far is the starter needs to be done ($80 for a good one, $25 for an autozone special).
The parts you are going to replace depends mainly on how the car was maintained and how it was driven. If I wanted to pertend my car was a race car I could destory just about everything in a thousand miles, but if I take care of it and drive very easially it will see 250,000 miles before any major non-wear parts start to go. Most people are somewhere inbetween.
Squeeks are almost always because a bushing is worn out, a bolt is loose or somthing stupid like that. My car doesn't have any.
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