I have 1999 Chevy Lumina that has 210,000 miles on it. This car runs like a champ. I get about 20 miles per gallon city. On the highway I get about 25 MPG. There was only one cup holder in the car. I installed a center CD and cup holder piece and it worked out well. I did put some money in to this car. Really nothing more than regular maintenance. My car and other Luminas I noticed have rust around the gas intake. Also my air conditioner does not work. I was quoted $700 for it to be fixed. I turned the offer down. This car has some good acceleration. It will get up and go. I do believe I have small oil leak. I also have had problems with it over heating. That got taken care of by some stop leak.

My Chevy Lumina is an excellent winter car. I live down hill from the road and my driveway is steep - guests usually get stuck trying to pull out of my drive in the snow, but not my Lumina. The Lumina is a beast. It backs up the hill even on snow covered ice. It goes well down sandy beach roads as well. The Lumina is a good travel car with plenty of space, plenty of power, and it never gets stuck. The Lumina goes forever, mine is 19 years old.

The Chevy Lumina is about as "luminous" as a cave at midnight when the moon is nowhere in sight. What a clunker! This thing had a head gasket recall that was the bane of my existence while I owned it. The thing overheated left and right so badly that in the end it couldn't even make it from a fast food menu screen to the first drive thru window without looking like a well stoked chimney. The turn signals were also all out of whack when purchased. I had to do all kinds of manual manipulation to get them to work from hand jiggling to rewiring and then they'd still go out from time to time. The brakes? Gimme a break more like it. Those were pathetic as well. Rust bucket, too! Never purchase a Chevy Lumina during those recall days... In fact, avoid at all costs no matter the year just out of principle.