hi all....the local shop doesn't open till monday and I would like to
hear your thoughts.

1999 Grand Prix GTP
163,000 km

I pulled out of a parking lot stepped on the gas for about 3
seconds....about 3/4 gas (the supercharger meter read about 1/2 way up)
then put on the brakes and signal to turn into a side street.

As i started to make the turn i noticed the steering was not being
assisted...came to a complete stop 1/2 way through the turn....the car
was off.  Weird, thats never happened before.  I started it and it
stalled immediately.  I started it again and gave a bit of gas and a
minor amount of smoke blew by the car from the tailpipes....the engine
would surge to 1500-2000rpms then drop right down to almost stall then
back up, then down to almost stall...repeat.  I let it do this for
about 30 seconds noticing the lights going bright and dim with the rpm
then turned it off not wanting to damage anything.  Putting it in gear
to pull over to the curb made me sure parking it was the only thing i
could do.  It was't really sputtering but it wasn't smooth.

It is winter, maybe -1 celcius at the time.  I'm sure there is oil in
it.  The engine has been fine up till now.

Any ideas....I just cant wait till monday.

Thanks