All 1970-2010 GM vehicles are to report to local junkyards to have quality and reliablity issues addressed. Here is an instructional video explaining what your vehicle NEEDS, and the repairs that will be performed.
[last edit 8/9/2012 1:57 AM by big dave - edited 1 times] An armed society, is a polite society. So lets get to it!
Certainly not the most efficient way to get the job done. I've seen drivetrains ripped out, fuel tanks separated, and the car ready for the shredder in under 2 minutes.
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Posted by wannabeotaku Certainly not the most efficient way to get the job done. I've seen drivetrains ripped out, fuel tanks separated, and the car ready for the shredder in under 2 minutes.
I don't get it. Why shred them when there's a market for used parts?
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Aside from 60's muscle cars, I've yet to find a Buick that remotely appeals to me. Just soft, ugly senior carriers.
i used to like the older Skylark/Somerset (remember those N-bodies?) they had a good stance and a sporty interior despite the el cheapo touches of woodgrain. The RWD Regal Grand National and GNX were also scoring on the fun meter... until you came to a corner.
The lumina and cutlass supreme definitely were the best looking W-bodies and didn't seem to suffer the corrosion issues that plagued the grand prix and regal's.
Can't say any of them do much for me. Actually, I've always kinda hated the GNX and Grand Nat, but I just don't like the look of the RWD Monte Carlo/Cutlass/Grand Prix/Regal coupe and the prices GNXs are worth are just upsetting.
But wow... I haven't seen a Somerset in probably 20 years!
I should add... my girlfriend in high school had a 1987ish Riviera T-Type... UGLY as FUCK, and had a TON of problems. BUT... the dashboard was like KITT, it had CRT and LCD displays in the dash for the radio and everything. That was neat. Nothing worked. But it was cool to look at.
We had a 1991 Regal that gave up the ghost at the age of 17. Can't complain as it was pretty reliable although it did have electrical issues. We had it for 4 years and the previous owner had it from brand new. It saw a lot of mileage throughout its entire life so again, both us and the previous owner got our money's worth out of it.
[last edit 8/13/2012 2:45 AM by rainman8889 - edited 1 times] Gone for a while. Be back when I'm back.
I had an '83 Skyhawk wagon with the 1.8L OHC engine. The first one blew two head gaskets, then we got a new engine. That blew a head gasket and cracked the head. PoS.
“We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.”
Posted by splumer I had an '83 Skyhawk wagon with the 1.8L OHC engine. The first one blew two head gaskets, then we got a new engine. That blew a head gasket and cracked the head. PoS.
oh no... (cue evil music) the Brazilian. that motor and the 2-liter replacement sucked massive ass crack.
Posted by splumer I had an '83 Skyhawk wagon with the 1.8L OHC engine. The first one blew two head gaskets, then we got a new engine. That blew a head gasket and cracked the head. PoS.
my father had an 83 2000le same car same problems, cracked head, blew head gasket, car ran forever after that bud sounded and acted like a diesel. actually had to leave it in gear for the thing to stop when you removed the key!
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my father had an 83 2000le same car same problems, cracked head, blew head gasket, car ran forever after that bud sounded and acted like a diesel. actually had to leave it in gear for the thing to stop when you removed the key!
I wonder if the head gasket problem was because they put an aluminum head on an iron block. Different thermal expansion coefficients.
“We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.”
I wonder if the head gasket problem was because they put an aluminum head on an iron block. Different thermal expansion coefficients.
his mechanic said that was the problem and since it had a bad repair job combined with a mechanical fuel pump and carb caused the run on. i always liked the first gen 2000 nose over the rounded out sunbird nose.
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Posted by bandi The loader operator at my local scrapyard could pick a flower out of a bouquet without touching another flower. It's pretty impressive.
But could he do this?
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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