My kinda car! Though I prefer the 90 v6, to the 3.1. Course just 'cause a f b ad SAYS it's a 3.1...
I TRULY hope a plain 'ol granny car ain't worth but half that , but maybe I'm just the only poor person around anymore. That was a $500 beater not that many years ago.
Ahh the old high school ride from 1990-1993. Do not miss that thing at all. Horrible handling and gas mileage.
Vent visors, deer whistles, and a crucifix hanging from the rear view mirror. Wow.
eastsideTim said:Vent visors, deer whistles, and a crucifix hanging from the rear view mirror. Wow.
Don't forget the door edge bumper. It's the pocket protector of the automotive world.
brandonsmash said:eastsideTim said:Vent visors, deer whistles, and a crucifix hanging from the rear view mirror. Wow.
Don't forget the door edge bumper. It's the pocket protector of the automotive world.
I don't know how I missed that. It's making me wonder if that dash topper is there because of dashboard cracks, or if it was put in to prevent damage in the first place.
How is this even slightly cool? lol
In reply to simontibbett :
Rear-facing trunk seat is the only redeeming quality I see.
JFW75 said:Ahh the old high school ride from 1990-1993. Do not miss that thing at all. Horrible handling and gas mileage.
I see that wagon and I think one thing. Ripping doughnuts on snow in the HS parking lot in my buddy's mother's light blue Olds wagon. In Reverse of course.
Remember, simply through the sheer act of survival, even the most mundane car becomes cool, if given enough time.
My parents had the Oldsmobile version, the same interior color but with a burgundy exterior and wood grain. It was sufficiently embarrassing that I was happy to be assigned the Tercel 4x4 wagon as my first car, and that was decidedly uncool in 1987.
Appleseed said:Remember, simply through the sheer act of survival, even the most mundane car becomes cool, if given enough time.
Especially since these were everywhere. They weren't terrible, they just weren't great, either. With the amount of room my Celebrity had, I can imagine the wagons were very spacious.
In reply to eastsideTim :
The A-bodies were just good enough to autocross at the time.........
Mid-80's Buick Century, the worst car ever put onto planet earth. I hope it falls into a sinkhole.
I would 3.8 series II supercharged swap that. Troll everything on the planet.
In reply to OHSCrifle :
Only in reverse!
It did have a tendency to lock the rear drum brakes first and get all sorts of squirrelly out back. Damp pavement and a jab of the e brake could get it to slide around. Dad never believed us when we said it only got 8-12 mpg, so he drove it for a week and then never questioned us again. Gold with fake wood on the outside. Spent a week getting rid of the faux wood, and the fake wire wheel covers made an awful racket. The front suspension bits were made out of tinfoil, and it'd never hold an alignment. Front tires only lasted 15k miles? Such a turd of a car.
In reply to JFW75 :
Not sure what could have been wrong with it, to get 1/2 what any I've been around did. But something was definitely wrong
Not that they were great cars
At one time you could get the 3.8 V6 in the car and it was pretty fast for the day. That was the engine that you hade to remove an engine mount and jack up the engine to change the plugs.
In reply to spitfirebill :
The regal (in that era) had the 90 deg. V6. 3800 (based on Buick 231) but no wagon. Same for the LeSabre.
I've seen a few of the century wagons with the 90 deg 3300... the 3800's little brother (red headed step child, for some reason) but most had the 60 deg 3.1 V6
In reply to 03Panther :
The 89-93 Century Wagons had the 3300 V6. 94-96 Century Wagons had the 3100 V6, which is different from the 3.1 V6 that was in the 1990 and older Pontiac 6000 Wagons and 1988 and older Centurys.
03Panther said:In reply to JFW75 :
Not sure what could have been wrong with it, to get 1/2 what any I've been around did. But something was definitely wrong
Not that they were great cars
3x teenage boys driving the snot out of it.
03Panther said:In reply to spitfirebill :
The regal (in that era) had the 90 deg. V6. 3800 (based on Buick 231) but no wagon. Same for the LeSabre.
I've seen a few of the century wagons with the 90 deg 3300... the 3800's little brother (red headed step child, for some reason) but most had the 60 deg 3.1 V6
1985 Buick Century Estate Wagon was available with the 231. We test drove one.
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