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I'm sorry you're going through all of that right now. Truly a kick in the teeth. And thank you for posting the most majestic pictures of A-bodies ever taken. The first car I drove was our family's 1987 Chevy Celebrity wagon with the 2.8L in Yellow Beige.
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Sorry for the potato quality, but I saw an immaculate Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser wagon (with simulated wood grain!) this weekend and knew I had to get a picture:
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Sep 18, 2023 14:58
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Left Ventricle posted:
Funnily enough, in college I briefly had an '87 Ciera coupe. It's butt was a bit smashed in though. It had that 80's-tastic blue velour interior. An odd follow up to us having an '87 Celebrity wagon (bought new!), a Celebrity sedan (not sure of the year, maybe also 87?), and an Century sedan. I'm fuzzy on the specifics of the Century sedan. I think it was an 85 but I could be wrong. I just recall that having the worst engine ever. It was carbed, I think it was a V6, we had the carb rebuilt/tuned at least 3 times. It was slow as a dog and eventually the engine seized on me when I was driving to school (it was always a race in the morning between my dad and I, whoever got out the door first got the Celebrity wagon). And after the engine seized dad had a shop replace the engine....and then sold it for probably about what it cost to put the engine in.
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Sep 20, 2023 13:42
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Darchangel posted:Never owned one myself, but my buddy in high school owned a Cutlass Calais coupe, until he missed a turn on a rural road and put it into a tree, and I ferried a Ciera back from Arizona to Texas for a leasing agency in like 1990. I was actually fairly impressed with how well it drove on the highway. It had the OHC 4-banger in it, which was adequate at the time. Actually, you've jogged my memory. I believe it actually was a Cutlass Calais coupe, not a Ciera that we had. That was a long time ago and we only had it for maybe 3-4 months. Left Ventricle posted:Probably the 3.0, the worst variant of the venerable Buick V6. No power, poo poo reliability. Might be the worst engine GM ever made. YES! That was the one. That thing was beyond terrible. It would struggle to hit 55mph on flat ground.
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Sep 21, 2023 13:47
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SpeedFreek posted:I had one in my Sonoma and never had an issue, drat near 30 mpg highway and wasn't as gutless as the 4. I even had a helpful state trooper let me know it would do 90 uphill. I think our Celebrity had the 2.8 v6, wasn't a barn burner or anything, but it got the job done. I remembered I had actually seen a video someone did on that Buick 3.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8C2Ltwu50s
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Sep 25, 2023 13:16
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