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I.M.H.O: Buicks are as good as any GM vehicle. I travel for work and wind up renting many different vehicles. GM has come a long way in the last ten years. I would have been embarrassed to be seen shopping a GM dealership 10 years ago (and I owned a 2008 Smart!). Now, I think they make pretty good stuff. That's my opinion based on no facts.
I've traveled to China a few times for work too. For some reason, China has an obsession with Buick.
I've traveled to China a few times for work too. For some reason, China has an obsession with Buick.
Anymore, they are reworked Opels.
I can't speak for the new ones. Mine was an '85 Century wagon that I bought used in '95. Every drive was an adventure with unscheduled "stops." Anything that could break broke, anything that could leak, leaked. The carburetor could not be made to whorl acceptably for more than a week.
Looked just like this one:
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Most of GM from the 80s has a really bad rap. They were simultaneously coping badly with new carb regs and oil embargo economy requirements while executing plans to monetize the post purchase experience by engineering in component failure and deliberately complicating repair procedures.
Helped a friend with a beat battery in his 86 Buick. You had to pull the front grill to remove a brace that prevented removal of the battery. What would have been a fifteen minute job in most vehicles was the better part of three hours.
Helped a friend with a beat battery in his 86 Buick. You had to pull the front grill to remove a brace that prevented removal of the battery. What would have been a fifteen minute job in most vehicles was the better part of three hours.
And thats despite the founder hailing from Arbroath!
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I can't speak for the new ones. Mine was an '85 Century wagon that I bought used in '95. Every drive was an adventure with unscheduled "stops." Anything that could break broke, anything that could leak, leaked. The carburetor could not be made to whorl acceptably for more than a week.
Looked just like this one:
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They did not come out of the factory like that did they?
Oh yeah they did! And a whole bunch of other U.S. cars looked that bad too! Did I mention I would have been embarrassed to be seen at a GM dealership back then.
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The Buick rickshaw is a rebadge Chevy . I think it's a Cruze with upscale interior. Last month on motor trend tv showed the Chevy cousins and the Buick copy. It's like buying a ford vrs Lincoln . You can buy a Ford Edge for $37,000 or the Lincoln MKZ for $50'000.
They sure did. I got one that was 8 years old with over 200k miles on it for low-key long distance travel. I didn't want a flashy vehicle that would attract attention. That kind of Bucik is an old person car and was perfect for me at the time. On any national park parking lot my vehicle was the least likely to get broken into or stolen. :x
Reliability was the big problem. The wagon was totally reliably unreliable.
I had a 2011 Buick Enclave CXL-2 that I did 90k miles in 2 years
the quality was/is hands down much better than the Jeeps I own.
My 2013 JKU in for a cam shaft for the second time at 65k miles among the many other issue and recalls
my 2015 KL TH is being bought back by FCA
the quality was/is hands down much better than the Jeeps I own.
My 2013 JKU in for a cam shaft for the second time at 65k miles among the many other issue and recalls
my 2015 KL TH is being bought back by FCA
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