I'm pretty stoked to have found a site totally dedicated to G-Body style cars, really cool indeed. As for myself, I own an '85 Buick Regal Limited, and have had it about 9 years now. It's definitely a love/hate relationship.
When I got it back in '99 it had close to 188k on it, and everything under the hood was original, so I knew I would be in for some repairs shortly....But it has turned out to be close to a nightmare for me. In the 9 years I've owned the car, I've basically had to repair everything, and I've had to replace my transmission twice(just last month another $1400 on one), and now 2 rebuilt engines too. And that's with me always babying the car, and only accumulating around 3000 miles a year. And it still doesn't run correctly.
It seems to stutter/hesitate once it gets to about 35mph on the dash. I cannot for the life of me figure out what could be causing the problem. I've had everything replaced. Distributor, plugs/wires, vaccuum lines, cap/rotor, the works. Just had my carb rebuilt and that cost me over a grand and now it takes forever(over 5-8 minutes) to warm it up to idle if it's even remotely cold outside. And once I get it to idle down I smell a weird burning type smell...
It's as though the car is bad luck for me or something, but I choose to keep it anyways. I just love the shape/style of my Regal. Lots of people compliment me on the car, when I'm pumping gas or what have you, and that makes me feel pretty good. It's got the lowrider look to it, as I painted it black and put some 14" Supremes/Cragar wheels on it. It's by no means as nice as some of your cars on the site, but it's decent.
I'd like to get the interior done, but everytime I try and save some cash to do it, it breaks down again... But we'll see. Anyhow, didn't mean to ramble, it's good to have found this place.
When I got it back in '99 it had close to 188k on it, and everything under the hood was original, so I knew I would be in for some repairs shortly....But it has turned out to be close to a nightmare for me. In the 9 years I've owned the car, I've basically had to repair everything, and I've had to replace my transmission twice(just last month another $1400 on one), and now 2 rebuilt engines too. And that's with me always babying the car, and only accumulating around 3000 miles a year. And it still doesn't run correctly.
It seems to stutter/hesitate once it gets to about 35mph on the dash. I cannot for the life of me figure out what could be causing the problem. I've had everything replaced. Distributor, plugs/wires, vaccuum lines, cap/rotor, the works. Just had my carb rebuilt and that cost me over a grand and now it takes forever(over 5-8 minutes) to warm it up to idle if it's even remotely cold outside. And once I get it to idle down I smell a weird burning type smell...
It's as though the car is bad luck for me or something, but I choose to keep it anyways. I just love the shape/style of my Regal. Lots of people compliment me on the car, when I'm pumping gas or what have you, and that makes me feel pretty good. It's got the lowrider look to it, as I painted it black and put some 14" Supremes/Cragar wheels on it. It's by no means as nice as some of your cars on the site, but it's decent.
I'd like to get the interior done, but everytime I try and save some cash to do it, it breaks down again... But we'll see. Anyhow, didn't mean to ramble, it's good to have found this place.
