Yeah, yeah, I can see the Panameras and Cayennes coming over the horizon already.

I almost crashed the first time I saw one of these, my wife also said a few times if that was a Saturn.

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Only at TCL could this happen, we are collectively the single smartest dumb group on the internet

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I can honestly say that I think that buick is one of the low points in american carmaking.

I can honestly say that I would debate you that statement until you cried and begged for a merciful hammer-blow to the skull.

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I would rather set my cloth on fire and run up and down the street bleeding from my ass then buy another VW.

nope, I'm not kidding!

I liked the Fiero the same as Tyler loves 80's music!

I was over it after a year though

Modified by Bird at 9:46 AM 11-20-2009

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Quote, originally posted by reillymk2 »

I can honestly say that I think that buick is one of the low points in american carmaking.

you are so right!

the early nineties version of the chevy nova was the pinnacle automobile industry

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I can honestly say that I think that buick is one of the low points in american carmaking.

wat?

haha!! same wavelength

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Nope, Jaguar just did though.

Modified by Air and water do mix at 3:11 PM 11-20-2009

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A restoration to me is some sort of exorcism/brainwash for a car. /rant.

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Whoa - never seen that before. What is it called?

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The Vixen Recreational Vehicle, designed by Bill Collins, was built from 1986 until 1989. A total of 578 Vixen motorhomes of three different types were built: the Vixen 21 TD (1986-1987), Vixen 21 SE (1988-1989), and Vixen 21 XC (1986-1987).

I'm sorry Larry, but I know someone who has had three of them, and based on the lack of quality, I'm going to have to disagree.

These cars are notorious for being driven by their owners until the doors fall off...which usually happens around 100,000 miles. Really, how many cars built in the last 30 years have the doors literally fall off at around 100K?

I'll see your three, and raise you another 3. My folks had 2 Buicks that went far past the 100K figure, as well as my wife's '92 Ultra. They were 3 of the most trouble-free, well-constructed automobiles I've seen. Touché!

BTW, all the doors remained attached securely to the bodies at all times.

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Buicks, or Buick Rivieras? Because the last Riv (and its lone platform-mate, the Oldsmobile Aurora) was not a quality piece.

And I'm not getting into the driving experience here on those cars, either, which was uniformly terrible.

The whole notion is mind-boggling: a compact pickup truck with street-tuned suspension, AWD, a severely under-rated turbo V6, and the thrust to dust Ferrari's? From General Motors?! The whole turbo era at GM (Buick Regal GNX, Firebird Turbo, Syclone/Typhoon, and even oddballs like the turbo Monte Carlo) seems so hilariously incongruous with the Celebrities and Silverados that we associate with that era today. Truth stranger than fiction.

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well you said Buick not Buick Riviera yourself. So what do you really mean. Most people here are going to disagree with your research-free statement based on isolated cases and made up facts.

Reading! You should try it some time before posting.

First off, I didn't say anything--reillymk2 did:

Quote, originally posted by reillymk2 »

I can honestly say that I think that buick is one of the low points in american carmaking.

Secondly, if you read his particular statement, he was clear referencing the Riviera:

Quote, originally posted by reillymk2 »

I can honestly say that I think that buick is one of the low points in american carmaking.

The second that is referring to the car in the subject of the OP, AKA, the Riviera.

Finally, pull up any old Consumer Reports showing the reliability rankings of Rivieras, then try to tell me its reliable. Go ahead, I'll wait. Oh, and don't give me some bullsh!t argument that CR is "biased" just because you don't like the data.

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I can honestly say that I think that buick is one of the low points in american carmaking.

This could be read as either:

I can honestly say that I think that particular buick (the Riviera) is one of the low points in american carmaking.

or:

I can honestly say that I think that buick (the company) is one of the low points in american carmaking.

Either way, I bet there were many people that looked at that Riviera and thought, " I can't believe that is a Buick!"

I personally love the looks of that car from every angle except directly from the rear.

Modified by onebadbug at 2:01 PM 11-20-2009

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You just went all AutoTrader Latino on his ass...

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I can honestly say that I think that buick is one of the low points in american carmaking.

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