if you can buy it for cheap and can wrench on your own car and have a mechanic friend that can point you in the right direction just go for it
life is too short to drive normalfag cars
I got one of those 20 years ago for $1k. It was immaculate except a dent on the front right fender from pulling in/out of the garage, and it only had like 18k miles on it.
That was pretty much the gist. My mom worked with the son, his mom got too old to drive and I got a really clean Cutlass coupe.
>tfw dad sold the mint condition, family owned since new Regal Limited for $2500 in the mid '00s >impossible to find any of them in clean condition that isn't a donk/GN clone now
I'm still mad about it, and I'm not planning on paying $10-20k+ for a "collector" one so I'm complaining about it online instead
I traded mine for a 5.0LX, the Cutlass was only a V6 though.
>tfw dad sold the mint condition, family owned since new Regal Limited for $2500 in the mid '00s >impossible to find any of them in clean condition that isn't a donk/GN clone now
I'm still mad about it, and I'm not planning on paying $10-20k+ for a "collector" one so I'm complaining about it online instead
10-20 years ago, that was true. But I haven't seen one that isnt a basket case shitbox since then. Also I don't look for them. Too slow and poor handling for modern traffic. I had a few of the oldsmobuicks.
>Why is it considered only as good as what scrap metal can get you for? Looks like a cheap reliable car imo
learn how to speak fucking english dipshit. You could barely find cars like this 20 years ago so I don't even know what the fuck you are talking about.
The interior build quality in 1980s GM products is horrendous, and you can certainly expect plenty of electrical gremlins and lackluster automatic transmissions. What qualifies as a "reliable car" to you exactly?
if you can buy it for cheap and can wrench on your own car and have a mechanic friend that can point you in the right direction just go for it
life is too short to drive normalfag cars
>life is too short to drive normalfag cars
Based.
>life is too short to drive normalfag cars
this
>g-body
>not criminally expensive for one that clean
0/10
most of those were owned by little old ladies who just used it to get to the pharmacy and church once a week
I got one of those 20 years ago for $1k. It was immaculate except a dent on the front right fender from pulling in/out of the garage, and it only had like 18k miles on it.
Yeah the 80 year old owner banged it into the garage, her nephew took her keys away, and sold the car. The end.
That was pretty much the gist. My mom worked with the son, his mom got too old to drive and I got a really clean Cutlass coupe.
I traded mine for a 5.0LX, the Cutlass was only a V6 though.
>tfw dad sold the mint condition, family owned since new Regal Limited for $2500 in the mid '00s
>impossible to find any of them in clean condition that isn't a donk/GN clone now
I'm still mad about it, and I'm not planning on paying $10-20k+ for a "collector" one so I'm complaining about it online instead
Nah, most of them were owned by vatos and gang bangers
That was after their 80 year old owners got put in a rest home and the car was sold to Jose.
>g body regal
>cheap reliable car
where?
>~40 year old car
>reliable without significant investment
pick 1 (one)
10-20 years ago, that was true. But I haven't seen one that isnt a basket case shitbox since then. Also I don't look for them. Too slow and poor handling for modern traffic. I had a few of the oldsmobuicks.
>Too slow and poor handling for modern traffic
it's a 1980s car not a 1930s car
Ive owned those cars. Much prefer an 00s 5spd shitbox that can pass people and take corners
until you need to turn and now you're tilted about 30 degrees to the side.
meant to quote
Looks like you responded to the wrong post there.
to be honest 60s cars are more drivable than 80s ones. that huge torquey V8 lets you cruise effortlessly down the highway all day long.
Any american car from the 60s,70s,or 80s car is going to kill you if you hit the Twisties at 90s econobox speeds. Unless its been modified heavily
no? it's not a Porsche. you're supposed to drive in a straight line down the freeway.
>A yacht can't navigate narrow, rocky passages quickly
I mean, duh?
>Why is it considered only as good as what scrap metal can get you for? Looks like a cheap reliable car imo
learn how to speak fucking english dipshit. You could barely find cars like this 20 years ago so I don't even know what the fuck you are talking about.
only 307 or 305 were decent stock engines, supermajority are self destructing LD5 3.8 or equally wheezy and obscure 239 v6
most of them are rollers and set up for a sbc anyways now, decent first project cars for the $1000 range
the 307 was not a decent stock engine
oh yes, some also had the utter shit Olds diesel V8
i have not seen one running that isn't $10,000 "i know what i got" galore despite the V6 being the only desirable diesel
but i did pass up on a parisienne in dry storage with just 45k miles with a typically fucked up 350, it was an immaculate car for $2500
The interior build quality in 1980s GM products is horrendous, and you can certainly expect plenty of electrical gremlins and lackluster automatic transmissions. What qualifies as a "reliable car" to you exactly?