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Re: LaCrosse Gas Mileage [bluecxs]
by adamc
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May 23, 2006 (3:46 pm)
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Replying to: bluecxs (May 22, 2006 2:15 pm)
I've test driven two and they've been blissfully quiet.
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- #22 of 60
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Re: LaCrosse Gas Mileage [62vetteefp]
by bluecxs
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May 23, 2006 (4:19 pm)
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (May 22, 2006 3:49 pm)
My LaCrosse was quite for about 6000 miles, then it started to get extremely noisy. That is why I said to test drive a used car or a rental.
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- #23 of 60
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Re: LaCrosse Gas Mileage [bluecxs]
by 62vetteefp
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May 23, 2006 (6:13 pm)
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Replying to: bluecxs (May 22, 2006 2:15 pm)
You said Buick cannot hear anything. Are you talking about a dealership? If so have you tried going to a different one. Dealerships are independent and you can take it to any one you want under warranty.
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Re: LaCrosse Gas Mileage [bluecxs]
by jmw4
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May 28, 2006 (12:22 pm)
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Replying to: bluecxs (May 23, 2006 4:19 pm)
I think I know what you are referring to by the creaking console. It's all plastic and in cold weather over rough road I can hear it also in my CXS. Now that the weather is warm, it is fine. Everything else is as tight and rattle free after 14,000 miles as the day I bought it. Aside from that occasional console creak, I find it one of the quietest cars I have ever driven, little if any road and engine noise. Quieter than my past lexus or acura cars I have had.
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Re: LaCrosse Gas Mileage [jmw4]
by kevo
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Jun 02, 2006 (9:54 am)
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Replying to: jmw4 (May 28, 2006 12:22 pm)
I posted to this forum (I think) way back around Feb 05 saying how pleased I was with my CXS. I would like to take it all back now. I would like to chime in on the poor fuel mileage and squeaks and rattles. The car has never gotten better than 17 mpg 50/50 highway/city. The car has 12,500 miles and I have squeaks all of the time, hot or cold. Too bad the rest of the car is quiet because it makes the squeaks all the more noticeable. I'm going to take it in the shorts when I trade this heap on a foreign car. As a comparison, my mother bought a Lexus ES330 one month before I bought mine. She now has 40,000 and the car is as nice today as the day she got it and even gets good mileage.
I had to edit the post because I forgot to write about the paint chipping. It seems to be really soft paint or something due to the chips where one doesn't expect to have chipped paint, rear bumper, rear decklid, high on the hood near the windshield.
SHAME ON GM.
As an aside, the service received from the dealer I bought it has been marginal at best. I just love dirty motor oil on my nice leather seats and waiting an hour for said oil to be changed. Twice.
Kevin
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Re: LaCrosse Gas Mileage [kevo]
by jmw4
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Jun 03, 2006 (7:58 am)
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Replying to: kevo (Jun 02, 2006 9:54 am)
Too bad on the squeaks and rattles. Since the weather turned warm, even the console creak is gone on mine and I never did have any rattles. I had a lexus es300 once and it squeaked from the day I bought it till I got tired of it mostly due to the short seat bottoms. Only negative I have on the Lacrosse is the gas mileage in stop and go traffic. On the highway, I can get up to 27 mpg. You are correct on trade value, at present, one would be lucky to get about $19,000 on a trade for average miles, assuming one optimized the cost of their new car purchased.
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Re: LaCrosse Gas Mileage [poncho167]
by sscott3
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Jun 05, 2006 (4:50 pm)
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Replying to: poncho167 (May 18, 2006 5:02 am)
I do consider myself screwed. I have had the car back to the dealer more than once and at first they trued to tell me it was the way I drive, giving me driving 101 type advise. Then they said that because the EPA rating is 19 to 27 and I am getting 19.4 that is normal. My 99 Regal GS with the SC3800 got 22 to 23 mpg. Same driver, same route, same everything except the car. I'm an engineer for a supplier to the auto industry and I have always been pretty avid about buying American. I got over it. GM has lost about half of their market share over the last 30 years, one customer at a time. I've worked with GM, Ford, Chrysler and Toyota developing parts and in my opinion Toyota has their act together. It's not surprising to me that they are continuing to grab more and more market share. To be fair, I like the LaCrosse, but the poor mileage is hard to take. It costs me about $300 per year in extra fuel cost at $3/gal. My current plan is to stencil "19 MPG" on the inside of each back window so others can know what they can expect from a LaCrosse.
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Re: LaCrosse Gas Mileage [kevo]
by tedescm1
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Aug 02, 2006 (12:10 pm)
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Replying to: kevo (Jun 02, 2006 9:54 am)
fyi,,
I bought a acura tl and also creaks and rattles
get the Lexus
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Gas mileage on my 2006 Buick Lacrosse
by richard70
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May 14, 2006 (4:19 pm)
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Replying to: hjw1 (May 14, 2006 12:36 pm)
Thanks to hjw1 for his comment. My Lacrosse is a CS with the 3800 Series III V6 rated at 29 MPG highway. I will make an appointment with the dealer to have the car checked out. 24 1/2 on the highway and 14 MPG in the city does not seem right.
Richard70
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RE: LaCrosse Gas Mileage
by gorphil
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May 18, 2006 (4:37 pm)
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Replying to: richard70 (May 14, 2006 4:19 pm)
The poor fuel economy may be due to an incorrectly adjusted parking brake pedal. In other words, the parking brakes are slightly engaged even when they are supposed to be off.
This condition can be easily identified if the parking brake pedal has a very short travel when applied.
My 2005 Allure had this problem.
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