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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [nippononly] by cooterbfd
Mar 19, 2009 (3:19 pm)
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 19, 2009 12:42 pm)

".....No way, NOBODY can drive a Park Avenue aggressively, it's not capable of it, "
 
Wait a minute......Mine (an Ultra) goes good. One morning, at 4am (on my way home from work!!!) I was at a light w/ a Mustang GT. I wasn't planning on dragging him, but he goaded me w/ the way he took off, so I punched it.... and caught up w/ him. Had the road not gone from 2 lanes to one, and I not backed off, I'm sure there would have come a point where my engine "ran out of breath", as the 3800's do, and he would've pulled away, but up to 80, he couldn't shake me.
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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [cooterbfd] by nippononly
Mar 19, 2009 (6:40 pm)
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Mar 19, 2009 3:19 pm)

So performance consists only of straight-line acceleration, eh? We will have to agree to disagree on that one.
 
In straight-line acceleration, of course, the PA would fall second to a great many different, fairly boring, V-6 family cruisers......now I'm not speaking of the Ultra, because didn't that one have a supercharger or something? Don't know the 1/4-miles for that one.
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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [lemko] by grbeck
Mar 20, 2009 (7:52 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 19, 2009 11:55 am)

Any car that can survive daily use in Philadelphia earns my respect.
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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [hpmctorque] by grbeck
Mar 20, 2009 (7:58 am)
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Mar 19, 2009 1:52 pm)

hpmctorque,
 
Styling is a personal thing, although the new LaCrosse is better looking than the new Acura TL (what WAS Honda thinking)?!
 
I still prefer the new Taurus...although I don't think the LaCrosse is ugly. It just doesn't "wow" me. The new Taurus does in real life...especially compared to the current one. THAT is a car that makes me want to switch brands, along with the new Fusion.
 
I even stopped at the Ford dealer last night to pick up a brochure on the new Fusion and Mustang. I have to say, the size and style of the new Fusion look pretty attractive right now, especially as the Accord keeps getting bigger.
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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [grbeck] by lemko
Mar 20, 2009 (8:37 am)
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Replying to: grbeck (Mar 20, 2009 7:58 am)

Whoever designed the new TL should go back to drawing Pokemon characters.
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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [grbeck] by imidazol97
Mar 20, 2009 (10:33 am)
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Replying to: grbeck (Mar 20, 2009 7:52 am)

>survive daily use in Philadelphia
 
Fire trucks seem to pose a big threat to cars.
 
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Re: Buick's problem isn't reliability [lemko] by imidazol97
Mar 20, 2009 (10:38 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 19, 2009 10:18 am)

In another discussion a poster asks about their 185K mi 1996 Toyota because it has an oil leak. The responder suggests they should buy a new Toyota because they're on sale for 2009s now.
 
Would that happen to a Buick? Nah. It's just well-broken in. Fix the oil leak and drive it.
 
I couldn't believe the WunderKar brand that should go 500,000 miles with only oil changes would be worn out at 185,000 miles. My times have changed.
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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [imidazol97] by lemko
Mar 20, 2009 (11:47 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Mar 20, 2009 10:33 am)

Travel Roosevelt Blvd. and you're likely to see more wrecks on an average day than during a typical NASCAR race. The median is often littered with several wrecks. My girlfriend's brother-in-law from Connecticut managed to overturn his Subaru Forester on the Boulevard a couple years ago.
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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [lemko] by dtownfb
Mar 20, 2009 (12:22 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 20, 2009 11:47 am)

I was driving Roosevelt yesterday. You need to come out to York County and get some fresh air and less traffic.
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Re: Buick Tops Lexus In dependability! [nippononly] by cooterbfd
Mar 20, 2009 (2:08 pm)
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 19, 2009 6:40 pm)

I will cede handling to you, although it's a MUCH tighter car than my '88 Regal was or '65 Wildcat is.

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