"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> I have a friend who worked in a car dealership and he was always trying
>> to talk me into buying a Buick. He claimed they were well worth the money
>> because they were built to last. When the economy tanked and their
>> dealership was in jeopardy he started whining about how they couldn't
>> sell any new cars because there were so many old people driving around in
>> 15 year old Buicks. Meanwhile, my mother had given up driving and I
>> bought her old Buick. It is a 1997, so it is no 16 years old and still
>> runs great.
>
> Buicks cost a fortune to repair though. My husband had a 1998. He
> replaced the engine in it only because he learned that at that point, the
> newer ones still looked the same. But then that engine went bad a few
> years later so he bought something else. My dad had a Buick too of about
> the same year. Some little old lady bought it. I don't know why but
> elderly people love Buicks!
>

Average age of Buick owners is 62. Or was a couple of years ago. The older
ones had a plush soft ride. They were no better built than any other GM car
though. Many come down the same assembly line and share many parts.

I've owned a couple of them, but the last one literally fell apart in my
driveway and I'd not buy one again. Good car for the first couple of
years, problems set in as time and miles went by.