I had a 93 Century with the same engine and transmission. That 3 speed auto would shift IMMEDIATELY when you changed gears on the stalk. It felt like the second you put it in "D" it was in Drive, there was no delay of it going into gear. The door ajar chime on mine was different from other cars I've seen, though... if you left the key in the ignition and opened the door the chime would slow down. It'd go "ding ding ding ding ding .......... dinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng..................dinnnnnnnnnnnnnng........................dinnnnnnnnnnnnnng". It was extremely annoying but just different enough to be, well, different. The windshield washers had a feature I've not seen on another non-GM product : if you pushed the washer fluid switch on the stalk but didn't hold it down it would turn the wipers on and spray the windshield while the wipers would be moving up, then stop spraying while the wipers came back down. It'd do this 4 or 5 times and then the process would be complete. Kind of cool to have a one-touch-windshield-washer type thing. My driver seat was powered but my passenger seat was not - except it did have power recline. I seem to remember the recline switch was in an odd spot though, maybe this Century's was the same way? Too geeky? I understand, I'll see myself out.
Got five sets of bibles, Bro. King James, Bro. New King James, Divine Name King James, English Standard. Got some English Standard. Got some English Standard for the Church Day, Bro.
Dad had an 86 century with all of the options. I think it was called the "limited" trim level. Good looking car in dark gray. With a landau top, of course. The seats did, in fact tilt (multi-way power seats). It also had dual zone digital climate control, which was pretty impressive tech for 1986.
There was no such thing as dual zone climate control on any GM car in 1986, (it started with the 91 Park avenue). And for the century there wasn't any digital, or even automatic climate control avaliable, only the same basic system as this one. The digital automatic units were avaliable only on more expensive models.
@@MrTheMiguelox Damn, that's some impressive memory! Pretty much all my relatives on my dad's side had GM's in the 80s and 90s, so those cars all kind of blend together - maybe I'm thinking of my great-Aunt's DeVille.
@@AKHyder01 Probably, Devilles had digital automatic climate controll since 1981 (1980 for Seville and Eldorado) which made it one of the first such systems offered.
I always enjoy seeing cars from the 80’s and 90’s era that haven’t been pounded into oblivion by a bevy of teenage drivers! Whether they were exciting vehicles or not, I have a soft spot in my heart for oddities like this that have been loved and well-maintained by their owners!
My uncle is a Priest, when we visited him he didn't let my Mother drive his Cadillac. However, he lent us the Nun's Buick Century (this was in the mid-90s.).
My grandparents had the sister car of the century, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. They had 2 of them (refered to as Grandpa's car, and Grandma's car). An 89 and a 96. Despite the 7 year difference in model year, they looked exactly the same. Good ol GM...
I had one of those for a few years. Best $500 I ever spent, bought it with 234000 miles and sold it at 278000. Now I've got the cooler big brother, a 1989 buick park avenue electra. These old gms were built to last forever
For some reason I ended up with about four of these late-80s to early-90s versions of these Buick Centurys back in 2012. I guess Carmax had a special arrangement with one of the nearby nursing homes to buy out their automotive remnants after the residents moved on, and sold them to dealers at their auction. They all had between 25k to 60k when it came to mileage and I paid anywhere between $500 to $1500 for each one. The surprising thing about the 3.3 Liter versions is that they can handle abuse incredibly well. I financed a couple of customers who were rolling Kevorkians with these things, and both of the vehicles made the note. Although one ended up getting simonized a few weeks after the payoff due to a wrong way turn on a one-way street. The 3.1 Liter models weren't as sturdy. Maybe it was the luck of the draw but the last few years of this model are just 'meh' in every respect. That guy really isn't missing that much with the lack of an overdrive gear if he's not on the freeway all that often.
My aunt had one in the same color. The only thing I can remember of it was it smelled of old people. Working on these in the shops I was at smelled like...old people. Even when people I went to high school with had one they smelled like...old people. Why do all Buicks smell of the elderly?
Same here. My grandma had the cutlass version and I ended up acquiring it in 2012. I didn't keep it very long but it was a very smooth and floaty cary.
It was comfortable, handled well in snow, but wasn't in a hurry to get anywhere. I don't remember how the steering felt in my '92... I suppose it was just like every other GM vehicle I had driven. Bench seats are underrated when it comes to long, boring drives.
That 3/4 throttle thing seems to be fairly consistent with GM automatics, so I know exactly what he's talking about. The shift programming is a bit finicky sometimes, to the point where a down-shift is annoying on their engines that don't pull much in higher RPMs. (The usual non-boosted GM V6 makes all its power at the bottom range.)
This brings back memories of my wife's 1995 Century. It was a similar color but had the 3.1 V6 and the 4 speed automatic. It wasn't too bad for low end acceleration, but it still handled a boat. That car also introduced me to intake manifold gaskets. Everything about that car screamed "time for church" 😂
"A bit of body lean, stuff rollin' around in the trunk." "That's my water bottle, I think." "I guess that's my water bottle back there. Normally it doesn't clunk around back there very much." Probably your neighbor's disembodied arm.
Mike Morris I know, the most soporific regular car ever. Even the owner sounds like he is struggling to stay awake! I would be almost jumping out of my seat if Mr Regular was driving my car.
My dad had either an 87 or 88 model. The dash was all the same as this one, but the seats grill and rear lights where different. It was a pretty comfortable car to travel in.
No, what you want is the '77-'81 century. Feels more luxury but dont get the 231 v6. Its slow, really slow. I thought there was a problem with mine but NOPE, 110hp is all it got. Literally anything is better.
My Dad received a new company car every 2 years 79 through 89. I grew up in Buick Century and Cutlass Supremes. I drive a Cadillac and my wife drives a GMC Acadia. Can't escape the GM Badge. I LOVE IT
Yeah, that's a Buick. You're not so much driving a car as you are conning a Zeppelin; your commands take a moment to register and you feel as if floating on air, and there is a feeling of almighty power on the highway. I had a LeSabre; the downmarket ones always seemed a bit odd, because you have that luxury car "I'm driving my living room" feeling but also no power seat and that positively Soviet map light in a car that feels a little too small and a little confused about what it is. The most pronounced experience of that effect, though, was an '82 Thunderbird which is an RCR I am waiting and hoping for. It's just so bizarre!
That slight clunk and rise in revs you’re getting around 45 mph isn’t the car downshifting into second…. it’s the torque converter disengaging while in third gear. If you were to accelerate from a standing stop at medium throttle you’d feel the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts, and the moment you back off the throttle slightly you’ll feel it “engage something” and immediately the revs drop a bit. Not a huge change but definitely a more relaxed rpm. That’s the torque converter engaging. Apply some light throttle and you’ll feel it disengage and the revs will jump a bit - not like the full on kickdown switch is engaged but a more subtle change.
I have a 1991 Buick century custom and 1 thing I noticed when I first got the car they literally just changed the 80s front lights and added dat 90s look this car is a 1 of a kind even at it’s prime🙏🏾💯🔥🔥
The similarity between this and my '81 century LTD is striking. The steering column is the same but different wheel. The headliner and pilars are the same and the seatbelts aswell. I wonder if it feels the same, tho I doubt that.
Thats actually in good shape. Most of these I see still rolling around are full of trash falling apart and driven by 30 year olds who look 60 and reek like cigarettes and also clank around and barely start
I for one don't have any problems with this car. My grandparents (members of the silent generation) owned a Buick Century IDENTICAL to this one into the late 90's before they traded it for a 1998 Buick Century in the same color. I never rode in their '91 but I certainly enjoyed exploring rural Maine in the '98 Century before they gave it up for ANOTHER Buick (a '09 Lucerne). I enjoyed exploring rural Maine in a Buick Century so I always associated it with those memories.
0:32 and the memories of our Chevrolet Celebrity just came flooding back! and on the turn signal, our celebrity had the optional gauge package (Temperature gauge and Voltmeter) which means every time you used the turn signal, the voltmeter needle would twitch in time with the turn signal!
I was just a stupid teenager when I had my 93 century. Drove it too aggressively and hopped a couple of curbs for fun. Anyways the axle ended up busting when I was just driving it in my neighborhood one day... probably a result of prior aggressive driving. Really was a nice car even for being 20 years old at the time. Always started up and didn't really have any issues with it. Wish I still had it.
My family had 3 cutlass cieras with the 3.3 and they're reliable as hell. The car is pretty fast for an 80s v6. The 3300 is actually a smaller bore pre-gen 1 3800. They just gave it a smaller bore and put it in the A-bodies and some w-bodies until they got the mid 90s 3100 and 3400 engines in production. After 93 the A-bodies came with the 3100 which is OK as long as you keep it off Dexcool. You can get late 90s GMs for super cheap because of blown head gaskets and intake gaskets because Dexcool turns acidic over time. Put green in and they will last forever. As for the trans, meh.
I would love to see an 86 LeBaron 2.2 Turbo Review. My dad had the convertible , that turbo made you feel that you where driving 100 mph. It was a 3 speed.
You have to understand how that transmission and drive train is designed to work. That 3300 will run literally forever like it's bigger and more famous 3800 sibling. The transmission will hold 2nd gear until 80 under full throttle and the drive train can handle it. I wish they had kept this as the V-6 option in these cars instead of bringing in the 3100 SFI.
If it's 20+ years old, then you've probably lost quite a bit of horsepower to wear. By today's standards, these cars seem slow. They were adequate to quick enough back in the day. My 1982 X-11 with the "High Output' V6 (high= 135 HP) and the 3speed TH-125 is not bad when you are driving it, but it seems slow compared to anything but a rental Corolla. But in the 1980's almost everything was pretty slow.
Steve Varholy 0-60 in under 8 seconds is not slow as shit. that is how fast they are, and about how fast mine is, ive raced cars that have 285 rwhp and i beat them to 50, has alot to do with the way its geared and obv would have been smoked from a 40 roll. but saying its slow is just not factual. and to the guy who thinks its like 10 tops,let me get a hit of what your smoking, my saturn sl1 is even faster than that..... also i used to shit on luminas and carlos from that gen all the time, so i see where some of you are coming from. its a solid car with an average speed to it, definitely not slow.
I have a '93 version of this car and have it modified/custom a bit and severe weight reduction. And damn does that thing accelerate fast, I think speed is limited to 101 in these cars but as for acceleration, mine is impressive. At least for a Century.
this was my first car in 2008. My dad always said it sounded like I was breaking my turn signal every time I used it. My friends called it the old man car.
TH125. i have two 1991 cavaliers one 2.2 and one 3.1. they both have that same transmission. its actually a GOOD transmissions from the durability standpoint (they are so damned simple) BUT the gearing is limited. no overdrive only lockup. in my 91 3.1 cavalier its turning 2,200+ RPM at 60 mph. compare that to my 96 camaro with 2.73 gears, at the same speed about 1,600 rpm. the extra gear really makes a difference. the cavalier with the 5 speed manual was actually geared much better, sadly not many were ordered that way but they had better performance and several MPG better on fuel
which model? there is the Sedan, the Sportback, and the Crossover. my parents have a Sunburst Orange Crossover that I have dubbed the "Aerio Speedwagen". (the Aerio is actually intentional, because the previous version of the SX4 was called the Aerio, and its pronounced the same way as the band name REO Speedwagon) good little car, but a pain in the butt to get recalls done on it because the nearest Suzuki Dealer/Service Center is an hour away from me.
I remember that my celebrity had a two huge real ashtrays on either side of real cigarette lighter. Stupid Erie Salt rotted it away so bad that the rear axle link mount broke, thus ending its life. 1987-1999.
Gotta be pretty uninformed to cars to try forcing that GM key upside down without flipping it. Also the square key is for the ignition, the round key is for the door...
The Buick Century car is the car that is the most car of any car that ever car'd
I couldnt have said it better myself
What are you doing here lmao!!! Good to see ya!!!
I have to have the century t-type now. Or the gran sport
The owner mentioned having a Cutlass Ciera before this car. Must have a personal preference for GM A cars. I respect that!
The car owner talks so calmly, seems like a super nice guy
buick driver LOL
I had a 93 Century with the same engine and transmission. That 3 speed auto would shift IMMEDIATELY when you changed gears on the stalk. It felt like the second you put it in "D" it was in Drive, there was no delay of it going into gear.
The door ajar chime on mine was different from other cars I've seen, though... if you left the key in the ignition and opened the door the chime would slow down. It'd go "ding ding ding ding ding .......... dinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng..................dinnnnnnnnnnnnnng........................dinnnnnnnnnnnnnng". It was extremely annoying but just different enough to be, well, different.
The windshield washers had a feature I've not seen on another non-GM product : if you pushed the washer fluid switch on the stalk but didn't hold it down it would turn the wipers on and spray the windshield while the wipers would be moving up, then stop spraying while the wipers came back down. It'd do this 4 or 5 times and then the process would be complete. Kind of cool to have a one-touch-windshield-washer type thing.
My driver seat was powered but my passenger seat was not - except it did have power recline. I seem to remember the recline switch was in an odd spot though, maybe this Century's was the same way?
Too geeky? I understand, I'll see myself out.
The interior looks like its in great condition.
Church Day Bro
Bibles! I got bibles for the church day bro!
Got five sets of bibles, Bro. King James, Bro. New King James, Divine Name King James, English Standard. Got some English Standard. Got some English Standard for the Church Day, Bro.
The Ironworks I got hymns for the Church Day bro
Come get a pew, Bro.
Let's kiss
Dad had an 86 century with all of the options. I think it was called the "limited" trim level. Good looking car in dark gray. With a landau top, of course. The seats did, in fact tilt (multi-way power seats). It also had dual zone digital climate control, which was pretty impressive tech for 1986.
There was no such thing as dual zone climate control on any GM car in 1986, (it started with the 91 Park avenue). And for the century there wasn't any digital, or even automatic climate control avaliable, only the same basic system as this one. The digital automatic units were avaliable only on more expensive models.
@@MrTheMiguelox Damn, that's some impressive memory! Pretty much all my relatives on my dad's side had GM's in the 80s and 90s, so those cars all kind of blend together - maybe I'm thinking of my great-Aunt's DeVille.
@@AKHyder01 Probably, Devilles had digital automatic climate controll since 1981 (1980 for Seville and Eldorado) which made it one of the first such systems offered.
This car is a sweater vest on wheels.
The wagon version is what I always remember!
I always enjoy seeing cars from the 80’s and 90’s era that haven’t been pounded into oblivion by a bevy of teenage drivers! Whether they were exciting vehicles or not, I have a soft spot in my heart for oddities like this that have been loved and well-maintained by their owners!
My uncle is a Priest, when we visited him he didn't let my Mother drive his Cadillac. However, he lent us the Nun's Buick Century (this was in the mid-90s.).
My grandparents had the sister car of the century, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. They had 2 of them (refered to as Grandpa's car, and Grandma's car). An 89 and a 96. Despite the 7 year difference in model year, they looked exactly the same. Good ol GM...
I had one of those for a few years. Best $500 I ever spent, bought it with 234000 miles and sold it at 278000. Now I've got the cooler big brother, a 1989 buick park avenue electra. These old gms were built to last forever
For some reason I ended up with about four of these late-80s to early-90s versions of these Buick Centurys back in 2012. I guess Carmax had a special arrangement with one of the nearby nursing homes to buy out their automotive remnants after the residents moved on, and sold them to dealers at their auction. They all had between 25k to 60k when it came to mileage and I paid anywhere between $500 to $1500 for each one.
The surprising thing about the 3.3 Liter versions is that they can handle abuse incredibly well. I financed a couple of customers who were rolling Kevorkians with these things, and both of the vehicles made the note. Although one ended up getting simonized a few weeks after the payoff due to a wrong way turn on a one-way street.
The 3.1 Liter models weren't as sturdy. Maybe it was the luck of the draw but the last few years of this model are just 'meh' in every respect. That guy really isn't missing that much with the lack of an overdrive gear if he's not on the freeway all that often.
My aunt had one in the same color. The only thing I can remember of it was it smelled of old people. Working on these in the shops I was at smelled like...old people. Even when people I went to high school with had one they smelled like...old people. Why do all Buicks smell of the elderly?
Dan perhaps it's not the car that smells like the elderley but the elderley that smell like the car.
Dan -Cigarettes, cheap plastic, and musky perfume? 😂
TEST DRIVE OF THE CENTURY
This was my Yiayia's car. And my sister and I both drove it in high school and college. We named her Gladys.
Do you happen to be Greek?
Anonymou s On my Dad's side, yes. Good catch.
Same here. My grandma had the cutlass version and I ended up acquiring it in 2012. I didn't keep it very long but it was a very smooth and floaty cary.
It was comfortable, handled well in snow, but wasn't in a hurry to get anywhere. I don't remember how the steering felt in my '92... I suppose it was just like every other GM vehicle I had driven.
Bench seats are underrated when it comes to long, boring drives.
That 3/4 throttle thing seems to be fairly consistent with GM automatics, so I know exactly what he's talking about. The shift programming is a bit finicky sometimes, to the point where a down-shift is annoying on their engines that don't pull much in higher RPMs. (The usual non-boosted GM V6 makes all its power at the bottom range.)
This brings back memories of my wife's 1995 Century. It was a similar color but had the 3.1 V6 and the 4 speed automatic. It wasn't too bad for low end acceleration, but it still handled a boat. That car also introduced me to intake manifold gaskets. Everything about that car screamed "time for church" 😂
Mr Regular you are the only person in the world I find captivating enough to sit and watch drive a shit car I have no interest in.
"A bit of body lean, stuff rollin' around in the trunk."
"That's my water bottle, I think."
"I guess that's my water bottle back there. Normally it doesn't clunk around back there very much."
Probably your neighbor's disembodied arm.
Claude Mountain Neighbors arm's* You're not giving him enough credit 😂
This car would be my coffin because I'd fall asleep driving it in the first mile. I'm falling asleep just looking at it.
Mike Morris I know, the most soporific regular car ever. Even the owner sounds like he is struggling to stay awake! I would be almost jumping out of my seat if Mr Regular was driving my car.
buncho888 I noticed that about the owner also lol. If Mr regular was driving my car I'd be a bit more animated than that.
You'd need a Wagon version of it for that; then there's more room for laying down.
*EDIT:* Added "then there's."
I love sofa cars!
That auto transmission and six cylinder sound brings back some childhood memories
The character at 08:05 is the perfect grumpy silent generation American grandpa.
Recumbent Trike Rider Spotted at 2:39 on the left. Second one I've seen in an RCR video (the other one's in the 2006 F150 video.)
My dad had either an 87 or 88 model. The dash was all the same as this one, but the seats grill and rear lights where different. It was a pretty comfortable car to travel in.
I've owned a 98 century, an 01 Park Ave, and a 99 Lesabre. Now I want this car.
No, what you want is the '77-'81 century. Feels more luxury but dont get the 231 v6. Its slow, really slow. I thought there was a problem with mine but NOPE, 110hp is all it got. Literally anything is better.
My Dad received a new company car every 2 years 79 through 89. I grew up in Buick Century and Cutlass Supremes. I drive a Cadillac and my wife drives a GMC Acadia. Can't escape the GM Badge. I LOVE IT
Those gears are as aggressive as my grandma in a coma
Yeah, that's a Buick. You're not so much driving a car as you are conning a Zeppelin; your commands take a moment to register and you feel as if floating on air, and there is a feeling of almighty power on the highway. I had a LeSabre; the downmarket ones always seemed a bit odd, because you have that luxury car "I'm driving my living room" feeling but also no power seat and that positively Soviet map light in a car that feels a little too small and a little confused about what it is. The most pronounced experience of that effect, though, was an '82 Thunderbird which is an RCR I am waiting and hoping for. It's just so bizarre!
That slight clunk and rise in revs you’re getting around 45 mph isn’t the car downshifting into second…. it’s the torque converter disengaging while in third gear. If you were to accelerate from a standing stop at medium throttle you’d feel the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts, and the moment you back off the throttle slightly you’ll feel it “engage something” and immediately the revs drop a bit. Not a huge change but definitely a more relaxed rpm. That’s the torque converter engaging. Apply some light throttle and you’ll feel it disengage and the revs will jump a bit - not like the full on kickdown switch is engaged but a more subtle change.
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RegularCars
True, but of all the channels I'm subbed to, you're probably my most interacted
+Daniel MacKinnon Welcome to the new RUclips censorship algorithm. Are you a Russian agent?
RegularCars hey can you do a review of a 2002 volkswagen passat wagon
It's been happening to every channel I've heard.
I have a 1991 Buick century custom and 1 thing I noticed when I first got the car they literally just changed the 80s front lights and added dat 90s look this car is a 1 of a kind even at it’s prime🙏🏾💯🔥🔥
The similarity between this and my '81 century LTD is striking. The steering column is the same but different wheel. The headliner and pilars are the same and the seatbelts aswell.
I wonder if it feels the same, tho I doubt that.
I live this cat! I had a 91 Pearl White with Bordello Red interior. It drive us around for almost 20 years. And yes I did love that rear.
Church time? Church time!
Awesome, I had one of those in college so this really nostalgic.
My first car & the love of my life. I don’t know where she is now, but I hope she remembers how much I loved her
Thats actually in good shape. Most of these I see still rolling around are full of trash falling apart and driven by 30 year olds who look 60 and reek like cigarettes and also clank around and barely start
I for one don't have any problems with this car. My grandparents (members of the silent generation) owned a Buick Century IDENTICAL to this one into the late 90's before they traded it for a 1998 Buick Century in the same color. I never rode in their '91 but I certainly enjoyed exploring rural Maine in the '98 Century before they gave it up for ANOTHER Buick (a '09 Lucerne). I enjoyed exploring rural Maine in a Buick Century so I always associated it with those memories.
Do you have the pov from the 1995 Buick Roadmaster
I'd like to know this also!
0:32 and the memories of our Chevrolet Celebrity just came flooding back! and on the turn signal, our celebrity had the optional gauge package (Temperature gauge and Voltmeter) which means every time you used the turn signal, the voltmeter needle would twitch in time with the turn signal!
I had a '95 Century, and it looks like they changed next to nothing between this one ('89) and my year. I loved that car.
i just realized this is the same guy that makes the funny as fuck car reviews.
wow not a lot changed I had a 96 and the only thing I see different is the steering wheel and the speedometer
This guy's voice is really calming.
anyone else notice the jogger crossing on a red
The perfect car for an overweight 1990's detective to cruise up to the scene of the crime late, in a badly fitting suit and shabby hat.
These were such nice cars!
I was just a stupid teenager when I had my 93 century. Drove it too aggressively and hopped a couple of curbs for fun. Anyways the axle ended up busting when I was just driving it in my neighborhood one day... probably a result of prior aggressive driving. Really was a nice car even for being 20 years old at the time. Always started up and didn't really have any issues with it. Wish I still had it.
I miss how old cars had chrome air vents. it looks so much nicer then cheap plastic ones they managed in the 2000s from GM
That turn signal sound is a long lost memory from a deep dark cave within my brain... (the Chevy Celebrity had the same sound) ^_^
lol when Mr. Regular starts yawning at 7:04 I think he's falling asleep driving this granny church mobile
lol love when you GAVE IT DA BEANS and almost overrevved and your like uuuuugh and the guys like ehh EFF it blow it up lol
I had an 89. It was 2 door. Loved that car.
the roadways appeared pretty smooth and regular so i am wondering how this car handles rough broken pavement?
Had a 93 Olds Cutlass Ciera with the 3-speed automatic and 3.3 V6. Great Car.
I love watching these pov driving vids.
My family had 3 cutlass cieras with the 3.3 and they're reliable as hell. The car is pretty fast for an 80s v6. The 3300 is actually a smaller bore pre-gen 1 3800. They just gave it a smaller bore and put it in the A-bodies and some w-bodies until they got the mid 90s 3100 and 3400 engines in production. After 93 the A-bodies came with the 3100 which is OK as long as you keep it off Dexcool. You can get late 90s GMs for super cheap because of blown head gaskets and intake gaskets because Dexcool turns acidic over time. Put green in and they will last forever. As for the trans, meh.
I would love to see an 86 LeBaron 2.2 Turbo Review. My dad had the convertible , that turbo made you feel that you where driving 100 mph. It was a 3 speed.
Have you found a 2016 mx-5 to review?
You have to understand how that transmission and drive train is designed to work. That 3300 will run literally forever like it's bigger and more famous 3800 sibling. The transmission will hold 2nd gear until 80 under full throttle and the drive train can handle it. I wish they had kept this as the V-6 option in these cars instead of bringing in the 3100 SFI.
Geo GSI Storm. If you can still find one, would love to see you review it. Before there was Saturn, There was Geo.
Thinking about buying this ‘95 with 88k miles but I’m not sure if I feel like having bodyroll
I don't know where this fimling location is but its my favorite route, gives us a good idea of the cars capabilities.
I love this era of car. performance sucked in the 80s, but even a lot of cheap American cars were very luxurious.
Casey Rodriguez Cheap luxury is still easy to find
thank you so much
Those were as regular as u could get
my...my eyes...its soooooooooooooo ReGuLER
S L O W
they werent bad, i had one with a 3.1l and its only a bit slower than my 3.1 monte carlo
***** 0-60 in under 8 second is not considered slow as fuck. especially for a car from 1998
more like 10 tops
If it's 20+ years old, then you've probably lost quite a bit of horsepower to wear. By today's standards, these cars seem slow. They were adequate to quick enough back in the day. My 1982 X-11 with the "High Output' V6 (high= 135 HP) and the 3speed TH-125 is not bad when you are driving it, but it seems slow compared to anything but a rental Corolla. But in the 1980's almost everything was pretty slow.
Steve Varholy 0-60 in under 8 seconds is not slow as shit. that is how fast they are, and about how fast mine is, ive raced cars that have 285 rwhp and i beat them to 50, has alot to do with the way its geared and obv would have been smoked from a 40 roll. but saying its slow is just not factual. and to the guy who thinks its like 10 tops,let me get a hit of what your smoking, my saturn sl1 is even faster than that..... also i used to shit on luminas and carlos from that gen all the time, so i see where some of you are coming from. its a solid car with an average speed to it, definitely not slow.
I drive a 1994 LeSabre in the same color as this. Good old cars.
can you review 96-00 honda civic its one of my first cars and to me the best car ever made!
this is kinda surreal because its like theres a hidden camera and the video is quiet and it just looks like 2 guys talking while driving somewhere
I have a '93 version of this car and have it modified/custom a bit and severe weight reduction. And damn does that thing accelerate fast, I think speed is limited to 101 in these cars but as for acceleration, mine is impressive. At least for a Century.
I got a 91 buick as my first car this car
this was my first car in 2008. My dad always said it sounded like I was breaking my turn signal every time I used it. My friends called it the old man car.
Somebody count how many times this guy goes in the dirt shoulder lmao
TH125. i have two 1991 cavaliers one 2.2 and one 3.1. they both have that same transmission. its actually a GOOD transmissions from the durability standpoint (they are so damned simple) BUT the gearing is limited. no overdrive only lockup. in my 91 3.1 cavalier its turning 2,200+ RPM at 60 mph. compare that to my 96 camaro with 2.73 gears, at the same speed about 1,600 rpm. the extra gear really makes a difference.
the cavalier with the 5 speed manual was actually geared much better, sadly not many were ordered that way but they had better performance and several MPG better on fuel
Is this a Buick Century special limited or custom? And does it have a V6 or 4 cylinder?
What year is this car?
can you do a 1989 ford crown victoria lx
Sean Lagrandier I have a '91 available whenever he's ready.
Id love to see a review of an sx4
which model? there is the Sedan, the Sportback, and the Crossover. my parents have a Sunburst Orange Crossover that I have dubbed the "Aerio Speedwagen". (the Aerio is actually intentional, because the previous version of the SX4 was called the Aerio, and its pronounced the same way as the band name REO Speedwagon) good little car, but a pain in the butt to get recalls done on it because the nearest Suzuki Dealer/Service Center is an hour away from me.
I remember that my celebrity had a two huge real ashtrays on either side of real cigarette lighter. Stupid Erie Salt rotted it away so bad that the rear axle link mount broke, thus ending its life. 1987-1999.
The sound of late 80's early 90's GM turn signals....
My girlfriend's dad had a car just like this, same color and everything, got rid of it 2 years ago to buy a 2015 Camry.
That was in the heyday of GM''s "badge-engineered" cars, and in all truth, it was nothing more than a tarted-up Chevy Celebrity.
Do a review on the 2000s Buick Century , please.
I actually like that steering wheel a lil bit
That car needs a kickdown cable. They fray at the throttle body.
did my man say state college? cause thats where i work. i have an original 89 buick centry ultimate 66k miles
first thing I would do is find a compatible 4 or 5 speed auto
5 speed auto, ain't gonna happen in 'murrica
At least not until 2006
You could probably swap one from a newer Malibu, but is it worth the trouble?
I am pretty sure the later ones had a 4 speed, but it had problems.
Discount Comedy yes, (for the right price of course)
they had over drive im 85 it was just an option it was standard in 90
Looks like a 1985 Chevy Celebrity
Just a personal opinion: I would have liked a little less bass.
And excellent work, as always :D
I bet I know exactly how this car smells.
I actually really want one now...
7:05 when u have a boring car
A "regular" car
yo diria comodo esta relajado no es el duro ruidoso fiat 500 que le encanta a todos menos a mi
+RegularCars can you guys do a dodge stealth or a 3000gt
Gotta be pretty uninformed to cars to try forcing that GM key upside down without flipping it. Also the square key is for the ignition, the round key is for the door...
5:19 this is what renting a car sounds like