📸 Photography Unlikely and underwhelming survivors
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I hear ya. My mom had a 2000 Venture with doors on both sides and captains chairs in the middle. We took a lot of trips on that thing. I learned to drive in it too. The transmission failed spectacularly around 150k, and it was towed for scrap after limping it to Champaign. It wasn't even rusty.
we had one too, in that champagne beige color.I hear ya. My mom had a 2000 Venture with doors on both sides and captains chairs in the middle. We took a lot of trips on that thing. I learned to drive in it too. The transmission failed spectacularly around 150k, and it was towed for scrap after limping it to Champaign. It wasn't even rusty.
Same! I for some reason remember Chevy calling it sand drift. My mom loved it because it was so unique at the time. She also never washed it for at least the last 6 years of its life, but it never looked dirty.
I liked it so much better than all of the Town & Country mini vans that everyone seemed to have.
Bought this today. 2009 Buick LaCrosse. Mainly because for the $1,000 purchase price I couldn’t pass it up, and two, if there’s one thing that could get me out of the Prius for a daily it’s a 3800 powered chariot with heated seats.
Yup. Random farm auctions are the absolute best for stuff like this.
$1,000 was the “I don’t want to buy this but you’re pretty much making me” price.
And ‘09 has to be one of the latest model years for a 3800 powered anything I’ve ever seen (but am far from an expert)
$1,000 was the “I don’t want to buy this but you’re pretty much making me” price.
And ‘09 has to be one of the latest model years for a 3800 powered anything I’ve ever seen (but am far from an expert)
I will also be the first to admit I don’t really care for how these look whatsoever. I’d rather have a W-body Regal or something, but I’ll take how new it is and that it isn’t some version of tan/champagne metallic and deal with it lol.
'09 is the last model year. Engine production stopped in Aug '08.
It was a one owner as well. Just a tick over 200k but starts/runs/drives awesome. Everything seems to work. Four 80%+ matching tires. Still had Catholic FM radio tuned in when I fired it up.
I sure didn’t. For some reason I thought 3800’s were replaced with 3900’s in like ‘05. I didn’t have my eye on it at all leading up to today. But we were like 10 items away from it and I walked over and started it up and immediately knew the engine sound. Popped the hood, saw what I saw and was sold.
I actually like the early Lacrosse styling. The Supers are relatively rare but not too hard to find. The trouble I had with them is finding one that was worth buying. They were all clapped the hell out or way too expensive for a 15 year old Buick. I wasn't interested in spending a lot on something I was going to have to do a cam and lifter change on pretty quickly.
For the purchase price I’m pretty sure I would’ve gone for it regardless of the engine. But I would personally rather have a 3800 over the LS4 since it’ll be what does my 147 mile round-trip work commute at 65 mph, and compared to a Prius it’s going to feel like a fucking Viper. I’m just hoping to get the 32-33 mpg out of it I remember getting from my ‘01 Regal back in the day.
This one has rust, but it’s not horrible and the burgandy hides it well. It’s far from being unpresentable so far. But I agree, it’s not a $6,500 car to me like I see people asking
Straight out of Belvedere.
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