trinacriabob

If you buy/trade as many cars as you do, you can't complain about money woes. Be cheap ... like me!

doubtful

That engine is sort of the midpoint between the 350 and the 260 and I am almost sure is hewn out of the same block (different bore). It, too, is super long-lived though I have never owned one.

not many (people)

Really? I always wondered about 2.2 Ecotecs? What kind of mileage have they racked up? Any problems?

Right you are. I currently have a 92 Regal coupe with the 3800 V6. It is nudging 225,000 hassle free miles and not burning ANY oil in between changes, extremely quiet and returning the EPA sticker mileage to this day. Therefore, best engines, in my mind / experience: 1. Buick 3800 V6 engine 2. Oldsmobile Rocket 350 c.i. and 260 c.i. V8s (we had these in 2 Oldsmobiles, though only the former in the one I drove) 3. Chevrolet in-line 250 c.i. L-6 (my Dad had this in a Pontiac LeMans early 70s coupe which he kept as a second car that was the only one the dog could ride in)

Which is amazing because final assembly is carried out at Oshawa, Ontario, Canada...the best plant in North America.By the way, The O.C., I had another one of these THIS past weekend and, when pressed into action, the 3900 is noisy. My Regal 3800 with over 200,000 miles is quieter because as soon as I got onto a ramp on Sunday night, I floored it to hear how noisy it is -- it isn't. I am not impressed with the 3900 the way you are.

road rage !!!!!!!!!!

No. I think the cluster is too small. There's TOO much empty space in the dash. it doesn't all have to be filled up, but I would have done it differently.

No way. Import loving, liberal Portland OR likes a Buick product. There is hope after all.

It's too subtle...it's almost not worth doing. And it's an expensive option...almost $ 300.

See, I knew WMJ would lead the pack...Minnesota rust and all.

gas hog

I stand corrected. When did this change?

I absolutely despise Eugene OR for many of the same reasons. Then there's the schizophrenia of being a twin city with Springfield OR which is about as redneck/Tonya Harding as it gets. With an undergraduate degree (with honors) from a Catholic university in Southern California and parents domiciled in Oregon which legally made me in-state, they denied me admission to a graduate program while more reputable schools like Univ of Mich., Univ of Ill. and Georgia Tech let me in. A lot of people told me that I would have been miserable if I had been admitted and actually went. My skin crawls when I happen to go through Eugene OR.

bark

white coat syndrome

Just coffee. I spend more time at Starbucks than I care to admit....but I'm usually doing something productive while I'm there.

But is it a college town? Which one is there?

You subscribe to the SF Chronicle and NOT the LA Times? Where are your loyalties, sir?

"Chicken" doesn't chicken out (he's a feisty one) and you do ???

I give my sled lots of "positive reinforcement." Just about daily. It seems to respond...the 3800 purrs quietly with acknowledgment. I need for it to last another 9 to 11 months.

the fence

Yep. I think 60 Minutes or 20/20 once did a show on the prevalence and clout of the lesbian population in Northampton MA. So, it kind of beats to the same vibe as Eugene/Olympia/Bellingham. Why do lesbians like these funky college towns, anyway?

Have friends that went there and visited it. Every college town has a couple of bohemian shops. Aside from a couple of those in Bloomington, it's pretty darn conservative. As far as the Midwest goes, I think Madison Wisconsin is reputed to be the most liberal of those towns.