1988 Buick Regal

[american_revolution_2005]

Do the 1988-up Regals 2-doors last awhile? I know its FWD and everything but there is one sitting at Orangeville Motors behind some trees. I saw it but never asked how much. It looks in alright shape. I just dont know how reliable they are. If it is the right price and reliable I may just pick it up.

[razoredge]

Cant vouch for those early years, they had the Chevy 60* 2.8 which by no means was the engine the Buick 3.8 of the same period was. I had a 91 Regal with the L27 TP3800 and it was a great car. If it seems to run good and drive good it would make a great winter car or transport for $500 US or less.

[Cray_Z28]

I looked at a 90 with a 3.1L with digital instrumentation which seemed like a good overall car, but later found a 92 with the 3.8L TPI and 4 wheel ABS disc brakes for about the same price. So I got the 92. I got rid of the nasty spoked hub caps and replaced the with the factory aluminum wheels. It was a limited, but I replaced what I could to make it look Gran Sport ish. Still had the chrome around the outside, but everything else was there. I peeled the chrome off the grille and painted it. The only 2 big problems that I had with it was the transmission went out a couple weeks after I changed the transmission filter. May have been my fault, maybe not... Who knows... The second problem is for the 2 doors that is pretty common. The metal used in the door handles break under cold temps, sometimes in warm temps, but they do break and it is normally the drivers side. It gets to be a pain to always come into the passenger side until fixed. The replacement part was cheap and the changeout was easy, just the inconvienence. It was one of my better cars. It replaced a 90 Sunbird and got replaced by a 00 Z28.

[Ravenfreak13]

My dad had one! A 88 2 door. AWESOME CAR! He drove it to its grave...But amazing car!