trinacriabob

Brady Bunch

Those of you who "know" me, but don't necessarily love me (LOL), know how I drool over the Intrigue. As for as Olds goes, it was the best of the old and the best of the new. It really was their finest hour, and that saddens me. Here's a compendium of Intrigues I've gotten to "live in." There were more, but here are those I have photographed. 1998 Intrigue - 3800 V6 Location: Northern California, toward Lake Tahoe, US 50 near Echo Summit Comment: far and away, my favorite color for the car 1998 Intrigue - 3800 V6 Location: Portland, OR, in front of Mom's Comment: what a day! Rome-Toronto on Alitalia / Toronto-Seattle on Air Canada/ driving Mom back to Portland in this Intrigue / work the next day 1999 Intrigue - 3.5 V6 Location: Pensacola Beach, FL in the National Seashore Preserve Comment: my first sampling of the 3.5 V6, the additional hp can be felt 1999 Intrigue - 3.5 V6 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - adjacent to Toronto Sky Dome Comment: love the always illuminated amber lights in front, great root beer color, though I wouldn't choose it 2001 Intrigue - 3.5 V6 Location: Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada - 1 hour north of Montreal Comment: this picture exemplifies that this is an exquisite car from every angle. I am hard pressed to find anything about this car that isn't harmonious, balanced and tasteful. Its current stablemates, LaCrosse and GP, have some visual balance quirks not found in the Intrigue. It was fun driving this thing around the small French speaking towns outside of Montreal. Sidebar: I still gloat over the Motor Trend article that, when it first came out, gave the Intrigue the nod over the Camry and the Maxima of that year! Are you folks as fond of this car as I am?

Philadelphia, of course.

Hot damn. That is gorgeous. They even got the right number of ventiports! And look, its grille, is a mini-replica of the Parthenon!We can all dog the mechanical problems of the 80's day in and day out, and with good cause, but there is no arguing that opulent interiors probably were at their peak between 80 and 87. Not only that, it was nice to see the color choices inside - that tasteful shade of green, burgundy and royal blue. Obviously, I appreciate what's new, but if you've ever piloted something with an interior like that, it was extremely comfortable and serene...you'd almost want to sleep in your garage! Having been the owner of an 84 Supreme in Brougham form, all I can say is that I loved the tufted/pleated interior and would drive it from Nor Cal to Portland to see my parents without getting tired. That being said, I know 1 person who purchased a GM diesel. It was an 81 or 82 Century Limited and this man was constantly cursing that car. Like the posted stats indicate, the not "from scratch" design couldn't handle the jump in compression from 8:1+/- to 22.5:1. Sidebar: Mustang, where is this car? I'm (sort of ) digging the house in the background. I think it's a stock design where you can almost read the floor plan from the outside. It screams Atlanta suburb except that the color of brick is NEVER used in the Southeast, so I say upper Midwest. I think the corner quoins and dressed up oval window are a bit much, but I'll take it! More so than the car!

clogged arteries

I am laughing right now. I, too, JUST took an odometer picture of my Buick. Now, I don't feel so weird. Can the gas leak be fixed? Rotted exhaust - well, being in Binghamton doesn't help. Is the powertrain FULLY original - i.e. engine and transaxle have NEVER been touched other than routine maintenance? For all of you who repeatedly DOG the 3800, those odometers indicate otherwise!

I share your sentiment. This is a car I practically INHALE. However, if you go that route, check out the intake manifold issue ahead of time. That's what I was told by a GM service advisor within the last 2 months. I am sure it didn't affect or will affect every car, but there is a propensity. Good luck with this!

cholesterol

I will be replacing the Regal because...well...it's time. I have some personal things going on and don't want to fuss with a new car until about mid May 2007. I would order in March. That's only, 13.5 months from now...not out of line. Sure wouldn't want any major repairs in the interim, so I am babying it. Now, if there was both a discount AND a "kick-up" on the GM Card redemption, from my $ 2,235 to about $ 3,000, I would jump sooner, possibly keeping it in one of my Mom's garage "bays" up north. The car will be either a LaCrosse or a Grand Prix....the more I look around, the more I come back to these. I do think about getting a mint condition, low mileage 1998 or 1999 Intrigue to putz around in as a second car but I doubt I will. I've found the multiple car thing to be more trouble than it's worth, but that's just me!

I also don't feel the 35 to 45 year old corporate type golfer is going to RUN to Buick because of ads. He or she will still go for the import car ... unfortunately.

I'm such an academic moron. I know that in accounting parlance, there are two types of leases: a capital lease and an operating lease, the latter being just rent without anything that remotely looks like an ownership "likelihood" at the end of it all. The features in your lease which determine which you have. For you, the things to look at would be: 1. the cash outflows for the equivalent period under leasing or owning - payments, service costs, intial cap cost vs. down payment, residual value or sales value - some of which may be estimates 2. the GM Card contribution under either scenario 3. the tax effect thrown in 4. the deductibility if you use it for business and the business/personal blend 5. how many miles you drive, keeping in mind that you never know. I am not one who leases. I purchase and buy the extended GM warranty. I like to make them go a long time. Hope that helps some!

Does the rigid link between golf and Buick irritate just me? Or are there others out there who feel the same way?

G8

Just Germanic, not Nazi....makin' me walk on eggshells!

Mexico

assimilated Middle Easterner

Look, an Aryan poster child! Is that Gramps behind you? Is that an adding machine or food? The horn-rimmed glasses are cool.OK, I'll be brave. At neighbor's back yard in LA...probably 2 or 3 years old. Talk about contrast as you grow up. All of us who are first cousins were blondish for about 5 years and then went to dark brown, almost black and we got more olive complected. For contrast, this next one (this one is deliberately fuzzy because the Pix thread photo doesn't look that much like me so I don't care) was taken in Seattle after I got my first archi. license - so somewhere between 1998 and 2000. Big change in hair color and skin tone (must have just come back from a week in CA or FL...not usually that pigmented). Let's see more baby pix.

Andersen's in Solvang CA

Croc, run!Just kidding, The O.C. - it's hard not to like someone as "in your face" So. Cal. as yourself!

Linda Blair

exorcist

Bingo. I don't know if I looked down on them but I used to think "man, that is no $h! I wanna be doing." I mean, I would be around friends while they were smoking joints and I wouldn't touch the stuff...I would still hang out with them (you know those public school friends - LOL).I think I posted this on the cologne thread, but initially I thought the smell of patchouli oil was marijuana. It was on all the surfers and surfer chicks, so, it had to be, ya know. Incidentally, all of those people who speak of as being popular and cool because they did the drugs and the booze turned out to be boring...they've either become "burnouts" or are now limited and "conservative." Instead, I grew into myself and gained the self-sufficiency and confidence to hop on 747s to go see the world. Down the road, it just won't matter.

Yep. My h.s. friends (and college friends) were not wired that way. We never did any of that stuff. The only trouble (never caught, actually) we caused was usually property related (tp'ing, egging, etc.). Most of my friends were at least A- students and knew where they wanted to go. Popular? No. Worked for me? Yes.

Thanks, Croc. Don't forget, tmp will give me a run for my money any day of the week on LA....and it's more current...and he's not even a native. Damn transplants. :AH-HA_wink:

I didn't think what I thought would be a benign post would be a new thread. I DON'T think you have a personality problem. You are just coping with stuff that's tossed at you. For whatever it's worth, try not to be rigid in your expectations of others. That accomplishes nothing. You might just find that friendships and relationships run their course. I had a friend in ATL and she said "the positives have to outweigh the negatives" about jobs, friends, places you choose to live. When they don't for either party, it's time to move on. Relax, be yourself, let others be themselves!