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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 03:04 AM
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Default Buick To get the 5.3 LS4

Check it out in the '08 LaCrosse SUPER. Maybe the most FANCY PANTS W car ever made... I bet it comes with DYNARIDE and Concert Sound II....When are they gonna stop making the 3800?
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 05:46 AM
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I am an OLD SCHOOL Buick fan from way back. The stablemate to my new 2007 Chevy Impala SS is my 1970 Buick Gran Sport. If the Super had been released a few months earlier I would have given it serious consideration. Its good to see some real muscle back in the Buick stable. They haven't had any since the Gran National.

Rock on!
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 06:55 AM
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I would so spot that car as well. . .. I love the looks of buicks. . .its a lot of class what used to be a lot of power.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 10:35 AM
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The tag line for the old Buicks was...

"Go FAST with CLASS!!"

Seeing a Buick smoke its tires again is going to be sweet..

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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 01:36 PM
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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This always happens when you get something new, I was looking at some Buicks before I purchased my SS. The northstar motor didn't impress me too much in my Aurora, so I opted for some classic LS style V8 power. But if the Buick were available I probably would have bought the Buick.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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Call me crazy, but i don't like it one bit..."Super" or not. The rear is alright, but the front end is downright fugly IMO.

I guess you guys are a little older than me, b/c just about every Buick for the past 10-15 years screams "grandpa's car"...minus the late 90s, early 2000 Regal GS, maybe, but even grandpa had a hottie every once in a while.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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Here is my old school Buick power...

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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by BuffaloSS
Call me crazy, but i don't like it one bit..."Super" or not. The rear is alright, but the front end is downright fugly IMO.

I guess you guys are a little older than me, b/c just about every Buick for the past 10-15 years screams "grandpa's car"...minus the late 90s, early 2000 Regal GS, maybe, but even grandpa had a hottie every once in a while.
I'm with you...not liking the front at all.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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Yeah, not feelin' it. I think the Lucerne would have been a better choice for the LS4.
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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looks a little like a jaguar from the front
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Old Jul 5, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 07:44 AM
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There is a guy here at my work that has a black Buick Lucerne. Love the back end. Looks very slick. HATE the front end. Just cannot get into that grill. Not sure what it is.
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And they're putting that grille on everything, too.
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The rear end looks like the 90's monte carlo and lumina rear
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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GM is real creative like that ...which would explain why my car sort of looks like a Camry and/or Accord
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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle D
Here is my old school Buick power...

Now that's sweet. Reminds me of the old days. My brother had one just like it and he was a ford guy. The only GM car he ever got to own and a powerhouse it was.
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[QUOTE=Uncle D]Here is my old school Buick power...
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SWEET...!!!!!!!!!
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