"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes) 09/21/2017 at 14:28 • Filed to: None

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Party-vi > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/21/2017 at 14:52

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Papa GM: John how can we move Buick to target 50-year-olds instead of 70-year-olds?

John Heinricy: Let’s put a truck engine in it, and I’ll say some bullshit about it being faster than the fastest car we ever made even though this is just a fancy Impala.

WilliamsSW > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/21/2017 at 15:00

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The tl;dr on Heinricy’s quote is: “It’s not that great, but we rummaged through the GM parts bin and threw some stuff at it to make it at least a little better than your typical Buick”

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/21/2017 at 15:04

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hey! nice rover!

Sweet Trav > Party-vi 09/21/2017 at 15:05

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Built on the horrific GM10/W-body platform.

theloudmouth > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/21/2017 at 15:07

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To paraphrase Kevin McAllister, “WOOF!”

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/21/2017 at 15:10

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The most exhilarating luxury in its class*

*In a class of its own

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/21/2017 at 15:11

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404 - User No Longer Available > Sweet Trav 09/21/2017 at 15:46

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I wouldn’t say it’s horrible, had a 2nd gen Lumina in the family, it’s comfy.

Plus it’s financially successful for GM, so successful they kept it in production for so long, after tooling is all paid off.

Sweet Trav > 404 - User No Longer Available 09/21/2017 at 15:47

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No, the W-body is without a doubt one of the worst platforms of all time.

404 - User No Longer Available > Sweet Trav 09/21/2017 at 15:49

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That goes to J-Body.

Sweet Trav > 404 - User No Longer Available 09/21/2017 at 15:55

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At least the J-body wasn’t kept alive from 1988-2016!

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Party-vi 09/21/2017 at 16:05

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You know the LaCrosse was tuned better than it’s platform mates. They really wanted it to stand out.

itschrome > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/21/2017 at 16:09

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STOP REMINDING ME I BOUGHT THE WRONG CAR.

edit oh lacrosse, not Lucern. nope bought the right car over that 5.3lt mess.

Party-vi > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 09/21/2017 at 16:22

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Heinricy knew what he was doing that is for sure.

404 - User No Longer Available > Sweet Trav 09/21/2017 at 17:16

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If your logic of a platform being shitty is how long it’s kept in production, that goes to the Mk2 Jetta: 1984-2013, 29 years.

And that’s only one example of zombie platforms still lurking. Somewhere British Leyland’s tools are still churning out cars.

Sweet Trav > 404 - User No Longer Available 09/21/2017 at 18:26

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The MK2 Jetta is world more engaging than any w body was to drive.

random001 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 09/21/2017 at 19:33

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I didn’t know this was a thing. That’s actually kinda cool. V8 Buick’s are always cool.