"I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker" (qaaaaa)
09/08/2018 at 12:34 • Filed to: None
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"I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker" (qaaaaa)
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And a Joop. Enjoy your Saturday!
E90M3
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/08/2018 at 12:52 |
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My parents had one of those, exactly like that, it was shit.
Derpwagon
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/08/2018 at 13:05 |
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My parents had one of those. It was faithful transportation for as long as they owned it. Got rear ended once, first car accident.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/08/2018 at 14:39 |
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Was the Silhoutte the same platform as the Pontiac Montana? Or Chevy Uplander?
Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/10/2018 at 12:35 |
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Chevy Venture and the Pontiac Montana.
Prior it shared a platform with the Lumina APV and the Pontiac Trans Sport.
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> E90M3
09/10/2018 at 12:36 |
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The 3800 powered ones were reliable. Although I remember in insides had a terrible habit of falling to pieces long before the drivetrain gave any issue.
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E90M3
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/10/2018 at 13:09 |
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The only engine you could get in that gen was the 3.4; might have been different in the previous gen. The engine wasn’t terrible, the transmission was what did my parents one in.
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> E90M3
09/10/2018 at 16:03 |
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Consider me corrected. Previous gen was the 3800 offering. Carry on ;)
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E90M3
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/10/2018 at 16:26 |
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My dad had a 2002 Regal with the 3800 the same time my mom had the silhouette. Decent engine, rest of the car around it? Pass. Coincidentally , the transmission also did that car in.
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/10/2018 at 20:19 |
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Huh, interesting. I wouldn’t have guessed the same platform as the dustbuster twins.
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/11/2018 at 06:47 |
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Really?
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> E90M3
09/11/2018 at 07:00 |
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I have to ask,
How are these people having so many trans issues in 3800 powered cars?!?!?!?!
We’ve had north of 20 3800- powered vehicles among family since I was younger. None of them had any trans issues, all were sold with 200-250k miles.
Oh wait we had one trans fail. The car had 323k miles, had been hit twice, and had never had a fluid/filter done in it’s life!
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/11/2018 at 08:32 |
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The position of the A pillar and the relative ages I thought were different enough. With GM it seems like they have a million different platforms for similarly sized vehicles. But then again, I suppose this is GM we are taking about...
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E90M3
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/11/2018 at 08:33 |
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The olds was a 3400, not sure what happened to it, it was well maintained .
We suspect that the shop we took the buick to didn’t correctly refill the transmission when they flushed it.
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> E90M3
09/11/2018 at 10:06 |
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We suspect that the shop we took the buick to didn’t correctly refill the transmission when they flushed it.
That would make more sense. I wouldn’t be surprised, I don’t have any faith in shops anymore after things I’ve seen.
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/11/2018 at 10:08 |
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The one the OP posted would have shared with the Venture and Montana:
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E90M3
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/11/2018 at 10:55 |
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We took our cars to that place for over 10 years without incident.
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> E90M3
09/11/2018 at 12:11 |
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After finding the things I’ve found: https://oppositelock.kinja.com/fun-things-you-find-1823373043
Mind you these are all from shops people swear by.
No offense, but you may have been getting lucky for over 10yrs, or that shop may have led to some of your issues. Given they likely messed up a trans flush, I think you may be giving them more credit than they deserve.
I hope I’m wrong and that’s not that case, but I feel too many people don’t realize how little “Certified” shop actually means.