NPoCP: Grandfather Edition

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 11/13/2014 at 13:58 • Filed to: None

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Had everything gone to plan, I would not be driving the car I do. I'd be driving my grandfather's midnight blue !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Unfortunately, it was totaled in an accident in 2011, with just under 45,000 miles on the odometer. This meant I was forced to get the car I got, and my poor grandfather had no choice but to putter around in a pearl white DTS Platinum. Life's a bitch, I know. Initially, he didn't wan't a Cadillac; he wanted another Park Avenue. But he didn't want a used car, and 2005 was the last year for the big Buick. It's too bad we didn't run across this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with just 80,000 miles on it, because the near-new condition might've been enough to win him over. And, at just a fiver short of $10,000, it's a fraction of the cost of a Caddy. The Ultra is one of the most comfortable modern cruisers you can buy this side of a Phantom, and has some neat gadgets including my gramps' favorite, the head-up display. It also features an supercharged version of Buick's legendarily reliable 3800 engine, which pumps out 240hp and 280lbs/ft or torque, which is sufficient, and also possibly underrated. Apart from being front wheel drive, this is an old school Buick the likes of which we no longer have. But then, these are not hard cars to find, so while this one has particularly low miles, and is in great shape with some cool wheels, does that make it worth the same as an old LS400?

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Aaron M - MasoFiST > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/13/2014 at 14:05

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I owned a Pontiac Bonneville SSEi, which is a remarkably similar car to this. The difference between this and my car is that my car was a hoopty, with salvage title and some front end peculiarities from being reassembled in a Western Pennsylvania backyard.

For a hoopty, my car was fairly reliable, requiring some initial repair to shut off a CEL (did I mention I bought it with the CEL on?) and then nothing for the rest of the year I owned it (other than caulking the parking lights into the body because misalignment during the salvage reassembly caused them to keep popping out).

The moral? You don't need a cherry G/H body...just buy one that has a clean title and was never reassembled in a backyard.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/13/2014 at 14:12

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I want a black on black PAU, lowered a bit, smaller pulley on the SC, general upgrades to the motor for about 300hp, and a set of these chrome wheels off the lacrosse. A few little touches here and there and you have my ideal cruiser.

My citroen won't start > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/13/2014 at 14:14

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I thought I wouldn't like it, but I do.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/13/2014 at 14:14

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OMG FUCKING PEP BOYS BULLSHIT WITH THEIR FA... Oh, wait. Park Ave. No, these are real. Carry on.

Not a huge fan of the white on cream. Your grandfather's blue one was much more attractive.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/13/2014 at 14:27

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I would buy the LS400, but I have a Toyota bias and also know the weakness that is the GM 4-speed automatic.

Mike > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/13/2014 at 14:45

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I had a hand-me-down '96 Park Avenue as my first car. I don't care if you pay me, I'm never going to climb in the driver's seat of another one of those pieces of shit. It drives like a drunken marshmallow powered by a couple of overweight hamsters in the front wheels. The interior is incredibly chincy for what it claims to be. The entire car just exudes mushy late-nineties GM beige.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/13/2014 at 16:00

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New intake and some stiffer springs and it would make a nice ride. NP at $8500.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Mike 11/13/2014 at 21:37

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Despite the lack of visual differences. The later models are MUCH better

Coachrotte33 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 11/15/2014 at 11:05

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My grandmother had an'01 with 56,000 that she couldn't drive anymore because of her eyes. My uncle "borrowed" it for a month. He didn't realize that when you get the oil changed, at a national shop, you should still check that everything was put back right. Ran it without oil for 7 miles Til the engine locked. Had to me scrapped. Still haven't forgiven him.