you first 3800.....

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Re: you first 3800.....

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jradke61 wrote:I've owned well over 100 cars /trucks dating back to the 60s and one 57 Chevy Belair. Many of my 3800 powered rides just aren't all that prominent in my memory to recall which was my first.

I Hate when that happens....lol
poverty forces one to do unorthodox things

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Re: you first 3800.....

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96 SSEi wrote:
jradke61 wrote:I've owned well over 100 cars /trucks dating back to the 60s and one 57 Chevy Belair. Many of my 3800 powered rides just aren't all that prominent in my memory to recall which was my first.

I Hate when that happens....lol
Yeah, it sucks gettin' old. :bluetwitch:
The story of your life told by the cars that you've owned. Or the number of them anyway.
I see a lot of "my first car" posts here that end with "199x something" and then I realize my kids had cars older.
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Re: you first 3800.....

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1980 Datsun 310 GX!!!!

LOL..I used to tool around in my buddy's B210
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Re: you first 3800.....

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I'm driving the first 3800 that I've owned. My mom had a 2000 grand prix that was bought 2001-2002ish. That was the first one I had driven once I turned 15 in 2005. Otherwise we always just had 3100s in the family. My mom now has a '07 Grand Prix with series 3 supercharged. And my dad's work car fleet has been all 3800s since I left home. He's been on a rought streak of 1 per year lately. He had a ’95 LeSabre that I wrecked on him. Got t-boned at an intersection. Had freshly rebuilt trans and new tires :( Then he got a ’96 Olds 88. Replaced the plenum in that and hit a deer. Then he got a ’00 LeSabre. Fresh trans overhaul, new LIM gaskets/UIM. Got rear ended on the freeway and sent into the truck in front of him. It was totaled. He currently has a ’98 LeSabre. It has very rusty rockers but it’s a Limited and has treated him pretty well thus far. All N/A 3800s.
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Re: you first 3800.....

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My 07 GP. Loved that car
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Re: you first 3800.....

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My first was my 95 SSE in my sig.

I also had
1993 Park Avenue Ultra
1994 SE Bonnie
2002 SSEi Bonnie
and my current 2002 Lesabre that I just gave my daughter. I guess I no longer own a 3800 nothing :sad:
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Re: you first 3800.....

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Nobody had an earlier 3800 than my '79 Buick Century wagon?. In all of North America?. Wow!. :)

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Re: you first 3800.....

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First one I rode in:
My mother had a 63 skylark (although not exactly 3800) and 80 regal.
I ended up with her 3rd - the 92SE
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