Chat about all things Bonneville (and related cars). Off-topic stuff should be in the lounge, and all mechanical problems should be posted in the proper forum.
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
2000 SSEi
past rides:
1996 SSEi
1992 GTP
1987 Grand Am
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.
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.
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.
-Nick
'95 Grand Prix SE coupe 'Black Betty' gone but not forgotten- my 1st love
'99 Olds Alero GX Coupe the get me by beater- sold
'03 Bonneville SSEi 'Gina' Feb. '16 COTM | 35% tint | smoked tail lights | boat roller mount | carbon fiber accents | Silverline exhaust tips
Ziebart rust protection & undercoating | CompuStar Accustart | LED interior lighting
Intense shift kit | Intense FWI | 3" ZZP downpipe | RDI headers | 3.4 MPS | Autolite 104s | 180 deg t-stat | custom tune | ZZP high flow fuel filter | alum coolant elbows and LIM gaskets | much more to come…hopefully '15 Buick Regal 2.0 Turbo AWD 259 HP | 10k miles | 2-way remote start | undercoating and window tint to come
'98 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 4x4 | 112k miles | S&B intake | garage ornament | more to come
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