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My first new car was a 1980 Buick Skylark.X-car.4 door.
Best car ever.
2.8 transverse mounted V6.
I kept it for 4 years and then gave it to my dad.
My dad kept it ..honed it.. until the mid 90s.
Had over 2500000 and never used a drop of oil.
Finally just rotted away.
dave
My Grandma had one o' those. I was shocked at how fast it was. She didn't keep it long enough to tell how well it might have held up. FC My late uncle bought one of the 1991 (I think) Olds Cutlass with the Quad-4. That thing was a lot quicker than what I expected a 4-banger to do in those days. Little bastard would FLY!
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Seems like the appeal of the subject cars depended on the driver's needs. Two daughters in University studies in the 80s were "assisted" into having used Chev Citations because the lower price and good condition yielded them a lot of driveable miles for the cost. They didn't love the things - not at all stylish compared to what classmates/friends were driving - but they sure liked the dependability, gas mileage, less expensive tires and parts, etc., and the fact that Dad would do the service and repairs.No serious repairs needed. Theirs ran the "Iron Duke" which was one nice development of that series. Upon graduation and first professional jobs, one bought a new Saturn and the other an S10 pickup. Both were good to them.
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Ha! Hadn’t thought of the Iron Duke in a while. A buddy’s dad bought an old 80 something S10 a while back for $250, smokes like a biotch and uses about as much oil as gas. He went to the salvage yard to look for a pulled motor to rebuild while he drove it with the old smoky motor in it and then do a weekend swap.
We walked into the office at the salvage yard and asked the dude if he had an Iron Duke. Guy pointed to a pile about the size of a boxcar and says, “you can have all you want, $50 apiece”!
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My first new car was a 1980 Buick Skylark.X-car.4 door.
Best car ever.
2.8 transverse mounted V6.
I kept it for 4 years and then gave it to my dad.
My dad kept it ..honed it.. until the mid 90s.
Had over 2500000 and never used a drop of oil.
Finally just rotted away.
dave
Is there perhaps one too many zeros there? I knew a couple of guys who had those Skylarks, they loved them. Yep one to many zeros. dave
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The most interesting aspect of this thread is how many truly lousy cars we have collectively driven! And lived to tell about it!
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... And similar to a late 80's Nova ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/100598.jpg) But, more like the Cavalier to me. The Nova of that vintage was a rebadged Toyota Corolla.......... Correct. Built at the NUMMI facility in Fremont, CA...
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