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This is my beautiful 1963 Buick Riviera that I have owned for about 2 years. I bought this car in New Hampshire and brought it over here last fall. To my knowledge I am only the 4th owner of this car since it was bought new in 63'. I believe the story is that the car was passed down from father to son in the same family, until the last owner needed to sell it because he needed the money. That's where I came in. When I got the car it was in great, running condition, and it still had the original white wall tires on it. The garage I bought it from also did a fair amount of work to it to make it drive as amazingly as it does now. This car is completely original except for the new tires and a Borla side pipe exhaust system that I had installed professionally last summer. I have taken very good care of this car. The last 2 winters since I have owned the car it has been in a temperature controlled garage, and during the summer I cleaned the whole car inside and out every week or so. Before I go into any more detail about the condition, please look at the pictures I supplied, and feel free to ask for more if you want them. The paint is in great condition for being original. The color looks as it did 50 years ago, and it is a great color to begin with. There are a few imperfections in it that can be seen in the pictures, but overall the paint looks fantastic. The engine (401 Nailhead V8), transmission, and suspension all work 100% correctly and it drives amazingly. The interior also looks amazing for its age. The seats are in great condition, the dashboard is perfect, and all the chrome knobs and buttons are still there. The original AM radio currently does not work although there is a new Sony radio, with a new chrome antenna installed in the glove box. I also replaced the original 6x9 speaker between the rear seats with a new one. The carpet looks great in the front and under the front seats, but it needs a little attention underneath the rear floor mats. The floors are in great condition and there are no holes to be found anywhere. The underside of the car has some surface rust, but the car is solid and feels great. There are some small rust spots on the exterior of the car but a little TLC should make it look great. The car has only 90,000 original miles and it feels like it. Honestly this car drives better than most of the new cars I have driven. This was strictly a good weather car, and to my knowledge it has never touched snow or salt. I really love this car, and I'm fine with keeping it if I do not get a good enough offer on it. Please feel free to ask me any questions you have, and thank you so much for taking a look at my Buick. Thanks!

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2013 Buick Encore

Mon, 10 Dec 2012

City, Slicker
We admit it. We have no earthly idea how this whole thing is going to shake out.
Typically, after driving a new car or truck, we come away prepared to hazard a guess as to whether said model has a good chance of being a sales success. We've amassed enough time watching the industry, scrutinizing the competitors, and so on, to make a reasonably educated bet. Yet here we are, days removed from driving the new 2013 Buick Encore, and we still have no bloody idea.

Repo man pays off elderly couple's car just in time for Thanksgiving

Mon, Nov 28 2016

Repo men get bad raps for a good reason; no one likes having their car taken away. At least one guy in the repossession game proved folks in his profession aren't all bad when he helped an elderly couple hold on to their wheels right before Thanksgiving. According to the Belleville News-Democrat, unexpected bills and the rising cost of prescription medications pushed Stanford and Patty Kipping's fixed income to the breaking point. Unable to keep up with the $95 dollar a month payment on their 1998 Buick, they fell into arrears and the bank sent a repo man out to their home in Red Bud, Illinois to reclaim the car. Jim Ford, co-owner of Illini Recovery Inc., hooked up the old Buick and dragged it away, but later that night his conscience caught up with him. "When I got home that night, I said to myself, 'They are a real nice elderly couple. I gotta do something. I can't just take their car,'" Ford told the News-Democrat. Ford did do something, something surprisingly humane. He set up a GoFundMe and, within just a few short hours, he raised more than $3,500 dollars. This was enough money to pay off the Kipping's loan with a little left over for some maintenance. Ford and a friend then hooked the car back up and towed it back to the Kipping's home. Ford presented the couple with their trusty Buick, and threw in a thousand dollars in an envelope and a frozen turkey for Thanksgiving. "It was a miracle come true," Patty told the paper. "We didn't know what we were going to do." "I got up this morning and I looked up at the sun and I said, 'I hope we get our car back,'" added Stanford. "It's just unbelievable."Related Video: News Source: Belleville News-Democrat Auto News Weird Car News Buick repossession repo man

J.D. Power study sees new car dependability problems increase for first time since 1998

Wed, 12 Feb 2014

For the first time since 1998, J.D. Power and Associates says its data shows that the average number of problems per 100 cars has increased. The finding is the result of the firm's much-touted annual Vehicle Dependability Study, which charts incidents of problems in new vehicle purchases over three years from 41,000 respondents.
Looking at first-owner cars from the 2011 model year, the study found an average of 133 problems per 100 cars (PP100, for short), up 6 percent from 126 PP100 in last year's study, which covered 2010 model-year vehicles. Disturbingly, the bulk of the increase is being attributed to engine and transmission problems, with a 6 PP100 boost.
Interestingly, JDP notes that "the decline in quality is particularly acute for vehicles with four-cylinder engines, where problem levels increase by nearly 10 PP100." Its findings also noticed that large diesel engines also tended to be more problematic than most five- and six-cylinder engines.

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