Cash for Clunkers
As a result of the cash for clunkers program, this is the final ride of the 1996 Buick Roadmaster Station Wagon minutes before it got traded in on a new Pontiac, which I never would have bought without the program. The dealer was glad to get the sale. The wagon was then sold by the dealer to a salvage yard, where everything good left on the car (but the engine) will eventually be sold off as spare parts, which is what keeps junkyards in business, and makes used parts available to the public. This particular roadmaster was my work car so it had about 11 miles a day put on it at this point in its life. It had extremely high mileage. It needed a complete suspension rebuild, and all new shocks. It bounced like a ball when you hit a bump. It needed completely new brakes. It had extreme rust which can’t really be seen in the video. Even the front strut towers were rusted through, and all the doorjambs. Air pump was dead, exhaust was shot, and there has been a Willy Nelson tape stuck in the tape deck since the day I bought it years (and a gazillion miles) ago. So it’s radio-only for entertainment. The windshield was cracked all the way across. The rear windows were off the track, so you have to leave them up. There were a host of other problems as well, but you get the point. I was ready to get rid of it anyway, no time or desire to fix all the problems on a car that was falling apart. It can still do a mean one-tire burnout, though you can’t hear how the engine was coughing and sputtering afterward. Roadmasters Rule, this was a great car. If I ever come across a rust-free example at the right price (and I need a car) I would buy another one in an instant. Great room great power, great utility (you can load 4×8 sheets of plywood or drywall in the back with all the seats folded down.) It actually gets decent mileage on the highway, when running right, though the emissions have ratcheted down considerably since 1996, which is why cars today get comparatively poor mileage for the size. They have to live in a much tighter emissions box than 13 years ago.
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March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
I like Buicks but …
I like Buicks but this one appears to be a POS . can’t disagree with you for getting $4500 for it.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
For how long? Is …
For how long? Is one required to “take care” of a car past 250K? How many cars get “taken care of” for that long? Eventually things just wear out. I wasn’t about to do a full restoration on it. Jeez.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
then you should …
then you should have taken care of it.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
no, it really …
no, it really wasn’t in good shape at all.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
The 1994-96 …
The 1994-96 Roadmaster wagons have been tagged as,” Future Collectibles”, and you traded it in as a,”Clunker.” So, while your Pontiac is losing value, the Roadmaster will be gaining value!!!! Someone saw you coming!!!! you should have sold it on E-Bay. People always are looking for these!!! DUH!!!!!!!!! You don’t know about cars, do ya?
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
What you fail to …
What you fail to realize is that the junk yards which take the “clunkers” make the most profit off of the used engines in the vehicles they recieve. But if the engine is killed, what good does it do?
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
FIX THE WAGON DICK …
FIX THE WAGON DICK HEAD
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
I would love to …
I would love to have a old wagon like this one. What a loser. I wonder what new car you got for this classic. Still paying payment on new car? hehe… You just got SUCKER!!!!
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
Wagon’s are already …
Wagon’s are already rare. Why destroy this classic?
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
I couldn’t have …
I couldn’t have said it better my self. another one of America’s “Sheople” The sheep will always follow the shepard. If people would start thinking for themselves and stop letting others tell them what to think we may be able to save whats left of this great country. Till then these “strut-tower” experts and thier offspring are the future of my beloved America.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
Motors good, 2+ …
Motors good, 2+ tons-weak cheap trans.
Later ones used plastic gas tanks, some with 3.42 rears, other than that, nothing to write home about.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
so if u liked the …
so if u liked the car so much then why did u trade it in for the cash for clunkers program? that car was still in good shape.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
How is crushing …
How is crushing hudreds of thousands of working cars helping the economy?
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
THE CARS PROGRAM …
THE CARS PROGRAM will be repeated in 2010 Are you
Ready ASSHOLES
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
some body should …
some body should turn you in for cash, since your brain seems to take more oxygen for you to think almost straight! Why the would you let this beautiful beast die. I am ashamed.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
easy rod calm down …
easy rod calm down its jus a video
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
you are correct sir …
you are correct sir. I should change that to “giant rust holes in inner fenders”. 13 years of salty winters…
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
Would’nt be too …
Would’nt be too worried by ‘rusty front strut towers’ considering this car has double wishbone front suspension, NOT struts.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
I had a 95 caprice …
I had a 95 caprice wagon with the LT1….scrapping one of these bad boys just seems so wrong….that LT1 was a dope powerplant….
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
seems like u just …
seems like u just disregaurded any normal maintenance….
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
That’s the type of …
That’s the type of car I’m getting for a first car, so the govt can suck my LT1 V8 hauling ass. Those things are huge, my aunt’s got one and it is smooth sailing all day long. Maintained by GM since it was bought.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
goodbye “chevick” …
goodbye “chevick” roadmaster
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
lol your caprice …
lol your caprice wagon’s soul will live on.. it will smoke it’s tires around you where ever you live in it’s LT1 glory forever. Yeah and my all wheel drive 2000 GMC Safari will flex it’s traction might every winter of the great beyond. THEY will live on in our souls. Don’t feel stupid over your ride it’s your friend and always will be.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
This is a …
This is a disgusting and IMMORAL program paid for with your tax money.
There is no reason to destroy a reliable working car. How many needy people do you know that could use reliable transportation to drive to a better job? How many students could use a reliable car to go to school? How many people are driving unsafe cars because they can not afford to replace them with a new car?
I hope that the creeps in Congress and the White House that came up with this disgusting program rot in hell.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:42 am
Great tune!
Great tune!