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1972 Buick Electra 225 Limited Hardtop Sedan 
Ep. 1.03Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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◊ 2005-12-29 10:32 |
Buick Electra 225 Limited hardtop sedan of 1972. |
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◊ 2009-01-28 18:34 |
those cars are humongous. my granddad had one and plowed down our mailbox...that was dug SIX FEET INTO THE GROUND. didnt even dent his car. only cracked the tailight......had to get a new mailbox though :-) |
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◊ 2011-01-30 06:17 |
Buicks have always been good solid and reliable cars. This one, from episode "Mary Kay's Baby", is an awesome old boat. .gif ":)") But boat or not, I bet it'd still be running today if it wasn't on the "Dukes!"  |
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◊ 2011-01-30 16:24 |
Magnificent black cruiser! |
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◊ 2011-02-02 08:03 |
I agree! A lot of people dislike the big old "boats" from the 50's through the 70's...but I love 'em! I've always liked big and stylish cars. The smaller, boxier, and/or more "space-age" looking they get the less I like 'em.  To me they lose their character and "soul" when that happens. But, that's just me. I bet that old black Buick would have drank gas like it was candy...but it probably had an engine the size of the Grand Canyon and would have reached speeds of the same with no problem--and the ride would've been smooth enough that you'd of never noticed. .gif ";)") |
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◊ 2011-02-03 01:47 |
You see things the way I do, Hunter! We had a 1982 Buick LeSabre 8-cylinder diesel with a 30-gallon tank that got 34 MPG. We could drive from Raleigh North Carolina to Melbourne, Florida and over half way back without stopping for gas. (But I hated the way the engine rattled when it started!) -- Last edit: 2011-02-03 17:32:47 |
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◊ 2011-02-03 02:11 |
 @ Commander 57... are you still in Raleigh..? |
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◊ 2011-02-03 03:43 |
Yep. Been here 42 years, now. |
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◊ 2011-02-03 04:52 |
... i lived raleigh (north hills mostly) from 1993 until 2002. we'll be back in a few years to stay, when i make parole from my imprisonment in the frozen tundra. |
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◊ 2011-02-03 12:27 |
That always belongs to any Diesel-car How long is the "Rudolf-Diesel-minute's-silence" of your car? Really 60 seconds like of the early Diesel-Benzes or already 30 seconds, as in the 1980ies? At the modern TDI's it's just a few seconds. You can avoid it completely, when you use this marvellous extra: http://www.eberspaecher.com/servlet/PB/menu/1004458_l2/index.html |
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◊ 2011-02-03 12:51 |
I understand hearing this (other GM V8 diesel however the same I believe): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6qqBM57us8 I ignore glow-plugs light indications and warm up 2-3x longer always (before cranking sister's trusty Peugeot 1.9D). Some diesels warm up still after glow-plug light's wane, some others need reapeting the key turning. All cold diesels respond to that with much less vibrations and rattles. |
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◊ 2011-02-03 17:35 |
As I recall, ours ran relatively quietly at road speeds but always had at least a slight rattle when it idled down. |
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◊ 2011-02-03 17:39 |
Yes 130, that rattle in the youtube clip was just the way our LeSabre sounded! I don't recall any period of silence, however. Seemed like it rattled right from the start but perhaps memory fails. |
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◊ 2011-02-03 20:03 |
For me this GM-Diesel doesn't sound like a V8, but it's not rattling worse than other Diesel's. It can be noisier, even at smaller cars. A friend had an worn out VW Golf II Diesel (400.000 km or so on the clock) - when you have started it a minus 10 degrees in the winter, the tapes were thrown out of the player  This V8-Diesel, was it an own creation of GM? Not all car-makers are making them by theirselves. So it's quite unknown, that the Diesel-engines of the Volvo 740-series are made by VW (originally for the LT Transporter) and BMW has sold their 2.4 liter Diesel to other brands, for example to GM. But the smaller 2.0-Opel Diesel (as it's in my Omega), was originally from Isuzu. The ultimate Diesel-hammer had this great legend: Link to "de.wikipedia.org" An air-/fanner-cooled 8-cylinder-two-stroke-Diesel. It's said, that you could up whole villages by passing them in the night, when you have used the engine-brake |
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◊ 2011-02-04 08:43 |
Diesel engines, no matter what vehicle they are in, have always sounded loud and "rattly" to me. I know some like diesel engines in trucks to help with hauling power...but why they ever put them in cars is beyond me  ? Was it for gas milage? However, I'm not really a fan of diesels in trucks either I definitely don't want my car to sound that way though...it always sounded like the engines were falling apart and just about to blow up  I like the "regular" V8's--no matter the gas milage, they have the "sweet" sound and the power!  |
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◊ 2011-02-04 12:30 |
Yes, exactly. And because the are often (more in the past than nowadays) known as very reliable (despite some exceptions, so GM had bad Diesel-engines in the past). Examples: http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,318967,00.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9FCzlIuIUA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP8KCp9PJjU Link to "www.pagenstecher.de" So nothing with: Except the engines with very modern injection-technology, it's the truth that fuel-eninges are always needing more fuel that Diesel-versions. @HunterMan: you will wonder about, but in Germany and many other European countries nowadays the very most cars, except the smallest ones, have indeed Diesel-engines. We have millions of them round here. Of some model-ranges, especially from Mercedes, VW and Peugeot, over 80% of the cars had Diesel-engines... -- Last edit: 2011-02-04 12:31:24 |
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◊ 2011-02-04 17:37 |
I agree with Ingo. I was around when the diesel was introduced by GM and it was solely and specifically done as an attempt to get higher mileage to meet government restrictions without sacrificing size. |
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◊ 2011-02-04 18:32 |
The times of the lame Diesel-cars, like the roundabout-60hp-engines of the old Mercedes or VW's (1976+ Golf I and following) are gone. You can have a plenty of Muscle-Diesel's See: Link to "suchen.mobile.de" Link to "suchen.mobile.de" Link to "suchen.mobile.de" Link to "suchen.mobile.de" Link to "suchen.mobile.de" and even Link to "suchen.mobile.de" -- Last edit: 2011-02-04 18:33:30 |
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Gomselmash11 ◊ 2011-02-04 18:33 |
Agree, see in Le Mans... Audi and Peugeot wins with diesel cars. |
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◊ 2011-02-05 07:31 |
Maybe in Germany most cars have diesel engines...but not here! Im sure that gas milage was and is key with diesels...but I'm sorry guys, I still don't really care for diesel engines--especially in cars. They still sound loud and "clanky" to me. I'm sure other engines require more fuel and maybe don't get as good of gas milage...but I don't care! If someone tried putting a diesel engine in my Camaro Z28 I'd kill 'em!  Figuratively speaking of course. Regular fuel engines (especially V8's) still sound more awesome and "smooth" to me, and seem to have way more power than diesel engines. But, this is my opinion--one of my best friends has a Dodge Ram Truck that has a diesel engine, and I by no means hold it against him. However, when several of us friends get together we all tease him that we can tell when he's coming because we can hear him coming a "mile" away! His truck is pretty nice though. -- Last edit: 2011-02-05 07:31:48 |
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