I owned this one until last fall:
1996 Buick Roadmaster. The last two years of production, 95 and 96 got an iron head version of the Corvette LT1, and made stupid amounts of horsepressure. Heated leather, limited slip, bunches of power candy stuff, towed 7000 lbs comfortably, 25 miles to the gallon going down the road on a good day.
Dog crates, kids, dogs, cute Colombian chick to pick ticks off of us, good hunting buddy, tools, full size spare tire (on the car, not hunting buddy) beer, and a partridge in a pear tree.
I miss it. I don't miss working on a Chevy LT1, however. I owned an almost identicle 1993 that I pulled the throttle body 350 motor out of, and swapped a fresh small block 400 with the injection and heads from the 350, and then put 160,000 more miles on it. Much less trouble to work on, but, less power, too.
I replaced it with a Ford extended cab pickup. Big, ugly, useful, I see 24mpg all the time in the summer. Eco Boost, 4x4, these vehicles are so handy, and so expensive.
Best,
Ted
