https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-buick-electra-2/ A 3000 mile 1988 Buick, how does that happen?
It was probably the last car an elderly person bought, I see it is in Florida so it may have been the car that they kept at the winter residence. As we get older many of us do not drive as much as we used to. I can see a winter months retiree's car only getting 3000 miles on it in 3 or 4 years worth of use in the 4 months they were in Florida. But I also understand how crazy it is to buy a brand new car and hardly use it. But I could also understand hating the way the full size FWD GM cars drove to ride a golf cart or bike instead of taking the car. ( I know this is a 2nd gen full size FWD car and they were much better than the earlier cars, but I still didn't enjoy driving the many rentals I was forced to drive in the 80-90's) I am surprised that the bidding is up to $5000 but I see it is a dealer that has that high bid. On the plus side the FI 3800 is almost a bullet proof engine and is much better than the previous engines in these cars. Most of the transaxle issues were resolved by 88 so it should be a reliable car.
Anybody else think this 33 year old, 3k mile car has such dried up gaskets and seals that it will leak each and every fluid like a 1960s British sportscar ?
Covid is pretty good for our checkbook balance. Whereas before we were filling the gas tank of the Edge every 10 days or so, now we're going about a month between fill ups. Hardly spending anything on restaurants, either. All we're doing is going to the supermarket, the home improvement store, and our doctors......
You are probably correct on that issue, The seals may be fine for a bit, but I wager if you take the car out on the highway for a couple of hours something will start leaking. Krash I agree with you on the check book balance, ours has improved in the last year, but we have been very lucky and both me and my wife have been able to stay working throughout the pandemic.
We traded in my wife's 81 Olds Ciera wagon in 1996 with 51,000 miles on it and it leaked every where all the seals and gaskets were shot, they just dried up. Mechanics suggestion "put something on your garage floor and just buy all the fluids - for the the limited miles the car goes its cheaper" we did that for years. Also I can attest to failed seals and gaskets - my 85 Colony park had 56.000 miles on it and most of the seals and gaskets had to be replaced. Gaskets and seals parts are cheap - but getting to them is pricey. will never do it again!
