getdowngranny
Mr. Fix It
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2006
- Messages
- 907
I'm so upset that Turbo Buicks are ending up in the wrong hands. Let me explain. I am the type of person that loves all genres of cars. If done correctly. Hot rod, street strip, rat rod, imports, etc...... Even donks (71-76 impala or caprice). I respect the work, money, and time people put in their cars to make them what they are. But. Turbo Buicks are now ending up with a crowd that is going to kill them rather than preserve then. I know all of you have seen this crowd coming on the board. You can see some of the newer members with the way they write things and the reasons why they are coming here. Horrible grammar, zero feedback, and want your advice to fix their problem but still end up taking it to "their" mechanic just to find a post three months later on how their newly rebuilt motor done by "their" mechanic is knocking all of a sudden. If you are on social media you can see it if you follow the right places. Instagram. All I see Buicks everyday that have been chopped up and hacked up to put huge wheels on it. Then they do burn outs until eventually the motor "their" mechanic built blows up. Then they are forced to come on the forum for help. Or they come on here to part out or sell stuff/junk and end up hustling our members. For example the aluminum heads sold by Miguelito thread fiasco we have going on. Our respected members are getting blindsided. I'm not saying Miguelito is doing the big wheel thing but he is also an example of other people getting and ruining these cars. Can you put big wheels and do it right, yes!!! I have done it in the past but that is not my cup of tea any more. Take TurboChrisss for example. He usually will do a build with bigger wheels but he does it correctly, doesn't hack the cars up to the point of no return, the cars look great, and he respects the community. But there are way too many more that are being chopped up abused and discarded because of the type of people that are getting them. Now. I know. Not all of them end up in the wrong hands and there are plenty of us that respect the brand and the community and keep these cars alive. But my eyes don't deceive me. I'm from Miami. And in Miami there is a great turbo Buick community that represents the community well. But in Miami there are way more of these cars getting raped for lack of better words. Same goes across the country. It just hurts me to see this forum and this Buick community now suffering from these people. If you look hard enough you can find the posts on here. The typical 10 post newbie with messed up grammar saying something to the tune of " my car brok... Lol.... Idk what it do..... Mechanic say motor need rebilt... Smoke from the tips". There isn't a thread with that in it but there are many threads that can relate. So. This type of person posts this crap up. We try to help as a community. They usually disregard our suggestion because they are looking for a quick fix and not want to do the long proper steps as we suggest. Then they post back up with crap for sale either on here or on Craigslist. And someone buys the stuff that is ruined or never gets the parts they pay for. On top of that, the poor Buick now is not only broken, but chopped up, or getting ready for some type of motor transplant because their "mechanic" does not know the LC2. I can go on and on about this kind of crap and other crap but I'll just drive myself crazy. Thanks for putting up with it. Getdown out!
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