Originally in the 80's I liked the look of the Monte SS. So I bought an SS 1 year old at the time. I thought WHAT A DOG! compared to my 65/68 GTO's I owned in the 70's. The Monte got stolen & I traded it after it was repaired.
A person mentioned to me I should get a BUICK GN because they were fast.
I said why would a want a WHIMPY V-6.
Well someplace, I think it was NEDragway I saw the TURBO Buicks boys putting a whipping on the mustangs around 1990. :biggrin:
I thought to myself are those real? or Implants?
I walked over to the staging lanes to see the engines seeing they all had v-6's. I talked with a few of the nice buick & tta guys. All of them were very nice folks & explained to me about the TBV6.
From that day on I had the HOTS to get one. It burned inside me. but it took me years because when I got back into cars slowly on a low working slugs budget back in 96.
I looked at a HOT air car that PINGED like crazy! Passed on this one, Then a dealer had an 87. took for a ride & when I depressed the pedal it was INSTANT love. But the price was too high at 14k.
So I got back in settling with a $2500 with a trans am 400 pontiac, then $7k 455 70 GTO... the GTO went up to 12k Value.... I hated this GAS GUZZILING LOUD SNORTING, 4speed HOT CABIN GTO.. I wanted silent, quick & AC.
I traded the GTO for a low mile 86 GN... The gn was nice but too flashy I wanted a GRANDPA car so now have a Limited T w column shift & bench seat. Just call me BARNEY.