313badbuick
A V6!!!!
- Joined
- May 30, 2005
The factors that made me purchase my first turbo Buick started in 1986 while working in Dearborn Heights,Michigan at a local Steakhouse on Telegraph Rd. in High School. I was really into performance "MUSCLE" cars and there was alot of action on weekends in the Summertime to say the least and Iam sure any members on this board from the area would agree. As a 16yr old teenager I was really into performance cars like most teenage boys were and buying Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines every month. Just couldnt believe what I was reading about this V6 Buick Regal "FASTEST AMERICAN BUILT PRODUCTION CAR" on the Front of Motor Trend. While reading Iam thinking to myself there is no way in h*ll that a V6 Buick could hold the title FASTEST AMERICAN BUILT PRODUCTION CAR!!! NO WAY NO HOW...this must be a mistake . You have these FAST V8 POWERED..Mustang GT, Iroc, and the MIGHT Corvette the AMERICAN FLAGSHIP OF PERFORMANCE. i will never forget, one warm Sat. July nite me and a manager decided to cruise Telegraph in his notchback 5.0. We decided to stop and watch some of the street action at a parking lot across from a red light that you can catch a good race most of the time. Well what do you know ...a MIGHT Vette and one of thoses GN show within minutes of us parking. I couldnt believe how that V6 Buick spanked the Vette, then several Mustangs, Iroc's!!!! We watched that Black car punish all kinds of cars for over two hours. Then finally the owner/driver of the GN ,while sitting at the red light ,yells out of the window "What do you fellows think...pretty good for a little ole 6 !!!" Since that warm summer nite in 86 I have been a life long fan of that lil ole 6...what else is there????