Driving Excitement! Pontiac!

[ratmonster]

Anybody else remember those commercials? Anybody else wonder why your parents weren't driving excitement? My dad had a Volare. Wagon. No excitement there.

Anyway, just dropping in to introduce myself. I have read some posts here in the past but I have never joined until now! I currently own a 1989 Bonneville LS and a 1993 Buick Roadmaster. The Bonny is my wife's daily driver, the Roady is mine. Her car is sort of a gunmetal grey, with grey interior. It's a nice looking car inside and out, with a few parking lot dings and a few bad spots on the paint, but overall very straight. It is an automatic with 197,000 miles, ice cold air, old lady driven since 1992. We bought it from the son of an 86 year old woman.

I have owned a couple other Pontiacs, including a late 70's Grand LeMans and a 1983 Bonneville. They were both essentially the same body style, though not identical. Neither worked out to well. But I have loved the 3800 cars since my first one, a 1991 LeSabre we drove about ten years ago.

No major issues with the Bonneville, just some minor stuff. The rear windows don't work, and I destroyed the door's interior structure to get the left rear window up (it had been stuck down and taped closed for a for years, leading to a water-filled, nasty interior). I had to rig it closed. It needs rear struts and either a wheel bearing or brake pads, because there is a rotating squeal noise constantly that keeps speed with the car, not the motor.

I really enjoy driving the car! For an older vehicle, it handles nicely, rides smooth enough, has decent braking and acceleration, and looks sort of timeless. It doesn't stand out, which is nice, because the Roadmaster is a sort of a rat-rod tribute, and our last car was a hearse.

My only concern is the exhaust pipe. It sure seems to be low to the ground! Is there a known fix for this, or just an unfortunate engineering decision? It appears to be where Pontiac intended to be, but Man is it low!

Ratmonster

[CMNTMXR57]

Yes. Fondly remember 80's Pontiac's.