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Oldsmobile Aurora Owners: Meet the Members

Please take a moment to introduce yourself and share some details about your Aurora!
My name is KarenS and I am the host of the Edmunds.com Owner's Clubs. Please let me know what discussions you would like to see in your Club folder. I will create them ASAP. You may want to take a look through the other clubs to get ideas for discussions.
Also, if you are interested in a live chat, I can arrange that for you. All Club chats are set up on
Tuesdays:
4:00-5:00 pm PT/7:00-8:00pm ET
-or-
Thursdays:
5:00-6:00pm PT/8:00-9:00pm ET
6:00-7:00pm PT/9:00-10:00 ET
7:00-8:00pm PT/10:00-11:00pm ET
(The latter may be rather late for East Coasters, but is available if you want.)
Let me know if you are interested in a chat and the day/time convenient for you.
Looking forward to meeting everyone!
KarenS
Host
Owner's Clubs
My name is KarenS and I am the host of the Edmunds.com Owner's Clubs. Please let me know what discussions you would like to see in your Club folder. I will create them ASAP. You may want to take a look through the other clubs to get ideas for discussions.
Also, if you are interested in a live chat, I can arrange that for you. All Club chats are set up on
Tuesdays:
4:00-5:00 pm PT/7:00-8:00pm ET
-or-
Thursdays:
5:00-6:00pm PT/8:00-9:00pm ET
6:00-7:00pm PT/9:00-10:00 ET
7:00-8:00pm PT/10:00-11:00pm ET
(The latter may be rather late for East Coasters, but is available if you want.)
Let me know if you are interested in a chat and the day/time convenient for you.
Looking forward to meeting everyone!
KarenS
Host
Owner's Clubs
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Welcome
My baby: 1995 Aurora Classic - Champaign & Authobahn
My "baby" (who acts like on from time to time):
1998 Aurora - Black / Black autobahn
Soon to include the Shuck/Bose stereo option.
I was pleased to find such an active discussion group. It's been a real help for a "newbie" Aurora owner such as myself.
The new club should be even better!
Jim C - New Hampshire
1995 Autobahn
Red on Tan
"Red" = either "Dark Cherry" or "Medium Garnet" (I'll have to look up the paint code.)
3.5 V6 Silver with Bose, sunroof, and chrome mags (that's rims for all you young whippersnappers.)
My mother-in-law used to work at the Lake Orion, MI plant that built the Auroras (she works in Janesville, WI, now, building Tahoes and Yukons), and she's on her second (she had a black '95, which she traded in on an SUV, and instantly regretted that. It took her only 6 months and a huge financial hit to come back to a pearl white '98 w/everything but Autobahn)...
--Robert
How many people are not that impressed with the redesign of the Aurora? I parked mine next to a 2001 model and it was obvious which was more eye-catching.
Look forward to chatting with everyone here
1999 Aurora - Black/Tan
Was very happy to find this site!I've had my 95'aurora for 2 years now.While I love the car,she can be shall we say,TEMPERMENTAL from time to time.It will be great to compare notes with other aurora owners
1995 aurora light blue.sometimes looks silver,others have called it TEAL.I'LL HAVE TO CHECK THE PAINT CODE TOO!
I live in Houston, TX - So I enjoy the speed.
I have a 97 Champaign and Tan Aurora.
Hopefully this forum will be a tool to eliminate high cost analysis from the dealer when others have already experienced some of the same issues.
Best of luck and nice to meet you all.
I bought my black 1997 exactly two years ago at 37,000 miles; it has the light gray interior and sunroof -- no other factory options. It is my eighth Oldsmobile, out of 14 total vehicles (not counting motorcycles) owned in 38 years of driving.
Modifications include addition of a Valentine 1 radar locator and K&N air filter element, removal of front and rear logo and script, and blacking out the silver trim around the side windows. The exterior is now truly monochrome black except for the stock wheels.
My interests lean toward performance and safety improvements (handling, braking, acceleration). I have enjoyed participating in the Edmunds Town Hall immensely and hope this owners' club is as successful. I really appreciate the positive, helpful, and informative posts.
One last thing -- I am a member (since 1971) of the Oldsmobile Club of America. Members of the club fall into two main categories (my view): (1) restoration of old Oldsmobiles and (2) 1960s and 1970s performance and muscle cars. If anyone is interested to learn more about OCA, reply to this message or contact me separately at lester.young@worldnet.att.net. My agenda is to get more Aurora owners into OCA. At last year's national meet in Parsippany, NJ, three out of 400+ show cars were Auroras. This year in Denver, CO, about five out of 442 show cars were Auroras.
black97aurora. Regarding the Olds club of America. Are there many current Olds owners as members? I particularly like the Intrigue and Aurora and also the late 80s Touring Sedans and Toronados. Just wondering if there were many members there who like to discuss or have knowledge of those models.
I've owned 35+ (Now I forget) cars in my 30 years here on the planet. Not much has changed over the years, but the Aurora is different. It is not built from the same standards as modern day cars. The design, engineering and very thought of this car is complete, from bumper to bumper.
As long as my '97 Black/Black gold edition is still running and able, I will NEVER EVER get rid of it. I've never said that about a car before.
This forum is dedicated to those who look for answers to their complicated Aurora problems. Zinc and I hold the record for the longest in-service contracts! (6 weeks each) Many thanks to Edmunds (Pat) for letting us post, because without this service, I would be a lost Aurora owner for SURE!
The Van Man has spoken.
I have a '95 and a '97 Aurora. Both have autobahn, sunroof and all the other extras. They are the greatest cars I have driven in many years.
I have enjoyed the chat room column. It gives me a lot of knowledge and problems to look for. I just got the extended warranty for the '95 from warrantybynet.com that I found in the chat talks. My current extended warranty expires in a couple of months.
Keep up the good work.
As some may know, I am a lurker and occassion poster on the Aurora thread.
I bought a sweet White 98 from a dealer in Vegas off of Ebay. I had been looking at 300Ms and what not, but the Olds just had everything I wanted in spades. The V8 is not match for a Mopar 6.
Wish all happy motoring in their real or vitual Aurora!
Please send your response to jfallon@edmunds.com, or post in Talk to the Press.
Thanks!
KarenS
Host
Owner's Clubs
It's a shame Olds is going down but even that couldn't stop me from buying the car. When compared to similar cars, it was impossible to match the financing, warranty and value.
I plan on stealing the car away from the wife and kids before they destroy it and on keeping it forever. Based upon some of the posts herein, I hope this comes true.
I had one minor problem with the engine surging at idle that was fixed easily. Dealer had to perform a relearn on the crank sensor and reprogram the pcm. Runs like a top with much more power since then.
Hope others buy this great car.
a 2001 Aurora 4.0 which I bought in December of
2000. I am so pleased with this car that I cannot
find the words to express that fact. Just for
starters, the Aurora turned out to be a much more
powerful runner than I had expected. It feels as
good in acceleration as my former car...a 1972
Cutlass 442 with a W-25 455! And the Aurora gets
well over twice the gas mileage of the old muscle-
car.
If you have some time, we would really appreciate Town Hall members writing a review of their current auto, or a favorite make/model. It takes approximately a week for your review to appear on that make/model.
If you have any questions, please let me know!
Thanks!
KarenS
Host
Owners Clubs
THANKS again Carl C. Alameda
This is Jim from CT. I have a Stone Beige Metallic (silverish gold) 97 Aurora with Autobahn. I bought it in Dec of 2000 with 47,000 miles on it, and today (April 5th) it just hit 74,000.. I only work 7 miles away from work, I just love to drive. I have had some issues with he car, like Leaky rack and pinion, noisy belt tensioner, struts, bla bl bla... Lots of money in the past year, but I love the car. Its great that more and more "tinkerers" are getting the Aurora and trying new things
What part of Kansas are you from? I live in Wichita, KS and drive a '95 and a '97 both with autobahn. It's good to have another Kansan on board.
I would like to know if anyone knows if it is ok to constantly drive with the transmission power button on all of the time.
I live in Leavenworth. Just recently returned from 15years in Vermont. Working in KC area. Glad to be back and glad to be driving an Aurora again!!
I think its awsome that we have this board to share our thoughts and experiences on the Aurora. I've been searching the internet for months looking for info on the car we all love, and unfortunatly there is not much to read about. So that makes this forum that much more special!
Re: your 70 mph vibration, you need a special kind of balance, called a road force balance. This is done on a special machine, where they not only measure the round/high and low points of the wheels, but also the tires. They then try to match the high points of the tires to the low points of the wheels, and vice versa. The Aurora (and Riviera) are especially sensitive to this issue.
I was talking with a business associate who drives an older BMW, and he indicated he's got the same issues (has the same Dunlop SP Sport A2 tires I do on my Classic). His theory is the complex suspension on our luxury cars, with all of the rubber bushings, is more sensitive to harmonic-type vibrations (his are in the 50's, mine are 65-71 mph or so). Don't know how true that is, just thought I'd throw that out there for some discussion.
Hope this helps,
--Robert
My 96 has 76000 miles on it, bought it for $6500, which I thought was a heck of a buy. It books for over $9700. It was a new car trade in.
It is a burgundy/purple color with beige interior. Options are moonroof, bose stereo. Wish it had autobaun package and chrome wheels, especially chrome wheels. Will probably invest in some aftermarket polished aluminums in future.
You can find out more about me at the link below.
Peace.
http://www.cardomain.com/id/javidogg
Two suggestions: 1 - buy an extended warranty. These cars are wonderful, but you can be broken by a repair or two. A lot of things on the Aurora are expensive to fix. 2 - if you really like chrome wheels, you can get a set of the chrome 17's that come on the new Aurora 4.0. Check out the photo gallery for a picture of my 98 with the 2001+ Aurora chrome alloy 17's. It's very cool. With Olds center caps it might be around $900 - tax and all. Don't get the wheels from a dealer - that would be $2,000. If you are interested, I know where you can get them.