1987 Buick Regal Grand National Long-Term Road Test - New Updates
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1987 Buick Regal Grand National Long-Term Road Test - New Updates
Read daily updates on our long-term road test of the 1987 Buick Regal Grand National and follow along as our editors live with this car for a year.
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Issues:
-can't comment on individual entries
-there are often entries that I miss because they don't show up for a long enough time on the newest entry highlight for each car
-the newest entry picture/title for each car is usually outdated and inaccurate (which brings up the topic of how organizing these posts by car and not in a chronological blog format was a really, really dumb idea and a huge mistake)
-the ads suck (no, Edmunds, I'm not interested in purchasing a Nissan Quest) and the site is so outdated looking that it is almost funny
-Edmunds isn't tablet or phone friendly. Why does the menu bar for each car move with the story as I'm trying to read it? More importantly, why does that menu bar even exist?
-why isn't there a link back to the main long term blog page once I'm done reading about a certain car? Why??? WHYYY????
Edmunds has officially killed this blog - it really isn't even a blog anymore. It isn't user friendly, its clunky and very tedious to navigate and use. I feel like a car shopper when I come to the "new" insideline, not an enthusiast.
EPIC FAIL.
Oh, and "What's Hot" is a really stupid name.
The reason it doesn't get driven as much as the other car is it's just an 87 Regal with a cool option package.
The Regl and it's corporate clones were not good cars. Buick did a great job of modifying it but it's still at it's best in our memories and tucked away in someones car collection.
The reason it doesn't get driven as much as the other car is it's just an 87 Regal with a cool option package.
The Regl and it's corporate clones were not good cars. Buick did a great job of modifying it but it's still at it's best in our memories and tucked away in someones car collection.
Maybe your editors are too afraid to drive the car they way they drove the other "old" long term cars, because it is a more pristine collectible quality car. I mean, who was going to cry over dinging up a salvage title 911? No one drove the Z06 hat way.
that's pretty funny when some cars like the Fusion were last Updated in August 2012!
I still love the Buick. This, I do not.
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My god, this format is awful.
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My god, this format is awful.
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Back then at least you were faster than everybody else. Today a V6 Camry transportation appliance shows you its tail lights.
The Ferrari and Porsche offered driving entertainment to offset their relative lack of performance compared to modern cars. The GN really doesn't, because it was never a good driving car to begin with.
Still, I am really gald you got it.
I don't plan to visit IL very often any more, but if I did I would say the next car should be a 90-93 300ZX turbo. I think you would find that, interior styling asisde, it compares very favorably to modern sports cars both in speed and drving dynamics.
There is a car wash literally 3 blocks from my house. Once in awhile, when it's early spring and I have not gotten my hoses out and hooked up yet and want to wax my winter car, I will wash the car at the car wash (by hand), *slowly* drive it the 3 blocks home, carefully wipe off any tiny traces of soiling from the drive, then start waxing.
I guarantee that after driving for miles, the lower quarter panels and especially the trunk, rear valance and bumper will be way too dirty to wax and too dirty to use quick detailer.
If you were serious about this, you would have found a way to wash the Buick AT Meguiar's HQ.
I mostly agree with the part about the D/A polisher being safe, but just remember - anything you are doing to the car's finish by hand, you are doing in spades with the D/A. Use accordingly.
got that out of the way....
can you tell us what kind of electric dual-action polisher you used?
i am familiar with all the techniques you described but i've only been using my arms/hands. i'm ready to step up to power tool...
i am probably going to get the griot's 6" random orbital polisher as i have seen a lot of good reviews and the price is right.
Now that I have that out of the way, why is it that the ATS has no posts for 4-5 days, but you guys feel it necessay to post on the Buick that it was low a pint of oil? Let's hear some real car news. Did Edmunds lay off all the editors, and you guys have more cars than drivers? If so, you may as well let other staffers who are not professional writers comment on the idle cars. I mean, the last post on the Traverse is almost TWO YEARS OLD. Mark, this is in no way a criticism that you posted an entry about low oil, since it was previously common to report mundane posts on long termers. There just should be some balanced reporting on the other cars.
The long-term blog will get better, it'll just take some time. Timeliness, layout, functionality...I have faith these issues will all be resolved in due time.
All of the staff is still hard at work, and I think big things are on the horizon. I'm glad you and several other regulars have stuck with us. Don't give up on us, I swear we'll make it worth your while.
Oh well, blame that one on bad placement and an unsolvable error between the back of my chair and the keyboard...
But since the executives at Edmunds apparently think we all still are using AOL dial up and don't have the bandwidth to support such new fangled features, no, I can't pick out what's different.
So please just give us the answer already.
BTW While before all the other articles had comments this car and its comments where something of a oasis for commenting despite its "all comments for all posts for one car in one place" setup. But now the other cars have better comments which are broken down into their individual blog posts so now will someone least fix this cars comments?
Two things unrelated to the GN:
-This new format absolutely sucks. Way to discourage your entire readership, Edmunds.
-You need a more appropriate picture than a Chevy Volt to accompany the "Compare Popular Vehicles" link at the bottom of the page. Perhaps a car that actually IS popular?