1983 Oldsmobile 98 review from North America

I blew out tires from running over things that should not have been run over (nails, etc.).

The driver side power window went during the last year I owned the car.

New radiator was put in at about 130,000 miles.

I had a new cassette player installed the 1st year I owned the car, after the factory one stopped playing tapes.

At about 180,000 miles, the transmission went and I decided to say farewell.

My father owned this car before I did, and he gave it to me as a graduation gift when he bought a new-used Mazda.

" You'll be lucky if it lasts a year, but this will give you time to save up for a good car" said my dad. I began saving. The Oldsmobile kept on running. I saved more money.

The Oldsmobile got hit a few times, once by a little Subaru Station wagon that was going a pretty good speed. The Subaru's right front end was smashed in, while all the Oldsmobile got was a little blue paint on the rear bumper. It didn't even dent.

Three years later after he bought it, my dad's Mazda bit the dust, and the Oldsmobile was still running. I think my dad regretted ever having given up that Oldsmobile. He even tried to buy it from me.

About 4 and a half years after it entered my life, the transmission gave out. I was deeply saddened, and never forgot that faithful big brown land yacht. I still have the " Oldsmobile" nameplate that was on the rear of the car, which I keep in the glove compartment of my current car for good luck.