Faults:

I bought this car with what seemed to be nothing wrong with it for $2500. Shortly after one of the pulleys broke; I think it was a dampener or something, I don't know.. but it sounded terrible.. like the car was gonna die. After I found out what it was, I went to a local junk yard and got one off another 3800 series for 5 dollars. Fixed it in a couple hours and it's as good as new.

Also the alternator went on me. 40 dollar easy fix.

Almost forgot.. some kids hit off my antenna. So that needs to be replaced sometime.

General Comments:

I love this car. And hoping to get a Reatta soon.

It drives nice, and glides right over bumps and dips. Sometimes it shifts funny, but it's not a big deal.. it only happens when you're in an odd situation and you accelerate too much.

But overall.. this car is amazing. Mine has a black exterior, red interior. Everything works and starts every time.

Anyway, overall this car is perfect, although it's not the greatest on gas. Mine gets about 13L per 100 km, which equals out to about 18 mpg. If anyone else gets better, let me know how I could get mine up too?

Faults:

Touch screen unit CRT went out. I was still able to control everything, but I had to memorize where all of the buttons were.

Brake lines failed, but on a car with 200,000 miles, I can't say it was any fault of Buick's...

Automatic air-ride load-leveling suspension failed.

Fuel pump failed, which finally prompted me to send the ol' girl up the river.

General Comments:

I bought this car from a friend for $450 after I totalled my 1995 LeSabre and had no money to replace it. The car had been smashed before I bought it, and it had a lot of miles on it, but I needed a car, and it was a Buick. True to form, it was a great riding car, even after the air-ride suspension gave up, and the engine and transmission were bulletproof. The big problems stemmed from the fact that the car had nearly 200,000 miles on it when I bought it and had already been beaten into the ground, picked up, and beaten again. The all digital instrumentation and the touch-screen climate/radio/misc. controls were beyond futuristic for a 1989 car. I know that it could have truly been something special if it would have been in better condition, but I know that if I ever come across another Rivi' in good shape, I will have a very hard time walking away from it.

Faults:

The transmission went at 105000 miles because the previous did not ever service it. I had plenty of time to know that it was going bad, but that was when it became undriveable. ($450 Junk yard transmission and labor)

I replaced the vinyl part of the roof ($150)

The throttle position sensor went bad ($30 new). I put that in myself.

Other than those things just maintenance items (spark plugs, spark plug wires, tires, etc)

General Comments:

It is simply the best car I have ever had. And this is coming from a USED CAR DEALER. I've many cars in the seven years that I've had a license, but this one is the best. I feel like I'm driving on a cloud when I drive it. It's not terribly fast, but I've managed to get a few speeding tickets in it. When I get on the highway I HAVE TO set the cruise control, otherwise I will end up going over 80 mph and not even know it. The Bose radio and touchscreen on board controls combine all of the controls into one 6 or 7 inch screen. It has most of the amenities of modern cars (power windows, sunroof, v-6, leather, etc) only a lot cheaper... and its not exactly a cop magnet ;)

Faults:

Was given the car from my uncle understanding it need repair. It would rumble at 70 Kph, the 'sending unit' in the gas tank (the fragile tubing sending and receiving gas from the engine, not the pump) was leaking very lightly. Damaged when I changed the fuel filter, was not very careful with the tubing. The rumble due to the damaged engine computer (below glove box. Found at junk yard $50 ($500 new) and rad mechanic fixed tubing for $90 (new $300).

General Comments:

This car is the fully loaded highest model with a real touch screen controlling everything.