1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Reviews from North America

If you posted the review of this car on 9/4/03, it had 108K miles.

Now it has 107K miles (?)

An approximation of mileage. Not exact. Probably mistaken in previous estimate. Should be more precise.

Unfortunately GM, like many companies, discontinues great products. It is sad not everyone shares our taste! I had 2 Buick Park Avenues that I loved, and would have gladly shelled out over $40K for another brand new one. At least I can still buy Buicks, which isn't the case for Olds, however none of the new ones are as appealing to me as my Park Avenues.

Considering that was 9 years ago, I'd say the mileage was way off - unless you don't drive it.

My main driver is, and has been the Oldsmobile, which as I've said repeatedly, is an excellent car, but I should add that I was clearly mistaken about the previous mileage estimate, probably owing to either a senior moment, or the fact that I had two other cars at the time, and probably didn't remember the mileage on the Olds correctly. Certainly not any attempt to mislead anyone.

My other two cars were a '67 Chevrolet that belonged to my dad, which is currently undergoing restoration, and a BMW, which proved costly to maintain, and so I sold it. Had I been able to afford it at the time, I would probably have bought a BMW 3.0 CSI, which has since become a classic, but the price tag was out of my ballpark at the time. The Bavarias were also nice cars, but common sense finally prevailed and I reverted to the cars with which I had grown up, G.M. products.

The low mileage on the Olds is due to the fact of rotating it among three cars I was driving at the time, and as I've grown older, I find I only put two or three thousand miles a year on it. So it should take me to the end of the line.

Thanks for your interest, and for pointing out my error. My opinion of the Olds stands. Wish they still made them; I might buy another one just for kicks.

I've had my '77 Delta 88 (same basic car as your '79) since 1987. I bought it for college for $1,150 and I've had it ever since. The car is now approaching 300,000 miles and I still haven't found a reason to replace it (I did buy a sports car along the way that I use only on weekends). I'm only 34 and I'm thinking this might be the last car I'll ever need to own. I do wish, however, that I could go back in time and buy a brand new one (unfortunately, my four years in college were spent in Rochester, NY so the salt the vehicle endured during those years has had a lasting impact on the body/frame).