Faults:

The dash lights don't come on very often. The interior light only comes on when the passenger door is opened.

General Comments:

The car is amazing! I love it. An old lady owned it before me and it's been babied all it's life. The engine is really strong and the transmission is in beautiful shape considering it's age. It has tons of power and hits 140 km/h (82 mph) in no time, and just keeps on pulling! And it rides like a dream. I'm seriously going to keep this car for some time to come.

Faults:

Nothing every went wrong with the car while I owned it. It always had a very slight smell of gasoline, which was annoying. I have heard that this is common with the carburetor on the 307s.

General Comments:

This car was great. My mom has an '84 Delta 88 that she bought a few years ago with 19,000 miles. It has been a great car, so I bought this one for $1,500. I over payed a lot, but even so it was worth it for about two and a half years of trouble free driving. The car used a lot of gas, but was very comfortable. The air conditioning was colder than on any of my family's newer cars. Amazing condition and reliability for a car with so many miles. I love big cars, and these Olds/Buick/Cadillac-brougham types are the best of the lot. I've had a lot of Caprices, but these are better.

Faults:

I haven't had any problems with my car yet all that is wrong is the speedometer cluster light went out.

General Comments:

This car is my first, but from all of the ones I test drove they sucked. then I got it for 275 so that was cheap with its high mileage it still runs good.

Faults:

Head gasket blew in 107-degree weather around 130,000 miles.

Cloth seats wear quickly, and the headliner will need replacement after 150,000 miles.

Transmission needs overhaul after 165,000 miles.

Radio is weak, the AM/FM radio craps out after a little usage.

General Comments:

I bought this car as my first car in 1999 off an old lady that had kept the car garaged for five years, and I had to fix the radiator, compressor, and drive train, among other small things associated with repairing a car that had not run in several years.

After getting the car up, it has only gone down one time when the head gasket blew in 107-degree weather after a freeway commute. Other than that, the car has been flawless. It starts up whenever you need it, will go forever on the highway with its 22-gallon tank, and what it lacks in the safety features of today's small boxes, it more than makes up for in Detroit steel. Costs are incredibly low, the car can be diagnosed and fixed in a backyard, and all parts can be found at any ol' parts store for under fifty bucks. And unless your engine is over 160,000, it should only need oil changes, fluids, and new tires.

However, the car is by no means fast, in fact, I'm almost a danger on the highway. The engine, though a 5-liter, trades some performance for a little fuel economy. It can get around 22 if you drive conservatively, maybe 12 if you go fast. Its practical max speed is 85, after that you can literally watch the gas gauge drop. You'll spend tons on gas if you go far. But you'll be comfortable where you're going, the seats are couches and big enough to fit even the biggest people.