1993 Buick Roadmaster Limited from North America - Comments

If they bring back the Roadmaster or any large flagship for that matter, why would it have to have a V8? The Park Avenue played that role quite well for many years with a V6. Buick was a pioneer with the V6 in a large car. Anybody ever seen a '76 LeSabre with a V6?

The Park Avenue was a lighter car than the Roadmaster - just a unibody car of a decent size. The Roadmaster was a full sized full framed car. It really needed a big motor with lots of torque.

Alas torque is becoming an endangered feature, and it is what makes driving pleasant/fun.

I bought my 93 RM for $3000 in 2005 with 27K on it.

My mechanic knew I had been looking for a car and asked if I was interested. He said it was in great condition and the only issue was some of the molding was loose. Since I had already purchased another car, I wasn't interested, but I looked at the blue book and decided I probably could buy and sell it for a profit. The day before I picked it up, the trans went on my 95 Concorde so I decided to drive the RM for a while and I fell in love with it.

First problem is it's so smooth I almost always drive with the cruise so I don't find myself speeding. 2nd problem is cruise wouldn't work because rear brake light burnt out. My mechanic charged me $3 for replacing 2 bulbs and the test drives. Since then the only other problems were the motor going on the aerial (I decided not to pop for that) and the ABS not working. Can a dealer get the ABS fixed? Seems like that was the one thing multiple people complained about.

After 5 years I have 81K on it. Don't live in the city now, but I did grow up there and am really good at parallel parking, so it's not a problem for me when I do take it there.