1988 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale review from North America
"A long lasting roomy car that has excellent acceleration and has room for 6 passengers"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
The trannys are a little weak after 150,000 miles. If anyone made it to 200,000 on the original tranny world be almost a rare feat.
The door armrests break off easily.
Brakes wear out more frequently than some cars (depending where you live, E.G. mountains, ect.)
General comments?
The 3800 V6 motor is one of the best V6's that the General ever built. The engine has decent low end torque, but tends to run out up in the higher RPM's. Overall, the motor gets good gas mileage (not too good when driving involves downshifting to first gear a lot). The motor is also very reliable and I took mine to 269,868 miles and it still ran when I took it out. It was just in need of a rebuild because it had no compression due to the high miles. I could have squeaked another 10,000 out of it if I wanted to. I was tired of it missing all of the time at an idle. A compression test showed that the compression on the #3 cylinder was 6 pounds at an idle.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Year of manufacture | 1988 |
| First year of ownership | 1996 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2001 |
| Engine and transmission | 3.8 V6 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 9 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 10 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 6 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 208000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 280000 miles |
| Date of Entry | 29th April, 2002 |