1995 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon from North America - Comments

Right now there is a very small oil leak, only a few drops each day.

Sometimes the service engine light comes on when I am coasting down a hill.

The driver side rear window won't go up straight.

I just got this car last week, and damn it is fast! It has very impressive performance for such a large car. It will do a burnout without even gunning it. The ride is awesome! I think everybody needs to ride in a Roadmaster once in their lives. The leather seating is so comfortable, it is better than my aunt's Mercedes SEL 560. And I think that the ride is also better, and she paid much more. The wood paneling is also cool, it is very unique because you are the only one who has it.

Congratulations on buying a real automobile! Unlike a sport utility, you can haul a 4 by 8 sheet of plywood inside of your vehicle and your seats are in the car neatly folded and in the car instead of in your garage or front yard. The wagon is also rated as one of the most crash worthy vehicles (check out other web sites regarding this) and it will not roll over as easy as a SUV either. The performance is outstanding.

Your wagon will whip the socks off any SUV and many so-called performance cars (makes their drivers very upset) including ones whose manufacturers claim higher horsepower ratings for. I think they must measure theirs with Shetland ponies instead of Clydesdales! Best of all, the fuel economy on these cars is way better than even a smaller SUV. When the guys with Explorer V6s think they at least has you beat on fuel economy with 18 mpg, hear that you get 25-26 mpg highway (and ability to pull a heavier trailer with the trailer package, if so equipped, than they can too) that really upsets them. As an owner of 94 and 95 Estate Wagon myself, as well as a previous owner of a 91, I can tell you that the 94 and 95 have plenty of power.

You need to take care of this car. They don't sell a car that good any more. These were the last an American icon Remember, it is not a simple little car with economical parts. Most of these cars are beat up, especially the wagons which are the most unique and have a cult following like the Impala SS. The Caprice wagon, with no roof window and the Olds Custom Cruiser which has the window, but no wood grain, and was discontinued after 1993 due to poor sales, do not have the following that the Buick does because they are rather plain looking. Neither had the LT1 as standard equipment (the Olds was discontinued before the engine came out). Roadmaster Estates are fast becoming collector cars and special occasion cars for many. Granted, the wood grain and the third seat are standard on the Buick Estate, but could be deleted from the factory. I saw a 1996 at a Buick dealer with 30,000 miles (April 2003). The asking price was $17,000 and they got it in two days! With 18,000 miles, your car has 90 percent of its mechanical life ahead of it yet before overhaul. Follow the owners’ manual implicitly, to include using 5w-30 oil…not anything else. Trust me on that one. Good luck and happy motoring!

I own a 1994 Roadmaster Wagon. I love it. I bought it with 12,000 miles on it and have a little under 60,000 miles on it now. I wish they would manufacture big wagons like this again.. the ride is so beautiful!