At what age does it become mandatory to drive a Buick?

[Paulcpick]

See, heres the way I see it, people that drive BMW's, Jags, or Benz's usually do it to show Other people their status, for me the old midrange GM Luxo cars, like Oldsmobile and Buick, and FoMoCo's Mercury brand were about Enjoying an upscale automobile while still not being pretentious about it.

 

[Mooch]

Maybe there's a lot of pro-Buick peer pressure in the elderly community, and they feel they will be ostracized if they don't have one.

 

[scotpens]

See, heres the way I see it, people that drive BMWs, Jags, or Benzes usually do it to show other people their status, for me the old midrange GM Luxo cars, like Oldsmobile and Buick, and FoMoCo's Mercury brand were about enjoying an upscale automobile while still not being pretentious about it.

Lincoln has always been Ford’s luxury nameplate. Mercury has never really had a solid identity in terms of design, engineering, and marketing. Sometimes it’s been like a baby Lincoln, other times closer to an upscale Ford.

Then, of course, there was the Edsel . . .

 

[Star Wolf]

My little brother teased me when I got my first car, a Skyhawk with the sports package. I was smart enough to avoid the turbo. I remember when Tiger Woods was endorsing Buick saying to myself no way. I am pretty sure he wasn't in an Enclave when his wife ran him off of the road.

 

[scotpens]

. . . I remember when Tiger Woods was endorsing Buick saying to myself no way. I am pretty sure he wasn't in an Enclave when his wife ran him off of the road.

And I'm pretty sure Ricardo Montalban wouldn't have been caught dead driving one of these pieces of crap.

 

[nightwind1]

I don't know about the OP, but MY first car, at age 17 in 1979, was a 1972 LTD with a 400 under the hood and a trunk you could furnish like an apartment.

 

[starfox]

I also like that they're the size of boats.

"Turn starboard at the next intersection..."

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

The third "Buick" in the #7 post by MANT! is a Mercury. My dad had one with somewhat more modest wheels.

 

[Kirkman1987]

My second car was a blue 1989 Buick Park Avenue. I have no real complaints considering it was basically a hand me down from my grandparents.

 

[M'Sharak]

OK, who remembers this?

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlXJrcSBIH0[/yt]

 

[scotpens]

I don't know about the OP, but MY first car, at age 17 in 1979, was a 1972 LTD with a 400 under the hood and a trunk you could furnish like an apartment.

My mother had a 1971 Ford LTD. My gawd, that thing was enormous. And that numb power steering felt like you were driving by remote control. OTOH, if you collided with anything, there were yards and yards of sheetmetal to absorb the crunch.

 

[royalfan5]

I'm 30, and roll in a 2011 Turbo Regal. It's pretty sweet.

 

[Holdfast]

I remember when Tiger Woods was endorsing Buick saying to myself no way. I am pretty sure he wasn't in an Enclave when his wife ran him off of the road.

He was driving a black Cadillac Escalade.

I now hate myself for remembering this bit of trivia.

 

[Paulcpick]

Didn't Nimoy own a 64 Buick Riviera back in the day??

 

[Kirby]

^^^ Buicks were actually cool cars up until say, 1970 or so when the stricter emissions laws came into effect and turned what used to be good-looking, powerful cars in grandma's land yacht. Of course the same can be said for pretty much all American cars at that time.

 

[M'Sharak]

Didn't Nimoy own a 64 Buick Riviera back in the day??

 

[scotpens]

^^ That's still a beautiful car. A tastefully customized Riviera by George Barris was used in the 1964 Outer Limits episode "The Duplicate Man."

 

[ed629]

Depending on where you live, not too old..

I see a LOT of Buicks being driven by young kids in some neighborhoods in my town..

The last one is a Grand Marquis.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I drive a Honda CR-V, so obviously I have zero credibility in deriding Buicks or any other car for not being sporty enough.

Hey, I figure, any car that has decent winter traction is OK by me. I don't know how good Buicks are at this.

 

[J.T.B.]

In the '40s and early '50s Buicks were known for performance, the "Century" name was a reference to reaching 100 mph. The powerful 2-door Century with its four "ventiports" was the go-to ride for whatever state police were depicted in the series Highway Patrol.