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Old 10-24-2004, 07:53 PM
Titan4 Titan4 is offline
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Name what you do NOT like about your Riviera

Not sure if anything like this has been posted and I am too lazy to search! :-)
I love my '95 Riv, but there are a few things that I do not like about it.

1) If you are low on windshield washer fluid the light does not come on to warn you of that until you are trying to dispense the fluid on your windshield! It only says low fluid level if you are trying to use it! By the time I get home I have forgetten about it and it lays there in wait until I try it again at some other time.

2) Speaking of windshield washer fluid - I do not care for Buick thinking it knows how much fluid to dispense. When I push the lever for mine it will spray fluid on the windshield for something like 3 or 4 seconds (or so). You are pretty much blinded while it is doing this. I wish it were like most other cars where it only sprays as long as you push the lever. I would like to control how much fluid it dispenses.

3) Battery - nobody other than AC Delco makes the battery for this car. Since it mounts under the seat you need a vented battery. This can become a real nightmare when it happens to you on a Friday night when most dealers will not be open again until the following Monday (this happened to me). Expensive things too!

4) Vent (lack thereof). Most cars have a VENT position if you do not need A/C at that particular time. Most cars let you put it on VENT and then use the blower to control how much outside air you want to blow on you. No such thing on the '95 Riv.

5) Turning radius like the Queen Mary! Maybe it is just the front wheel drive (as the Riv is my first front wheel drive car in my 28 years of driving).

These are really minor things, but thought I would see if anyone else felt the same way.
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