Buying Advise Asap

[raviee]

HI EVERYONE I NEED SOME ADVISE AM THINKING OF BUYING A 1997 BUICK REGAL LS, SILVER LOVE THE WAS THE CAR LOCKS, IF I BUY THIS CAR IT WILL BE MY FIRST AMERICAN CAR, WILL IS THIS A GOOD CAR TO BUY YES NO AND WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS DOES THE REGAL HAS

[Old Lar]

The biggest issue may be that it isan eleven year old car. I had a 99 Buick Regal and the only issue I had was AC problems at around 85K miles. I was told that it was unusual to have issues with the AC. The car had a 3800 SC engine which got decent milage using hitest. I had a tune up at 60K miles (100K spark plug change must be an advertising ploy) and new brakes around 50K, tires and battery were replaced.

The 3800 engines have been around a long time and are quite reliable. But at 11 years old, and what kind of mileage on the clock it is hard to say if it is a good deal for what price. It shouldn't be more than a couple of grand tops.

My 99 got traded in back in '06 with a little over 100K and was worth about $3k. It was a nice riding car.

[BNaylor]

Originally Posted by raviee

HI EVERYONE I NEED SOME ADVISE AM THINKING OF BUYING A 1997 BUICK REGAL LS, SILVER LOVE THE WAS THE CAR LOCKS, IF I BUY THIS CAR IT WILL BE MY FIRST AMERICAN CAR, WILL IS THIS A GOOD CAR TO BUY YES NO AND WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS DOES THE REGAL HAS

Welcome to AF.

It would help to post the mileage on this Regal LS.

Also, please be sure to use lower case letters on your replies otherwise it is construed as yelling. Thanks.

[stripe]

wheel bearing is your worst issue.

It is not a safety issue but it is lowd.

Cheers
Stripe

[raviee]

Originally Posted by Old Lar

The biggest issue may be that it isan eleven year old car. I had a 99 Buick Regal and the only issue I had was AC problems at around 85K miles. I was told that it was unusual to have issues with the AC. The car had a 3800 SC engine which got decent milage using hitest. I had a tune up at 60K miles (100K spark plug change must be an advertising ploy) and new brakes around 50K, tires and battery were replaced.

The 3800 engines have been around a long time and are quite reliable. But at 11 years old, and what kind of mileage on the clock it is hard to say if it is a good deal for what price. It shouldn't be more than a couple of grand tops.

My 99 got traded in back in '06 with a little over 100K and was worth about $3k. It was a nice riding car.

thanks for your advise

[raviee]

Originally Posted by stripe

wheel bearing is your worst issue.

It is not a safety issue but it is lowd.

Cheers
Stripe

you are wright i read a lot of blogs and they said the same thing so thanks for the knollage

[BNaylor]

How about posting the mileage as requested. How do you expect anyone to make a reasonable suggestion as to whether it is a good buy without knowing what the mileage is. And not everyone that owns a '97.5 -'04 Regal has the same issues or problems.