Low milage GN?

[Forzfed]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Buick-Grand-National-5K-MILE-ORIGINAL-TURBO-GRAND-NATIONAL-HARD-TOP-/201474075580?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2ee8ca6bbc:g:BCEAAOSwnH1WWh 0c&item=201474075580

Car looks really nice, especially interior.  My only question is why is there so rust underneath?  If you look at the stainless pipes, they have rust, looks like a bit underneath the trunk.  There isn't a spec of rust on my low milage car's factory exhaust.  Was the car not stored properly or did it come from the coast?  What do you guys think?

[motorhead]

Looks normal to me. 5k miles plus an unknown amount of run time and 25+ years would create that kind surface rust.  The drums looks treated/painted.

[Forzfed]

Everything looks nice on the car.  I just thought it was weird that the stainless steel exhaust showed signs of rust.

[TexasT]

I never saw an 86 with anti lock brakes

As cool as low mile cars are, I can't help but think the owner got cheated out of the thrill and excitement of actually driving it.

[motorhead]

Everything looks nice on the car.  I just thought it was weird that the stainless steel exhaust showed signs of rust.

It is the cheapest stainless... in the world.

[good2win22]

I never saw an 86 with anti lock brakes

As cool as low mile cars are, I can't help but think the owner got cheated out of the thrill and excitement of actually driving it.

Having a cool car and not driving it in the hopes to have a better resale value is like having a girlfriend and not having sex with her so she'll be in good shape for the next boyfriend.  It doesn't make since to me either Rich.

[Scoobum]

I've never understood buying a TR...and not driving it. I get people at the track saying how nice it is watching my car do down the track...and how sad it is that there's so few in existence. I tell them there's shitloads sitting in garages all over Ontario that never see the light of day. They ask why they don't drive them. The answer I give them is that I have no clue...which is the truth.

I've posted on TBS more than once for the GTA guys to hook up at 8am at Tim Hortons in Scarberia on an Armdrop race day. Glen Conroy...who runs Armdrop is a friend of mine...and he also has a Show N Shine as well on race day. I talked to Glen about a separate trophy for the TR guys...and he was all for it. It's a scenic drive on the Apple route and the Wine route to the race. Why the guys don't hop in their cars and come out...baffles me. It's a fun day and they can have their own Show N Shine and watch the racing. Heck...Glen even had truck/tractor pulls at one of the Armdrops last year. God willing I'll be out beating on my POS on April 15th at the first practice.

[turbobuickltd]

I've never understood buying a TR...and not driving it. I get people at the track saying how nice it is watching my car do down the track...and how sad it is that there's so few in existence. I tell them there's shitloads sitting in garages all over Ontario that never see the light of day. They ask why they don't drive them. The answer I give them is that I have no clue...which is the truth.

I've posted on TBS more than once for the GTA guys to hook up at 8am at Tim Hortons in Scarberia on an Armdrop race day. Glen Conroy...who runs Armdrop is a friend of mine...and he also has a Show N Shine as well on race day. I talked to Glen about a separate trophy for the TR guys...and he was all for it. It's a scenic drive on the Apple route and the Wine route to the race. Why the guys don't hop in their cars and come out...baffles me. It's a fun day and they can have their own Show N Shine and watch the racing. Heck...Glen even had truck/tractor pulls at one of the Armdrops last year. God willing I'll be out beating on my POS on April 15th at the first practice.

I would love to drive my Buick all the time.  But the reality is I have responsibiliti es that come first.  I take great care of my Buick and drive it every chance I get.  With a son in Baseball and Hockey as well as a job that has long hours and working weekends I can't just at the drop of a hat jump in the car and log 1000kms.  I drove it down to Ohio this summer for BPG and would love to make it down to Bowling Green.  Everyone who owns one enjoys them.  Because one guy races it every weekend and another has it sit in his garage has no bearing on the passion or the enjoyment the owner gets out of their Turbo Buick.  I love having a quirky Buick that no one knows what it is.  Because I do not drive it often and don't race it does not mean I am not worth of owning it.

[Scoobum]

I didn't realize Scarberia to Picton and back is 1,000 km's.

[good2win22]

I only put 7k miles on my buick this year... I get the feeling that she thinks I'm cheating on her

[Forzfed]

Everything looks nice on the car.  I just thought it was weird that the stainless steel exhaust showed signs of rust.

It is the cheapest stainless... in the world.

It may be but stainless doesn't oxidize in the presence of oxygen.  But if the exhaust had crap on it there would be rust.  Like I said mine is spotless, looks like it was put on yesterday!   

[Forzfed]

I've never understood buying a TR...and not driving it. I get people at the track saying how nice it is watching my car do down the track...and how sad it is that there's so few in existence. I tell them there's shitloads sitting in garages all over Ontario that never see the light of day. They ask why they don't drive them. The answer I give them is that I have no clue...which is the truth.

That is why I have 2 of them.  And I really enjoy driving my low milage one.  It's almost like having a time machine.  The seats are firm, the leather wrapped steering wheel looks brand new and lots of other stuff.  I've had people ask me if I put a new exhaust on it or if I bought new rims for it and I just respond by telling them it is all factory original.

[granitestategn]

Let's see..this year I put ZERO miles on my GN. Couple reasons....1.) still haven't addressed the original plastic timing sprocket. 2.) I have been on the road for work a ton this year so haven't had time to tinker. 3.) Too much other broken shit I have to fix when I finally get home. 4.) I bought (2) 1959 El Camino's that I have to figure out. Gonna make one out of two, God willing.

If my work schedule allows, I hope to pull the motor out of the Buick and deal with all of the little maintenance items on it. Hopefully get it done by spring so I can drive it again.

The SS exhaust is probably cheap 400 series stainless. My car is garage kept in my two-car-under garage. Every time I open the door in the summer everything in the garage gets soaking wet due to a cool basement and high summer humidity outside. I'm thinking of ventilating it so the temperature stays closer to what it is outside. That would keep the condensation down. I'm sure that contributed to under car corrosion on my car.

[daveismissing]

I pretty much parked my GN the last couple of years, figured I was on borrowed time(ing chain).

[Scoobum]

I pretty much parked my GN the last couple of years, figured I was on borrowed time(ing chain).

Get yer arse in gear and change it. Yer gettin' as bad as that Steve Wood guy.