I totally agree the same with new cadillacs trying to be BMW or any sport sedan i like the old caddies . Happy new year.

I can't decide which I like better. On one hand, the letters and numbers (if done well) carry so much information about the model, which is always useful. But actual names give the car more character and are more recognizable to non "car-people."

Nowadays some idiot would deem the name "Roadmaster" as racist.

@@MrOhighway That's a stretch lol, you looking for something to be mad at?

@@MrOhighway Let's not forget, many roads are surfaced with "blacktop" Buick dog whistling like mad. Shocking.

Great news gang!

Good news everyone!

I don't want to live on this planet anymore

@@smirage22 Fine, I’ll make my own planet, with blackjack, and hookers.

Shut up and take my money GM!

yess!!!!!

And a cadillac fleetwood as well. Happy new year.

lol you mean dress clothes

@@Len1977gt yep

@Bryan James I see.

Not many. A heavy duty truck with a crew cab and an 8 foot box is about all you’ll find. If you mean not all at once.. like 5 comfortably or 4x8 plywood sheets.. then just about every minivan ever.

And tow a trailer.

@@Bartonovich52 A mini-van certainly won't take the sheet of plywood flat, they are several inches narrower than the big wagons were. Fitting a sheet of 4 x 8 plywood flat in the rear of a full-size wagon was the measure of cargo capacity of these vehicles for years.

​@@tyler2610 16 sheets of 1/2"x4'x8' drywall in my Chevy Venture/Olds Silhouette would beg to differ. Pretty sure the Ford and Chrysler minivans did/do the same thing.

My 2007 MiniVan with 3.8L 4 cam 24valve engine can and it is faster. Plywood lay flat with rear door closed too.

I like a full set of gauges. It really lets you know what's going on before disaster strikes. But I would gather most people don't pay attention to them anyway so the added cost is not justified.

Most of all I appreciate the analogue gauges rpm and mph - much better than digital and the irritating longitudinal version of analogue I have in my impala 65. But I also want oil pressure, voltage and coolant temperature in any car I own.

That way he can keep tabs on his Voltages and amperages!

Quite possibly. I know that I’ve had many cars of that era overheat and having an early warning can help you manage it better like turning on the heater and reducing engine load. A change in oil pressure is a sign of oil filter bypass or a rod about to let go. It’s a lot cheaper to stop the car before it catastrophically fails and fix the bad bearing than a catastrophic engine failure. An ammeter will tell you if you have a bad battery or connection if it indicates no charge (not necessarily with a discharge that would trigger a light) or excessive charge. A voltmeter can indicate a bad regulator or weak alternator. And with each of those, you plan your next stop near a service station or at home so you aren’t stuck with a car you can’t start. A tachometer allows you to tell what gear you are in as most GM transmissions are very smooth. If you selected Drive or 2 to go down a hill.. the RPM will help remind you to shift back into overdrive to save fuel.

Wtf

Surprises me to this day that the US auto industry was still producing luxo-barges like this in the 90s even though they looked 10 to 15 years out of date the minute they hit the dealership forecourt. But they knew their customers and their customers were a pretty conservative bunch who knew a good deal when they saw one. $23k bought a big chunk of comfortable, if old fashioned and uninspiring, metal.

@@philsdt3572 Which is still a million times better than paying double the price for an uninspiring, soulless, plasto-mobile from today, which looks and handles exactly like the next one, all while giving you zero comfort in order to let you have the absolute worst driving experience possible, just so it can (oh and it will) eventually break down and can't be fixed by yourself with common hand tools. Those B-Body cars are still on the road today with hundreds of thousands of miles, 5+ owners, and zero maintenance on them. Go figure..

@@chrisc6134 So right, we definitely lost something when Detroit gave up on making real American sedans and wagons. At least you can still buy a full frame full-size SUV but they just aren't the same and the price is ridiculously exorbitant. Considering you can spend nearly $40K on a Camry or Accord I guess all cars are priced that way!

@@chrisc6134 I'm not sure it's fair to call cars today plasto mobiles while trying to praise a car from the 90s. You have seen 90s ingeriors right? Truely horrendous. Even this car in the video brand new looks very cheap and dated.

Why do the Chevy Suburban and Ford Expedition and all the counter parts not count as land yachts? They are much larger, can fit more people, and are behemoths in the auto world compared to everything else on the road.

Mine sounded a warning chime if I left the turn signal on too long. 😂

it bings and bongs at you if you leave your signals on

Never smoke inside your car

I thought that was the left signal 😄

@@thomasnowicki5844 my left signal doesn't auto-cancel anymore for some reason so probably

WELL SAID BRO! These new cars ALL LOOK ALIKE PLUS YOU FEEL EVERY BUMP ON THE DAMN ROAD!👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

Do you want to know why no one makes cars like this anymore?... THEY LAST TOO LONG

@@zephead4835 That's a really good point. Everything is made disposable now. My parents bought their house in 1972, and all the appliances that were already there from when the house was built in 1966, except for the stove, were still there and fully functioning in the late 90's. These days you are lucky to get 5-7 years out of most. And when they did break, you called a REPAIRMAN. Now you just toss them and fork out cash for a new one. I even still have my dad's old 1984 Magnavox VCR, still operational to this day. Solid metal and weighs like 30 lbs. The tape heads run loud as hell but still works, and even the lcd display works! Also had his old Magnavox TV from '87 until the cable system no longer supported non-HD tvs around 2013 or so, I donated it and it still worked. I can't tell you how many DVD players and modern tvs I have went through.

@@larrypurnell3573 And don't forget the radical environmentalists would prefer us all to be driving micro cars with an ac adapter. No thanks!! They can keep those pieces of electric junk. 😆

@@digitalfootballer9032 Yep. Sad that todays cars are throw aways.

They really were the best seats.

Every single car now is built to be a damn sports car. I love a big land yacht with a bench seat and a column mounted shifter. Sure my Charger is my fun toy but theres nothing like hitting the road in a proper old B body or Panther

@@LSp8 I have a Crown Victoria now but the Roadmaster was on a whole different level of plush.

@@danmccarthy4700 indeed! I also got a 11' Crown Vic (P7B) and she's smooth but my 96' impala is surprisingly plush considering how low the factory ride height is, still has that B-Body plushness but albeit not as much as the Caprice she's based on. The Roadmaster's ride only comes second from the Fleetwood.

@@LSp8 I have an '02 Crown Vic right now...while it has proven to be more reliable than the Roadmaster I had, it isn't nearly as luxurious. The seats in that Roadmaster really were something else.

Yes, 94-96s packed the Vette's LT1(different heads though), and ran far better performance and returned the same mileage.

@@hellkitty1014 Indeed. They should’ve gotten that engine sooner.

@@GyroPyro121212 agreed. GM dropped that engine into everything right as they were winding down production at the Arlington plant to make room for the then-new Chevy Tahoe. The Fleetwood/Caprice/Roadmaster really owned the early 90s.

@@hellkitty1014 They were very good performing land barges for sure.

Optispark. Shudder.

The best of 90s buick was the 97-04 Regal GS

Yes , buick and suv crossover shouldn't have gotten together... lol

@@jacquesrichard3835 I don’t think so Look at Lincoln’s suvs they’re absolutely gorgeous,stunning and quite luxurious vehicles

@@jacquesrichard3835 Encore and Enclave are good. I hate the Envision. They need a 4th or 5th car as well.

@@joskjj3625 they are being recalled. Many problems So you're wrong. STUDY MORE.

My great uncle had a 94, first year of the LT1 for those

I got a 96 Imp SS, my favorite car but she's hibernating for the winter.

You can! I do it all the time in my '93 Limited. Just not while driving!🤗

I’ve purchased THE CHEAPEST Buick Roadmaster in the USA... they just don’t make luxury cars like this land yacht anymore, these seats are so comfy you can take a nap... yessssss... I’m gonna head up to the Wizard’s and find out what’s wrong with it!

Hoovie is obnoxious.... 🤮🤮🤮

@@inverted311 he is an acquired taste

These and anything with the 3800 V6

Yup, had a 1991 Brougham and 1995 Fleetwood for 5 years as daily drivers. Very reliable and when something did break it was cheap to service or I did it myself.

Mine was great for the most part but it had a lot of transmission problems.

I still have my 1998 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi w/the Supercharged 3800. 129k mi & counting. She always starts right up

Nope. My '96 Roadie wagon was a variable money pit. I loved the car when all was well, but it generally wasn't long before something went wrong. Replaced were the heater core, opti spark, water pump, radiator, TWO starters, main power window switch, smog pump, along with plugs, plug wires, o2 sensors, the stock radio (that ate a cassette and wouldn't spit it out), wiper switch, control arm bushings, etc. My current 2005 LeSabre is all that the Roadie should have been, quiet, SMOOTH and reliable.

Damn Straight!!! Tired of all these fwd based econoboxes and soon to be disposable battery electric everything😨

@@LSp8 The last real big car you could get that's RWD and column shift would be a 2011 Lincoln Town car or 2011 Grand Marquis, look for one of those with low miles.

Yeah, i miss the column shifter

@@northerntraveller3815 I still have my 11' CV P7B. Even in police spec she's still smooth! The only new equivalent is the Tahoe PPV lol.

@@northerntraveller3815 I wish we would have a 2021 town car that would have been dope

If this was a review of the Park Ave Ultra, I'd agree!

1996 Park Ave Ultra was the ultimate 90's Buick. Last year of the "good" body style, first year of the improved supercharged 3.8 V6. Although I'd take a 94-96 Roadmaster wagon over that Park Ave, despite it being an inferior car, it just has so much character.

I love the Ultra but I’m a RWD guy and the Roadmaster with the LT1 is just about perfect. GM never should have dropped the B Body.

As much as I liked my 98 regal gs for its power I’d much rather have this

Its dangerous when the roads are wet why of course I have the LT1 power house in it

Technically the Rainier had a V8, but it most likely doesn't meet your "big Buick" qualification.

There was a Lucerne Super with a 32v Northstar.

@@DiRF Any Buick made during the last 15 years are an absolute joke and are just rebadged Opels. Nothing but bland boring plastic sboxes.

@@TeeroyHammermill The Lucerne was built on the Cadillac DTS/DEVILLE platform. I think they also made a Lacrosse w- body car with a v8 5.3ls motor. Hard to find that one.

@@povking1460 the ls4 that was on the Monte Carlo ss impala ss and Grand Prix gxp as well. (Sadly GM butchered those iconic names with front wheel drive). Ugh

I, for one, envy american fuel prices the most.

@@gaborcsuzdi7006 Yeah, agreed, that goes hand in hand.

This is the sorryest thing ever built in the 🇺🇸

Yep. If you hate flying or can’t fly.. this is the car to do a 2000 mile road trip in.

Run them in Europe on LPG (propane) and never look back...

I keep trying to figure out why they can't take Escalade frame/underpinnings/interior and throw a Fleetwood and Roadmaster body on it.

I didn’t even try to makes sense of that comment

Though I heard that the suspension and handling wasn't as good as the Buicks. I'm starting to wonder.....

These monsters need to make a comeback!

There are plenty of 1991-1996 Roadmasters on the road in Europe. 33 alone are registered in a tiny country likeThe Netherlands, even some station wagons still in daily use as hearses.

@@badboattail In France, you can see one or two in exibitions if you go in Paris, Lyon or Avignon.

You should visit American car shows and meetings in France, I've seen several Roadmasters at such events. Try "Fun Car Show" in Illzach in (hopefully) May this year.

@@badboattail When I visit american car shows in France, I see a lot of Muscle cars like Mustang, Camaro, Corvette etc... and à lot of 50's cars but roadmaster are so rare while in North America, you can see everywhere and everytime. Thank you for your advice. I didn't knew Illzach.

And it's not like GM doesn't already have 99% of the parts needed to build one of these already on the shelf in the form of Silverado/Sierra parts. Engines, transmissions, axles, etc could all cheaply and easily be cribbed from the truck line.

Perfection!! 💪🏻

That would look good with a couple of surfboards on top.

My mom had one. With those skinny tires in the back, it spun the tires really easily.

My beloved aunt had one she drove the tar out that big baby it was '95 the same color as this one but it looked better she would drive fast when at stop signs she came to a complete stop always would yield driving like a bat she loved that car to death so did I miss it as well myself.

what. shame w

Not even ten, but 15 years! GM ended their full size RWD line in 1996, while Ford’s lasted until 2011.

@blackandgold51 You learn something new everyday.

@@superbird4351 Yep! Them Middle Easterns love Crown Victorias and Caprices by the way lol

I recall reading that GM execs figured they could make bigger profits selling "even more" SUV's so they converted the Arlington, TX B-body plant to make Tahoes, Yukons, and Suburbans.

Yes it is, I have a GN with 245,000mi no major engine problems.

yes

yessir my folks have an 07 lacrosse with the 3.8 200 hp, great pull. Such a great looking car for a buick.

The LT1 is an even better engine.

I had a 1991 Buick Century with the 3.3 liter V6, the understroked version of the 3.8. It ran perfectly for 230 000 miles with no mechanical problems. The 3-speed automatic was so amazingly matched it with it that the shifts were imperceptible. Sadly, the engine mounts rusted out in 2013. The repair was too costly, so I had to junk my Buick though the drivetrain was still amazingly smooth-running - my present Chevrolet Sonic hatchback with its 4-cylinder engine simply cannot match it.

You actually made donuts with it? But no coffee to go with them? 😄 (1/16/2021)

at least they didn't complain about having to twist the badge to the side to get to the trunk key hole

Right? I was curious to see how it would've done!

These arent sports cars 🤷

@@borla4491 Motorweek usually took all their cars, even Jeeps, pickup trucks, and full-size station wagons through the slalom. It would have been amusing to see this car do it too.

@@danmccarthy4700 The point is overall, no one gets these vehicles for "performance ", they are gotten for smooth amd luxury with plenty of space and decent mpgs and power.

@@borla4491 I am well aware of that. I owned one of these cars for years. :) That doesn't mean I wouldn't be thoroughly entertained by watching one attempt to negotiate Motorweek's slalom.

I remember when reviewed it as well

I would love a Caprice or Roadmaster with the 260 horse LT1! we had a 91 Caprice growing up but it had the 4.8 V8, an LT1 would really transform these in daily driving especially with some tuned up better suspension like the roadmaster