Recent content by motroman

sf bay area Count me in too. I need to drive the GN more in the Bay Area!

Turbo Dave is right. The state used to conduct bi-annual safety inspections but stopped a long time ago. Now it's up to the cops. So, when they see no taillight, stoplight, headlight, etc., they pull the car over. However, there's no way they can know about bad brakes or shocks, etc. I think the...

I was recently forwarded this email response to the proposed smog legislation. I thought you might want to read what was written. Honorable Members of the Senate Transportation Committee: I recently received a copy of a SEMA "Legislative Alert" regarding AB 616. I am in full support of...

Yeah, of course it's against the law. You're lying and that's fraud if you claim to live in a place you don't live in or have a vacation home you don't really own. Now, if you do have a vacation home in, let's say, Crescent City and the home is in your name and the car is in Crescent City, then...

Aactually, there are several counties and even areas within some counties where you don't have to have a smog inspection. For example Del Norte, Mendocino and others in Northern and North Central California. There are something like 52 counties, but roughly 32 require smog inspections. Here's...

Yeah, there are several counties in the state that do not require a smog inspection. But, it's kind of tricky driving around in a car with your name on the title, with registration to another county different from your drivers license and home address.

I just smogged the GN and passed with flying colors,..a real clean test. But, I had to use a real cap and not a breather on the oil filler, and I had to reconfigure the passenger side breather with a pipe and hose to a hole in the cold air intake. The smog tech was real careful to check to see...

Get ready for yearly smog inspections. See link below. SEMA Legislative Alert: California Bill to Require ANNUAL Emissions Tests for Vehicles...

the price is 14K

1986 Buick Regal Grand National for sale with 81K miles. I'm the third owner and have owned the car for over four years. During that time I've installed an updated CPT44 Turbo, a cold air kit, a new fuel pump and, to thrill those who know Grand Nationals, I've replaced the troublesome and...

The new oils, according to all the experts quoted in many magazine articles, say the new oils shouldn't be a problem on engines with roller tappets. However, on engines with flat tappets, hydraulic or mechanical, there have been failures, but almost exclusively at break-in or shortly thereafter...

Okay,..my wife says get rid of the car for some new remodeling work. Price now, 15K

There was a minor mistake in my thread. My California registration expires, February 2007, not 2006.

Jesse: Here's a quote from "Sports Car Market", the source, so to speak, for the collector car hobby. This quote was posted last year after a nice, very low mileage stock 87GN sold for almost 30K. "Cost new for this particular car was $17,451, including all options. The Grand Nationals...

That totally sucks. They just stripped it to the shell and abandoned the parts they didn't want or need.