When people ask about your turbo Buick...

[Captain Duckman]

Do you tell them its a "Regal", or that it is a "Grand National/T-type"? Or do you say a "Buick REGAL Grand National"?

If I had a TB, I would take the badging off and tell people its a Buick, and leave it at that...I love the smooth sleeper look!!

So what do you tell people?

 

[d0n_3d]

I always say Grand National or Buick Grand National...that's what these cars are known by anyways by most people...hell sometimes people know it's a Grand National just by the name but they don't know it's a BUICK

 

[84GNTTYPE]

I seem to have an inordinate amount of people ask me/talk about my "Monte Carlo". I usually just say, "Well actually it's a Buick."

Most people in my area that I talk to wouldn't know what a "Grand National" was, so if they ask any more I just usually say that it is basically a Regal, but with special interior, special paint, special engine, and a special suspension. By then they are usually just nodding their head like "oh yeah I definitely know what you're talking about" when they really have no idea. I don't usually mention anything about "Grand National" unless I think they have some understanding of cars/Buicks or if I really want to make them feel like a moron.

 

[wistleofdeath]

Same thing down here in Illnois not too many people know of them ( at least in the peoria area.) usually people are asking "Whos balck motie. it's annoying

 

[turbot2112]

i just tell em its a turbo t. then they say their the ones with out the intercoolers right. i say yep. you can see my esp intercooler a mile away.

 

[EFFNQWKWE4]

I have a WE4......try explaining that one to the guy that says,"Hey, is that a Grand National?". Yup. I leave it at that.

 

[kenny]

If it's a person into cars I just say it's a GN, easier than explaining what a T is.

If it's some random person that doesn't know anything, it's a Buick. It's slow.

 

[Maltman]

Monte Carlo SS

 

[Night Train]

I have a black Regal T that is not a WE4 and always tell folks that ask, it's a GN. For those that seem to know what a GN is, I explain that it's the same as a GN, just with different seats.

 

[1badTTA]

And you guys think you have problems...............LMAO

Try explaining that you drive the only V6 Trans Am ever built.

And it has a turbo on it from the factory.

And NO IT DOESN'T HAVE A 301!!!!

 

[Just a Six??]

Took all the badging off my Limited & they see the hood & wonder?? Then they hear my electric exhaust cut out roar & they smile as they back away slowly!! he-he

 

[slow87]

I just say it's a regal with a fuel injected 3.8 v6 if it just some random person, if someone who is into cars I just tell them its a turbo regal, and then they ask what is that? Then I respond it's a grand national with a different color. Then they say "I thought they were only black" then I just give up and say its a slow piece of crap that lurks in my garage that I know nothing about.

 

[turbonatr]

Grand National/T-Type.

Most people get the GN, but don't have a clue what a T-Type is. What is funnier is the questions I get asked when they see the GN on my trailer being towed to the track. They ask what it runs and I tell them. They then ask, "does it have a 350 in it?" I say no, it's a V6. I usually get a very confused look after that. If I have a dial in time on the windshield from the previous weekends bracket race, they ask if that is an 1/8 mile time. I, of course, say no, it's a 1/4 mile e.t. I tell ya, you can really mess with some peoples heads with these cars.

Had one guy walk up to me in the staging lanes before first round of time shots and ask about the car. "These things run 14s, right?" I say, "well, this one is a little quicker, I have some work done." Then he sees me make a pass in the 10s.

 

[stagetwo65]

The more they ask, the more I open up and tell them. If it's a casual question from one of the "uneducated", it's a regal. If they seem to have any clue whatsoever, I'll give them info up until they say something stupid, then I'm back to "regal". My favorite is always .."I've got a friend with a Mustang that runs 10s". I always respond the same way now. I say "Go get him right now and I'll bet you everything the two of you have got on you that I blow his Mustang right off the road!!" I figure the chances are so miniscule that his comments are true that it's not much of a gamble on my part. It always backs them down and then the excuses start. More than I can count.

 

[GN ERGY]

I tell them it's a GN, all my emblems are off.
I was talking with a guy from the gym who owns an older black vette with a 350 with a loud x-haust. We were standing by his car and another older guy from the gym walks up and says, this is what I call an American Muscle car, not those turbo V6 things that are running around.
AND I SPOKE UP AND SAID, YA I have one of those V6 turbo cars and I'll BLOW the doors off of this vette. Then the vette owned said but your spedometer only goes up to 85 mph. I said SO, I'm not going to race you to california, I'm going to race you in a 1/4 mile, and your not going to see my spedo anyway ur going to see my taillights. That ended that discussion.
Tarey D.

 

[Little6pack]

I have an italian friend with accent because he came here in from the old country not many years ago.
He calls it a GRAND NASH.

 

[turbo buicks]

i say Regal usually, especially if theres oney to be made from a race. the other day this crack addict came up to me and begged for money. i said "dude, im driving a black regal and im at AMSCOT, does it look like i got any money?"

 

[Two Lane]

Usually just say it's a 2005 Cobra "cloaked" as a GN, currently undergoing BOV testing.

 

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[87boosted6]

i usually just say grand national, because if i say Buick Grand National, people tend to stop listening once they hear "Buick".