I bought an older Buick Regal back in 2012, was a '95 with the Series 1 L27. Seen it on the side of the road with a sign, so I stopped and the car was in near mint condition. Talking to the gentleman he said the car was his mothers, who pasted away about 2 years prior and they where going threw a lot so they didn't know what to do. They just put the car and everything she owned in storage for a few years till they could get situated.
It was the classic 1 owner elderly couple vehicle, 93k miles and the battery on this car was 2 years old when I bought it. Car really didn't have any issues besides the multi-function switch, but the price was right. I honestly have a thing for these cars, I don't know why I just love their reliability, cheap parts, and they can be found anywhere. So I bought it and over the next decade I only put 30k miles on it, battery was still the same when I bought it, had to be at least 12 years old.
I ended up parting with it because a younger gentleman kept asking me if I would be interested in selling it. I kinda felt for the kid probably his first vehicle and it was just sitting in my drive way except for the occasional one a month drive I gave it to the store. I let him have it for cheap, which looking back I shouldn't have. I ended up having another gentleman a few months later contact me asking about information on the car. That he bought it not running and I was the last known owner, wanted to know what was original, and if the motor had been replaced.
That he never seen a motor this destroyed and wanted to know if I swapped out the motor in it before selling it. Told the gentleman I sold the vehicle to someone in their late teens and it ran perfectly fine when I parted with it. We talked back and forth over the coming months just answering questions. They ended up putting a different motor in it, only to find out the transmission was shot as well.
Anyways yeah this battery was all of 12 years old, was a generic walmart battery at that, and I still don't understand how some folks can destroy a perfectly running vehicle in only 2-3 months.
It was the classic 1 owner elderly couple vehicle, 93k miles and the battery on this car was 2 years old when I bought it. Car really didn't have any issues besides the multi-function switch, but the price was right. I honestly have a thing for these cars, I don't know why I just love their reliability, cheap parts, and they can be found anywhere. So I bought it and over the next decade I only put 30k miles on it, battery was still the same when I bought it, had to be at least 12 years old.
I ended up parting with it because a younger gentleman kept asking me if I would be interested in selling it. I kinda felt for the kid probably his first vehicle and it was just sitting in my drive way except for the occasional one a month drive I gave it to the store. I let him have it for cheap, which looking back I shouldn't have. I ended up having another gentleman a few months later contact me asking about information on the car. That he bought it not running and I was the last known owner, wanted to know what was original, and if the motor had been replaced.
That he never seen a motor this destroyed and wanted to know if I swapped out the motor in it before selling it. Told the gentleman I sold the vehicle to someone in their late teens and it ran perfectly fine when I parted with it. We talked back and forth over the coming months just answering questions. They ended up putting a different motor in it, only to find out the transmission was shot as well.
Anyways yeah this battery was all of 12 years old, was a generic walmart battery at that, and I still don't understand how some folks can destroy a perfectly running vehicle in only 2-3 months.
