Don't buy a Century!!

I recently was in a bad car crash and the other guys insurence company rented me a car while they took care of the paper work, They rented me a brand spanken new Century. As soon as I steped into the car I felt that there was somthing wrong with it, and when i drove it my suspision was cofirmed. As soon as you left granny driving mode the car began to slide and swerve all over the place, the thing had near 0 lareral grip and the ride was like a stalled boat in choppy seas, talk about motion sickness. I did not even get the stupid thing home before I was missing my 96 Camary. Just a word to the wise before any of you buy one please do your self a favor and testdrive a real car first. That is unless a wavy, loose footed, granny car is what you really want.

What do you expect from a car that big? Can't drive the thing like you do your camary. The car is a boat. Its made for comfort and one hell of a ride. Not handling

I guess you can't please some people!!! Now I don't come on here and trash the little Camary. But quite frankly I would never want to be in an accident in a Camary, it not made to live thru an accident.

BTW you are in the wrong forum for trashing cars, refrain from doing so in this forum.

I guess you can't please some people!!! Now I don't come on here and trash the little Camary. But quite frankly I would never want to be in an accident in a Camary, it not made to live thru an accident.

BTW you are in the wrong forum for trashing cars, refrain from doing so in this forum.


You want to know about the Camary, in my 55mph collision, which sent the other guy to the hospitel. I walked out with nothing more than a small scrach on my pinky finger, considering that cars are only designed for 40mph collisions I would say that that car went above and beyond it's calling. So go ahead and try to bash the Camary, there is one person here who will shoot you down. Plus despite being a 4door famaly car just like the Century the Camary holds .80g in the skidpad, and has a awsome breaking. What do you have to say to that.

Obviously you are getting defensive over you little import car!! What you don't like getting it but you like to give it, grow up!

Maybe this is why there are thousands of different cars and trucks on the road not everyone likes the same thing. SO if you want to come to my forum and trash a car you better be ready to get trashed back. You were all bent out of shape after wrecking your car nothing would of pleased you!

Obviously you are getting defensive over you little import car!! What you don't like getting it but you like to give it, grow up!

Maybe this is why there are thousands of different cars and trucks on the road not everyone likes the same thing. SO if you want to come to my forum and trash a car you better be ready to get trashed back. You were all bent out of shape after wrecking your car nothing would of pleased you!

That guy with his Camray does not know what he is talking about.
I drove many cars since 1959. Including Mercedeses, Ford Taunus, Pontiac, Dodge and can say that my latest purchase (Century 2000) beats them all as far as comfort and feeling of safe traveling goes.
I only put so far 10.000 km on but can see that this car will give me what I want.

If the Century is such an awful car then how come I've owned three of them and my parents are also on their third Century?

1988 Century, $275, 217K to 231K, repairs include alternator and battery, gas line (from ten years of Ohio rust), and a set of tires.

1989 Century, $250, 229K to 238K, impounded when I parked in a no parking zone, never a problem with that car, except someone broke out a window and tried to steal it once.

1992 Century, parents bought new, went through a couple of belt tensioners, no other problems, went to 240K then sold and being driven by my dad's mechanic.

1995 Buick Century, parents bought new, never had a problem except for a couple belt tensioners and the AC finally quit after 200K, they fixed that and gave it to me at 224K, I have 236K and still rolling, had to fix a wire under the hood, that's it.

2003 Century, parents bought new, just turned 10K, they put in a CD player to replace the factory radio, not a scratch on it. Maybe it'll be mine in eight years, give or take.

You can't beat these cars for dependability and comfort. If you try to drive it like a Camaro, it'll wallow and complain, and that's because...*drum roll please*...it's not a Camaro.

Let's see, you had a wreck 55mph and your pinky is scratched? I'm willing to bet you're lying. Were you wearing your seatbelt? Then your chest ought to be bruised as well. If you weren't wearing your seatbelt then you're simply lying. Assuming you have a 1996 Camry. Assuming you're even of driving age. Also assuming you even had a wreck.

Now boys and girls, can you say troll?

I knew you could...

Obviously you are getting defensive over you little import car!! What you don't like getting it but you like to give it, grow up!

Maybe this is why there are thousands of different cars and trucks on the road not everyone likes the same thing. SO if you want to come to my forum and trash a car you better be ready to get trashed back. You were all bent out of shape after wrecking your car nothing would of pleased you!


Look who is getting defensive. It is not me.

Look who is getting defensive. It is not me.

Your little comments have no effect on me I don't own a Buick but you come on to my forum and trash a car in a forum that is designed to help people fix their cars and answer their questions. Their is no merit to your post.

I am not defensive I am just stating what I read and see. Please re-read my post and you will see nothing wrong with it. You sat here trashed a car and then you get upset because I trashed your back. I can care less what you drive or what you say you own, so don't think you are upsetting me at all.

Your little comments have no effect on me I don't own a Buick but you come on to my forum and trash a car in a forum that is designed to help people fix their cars and answer their questions. Their is no merit to your post.

I am not defensive I am just stating what I read and see. Please re-read my post and you will see nothing wrong with it. You sat here trashed a car and then you get upset because I trashed your back. I can care less what you drive or what you say you own, so don't think you are upsetting me at all.

I did not get upset. I just enjoy annoying you. No really there is a place for every car I am just of the oppinion that the Century is for very old people who want nothing to do with proformance. Since I love speed so much I am of the opinion that this car is very poor, the only thing that I really liked about the car was the very good very low end torque. Anyway I have wasted enough of your time later.

now, before anybody gets their panties in a bunch, I don't mind the century, my girlfriend owns one and it's not a bad car. However, I do feel I need to say something to Flatrater. You are getting way to over protective of this forum. The gentlemen was simply stating that he didn't like the car and for what reasons, he wasn't trying to get in your face until you got defensive about it.

Now, I am not a genious, but would one, ie: our now BANNED friend, be better off telling a Toyota forum not to buy a Century instead of a forum in which we all DO own them now?????

Just a thought

now, before anybody gets their panties in a bunch, I don't mind the century, my girlfriend owns one and it's not a bad car. However, I do feel I need to say something to Flatrater. You are getting way to over protective of this forum. The gentlemen was simply stating that he didn't like the car and for what reasons, he wasn't trying to get in your face until you got defensive about it.


Like I have stated before this forum is not for trashing cars it will not be allowed! Their are other places on the Automotive forums for trashing cars! If you want to trash a car go to the forum for trashing cars and not to the forum for helping people with real problems with there cars!

That is the rule don't like it don't post! I have no problem with people trashing the car but this is not the right forum for doing so!

As for your comment on me being over protective of this forum I am enforcing the rules! If you want to call me over protective for doing a job I was asked to do so be it, I have no problem with being called names or anything else. Just don't break the rules!!

i am on my second buick my brother totaled our first buick le saber id still be driving it but since it is R.I.P. i now drive a 1993 buick century and although it dosent handle like my brothers 2004 acura rsx i actualy like it better! i am not sure why but i do and im only 17! and by the way although a public message board is public why not use it to everyones advantage and help, dont put down any particular car, by the way if you call an import a REAL car well i hope you arnt in america !!!

its a rental car of course its gonna be crappy no matter how new it is. Peoples main goal it seems is to beat the crap out of rental cars. My 1995 buick is comfortable and nice

I actually have a Camry and a 96 Century. The wife likes to drive the Camry to and from work. But, when we take a family vacation (we have two sons 6 and 11) its the Buick we take for the road trip. Its no sports car, but at the end of the day of driving you don't feel all beat up from feeling every bump in the road. Not to mention that I can fit so much more stuff in the trunk of the Century. Just my $.02.

I have always been loyal to Maxima's and Z's, but an accident caused me to accquire an 86 Century. The sucker hardly ran, but considering the people I got it from..., and the torque converter needing to be desperately replaced, the car isn't THAT bad. It's a "cruiser". You don't race it. You cruise and get good gas milage in a comfortable seat. I won't get another one, but only because it doesn't fit the way I want to drive (little power). But like I said, it's a cruiser. I'd rather take it on a trip.

umm i dunno bout u guys but ive been in a 50 mile per hour wreck and it sucked i had bruised ribs and i jamed my arm into the steering wheel but you know what the two ladys that were involved in the wreck with me had to go to the hospital because theyre honda's (yes i hit two hondas) were both totaled one was an 03 accord and the other was an 89 accord which match the camery almot to a t in crash testing size ect... funny thing was that after a 100 bucks and a weekend my 90 century was back on the road. Where were theyre cars?, you ask in the junkyard where my dad got the parts to fix my brick of a buick.

They are TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CARS. They are too different to be comparing. The old "oranges to apples".

I did not get upset. I just enjoy annoying you. No really there is a place for every car I am just of the oppinion that the Century is for very old people who want nothing to do with proformance. Since I love speed so much I am of the opinion that this car is very poor, the only thing that I really liked about the car was the very good very low end torque. Anyway I have wasted enough of your time later.


Well, first of all try to spell "Camry" correctly dude! As an American car goes, the Century is about the best. Certainly better than the junky Ford Taurus or Chevy Lumina/Dodge Intrepid. You can pick up a used Century with less than 30,000 miles on it for about $13,000. That's like $4,000 less than a comparable Honda or Toyota. But...as it gets up in mileage you'll have problems like mine does. The old joke about American cars falling apart at 80,000 miles seems to be true.
BTW-If you love speed, why are you driving a Camry? At least get something with power like an Altima V6 or V6 Accord(250,240HP).

My uncle has bought a 1990 Buick Century for $200, and he brought $500 for all new parts besides engine, it has (243,000 miles) and it still runs great.

some buicks are not that bad, besides of being small, and of course not that fast either.

I have a 89' Buick Regal Custom that's kinda fast but faster than the Centurys. My car goes 110 mph, well haven't got to that far but my uncle told me so basically it's fast.

but I still need a new car though, because my car Frame is rusting out and soon it will break. If anyone selling a cheap car, that's not rusting out please tell me, and as long it's not too expensive.

That will be very appreciated. Thanks.....

I'm up to 259,000 miles on my 1995.

Parents have just gone out of warranty on their 2003.

I'm looking to buy another 1996 or older wagon as a second car. I will keep driving Centurys for a long time, especially the A-body ones. They are comfortable, easy to get in and out of, not too low, not too high. The dash is low, so you can see very well out of the front. The later models have airbags, antilock brakes, power seat recliners, very tough engines, and terrific reliability levels.

i have a buick century wagon(94), i had a 89 buick regal custom(best car ever), my grandpa has a 97 la sabre(awesome car, great cruising vessel) and my mom has an 89 park ave.

not for nothing, out of all american cars, buick are the best. i have owned chevy, olds, mercury, gmc, ford, and dodge. the only car to really surpas the others, was my dodge, and my buick. only american car i would buy now, is a buick. my next car iwll be a honda, but only for gas mileage and commuting reasons.

my century is awesome. it can hold all my band stuff, plus people to to go to shows. i couldnt be happier, except with the problem i have now. =(

I love my Buick century 2000! Johnn Wilson. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e332/jw1954/c39c6125.jpg

I own a 1988 Buick Century I bought off the original owner 3 years ago. I absolutely love it. In the 3 years , I replaced the coil pack, the alternator and now I have a leaky oil pressure switched. This parts frustrates me because it seems I cannot get the right part. I got 2 different parts , went to have the part replaced and told twice I had the wrong part. This is very frustrating, but as far as the car itself, I love it, it still runs like a champ, but I need to find the right replacement part. I hate to destroy a good car over a 20 dollar part