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The Buick Roadmonster Is a Beautiful, Memorable Dinosaur


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There's something quaint about the way some US manufacturers insisted on holding onto what used to sell, way after those things became largely irrelevant. Woodgrain panelling on wagons always makes me chuckle. I remember as a teenager reading about how US cars were being forced to downsize and amongst them, Cadillac were whining about having to reduce the size of their V8. As an Aussie, we all laughed about this because even the smallest Caddy engine dwarfed most of our local offerings for size. The fuel crisis in the 70s really hit the US hard and forced monumental change - most of the changes weren't very well executed - think Mustang II! 

Anyway, Frosty's Monster is a good looking car - nicely rounded off, immense size and to hell with the environment and the cost of fuel - get out of the way, peasants!

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1 hour ago, Frosty said:

For a land yacht that big Fitzy, she is also remarkably fuel efficient.  My wife and kid don't get it.

Wife drives N SUV N the kid rolls in a HUMMER.  Who doesn't get what???

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15 hours ago, Frosty said:

For a land yacht that big Fitzy, she is also remarkably fuel efficient. The 90s era LT-1/LT-4 engine is often forgotten being saddled between the small block Chevy and the LS1/LSx generation of engines. This boat gets 22-25 miles per gallon. 

That's pretty good mileage. The US gallon is smaller than our old imperial one so would probably equate to about 18-20mpg in our old measurements, which was spot on for an older large car. My GP gets 18.8 miles to one of our old gallons, so can use just a bit more than your Buick. Once those big tanks get up to speed and with the engine just ticking over and riding that fat wave of torque, they can be surprisingly efficient.

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