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Old 04-08-2014, 01:05 AM
pj67coll pj67coll is offline
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Actually I no longer have it. I owned it for literally one day. Took it back to the dealer and got my money back. The electrical problems may have been as simple as requiring a new alternator but given that I discovered I had to pay a grand to get my truck back on the road and this thing, which was supposed to be a reliable alternative couldn't be driven at night because of the intermittent failure of all electrical components - speedo, radio, headlights etc, check engine light, misfire etc.. (I discovered this when I got home in the evening, it was fine during the test drive). I just couldn't bear it. The dealer was of the opinion it was just an alternator and as I said he's probably right but I'm just not going to be reliant on two GM products with over 100K miles on them. In fact apart from a Suburban, or another 72, or older Cadillac, I will never buy another GM product except (MAYBE) and that's a huge maybe a full size pickup.

I test drove six Mercedes in the last week and this Buick which I bought and then returned the following day.

I'm out a grand to fix my truck and just worn out and pissed off about the whole damm car thing.

- Peter.
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