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I’m trying to get over my fear of the Reatta having a sudden unexpected breakdown, so I threw caution to the wind and took it on a trip up to the mountains Wednesday. 3 hours of highway driving followed by 2 hours of steep winding mountain roads and the car performed like a champ. Sitting at idle in an overlook the temp gets up to 208 and the highest it’s gotten sitting in stop and go traffic was 214. I think the factory default setting for high fan is 216 . It seems to cool back down quickly once moving along again.

Ran into a RH headlight motor failure Friday (9/9). Today (Saturday) I swapped the motor out with a functional one from inventory. Pulled the failed motor apart and found the plastic bearings were totally disintegrated. It lasted for 31 years.... not too bad! Left hand side has been replaced once. I have a few repair kits, so I rebuilt the failed one and placed it in inventory. I really don't know why I have three LH motors and only one RH one in inventory...strange.

I don't even know what to say... I drive my Reatta (one or another) 300-500 a week most weeks and starting October until Mid December somewhere around 1000 miles a week. That's somewhere around 25000-30000 a year every year for 15 years. These are well designed cars by Buick and with the age and accumulated miles will have parts that fail. I have had total failure of a ignition module/coil and fuel pump, water pump, and a temporary failure of a crank sensor leaving me by the side of the road needing a tow. Except for the fuel pump I was back on the road the next day.

I drove my Reatta about 220 miles today. the weather was beautiful. I knew I had to do it today because rainy weather is moving in for most of the weekend. We had a great time. We took the scenic route of back roads that pass through a lot of small towns. While driving from red light to red light in one of the small towns I decided to look at my gauges. I noticed that the temp reading was about 210. Not really overheating but was unexpected. I have an aftermarket fan control that should turn the cooling fans on high at 190 and cool the engine back down. That isn't happening for some reason. Maybe the relay I added has gone bad or the temp sensor I added has gone bad. I didn't feel like troubleshooting it after the long drive so I will have to check it out another day.

That sounds great. I go to Cherokee every now and then. That would be a great place for us to start our adventure on the Parkway. My wife is part Cherokee and she likes to visit the Cherokee Museum there. We also like to go by the Oconaluftee Visitor Center on the way there and see the elk gathered in the fields. Sometimes you can see dozens of them right at the edge of the road. Thanks for all the information. Much appreciated

It is a 15KW whole house generator that runs on LP. I don't have NG coming into my house, so I went with two 100 gal tanks. UPDATE: The tech did his annual maintenance, and all is running fine. Hope not have to see him until next Sept/Oct.

Driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway has been on my bucket list for a long time. Maybe this fall will be when I do it. I've ventured up as far as Hot Springs, Lake Junaluska (absolutely beautiful place), and Bryson City for day trips but never made it all the way to the parkway. When I go to the parkway I'm planning on it being a two or three day trip.

I think the risk is worth the reward as the Reatta is such a joy to drive.

The photo was taken on the Blue Ridge Parkway about 20 miles north of Brevard, NC. Ronnie, your issues with the CPS and fuel pump failures posted here have weighed heavily on my mind. This is one of the reasons I chose to go Wednesday/Thursday, just in case a flatbed transport was needed…

That's a beautiful photo. Where was it taken? I'm just now getting my confidence back up after being stranded on the side of the road with a bad crankshaft position sensor for hours. To be fair to the Reatta, me sitting on the side of the road for hours wasn't the Reatta's fault. It was the perfect storm of having it quit out in the middle of nowhere, combined with it happening almost at dark on a holiday weekend, and no tow trucks nearby that wanted to come pick me up and haul me home. What should have took about an hour turned into 5 or 6 hours. I have just now got to the point of where I don't worry when I drive it. Mine ran like a champ today.