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After selling my '88 Black to 2 seater's son I was without a winter car. My original thought was just to drive the Red until January [it has "Collector" plates which are 11 month plates and cannot be used in January] and then park it as we winter in Texas staring in February. I could have waited a year as so far our winter has been very mild and we leave the 10 of January for an extended vacation to Asia to celebrate our upcoming 45th wedding anniversary. But I digress. I cannot drive the Red in the winter. It has been my all time favorite car and I refuse to chance driving it in snow/winter/salt especially with the liquid deicer they now spray on the roads. So the search was on. My mom owned a 2001 Supercharged Buick Regal. I drove it a couple of times and liked the ride. She no longer has the car, so I started looking for one and just picked up a 1999 Regal, red in color, light gray interior with a sun roof. There is no rust on the car which has 98,000 miles. I believe it was used a a summer car for the owners who wintered in a warmer state. It does not have the supercharger which is fine by me as I don't like the price difference on the gas price because of the miles I still drive in my business. I bought it in Detroit and drove it back to Wisconsin. That's about 500 miles and I got a good feel for the car. It is pretty comfortable, has good power, but does not have some of the creature comforts I expected. Has dual heat, but not heated seats. Cabin storage for "things" is not as much as I expected. However I bought the car for winter driving and it will fit the bill nicely.

This 1989 Buick Reatta has a white exterior and a red interior. This Reatta is a survivor, everything works, this beauty comes with two original Buick key fobs, all the original manuals and service paperwork since new. Car has new tires, re-surfaced wheels, new brakes and brake lines, new struts, new radio module, new cassette player, new power antennae, recent oil change and radiator flush, tinted windows, original paint, 77,000 miles. $6,500, everything works. Hate to sell her, but I need the garage space. Reach out with any questions, pthoward0302@gmail.com or text to 314-288-7785

Yes, be careful. I have never had that piece off, so I don’t have any suggestions but I know I have issues with the screw heads not being flush and causing nicks in the blade😑 For the most part, I try not to use the wipers and apply regular coats of Rain X. It works for many situations but not all

Open the hood and find the knob that can be used to manually raise the headlights. That knob is on the end of the shaft in the motor that opens the doors. Then have someone turn on the headlights while you watch the knob turn. If the knob keeps on turning when the headlights stop going up, it means the headlight motors need to be rebuilt by installing new plastic bushings in the gearbox and/or crankarms. This is most likely your problem. If the knob stops turning when the headlight stops going up it is likely that something is binding in the headlight door mechanism.

It's amazing how much these cars look alike when under a cover. Makes me feel like I have a Reatta in the garage again. 🙂

They must be accessed from under the car. The two hard lines are side by side under the drivers front corner of the engine bay.

I've always loved the Reattas since first seeing one. I have a '72 Centurion convertible and a '12 Mazda MX-5 PRHT. I was distracted one day on Hemmings listings and my wife looked over my shoulder when I stopped on this Reatta; a 1990 with 34k miles in California. She perked up and said, "I want that car. I want my very own convertible." How could I be a good husband and refuse my awesome wife's request? So, it's now in our garage. I didn't see an "Introductions" thread, so I just put this one out there. Even with only 34k miles... as a nearly 35 year old car, it does need a little work, so I'm hoping to be in the right place. Last week I pulled out the original air filter and replaced the original spark plugs. (Apologies on the signature... my first attempt didn't take... I'll work more on that tomorrow.)

After driving the Regal for about 3 weeks and a bit over 1000 miles I have had to do some "fine tuning". Started with an Idle Air Control, Then on to a Mass Air Flow sensor. Then yesterday I stopped in at Gibson's a local You Pick yard to get a back up battery. [This was after lunch with 2 Seater] Came out to the car and it wouldn't start. It would grind but not start. So I first checked fuel pressure, that was good. Then said to myself " Either Ignition Module or Crank Sensor". The obvious easy answer was to start with the ignition module. I know I was at Gibson's but I had a back up in the car [always carry extra parts and tools]. Had it swapped out in about 15 minutes. Hit the key and it started. I decided that I needed to do a tune up and checked my inventory of Reatta replacement parts. The Regal is a Series 2 so I knew the Delco upgrade I had done on the Reatta would give me pretty much what I needed. I checked online for spark plug wire length and plug number and checked what I had in inventory. Sure enough I had a wire set that was close in lengths and the correct number plugs [#14]. Called up Kendall [my mechanic friend] and invited myself over for a tune up party. Plugs and wires and clean up the plate under the ignition module. About an hour later the old original plug wires [in poor shape] and the old plugs [badly worn] were out and the new ones were in. Drive home was much better as the acceleration was noticeably improved.

I haven't posted that many photos of my Reatta, but was going Through some old photos and found these. The day I bought her in Louisville KY. October 12 2019: Stopped off at this Advanced Auto to buy a new radiator cap, the first of many repairs. She's sitting next to my park avenue ultra which I have since sold :'( With the top down just after a wash The Rock Auto Magnet photo submission Brand new kicks! Trip to Brevard NC for anniversary with the wife. Washing "daddy's fast car" Big Stack O' Rock Auto Magnets

The Goose mobile in her natural habitat.

Not a posed photo. My two boys were over this morning and parked side by side so I pulled mine up so the nose was visible in the photo. Left to right, 88, 89 and 90. The 88 & 89 came through Daves89.