Winter Driving with Your Rear Wheel Drive Buick Regal
If you own an older model, pre-998 Buick Regal, you have rear wheel drive. This means special precautions and that you need to pay attention when driving in the wintertime. The power and performance installed in your rear wheel drive Buick Regal is a joy to behold during the summer months, and even during the fall and spring, but becomes a traction nightmare during the winter months.
All that extra power transferred to the rear wheels on your Buick Regal can offer you spin outs, slippage, and quickly turned a wintertime drive into a body repair nightmare. So before hitting the icy road in your rear wheel drive Buick Regal, take a few moments to add traction weight to the rear axles, have the correct winter tires installed, and give yourself extra time to get to your destination in your Buick Regal.
Your Buick Regal being a rear wheel drive, will not have a lot of weight on the rear axle, which can help you in traction on which or icy roads. So take a few moments and fill the trunk in your Buick Regal with approved traction weight such as sandbags, or other items that will not cause damage to your Buick Regal. You'll immediately notice a difference in your traction on your Regal in the winter months after you've added traction weight.
You'll also want to have the correct winter tires installed well before you hit that first snowstorm of the year, tires designed for winter driving can make a big difference in your Buick Regal rear wheel drive. You'll soon find out if you wind up in a snowstorm with your summer tires on your Buick Regal what a difference snow tires, studs, or even chains can make during the winter months. There are many different types of snow tires, and you can have tires, studded, siped, or even install a simple cable set of chains for a regular driving on snow and ice with your Buick Regal.
Try to give yourself plenty of time; your powerful Buick Regal will spin out easily if you press the accelerator too hard on icy roads. Extra time allows you to relax, drive accordingly, and gently accelerate and stop. Good wintertime driving habits can save you from visiting the body repair shop with your Buick Regal.
Your Buick Regal if it's a pre-1988 Regal will be rear wheel driven, which means that you need to take extra care during the winter months. Be sure to apply the correct tires, give yourself enough time, and add traction weight to the rear axle on your Buick Regal.
30 Years of Power and Performance, the Buick Regal
Your Buick Regal has been in production for over 30 years, and has always been known for its power and performance as a personal luxury coupe or sedan. Most Buick Regal's were produced with two doors, indicating a coupe, although in 1974, a four-door Colonnade Sedan was produced and continued until 1977 and then disappeared until 1990 when a again a four-door was made available.
The 1970s Buick Regal interiors were luxurious for its time with some of the first center armrest, split bench seat, and as of 1976 reclining bucket seats with corduroy upholstery. In 1994 a drivers side airbag was added and power windows, locks and other luxury items became standard along with ABS brakes.
And of course the performance and power of the legendary Buick Regal is well known. The GNX Buick Regal was one of the most powerful street vehicles on the road of its time and it's considered a collectors car today. Simple upgrades can make the Buick Regal GNX model super performance and its drag racing history continues in today's market. Unbelievably, the GNX Buick Regal was able to match and race against a Porsche 930. The GNX actually outdid its factories recommended power claims and took just 4.7 seconds to reach 60 miles an hour with a 13.4 quarter mile. Rumor has it it's the fastest production sedan ever built.
30 years of excellence in power and performance on the Buick Regal has made it a collectors item and a sought after vehicle in any market of any year. Its low recall status and low manufacturers defects have made it a popular vehicle and its resale value remains high. Certain vehicles of the Buick Regal are considered collectors items and are no longer easy to find on the market, replacement parts for these classic Regal muscle cars have become difficult to find, and keeping them stock only increases their value.
Buick's reputation for producing a powerful muscle car that is still valuable today in the Buick regal is legendary. Be careful driving your powerful sleek Buick Regal, tickets abound, as it's known as one of the fastest sedans on the market.
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