You and me BOTH dude! Those 1990's Le Sabre's were SO comfy! My boss had one. This spring, at my doctor's suggestion as I was in the market for a new car, and have back and muscle issues, I went to see the Buck Enclave. Unreal! I LITERALLY could not fit in the thing. The center console was so wide I couldn't get my leg over far enough to reach the accelerator. The seats were small and hard and the driver's door was right up against my leg. Even the salesman said "that's not the car for YOU!"
@@retroguy9494 Yeah, I had a couple Enclaves but when I was in the market for a new car in 2018 I was not crazy about the then new model so I upgraded to the GMC Yukon. It is a nice vehicle but I still would much rather drive a traditional full-size luxury sedan. The SUV is just unnecessarily big and even with all that weight not quite as smooth.
@@tyler2610 Well, I have severe back and muscle issues. I have a 2005 Yukon which I bought new at the suggestion of my chiropractor as he wants me sitting at a 90 degree angle and I'm 6'1". Anyway, I needed a new one as the frame in mine is all rusted out now form the salt and brine. The seats on the new Yukons are HORRIBLE. I sat in it for about 4 minutes before I started to feel pain in my pelvic muscle and back. Plus the seat is shorter and feels like I'm sliding off it. And like the Enclave, I feel pinned in with no room to move my legs (an absolute necessity when I drive). So my doctor told me to look for a low mileage Escalade or Yukon from '07 to '14. I finally found a '14 Escalade with 16K original miles. Not as comfy as the '05 Yukon but doable. I also had to pay 6K over book value due to all the pandemic price gouging.
@@retroguy9494For some reason automakers all seem to want their seats to feel like a sports car. It doesn’t make sense! I don’t know how comfort got a bad name in the auto industry but it seems to be that way. My Yukon’s seats are definitely on the firmer side but not uncomfortable IMO. I haven’t driven the new body style but if you feel cramped in a Yukon, you must be a big guy. I feel like it is huge, almost to much so. I can’t hardly reach into the glove compartment from the driver’s seat it’s so wide.
I was 12 in 1984 and remember my Dad renting a Buick Skyhawk at Ajax rent-a-car in Philadelphia. He said it was the biggest piece of junk he ever driven. I can still remember it...had a brown interior and it was slow. My Dad hated it.
My grandmother had a Buick Regal and when she got her another car she gave it to my dad and I swear those was the best memories of my life, in the late 80's, my dad would call it the Brougham lol I guess he wanted a Cadillac 😂😂😂😂😂
Actually several GM cars had a "brougham" option. Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Pontiac all had models that were "broughams." It referred to the kind of top it had. My favorite aunt's last car before she died was a whopper of a name. It was a 1989 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Regency Brougham! LMAO
That Buick Century would be perfect for me if I needed a car. Old school like the full sized sedans but compact for parking in the city. Was nice they made basic comfortable sedans in the past.
MY How much GM has fallen these big beautiful LeSabres and park ave. and the Rives to the crap there selling now I just want to go back to that time and taking BOB back with us forever who's with me !!!!!
LMAO When I saw that small boxy mid 80's FWD Park Avenue I was immediately reminded of that Lincoln Town car commercial when a Cadillac Sedan DeVille, a Buick Park Avenue and and Oldsmobile Regency 98 all in black pull up and the middle aged dudes all get confused as to which one was their car because they all looked the same. Then the snotty dude walks out and says "the Lincoln Town Car please!"
I had an ‘85 Buick Somerset Regal. It had a digital dash and thanks to a recall on the windshield washer switch I went from non intermittent wipers to intermittent wipers. Definitely an upgrade in the 80s.
I remember during season 35, there was a Lucerne in a showcase. That might’ve been the last Buick they had on the show, as I don’t recall a single one in the Carey era so far.
10:28 ROD RODDY: What prize do you think goes with this music? ("New car" music cue plays) (Audience shouting "new car") ROD RODDY: Yes, indeedy, it's the music for a brand new car.
Yea but I wish they would have given away some of the BIGGER Buicks like the Electra, Roadmaster, etc. Did you also notice that every model was the "custom" and never the higher trim "limited?"
@@retroguy9494 A few were well optioned with leather and nice wheels but yes, most were base models. Still soo much nicer than the types of cars they give away now that look more like golf carts
@@tyler2610 I agree with you 100% on the cars today looking like golf carts. In fact, so too are many of the cars that people BUY and drive today. However, regarding leather, you have to bear in mind that way back then, cloth was actually more EXPENSIVE than leather or vinyl. It was considered a high priced option as it deemed to be more elegant and comfortable. Which is why, until my current vehicle, I always had cloth interiors. The only reason I have leather now (which I don't like) is because it's a Cadillac and you can't GET a Cadillac with cloth interior anymore.
I remember when i bought my first Buick last year. Its a 1990 Buick Lesabre with the spoke tires . Looks like new i had to put a new motor in it though
Ive always wondered how this works, when these contestants win these cars do they get the car being showed or are they given a cashiers check for the price of the car and the contestant can go to the dealership and pick one out just curiouse
They should put a Buick at the end of the Golden Road like this: Two digit grocery item (less than a dollar).......three digit appliance (hundreds of dollars).........four digit trip (thousands of dollars)........five digit Buick (ultimate prize)
Who would have thought a Buick from that generation would excite anyone as much as those contestants. lol Most of it was total junk! Nice job with the video.
I'd take any of these Buicks over modern offerings. Watch game shows today. The cars they give away now mostly look like glorified golf carts that are truly junk. It is still common to see many of these Buick models on the road 20 or even 30 years after they quit making them. I doubt you'll see many of those tiny sub-compacts 10 years from now!
Except for the couple LeSabre's, they all DID seem to be the smallest Buicks they gave away. I thought I'd see a Roadmaster or an Electra in there somewhere!
Sh1t the cover car & 3:56 looks like my aunts old 84 Regel Limited all red interior steering wheel too bad the V6 developed engine problems in 2000 I used to like riding in it when I was a kid in the 90s
Back when GM built reliable and durable cars at a good value, Times have changed. I just received a piece of plastic with double sided tape on it for a recall regarding the cruise control that is not even on my Chevy Colorado. I cannot believe this could fix anything , The lawyers said we will send this plastic part out showing we did something about the defect so we resolved the problem!
@@kevinlee5361 Oldsmobile has been lucky for me my 79 Trans Am had the Olds 403 V8 and was smooth as silk. My 1980 98 Regency has been a joy with no major repairs for forty years. The Trans Am went to someone who made me an offer that was what I paid for the car so it was sold.
The 80's the only nice one was the 85 Regal Limited, the rest were Skyhawk garbage. Would have been nice to see them give away a 84 Park Avenue or 85 LeSabre Collector's Edition instead.
@@jnadle1 I would have liked to see a full-size Estate Wagon or Roadmaster Estate instead of all those Century wagons but I really enjoyed this as I love all Buicks!
I note in the description there are variations on sound. I have tried to spend more time matching the clips in newer vids. Please understand it's very painstaking to make these collage vids.
Is it just me but why do cars seem to mirror the state of mind of the American Public the farther you go back the better the and the more alluring and well built and practical the cars are.... The further you go forward the more the cars become eccentric and cheesy .. too focused with accessories that really have no value to the overall driving experience and has more to do with making a car feel as though you're driving a house on wheels ...... Essentially what I'm trying to say is the further you go back there's just more substance
I wish Buick still made cars like this!
Better stock for your bucks!
You and me BOTH dude! Those 1990's Le Sabre's were SO comfy! My boss had one. This spring, at my doctor's suggestion as I was in the market for a new car, and have back and muscle issues, I went to see the Buck Enclave. Unreal! I LITERALLY could not fit in the thing. The center console was so wide I couldn't get my leg over far enough to reach the accelerator. The seats were small and hard and the driver's door was right up against my leg. Even the salesman said "that's not the car for YOU!"
@@retroguy9494 Yeah, I had a couple Enclaves but when I was in the market for a new car in 2018 I was not crazy about the then new model so I upgraded to the GMC Yukon. It is a nice vehicle but I still would much rather drive a traditional full-size luxury sedan. The SUV is just unnecessarily big and even with all that weight not quite as smooth.
@@tyler2610 Well, I have severe back and muscle issues. I have a 2005 Yukon which I bought new at the suggestion of my chiropractor as he wants me sitting at a 90 degree angle and I'm 6'1". Anyway, I needed a new one as the frame in mine is all rusted out now form the salt and brine. The seats on the new Yukons are HORRIBLE. I sat in it for about 4 minutes before I started to feel pain in my pelvic muscle and back. Plus the seat is shorter and feels like I'm sliding off it. And like the Enclave, I feel pinned in with no room to move my legs (an absolute necessity when I drive).
So my doctor told me to look for a low mileage Escalade or Yukon from '07 to '14. I finally found a '14 Escalade with 16K original miles. Not as comfy as the '05 Yukon but doable. I also had to pay 6K over book value due to all the pandemic price gouging.
@@retroguy9494For some reason automakers all seem to want their seats to feel like a sports car. It doesn’t make sense! I don’t know how comfort got a bad name in the auto industry but it seems to be that way. My Yukon’s seats are definitely on the firmer side but not uncomfortable IMO. I haven’t driven the new body style but if you feel cramped in a Yukon, you must be a big guy. I feel like it is huge, almost to much so. I can’t hardly reach into the glove compartment from the driver’s seat it’s so wide.
That white Regal coupe is to die for. Basically the same car as a Monte Carlo or Olds Cutlass.
My grandmother had a 1968 Oldsmobile cutlass. V8. We brought my baby sister home from the hospital in it. I remember that.
That regal coupe is still one of my favorite cars. My mom had a white one just like it in the 80s with a floor shift.
Love seeing these old cars again. Is it possible to include a quick clip showing whether they win it or not?
Wow Bob really made GM cars exciting!🤩🤩🤩
I was 12 in 1984 and remember my Dad renting a Buick Skyhawk at Ajax rent-a-car in Philadelphia. He said it was the biggest piece of junk he ever driven. I can still remember it...had a brown interior and it was slow. My Dad hated it.
It was just a Chevy Cavalier dressed in Buick clothing.
But it had dual horns!
I had 3 of them. Cheap, but tanks.
My family had a station wagon 😂😂 thay were good cars 😊 good times
My grandmother had a Buick Regal and when she got her another car she gave it to my dad and I swear those was the best memories of my life, in the late 80's, my dad would call it the Brougham lol I guess he wanted a Cadillac 😂😂😂😂😂
Actually several GM cars had a "brougham" option. Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Pontiac all had models that were "broughams." It referred to the kind of top it had. My favorite aunt's last car before she died was a whopper of a name. It was a 1989 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Regency Brougham! LMAO
I used to love those Buick Century models.
Like the one Kojak drove, only a 2 door model though.
thanks for posting, these really take me back!
Man I so miss the 70's and 80's
That Buick Century would be perfect for me if I needed a car. Old school like the full sized sedans but compact for parking in the city. Was nice they made basic comfortable sedans in the past.
MY How much GM has fallen these big beautiful LeSabres and park ave. and the Rives to the crap there selling now I just want to go back to that time and taking BOB back with us forever who's with me !!!!!
If you have a flux capacitor I'm in.
I remember a contestant winning a Buick Century in a double showcase win.
Those regal supercharged were fast my mom had one
0:08 - the original TPIR car theme. Seldom heard after the show expanded to one hour and they got new music, much of which they kept for decades.
Those Park Aves were straight up class!!
LMAO When I saw that small boxy mid 80's FWD Park Avenue I was immediately reminded of that Lincoln Town car commercial when a Cadillac Sedan DeVille, a Buick Park Avenue and and Oldsmobile Regency 98 all in black pull up and the middle aged dudes all get confused as to which one was their car because they all looked the same. Then the snotty dude walks out and says "the Lincoln Town Car please!"
I had an ‘85 Buick Somerset Regal. It had a digital dash and thanks to a recall on the windshield washer switch I went from non intermittent wipers to intermittent wipers. Definitely an upgrade in the 80s.
2:20 Gene Wood from Family Feud announcing
14:06 I loved it when they put the cars on those turntables.
I’m not sure which is better, this or the Cadillac collection. Great
Job my friend
I remember during season 35, there was a Lucerne in a showcase. That might’ve been the last Buick they had on the show, as I don’t recall a single one in the Carey era so far.
3:55 White Regal looks very close to the one I had. I have a video of it in my channel along with the '81 I still have today.
10:28 ROD RODDY: What prize do you think goes with this music?
("New car" music cue plays)
(Audience shouting "new car")
ROD RODDY: Yes, indeedy, it's the music for a brand new car.
The later Buicks were pretty nice
This was great and I was able to identify all of those cars!
Yea but I wish they would have given away some of the BIGGER Buicks like the Electra, Roadmaster, etc. Did you also notice that every model was the "custom" and never the higher trim "limited?"
@@retroguy9494 Still WAY better than the basic, generic golf carts they give away now!!
@@tyler2610 They still give away cars on TPIR? I haven't watched it in YEARS.
@@retroguy9494 A few were well optioned with leather and nice wheels but yes, most were base models. Still soo much nicer than the types of cars they give away now that look more like golf carts
@@tyler2610 I agree with you 100% on the cars today looking like golf carts. In fact, so too are many of the cars that people BUY and drive today.
However, regarding leather, you have to bear in mind that way back then, cloth was actually more EXPENSIVE than leather or vinyl. It was considered a high priced option as it deemed to be more elegant and comfortable. Which is why, until my current vehicle, I always had cloth interiors. The only reason I have leather now (which I don't like) is because it's a Cadillac and you can't GET a Cadillac with cloth interior anymore.
My first car 78 Buick Regal I own 5 of them real lURUXY
Back when 6 cylinders were economical
I remember when i bought my first Buick last year. Its a 1990 Buick Lesabre with the spoke tires . Looks like new i had to put a new motor in it though
I wanna see more car 🚗 prizes!
I love car prizes!
Everybody loves car prizes!
@@kenk7451 totally.
9:45 Buick logo zooms in on screen
Buick Centuries, LeSabres, Park Avenues, Regals, Skylarks, & More!
regals century lesabres skyhawks park avenue all my favorite cars you got any chevy's oldsmobiles and pontiacs on price is right
Ive always wondered how this works, when these contestants win these cars do they get the car being showed or are they given a cashiers check for the price of the car and the contestant can go to the dealership and pick one out just curiouse
If Buick brought back the Regal Grand National with a 600hp plus power train it would sell
Nice to be reminded that Tom Kennedy hosted the show at one time.
RIP Tom Kennedy (1927-2020)
@@riley1049And now RIP Bob Barker. 1923-2023.
They should put a Buick at the end of the Golden Road like this:
Two digit grocery item (less than a dollar).......three digit appliance (hundreds of dollars).........four digit trip (thousands of dollars)........five digit Buick (ultimate prize)
Damn those girls @ 11:04 were so damn exicted about that lesabre.
i got a 2004 buick lesabre i got when my dad passed away in aug 2013 ive had it ever since
That is quite an inheritance. That must have been your late father's.
@@matthaddock1817 it was my sisters wanted to scrap it
@@Danielbulldog Ahh
11:45 they gave her some heat 🔥🔥🔥
They all have California emissions! They announced that like it’s a good thing or something.
Required by law.
I would like to see who actually won!
Can we get Pontiac & Oldsmobile
Who would have thought a Buick from that generation would excite anyone as much as those contestants. lol Most of it was total junk! Nice job with the video.
Id rock a Buick with the 3800 lol
@@carsnstuff1344 yup the 3.8L V6 is the cream of the crop.
I'd take any of these Buicks over modern offerings. Watch game shows today. The cars they give away now mostly look like glorified golf carts that are truly junk. It is still common to see many of these Buick models on the road 20 or even 30 years after they quit making them. I doubt you'll see many of those tiny sub-compacts 10 years from now!
My grandmother drove a Buick Riviera in the early 70s and it was pretty nice, but I was just a kid and easily impressed.
@@johnmanier7968 The boat-tail model?
There was a contestant who won a $8,648 1977 Le Sabre on 5 Price Tags on the syndicated version.
I think that was a Electra Coupe
@@XJCherokeeBearEpisode 243N showed a 1978 Buick Electra 225 in Golden Road.
Dual horns?
All these cars are probably in the junkyard by now.....
no grand national or regal turbo or electra and le sabre t-type darn
@13:42; I love that. She's like, "I'm under control." "NO I'M NOT!"
We had a Buick LeSabre.
Janice or Dian ?😎
When people went nuts for station wagons.
Now...your new Chevy Sonic...23,000
U should do collection of bugattis
The good ol pimp days..
Wait, no Rivieras, or I missed something??
I'm sure they offered one but I haven't seen it online for me to include.
Was it really a "showcase showdown" if the prize was a Skyhawk?
Except for the couple LeSabre's, they all DID seem to be the smallest Buicks they gave away. I thought I'd see a Roadmaster or an Electra in there somewhere!
The Showcase Showdown is the Big Wheel. The Showcases are the big prizes at the end.
Sh1t the cover car & 3:56 looks like my aunts old 84 Regel Limited all red interior steering wheel too bad the V6 developed engine problems in 2000 I used to like riding in it when I was a kid in the 90s
Back when GM built reliable and durable cars at a good value, Times have changed. I just received a piece of plastic with double sided tape on it for a recall regarding the cruise control that is not even on my Chevy Colorado. I cannot believe this could fix anything , The lawyers said we will send this plastic part out showing we did something about the defect so we resolved the problem!
I had a new 83 regal total piece of crap
@@kevinlee5361 Oldsmobile has been lucky for me my 79 Trans Am had the Olds 403 V8 and was smooth as silk. My 1980 98 Regency has been a joy with no major repairs for forty years. The Trans Am went to someone who made me an offer that was what I paid for the car so it was sold.
The 80's the only nice one was the 85 Regal Limited, the rest were Skyhawk garbage. Would have been nice to see them give away a 84 Park Avenue or 85 LeSabre Collector's Edition instead.
They gave away a 1986 Park Avenue on a Tom Kennedy episode.
@@jnadle1 I would have liked to see a full-size Estate Wagon or Roadmaster Estate instead of all those Century wagons but I really enjoyed this as I love all Buicks!
The white Regal. By the design of the grille, was actually an 87
a brand new CAAAAAAAA!!!! christ simmer down
your sound editing is kinda like youtube commercials
I note in the description there are variations on sound. I have tried to spend more time matching the clips in newer vids. Please understand it's very painstaking to make these collage vids.
What years are these episodes?
1976-2005
I would love to win this car but then they get you on the tax
Bean Stalker!
They don’t make cars like this anymore.
Is it just me but why do cars seem to mirror the state of mind of the American Public the farther you go back the better the and the more alluring and well built and practical the cars are.... The further you go forward the more the cars become eccentric and cheesy .. too focused with accessories that really have no value to the overall driving experience and has more to do with making a car feel as though you're driving a house on wheels ...... Essentially what I'm trying to say is the further you go back there's just more substance
It's hard to believe Buick doesn't make cars anymore..just junk crossover/SUVs
yup
Yeah, too bad these cars are no longer made:(
No wonder Buick bit the dust. The only two cars that were even worth looking at were the 77 Regal and the 81 Regal. The rest should have been a Toyota
At 8:50 that was one of the worst & ugliest looking cars that buik has ever made.
Crappy Buicks