80s Buicks are the best beaters though; reliability, ease of parts, and ride (for a $500 car).
Source: We've had a few 80s/ early 90s Buicks with 4cyl and 3800s in.
I'd take cheap-o GM mid/late 80s cars over the Asian ones, arguably there quieter and ride better, have just as crappy interiors, and still have the same reliability - at least in our family's experience. And, all of our 80s GM vehicles (Chevy Van, Park Ave, Century, Firebird, ect) have more solid interiors (ugly as sin sometimes, but didn't fall apart) than a lot of the late 90s GM vehicles I've been in. Even the couple 80s Ford pickups we've had, Dodge Aspen, ect. didn't have issues with the interiors falling apart. Only thing that ever fell apart inside on these vehicles were the headliners. I don't know, this has just been my experience. Everyone has different experiences with vehicles, lol.
