Thread: what made you decide to get a GP?

Originally Posted by brandonl2000

and now you're a traitor.

Lol, indeed... A big body just suits my needs much better. Still love the GP... It just doesn't suit my needs at the moment. My fiancee has developed a serious attachment to it; it may be in the family a bit longer.

Sh!t Luck! LOL

A pretty good story:

Our 2nd vehicle was a 97 Caravan that was on it's last legs. It got me to work and back and I was gonna drive it until it died. One day a coworker told me that he was selling his 2nd vehicle, a 2001 Grand Prix, and wondered if I, or anyone I knew was looking. I joked that my van could die any day but until it did I was going to keep driving it. As luck would have it, I left for home that night and 1 block later, at a stop sign I heard the most godawful sound. It was the tranny. I pushed it back into the work parking lot and got a ride home.

Next day I found my coworker and said; You jinxed me! Still have that car for sale? After work and went and had a look and his GP turned out to be a GTP! Absolutely clean vehicle and it even had the sunroof. 190K Km (120K miles) on it - not bad. I took her for a spin and was hooked! I did have a look to see what else was available but the price was right and I didn't see anything else that came close.

I was also sold on the 3800 engine having owned an 87 Olds Royale Brougham and a 92 Olds Park Avenue.

The car has been rustproofed every year and has had impeccable maintainence and I intend to keep it that way. Hopefully for many years to come! The only other owner was a GM executive who drove it for the first year. It's a daily driver but will only will get 10K Km (6800 miles) or so a year on it. Thinking about some mods but not until spring rolls around.

Now I have a 2nd vehicle that I actually LIKE to drive. No more trying to wrestle the keys to the Jeep away from the wife.

I got mine because it was the only 3800 powered vehicle on the showroom floor in 2007. Had two previous cars with the 3800 and no engine problems so why not get a brand new one that will last me a long time.

after owning eight 99-02 mercury cougars, one as my DD always having to fix stupid crap on them and getting made fun of for driving a girls car, i was weeks away from dropping a 3.0l and a 5speed into it when i drove by a dealership and saw a 04 gp gt, for some reason it caught my eye.
went home and did my research (already knew about the 3800 and that it lasted forever) found i wanted a gtp with the comp g package,
so i sold my car and started searching craigslist, found one a good 250 miles away that was exactly what i wanted down to the color so i drove out and bought it.

the part i find funny is when i went to look at the car, i had a check in hand for a price we agreed on, the seller knew i was going to buy it and i had never even driven a 04-08 gp before let alone a gtp