Thread: Hi. Noob with a 98 Buick Century.

Hi, all.
My name is Felix.
I recently acquired a 98 Buick Century Custom from my 96 year old great uncle.
It had 21,000 miles on it and had been sitting in the garage for 3 years.
He used it to drive 4 blocks to the store for his groceries once a week
Anyway, it's my 1st car and I wanna keep it well maintained and maybe boost it's performance.
I look forward to learning from all of you and maybe making some friends as well.

(Ask me for the story behind my name for a good chuckle ^_^)

welcome. I would also suggest replacing seals, the gaskets dry out and get brittle when they are left with no oil on them (extremely low mileage isn't the best friend of rubber seals)

Welcome to the club. There is plenty to learn about here!

Thanks to everybody who welcomed me!!
I wasn't really expecting so many nice people ^_^
I'm sorry it took so long for me to reply.
My life kinda gets hectic and busy sometimes :P

Here's a couple of replies

LowlyfeGTP:

The care was free.
It was a gift from him when I got my license ^_^
I really hope he didn't race it.
He stopped driving cuz he couldn't see the road.
Hell, he can't even see the steering wheel O_O

SyntheticShield:

1- It's nice to have an admin who actually cares enough to offer a noob some useful advice.
Thank you for that ^_^

2: 1st thing I did before I even put the ke in the ignition was change the air filter and oil.

And I should also note that I put 5000 miles on it since he gave it to me :P

Archemedes:

I will look into the conditions of the seals.
Since it was (and still is) a garaged car, it wasn't exposed to as much weather so they may be OK.
In the 4 months I've been driving it, I haven't had any leaks.
I'm always sure to check for them every time I pull out of the garage.
Thanks for the heads up.

03GPScottyd:

I'm willing to put in the work, time and money to improve the engine stats.
I'm not expecting a monster car, but the improved performance will be nice ^^

I've already put in a CAI with my friend help.
The difference a small project like that makes is remarkable

And finally, to everyone who welcomed me, thank you so much.
It's nice to have friends ^_^

Welcome to the site.

I forgot to tell the story of my name for those of you who are interested :P

Well, when I 1st got my car, I drove from NY to Michigan.
The trip went well and I really opened the throttle on the interstate.
Average speed, 85 to 100 MPH.
Everything went great.
So, I parked in a parking lot to get something from a store.
When I came out, some guy tells me a couple of teenagers in daddies SUV slammed into my front end.
Then damaged my bumper cover and grille, shattered the left head light and tented my hood.
The hood wouldn't close right.
It wouldn't snap onto the 2nd latch.
So, I go back in and buy duct tap and line the front of the hood with it so the air can't get in and lift it while I drive home.

Fast forward to March.
I haven't been able to afford to get it fixed yet.
I'm driving on Union Turnpike, a block or 2 away from Main St.
I'm going about 35 MPH and my hood flies up onto my windshield.
I blindly pulled over to the side of the road, got my ratchet set and took the whole hood off.
My buddy and I folded it in half, stuffed it in the trunk and drove home with no hood :P

Good times ^_^

welcome