I should clarify, Im north of eau claire about 30 some minutes

 

Wow, AuroraGirl, what a mind-warp -- I'm used to seeing you on the ACNA site, where I am oneye. I had no idea you had all that to play with (!) Cool.

 

my guess: Anglican church of North America?

 

Thanks for the clarification Aurora Girl. My dad liked Oldsmobiles, and growing up I (proudly) drove his 55 on my first dates. He wore out two 55's over about a twenty year period in his life (he was on his second one when I was in HS) and still had a beautiful 65 Olds LS when he passed away.

In my younger (maybe more rebellious) days, I drove Plymouths. After a bad experience with a Mopar in the late (80's early 90's), I finally saw the light and bought a 1994 Olds LSS. We drove it for many years and miles. As soon as I heard about the "new" Aurora being talked about, I knew I was going to get one. When they first came out, the price was pretty steep, and as a result, I had to wait until 2007 before one could be had for my target price of under $10,000.

I found a beautiful pearl white 2001 Aurora 4.0 with 65,000 miles. It was going to be my "forever" car. As the years and miles went by, it developed low oil pressure at idle like you describe, but with over 200,000 miles it still looked and drove (to me at least) like new and could go 131 mph--my fastest car. Sadly about seven years ago it over heated on the highway, and while parked waiting for a tow truck, it was side swiped by someone pulling a big snowmobile trailer. As a practical matter, it just couldn't be fixed, and I had to let it go. Besides the body work, it needed head gaskets.

So, that's my Aurora story. Thanks for sharing pics of the Oldsmobiles in your life--all your relics are interesting too.

Jim

ps I never officially signed up or posted, but I used to spend quite a bit of time on the Aurora forum.

 

 

Feels like that sometimes...lol

 

I can be found there too. You should definitely give Aurora another go but not in the pay 10k range. I got my 2001 for 1500. It was honestly a poor cared for car in many ways despite low mileage, but i learned a lot on it. The 99 needs some work now too but I want to hang on to it even if it were to rot, because the interior is great, panels are great, and its got the 99 best it could be architecture before the 2001 COP and other enhancements. This makes it the preferable source for heart even if I got a different body.

Also, if it makes you sleep better, your aurora had nothign to worry about oil pressure wise. the PCMs for certain 2001 4.0 and 2000-2001 cadillacs with 4.6 had calibrations to repair them under a TSB that fixed that issue, it was a internal computer logic issue, not actual oil pressure if checked with a gauge. but im sorry about the death

If you get another you should aim for a 1st gen just to experience it. its quite, different, but thats okay, and I hope not too far in future I can enjoy it.

Shortly after retired from duty

about 8k before sold

Shortly before sold, key on only

Dont get a sunroof one LOL

Day I found out the rear brake got seized

Emphasis on the seized

not mine just a 99 underhood

 

 

 

I like it except for the fake patina .

 

Beautiful Deere!
You're right about the '99. What killed my '97 was the NLA aluminum control arms.

 

you can either fix the crossmember by welding,replace it, or do the ultra cool move of taking a Buick Lucerne aluminum crossmember, cutting down the extra, and swapping the brakes and wheel hubs and suspension etc, lol.

the 98+ c, g, h cars have zz

 

What do you call that? A Thundrolet?

 

I know, a 58 T Bird rear and some kind of chelby / gmc front?

 

It's a 48-54 (or early 55) Chevy (or GMC) 5 window truck cab, hood and fenders. I can't see the grille well enough to see what it is.