This is the first real car I've ever purchased. I limped along with cars for years while in school, now that I'm settled and employed I wanted to get a real car. I drive a fair amount, I've put 30k+ miles on the Buick in the year I've owned it, and I'm still really pleased with it. I'm hoping to run the car at least 10 years. The car is quick, comfortable, efficient, and it looks super sharp. I especially like the GS looks as opposed to the stock Regal. The ride is fairly firm, I had the 20"s but I didn't like the bling. I traded someone for 19"s and I like the ride and look more. I don't use the adjustable dampening as much as I thought I would. I've haven't had it on the track yet, if you're not going to autocross it, that feature is not going to get used much. After driving this car, every other car feels big, dumb and disconnected from the road. I really like driving this car. The GS has nice power. There is still some torque steer, despite the clever engineering trying to mute it. The only thing that interferes with power delivery is a sloppy gear box. This thing was simply not meant to shift quickly. I went back to the dealer and drove a 13 just to feel the gearbox, it felt identical. Some guys talk about the short throw mod giving them better feel. I'll believe it when I see it. It doesn't sound like anything, if that's meaningful to you at all. It'll choo choo a tiny bit, no growl at all. It's discreet, but I want it to rumble a little. The braking is incredible. Brembos up front, discs in the rear. Easily the most braking I've ever felt in a production car. Getting in the car, I really like the seating position, the cabin feels well put together, although the main column has too many buttons and redundant controls. I love the seat, pedal, wheel, gear shift position. I have the optional control wheel down by the gear select, and you can use that for most of your inputs to the stereo / nav / phone. The parking break switch is also near there, which seems foolish, but I've never had a problem accidentally switching it. I like the look and feel of the interior. The dash is not that attractive. The best feature of the electronics is the Nav. It's not particularly quick or intuitive. It's just useful enough that I use it all the time. Great stereo. Plays well with iPhone, doesn't gel with android in any way. The mirrors aren't very large, and the B column is pretty substantial. Also I like to sit all the way down in the car. Ends up creating bit of a blind spot. The car has been reliable, I got the car used and the trans seemed funny, it was replaced under warranty. I've put tires and brakes on it, the dealer wanted too much, so I did the brakes myself. $500 for a brake job is ridiculous. I routinely get 28 mpg in town 30/32 mpg on the highway. The econ calculator in the dash seems really accurate. It calls for high octane fuel, I've always put 91 in it. No ethanol if I can help it. What else? This is a fairly compact car, four adults can be comfortable across town, maybe a little cramped across country. The trunk is a good size, opening is just large enough for a golf bag. Overall I'm quite happy with the car.

Buick did a great job with this vehicle. I bought it in the early 2000s from an older retired couple that pretty much drove it to the store and back. So it was almost ten when I purchased it. For a car that's almost 20 years old, it runs like I bought it yesterday. All I'm looking for in a car is something reliable that will get me where I'm going safely. Gas mileage is a plus, it gets about 21 hwy and 17 surface street driving, which is actually better than my husband's 2010 V6 Mustang, As for safety, I truly believe this is the safest car I've ever driven, I say that because I nearly totaled it when someone in a 90s model Suburban turned in front of me as I was doing 45mph through an intersection. For whatever reason, the other driver admitted to not seeing me. I never hit my brakes. My front end was crumpled shut, and I'd managed to take the Suburban off three of his tires. Once the police report was finished, my car cranked beautifully, I drove the rest of the way to work and still managed to be on time. When I took it to the dealer, and after he pried the hood open with a crowbar, I couldn't believe it, but nothing under the hood had been damaged. It was about $2000 worth of damage, all cosmetic.

I think my Buick Regal '99 Grand Sport was a great first car and I still have it into my adult career. I bought it when I was 15 and it had around 75k miles on it, and I imagine that it has close to 300k on it now after owning it for almost 10 years coming up. The integrity of this car has been amazing, the only main mechanical thing to go out was the super charger belt to go out due to it being so cold and snapped. Otherwise this thing is still running like it was brand new. The other things inside the car are slowly starting to give out, examples being my heater, power windows, inside trim falling off, the lights in my dash going out just to name a few things. But outside of the minor stuff that has gone out with the car it has been a great first car and have put very little into fixing it.