2000 silhouette

jensenracing77 · February 25th, 2009, 03:50 PM

it is a gold premier. we got it in 2006 with 90,000 miles. when we got it i knew that the intake gasket was seeping a little so i changed that right away before the dreaded blow out of the gasket. let me tell you, that is a tuff job and i do not recommend it if you don't have much experience. it did give me an excuse to buy that snap on tech wrench i was wanting. then the transmission was getting weak and had that rebuilt. we found out that the original owner pulled a boat with it all the time. after the transmission we have had no trouble and love it. it is the best vacation vehicle i ever had also.

jensenracing77 · February 25th, 2009, 05:03 PM

when we were looking for a van we would go to a used car lot and someone would always come out and ask what we were looking for? i would say we wanted an Oldsmobile silhouette van. most of the time they would take us to a Chevy or a Pontiac. i would say that we only wanted an Oldsmobile. there comment would usually be "well they are all the same and also why would you want a oldsmobile when they quit making them." i would think to myself, they are not all the same and if they were then the fact that they quit making them would not matter anyway. my wife wants a final 500 silhouette now. i don't think that is going to happen any time soon.

February 25th, 2009, 03:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
jensenracing77 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: brazil indiana Posts: 1,009	2000 silhouette it is a gold premier. we got it in 2006 with 90,000 miles. when we got it i knew that the intake gasket was seeping a little so i changed that right away before the dreaded blow out of the gasket. let me tell you, that is a tuff job and i do not recommend it if you don't have much experience. it did give me an excuse to buy that snap on tech wrench i was wanting. then the transmission was getting weak and had that rebuilt. we found out that the original owner pulled a boat with it all the time. after the transmission we have had no trouble and love it. it is the best vacation vehicle i ever had also.

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February 25th, 2009, 05:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
jensenracing77 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: brazil indiana Posts: 1,009	when we were looking for a van we would go to a used car lot and someone would always come out and ask what we were looking for? i would say we wanted an Oldsmobile silhouette van. most of the time they would take us to a Chevy or a Pontiac. i would say that we only wanted an Oldsmobile. there comment would usually be "well they are all the same and also why would you want a oldsmobile when they quit making them." i would think to myself, they are not all the same and if they were then the fact that they quit making them would not matter anyway. my wife wants a final 500 silhouette now. i don't think that is going to happen any time soon.