Used 2000 Buick Park Avenue Consumer Reviews
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We have a limited number of reviews for the 2000 Park Avenue, so we've included reviews for other years of the Park Avenue since its last redesign.
The last of the really great American gunboats.
Ray Grib, 03/18/2017
updated 03/24/2025
1999 Buick Park Avenue 4dr Sedan
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
First off, I think this is one of the best looking large American luxury car ever designed. It is rolling sculpture with beautiful curved lines and nothing over-stated. You would think Buick commissioned Jaguar and Italian experts to create this elegant masterpiece. Modern Cadillacs are ugly abortions with hard angular lines and boxy styling. They lost the concept of the big American luxury-liner by trying to compete with German luxury/performance brands. Well guess what...who cares about road ripping performance? The truly great American luxury cars are all about the big floating ride and lush comfort, period. Buick nailed it down right in every category with the Park Avenue. If the yuppies snicker about big luxury-liners, let them buy their BMW's and carve up mountain roads. I'd rather sensibly cruise down the road with one finger on the steering wheel and totally surrounded in luxurious, living room comfort. With that being said, the Buick has enough power to get you around in style. The large V6 is a dated pushrod design, but supplies ample torque around town and decent highway cruising. This car has enough electronic features to make you take college courses just to understand and utilize them, but a downside is they were not thoroughly designed and some may go bad over time. The trunk is cavernous and can hold major groceries. Passengers totally relax in the big bench seats like a limo. The stereo is adequate, but you can really improve the quality with aftermarket upgrades (Hint: the trunk is perfect for a large subwoofer box firing towards the rear. This gives concert hall bass performance). Nothing on the road today feels like this bygone masterpiece of cruising on the open sea. This is a ride that we saw a lot of as kids in most American cars, but now is basically extinct...what a crying shame. So get a Park Avenue if you want total old-fashioned American luxury and don't care about racing with Euro cars. This car is not without problems though. The intake manifold seems to be the Achilles Heel and mine went bad on a local ride. It leaked coolant fluid everywhere and it took a whopping $1000 repair bill to fix. Next in the hot Florida summers, the A/C started throwing warm air at me. Upon inspection, the compressor and evaporator were leaking and needed replacing to a $2000 bill. Even though this car is 20 years old, I question why these things go bad with just 40K miles on it. The lesson here is age invites problems. I drive this car easy and never push the tach needle beyond 2000 rpm, although you can with aggressive driving. The 4-speed transmission is smooth and gets the job done. Avoid the Ultra models with a supercharger. Although the supercharger adds more torque and horsepower, it is minimum because of the old school motor design. Superchargers perform best on a modern engine with 4 valves per pot and overhead cams. The Park Avenue is definitely not for everyone. It is a piece of Americana from a dying era when Detroit ruled the roads.
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Grandparents car
Cliff, 12/06/2017
2000 Buick Park Avenue 4dr Sedan
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
I drive my grandparents 2000 park ave daily, when grandpa got it it was PERFECT, he had mention that the 3.8 was one heck of a motor and the power and economy. I didn't believe him, but I DO NOW! The 3.8 will throw you back in the seat as you float down the road. Set the cruise at 90 and just roll. It's comfy, fast VERY economical. At 90 it gets about 30MPG Hey. In town I get about 20. Back her down to 60 on the HWY keep the tack about 1800 I've got 33mpg. The leather is flawless and lime sitting in my easy chair! Got enough room I packed my nephews and all our gear and we took it camping! Even loaded down got 30 mpg! And I'm 6 1 my grandfather is 6 3 ish, and It's got plenty of room. And the sound system that GM put in that car is AMAZING! And at 140,xxx miles it starts riite up and goes Luke a bat outta hell when it needs to. Very reliable, can't wait to own one for myself !!!
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vuittion, 04/23/2008
2000 Buick Park Avenue 4dr Sedan
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I would have to say that over all this is the last car that I would buy for a long while. This car may be big but it is stylish and is one of its own class of cars. When i drive this car I feel the long history of true American Style every time I drive my car it feels as if I am driving a car from the 50's the craftsmanship, the style, the look and the handling its what Buick has for years always offered with its cars my Park Avenue is by far the best, reliable, dependable and going strong at 110000 miles and will for a long time to come. My hat goes to the designers of this car they truly made one hell of a good car.
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tom333, 09/08/2008
2000 Buick Park Avenue 4dr Sedan
9 of 12 people found this review helpful
This car has been excellent, I'm 62 and this has been one of the best cars of the 16 that I have owned. The engine and drive train has had zero problems in 8 years. It had one minor issue in the 1st year that was fixed by the dealership with 1 visit. The ride is very smooth. The only problem I have had has been a weak front door lock plastic button bracket. I have replaced it 2 times. If the button is pushed hard, the plastic bracket eventually spreads and the door lock button pushes into the door planel. It still works but is not flush with the inside door panel.
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Middlefork, 06/08/2010
2000 Buick Park Avenue Ultra 4dr Sedan
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
120,000 miles. City and Hwy. No problems. Wife's car and she has loved it.