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Awesome first Car
mancheskia, 11/29/2011
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LSS 4dr Sedan
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
This was my first car that I owned when I got my license. Gas mileage was great 28 mpg hwy with a V6 and about 16 city for a 1996 I would consider that very good especially since car these day aren't getting much better mileage if they are at all better in the same class. Car was very comfortable and reliability wasn't much of an issue until I had about 200,000 miles on the car.
Love this car
brminder, 03/31/2002
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LS 4dr Sedan
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
Bought it with 112000 miles on it, doesn't burn any oil, gets about 30 on the highway, 22-25 in town, lots of power, quiet, smooth ride. It's just a great car.
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Dave, 04/11/2006
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LSS 4dr Sedan
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
The Olds Eighty-eight is a great highway car! It is very stable at high speeds, has good acceleration, is comfortable, and has acceptable gas mileage considering the horsepower. Like all sporty cars, this is not the most maintenance-free I've owned. That is not to say it left me stranded on the side of the road, it just needed attention periodically; lots of little things quit working properly. Overall a good second car, and a great family vacation car.
Long live the 88
jks, 06/08/2006
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LSS 4dr Sedan
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I bought this car with 160,000 miles on it, it now has 190,000 and is still going strong. It leaks a little oil but burns none. I have never have to add any between oil changes (3,000mi.). It is very quick for a big car with a V6 engnie. It has a very comfortable ride. Its body roll is a bit much in a hard corner but then it's not a sports car. It has been very reliable.
Too Soon Gone but Not Forgotten
Edward L. Kowalski, 06/17/2002
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LSS 4dr Sedan
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I like the car, used it mostly for work as a salesman. Didn't have a lot of problems over the years. I'd buy another if they were still being made. Probably should have purchased a new one prior to it's phase out but could not justify selling a perfectly good automobile.
96 Olds LSS
e sample, 06/23/2002
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LSS 4dr Sedan w/Supercharger
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Great car, comfort,performance, economy, style
Initial Impressions
Fred B, 01/19/2004
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LSS 4dr Sedan w/Supercharger
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Just purchased with under 55k on the odometer. Love that LSS supercharged motor! Handles fine for the barge that it is. Comfortable, tons of room front and back, has leather and sunroof, CD, etc....but I'm still wishing for heated seats and a CD CHANGER. I've heard GM made one that's compatible with the single CD/cassette/AM-FM stereo, guess I'll look on Ebay for one!
Uncomfortable Seats
GARY, 11/23/2006
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Overall this is a great car, but it has terrible seats in the front. My car's driver side seat tilt is stuck with a bad motor. It is also a little hard to steer when parking. Other than that, this car has a good ride and gets good gas millage.
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Joe S, 04/10/2005
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LSS 4dr Sedan
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Great car.Vey rialable.I feel very safly driving this car.
Superb until it’s not
Collegekidwithcars, 03/22/2025
1996 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
My second of my H body Oldsmobiles (previous was a 97’ LSS) second owner here. Purchased in 2023 with 96,000 miles. Have done over 40,000 miles since then (currently at 136xxx). Engine has been amazingly reliable and so has the transmission. Every expensive electronic on this car that could have gone, has gone. Every. Single. One. This car is 30 years old, so I won’t fault it. The brand is gone, so specific parts aren’t available, which I won’t fault the car for. I feel this car is the ultimate used car IF you take a time machine back to 2010-2015. You have to now source parts from junkyards and EBay. Certain issues no one will know how to fix, like my highbeams kept burning out. Replaced every Lamp module, relay, solenoid, every light related thing (multiple highbeam switches) until I finally was told it could be a bad steering column wiring harness. Both GM experts I know personally told me this and REFUSED to fix it due to it being such a pain. The old shop I worked at did, but told me they are refusing to do any more major jobs on my car, as they can’t even find diagrams for if other specific issues. Sure they will happily replace a blower motor, do my oil, put on a new alternator. But if my guage cluster, or my water pump (major job on these) or anything big goes. It’s bye bye Oldsmobile. I find the seats amazingly comfy (base model cloth couches. The car gets still 32 highway mpg and is immensely comfortable. It just has the typical 90’s car fault of electronic gremlins and no available parts for specific issues. The car genuinely has cost me far more than it’s been worth in the past couple years. After putting in many of my own hours and thousands. I now have a reliable car I won’t enjoy much as I’m planning to upgrade anyways. If only this car was made today. Also amazingly safe for its age, gigantic airbags and steel body. I should know my LSS (the same car) went under an SUV at 40 mph. I only had a scratch on my hand from the steering wheel. I walked out of that car fine.
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