H,
Welcome to the madness. You've got a good handle on the typical problems we Allante owners have to solve and the supply of libations you noted should help you weather through them. There are great resources available, including this site, that can help you keep your '92 running.
Please post pix of your new ride.
Jim
Webster Groves, MO

 

First off congrats!!!! Second return immediately to store and triple the quantity of libations for 1st week of ownership. You are gonna enjoy this purchase better than any BARAND NEW car you ever purchased. I got a 93 in January and hate to get out of it. When I do I sit in the garage and look at it. LOL Get on ebay and purchase a factory service manual. This will become your best friend and only source of reading in the near future. Also here is a link to a wealth of information and assistance with any problems or questions. Good Luck and Welcome, Mike OK

http://allante.us/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl

 

Join the insanity. Fun quotient per dollar on this car is extraordinary. Not for the weak of heart. Buy more alcohol, a FSM and get wife a nice 'lil gift. Tell her she'll always know where you are drinking and assuming the horizontal position in her absense-garage floor.
Enjoy, after fixing brakes, radio, pull downs you will be looking for something to tinker with. Think wax and buffers. Welcome!

 

Thanks for the warm welcome this site is great I will post pics when I get it and figure out how to do it..There were two manuals in the trunk each as big as war and peace. Still no word if it will be ready this weekend I will keep you posted the manuals lead me to believe the previous glutten for punishment may have maintained it..fingers crossed. I'm in Northeast Pa. the guy or as I read one of the three allante gods in southern jersey who is 142 miles from my town is going to be on my christmas card list for sure!

 

Since you bought the car without proper research, it didn't start well. But you appear to have the cure:

- Membership here
- Alcohol
- A sense of humor.

Welcome!

 

Congratulations! Can't wait to see the pictures. Where in North East are you located? I am outisde of Philaldelphia in Media. Was this an ebay purchase or cirumchance?

 

"WELCOME!!!" You have made the most rational, irrational decision you'll ever make??? :histeric: Nobody needs an Allante, yet we all want one! Allante ownership is right up there with classic Jags, MG's, and Austin Healey's. No matter what happens, we always find new reasons why we love these cars! :bigroll: hahahahahahahahaha So don't try to figure it out, you are now a member of the fraternity of ownership, so ENJOY...ENJOY...ENJOY!!!

Chief

 

I am in Steamtown or Officeville...Scranton to be more precise and the car was pure luck or UN-luck i'll have to keep you posted. Still dont have it well I have the hard top home and waxed it about four times already. The guy was to have it ready last weekend but put mid-week now. Checking brakes which is good for me he already did the radio window switches pulldowns exhaust. Should be right when its done. 70+ this weekend it BETTER be ready I can only sit under the hardtop looking out the back window for so long...gets boring.

 

I am in Steamtown or Officeville...Scranton to be more precise ...I can only sit under the hardtop looking out the back window for so long...gets boring.

LOL I hear ya....hope it happens and we can see some pictures! Best of luck till then with the top :crybaby:

 

I have used Dick Hussey at Allante Source for a number of years. The guy is awesome as is his partner. They know every single thing that can go bad on an Allante and can fix it and usually have the parts. Best of all they do not charge an arm and a leg. I just had my burgundy metallic 92 detailed and it is an awesome car. Remember this is the Ferrari of Cadillacs so to speak and it likes to be garaged and kept out of the rain for the most part. The electronics don't do well when they get wet and there are a lot of electronics in this car. It also likes to be driven so take it out whenever you can and open 'er up. ALWAYS set the parking brake because the brake light will stay on if you don't. Good luck.

 

***ALWAYS set the parking brake because the brake light will stay on if you don't.***

Do you care to elaborate? This statement make no sense.

 

That's the first I've heard of that ailment, but setting the parking brake is good practice anyway. IIRC, the rear calipers are kept in alignment by the parking brake.

BTW, greetings and salutations. Welcome to the wonderful(ly frustrating) world of Allante.

 

That's the first I've heard of that ailment, but setting the parking brake is good practice anyway. IIRC, the rear calipers are kept in alignment by the parking brake.

BTW, greetings and salutations. Welcome to the wonderful(ly frustrating) world of Allante.

In my case, setting the parking brake requires me to use the manual release!!!

 

Congrat's' to all of us. I wanted one from first seeing one in my childhood days. Bang, I started looking into them and found 89' was a good year to start. From the Eastern panhandle of WV I ran up to Cinn. OH and grabbed this 89', as I call Iceblue, thrus the s/n, and from there.....for jokes, I saw a 92 on E, and threw a bid in. It was so cheat I knew I was never going to win. BANG, away from the puter, I get a "You have Won" message. I was rolling. This 92 was in NY this time. So off again with my 89's paper's and tag hehe, and another one way rent a car and pick him up. Pull down motor, of course, no hard top and fading paint on the lid's, I was ready. Took me the time to start it, drive around the block and pay the man. On went the tag and back threw NY in rush hour...Eeerrr. Then I thought of P-Town and the car was pointed that way. Yes, new car to me, but haven the 89 gave me a feeling of thrust that we couldn't care less. After a few week's, in which it was parked, I jumped in started up and back home to WV we went.
This club is AWSOME. As you know they will run you VIN and give you all the fun stuff about your new child. What I didn't know was this cheap 92 I grabbed for a song thinking of resell...end's up being only 1 (one) made of 50- POLO GREEN !!!! So much for my flip huh??? My 89' was stolen and taken for a joy ride and now being parted out. I miss her. Her top, pull down, window and brake PSI motor is gone guys. Black Int. is Grt8 and the tape, as Amp's, aka speaker's and radio BOOM !!
Welcome and don't give up...............SORRY SO LONG

 

Oh PS, Dick Hussey at Allante Source is the best!!! Hello to your wife.

Monte

 

Hey, sorry for the late welcome; just checked the site.

ENJOY your '92 Allanté; I've had my '92 since March of 1994 (2nd owner, car had 19,000 miles when I bought it; it's about to roll 102,000). It's been a joy over the 16 years of ownership; of course, I've spent a lot of $$$ on maintaing it, but spread over 16 years kind of evens things out...

I can't emphasis enough the importance of driving the car, not just letting it be a 'garage queen', and I also strongly recommend Dick Hussey in West Palm Beach--he has been fantastic in helping me keep the car like new.

David