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Fisheries may choose to auction off quotas to the highest bidder. He made the highest altitude bungee jump on record in May 2002 when he leapt from a hot air balloon hovering at what height? Like them, this Century was just a “deluxe” X-car with more expansive sheet-metal and plusher interiors on the same 104.9-inch wheelbase. GM remedied its mistake for 1991, and Buick added Regal sedans with the same trim levels and wheelbase as its W-body coupes. Significantly, wheelbase was cut just 0.6-inch from the previous Regal’s, to the benefit of passenger space; base curb weight slimmed some 250 pounds and overall length by 8.4 inches, to the benefit of economy and handling. Though basically a Riviera cut down to a 98.5-inch wheelbase, Reatta was only 4.5 inches shorter overall and almost as heavy (at 3350 pounds). Though little changed for ’85, Century displaced Regal (now down to coupes only) as Buick’s best-seller, with annual production through 1987 of over a quarter-million units. Indeed, the division enjoyed something close to prosperity in the early ’90s, running third in calendar-year sales among domestic makes before yielding to a resurgent Pontiac in 1993. Still, this success was only relative, as Buick volume was down to barely half its mid ’80s level — about half-a-million cars per year.

Yet for all its appealing qualities, the Reatta was a fish out of water: conceived in the heady days of Buick sportiness but born to a division fast returning to “The great American Road.” It did have the handcrafted aura of a genuine limited edition, built at a special new “Reatta Craft Centre” (though that was situated at Olds in Lansing, not at Flint). It was Flint’s first production two-seater, named Reatta (derived from an American Indian word for ­lariat). The aging front-drive Century was one of Flint’s most profitable assets in the early 1990s. Buick increased quality and added features that customers wanted while keeping the lid on price. The game is billed as a spiritual sequel to the alternate history first-person shooter Iron Storm and heavily relies on assets recycled from the cancelled sequel. Clubs became more specialized, enabling better play on a range of lies, and the mashie, niblic and rut iron — progenitor of today’s standard irons — took their place in the golf bag alongside their historical hickory cousins. Hope was an avid golfer and often took a golf club on stage as a prop.

The winner of the tournament received a silver golf club. Just about every region of the United States has its own MINI club. All continued the 1978 A-body design that was renamed G-body for ’82, when the Centurys became Regals and Buick’s 4.1-liter V-6 replaced a 4.3 V-8 option. Like Reatta, the ’90s Roadmaster served a purpose, but it was clearly a car of Buick’s past, not its future. Like Skyhawk, this was not a state-of-the-art competitor, but it kept getting better. Production eased to some 226,000 for 1983-84, by which time four-speed automatic transmissions had been adopted as a much better bet for improved mileage. That same year, the base 170-hp 5.0-liter V-8 was bolstered by a much torquier 5.7-liter option. The ’94s could run close to $27,000, but they also ran with a standard 350 LT1 V-8 from Chevy’s latest Corvette sports car, though in low-stress, 260-bhp tune.

Multiple carburetors, headers, dual exhausts, and other “speed parts” were as close as local auto stores. The old man kept a close watch over the V-8’s development, badgering his engineers and telling them what to do. Model-year volume was some 384,500 for 1981 and over 328,000 for ’82, not bad for two very difficult industry years. Open. In 24 years on the PGA Tour, he logged $1.5 million in official PGA earnings. Pro wrestling is more or less open about the fact that the stories and plots are predetermined. What are you most afraid of? Headphones and bicycles are usually a bad mix — but they’re a particularly bad idea on a group ride. For 1981 these comprised the workaday Regal coupes and a mostly carryover group of Century sedans and wagons. The following year brought a 3.8-liter option (standard for T Types) and new five-door Custom and Limited Estate wagons (replacing the old Regal models).