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I've finally taken the plunge & bought a new vehicle so I'm looking to get rid of the beater I've been driving around in....try not to laugh too hard at the following description...
'94 Plymouth Sundance, 2 door, 5 speed, blue, front wheel drive..engine & transmission are great- this car gets me to & from work everyday & is completely reliable and passes DEQ with no issues every time. Now for the many yet superficial problems:
1. the paint is peeling off. nearly the entire top, and most of the hood paint is gone & surface rust is replacing it. I can watch the paint fly off while driving around town even at posted speed limits.,,,but it gets great mileage.
2. horizontal crack in lower 1/4 of the windshield, from approximately midpoint on over to passenger side.
3. electrical gremlin in dash instrument wiring harness, I suspect a bad ground. a few of the dash instruments rarely work...fuel gage does work... dome light doesn't work, horn doesn't work, and the odometer doesn't work therefore mileage is unknown. It gets driven mon- fri, approx. 5 miles each way to work, then from ne pdx to vanc every saturday or sunday for grocery shopping, and occasionally to the corner convenience store for smokes.
4. the bolts for the driver's side seat back have sheared off so the driver's seat is supported by the rear seat back, which I have pulled forward at a 45 deg. angle to hold up the driver's seat. there is a recall on those bolts and are eligible for free dealer replacement.
5. driver's door: the metal where the door hinge attaches to the car body is failing. the door is no longer in square due to hinge pulling away from body, and has caused indentation in the body panel in front of door and has beaten the **** out've the latching mechanism due to trying to close it. I've been climbing in & out through the passenger door for a couple years now.
6. passenger door: same thing is beginning to happen as in #5. soon the only entrance / egress option will be 'dukes of hazzard' style.
7. broken off lug bolt on left rear. left front rim is developing a crack in it. tire are in great shape though, and the rear tires are only a year or two old.
8.headliner is torn and falling down. the whole interior is pretty crappy. had a small fire on the passenger floorboard carpet awhile back (dropped cigarrette), burned an area approximately 6"x6".
9. some knucklehead in a truck ran into it at a stoplight (fortunately low speed), denting the back edge of the trunk lid and cracking the rear lens covers but they are operational.
10. radio faceplate is MIA.....
11. the bumper sticker doesn't seem to appeal to many of my neighors here in mult. county
This is for the truely pragmatic who have zero car vanity....
$300 for today only 24 hour special, after that price goes to $2,899.95
'94 Plymouth Sundance, 2 door, 5 speed, blue, front wheel drive..engine & transmission are great- this car gets me to & from work everyday & is completely reliable and passes DEQ with no issues every time. Now for the many yet superficial problems:
1. the paint is peeling off. nearly the entire top, and most of the hood paint is gone & surface rust is replacing it. I can watch the paint fly off while driving around town even at posted speed limits.,,,but it gets great mileage.
2. horizontal crack in lower 1/4 of the windshield, from approximately midpoint on over to passenger side.
3. electrical gremlin in dash instrument wiring harness, I suspect a bad ground. a few of the dash instruments rarely work...fuel gage does work... dome light doesn't work, horn doesn't work, and the odometer doesn't work therefore mileage is unknown. It gets driven mon- fri, approx. 5 miles each way to work, then from ne pdx to vanc every saturday or sunday for grocery shopping, and occasionally to the corner convenience store for smokes.
4. the bolts for the driver's side seat back have sheared off so the driver's seat is supported by the rear seat back, which I have pulled forward at a 45 deg. angle to hold up the driver's seat. there is a recall on those bolts and are eligible for free dealer replacement.
5. driver's door: the metal where the door hinge attaches to the car body is failing. the door is no longer in square due to hinge pulling away from body, and has caused indentation in the body panel in front of door and has beaten the **** out've the latching mechanism due to trying to close it. I've been climbing in & out through the passenger door for a couple years now.
6. passenger door: same thing is beginning to happen as in #5. soon the only entrance / egress option will be 'dukes of hazzard' style.
7. broken off lug bolt on left rear. left front rim is developing a crack in it. tire are in great shape though, and the rear tires are only a year or two old.
8.headliner is torn and falling down. the whole interior is pretty crappy. had a small fire on the passenger floorboard carpet awhile back (dropped cigarrette), burned an area approximately 6"x6".
9. some knucklehead in a truck ran into it at a stoplight (fortunately low speed), denting the back edge of the trunk lid and cracking the rear lens covers but they are operational.
10. radio faceplate is MIA.....
11. the bumper sticker doesn't seem to appeal to many of my neighors here in mult. county
This is for the truely pragmatic who have zero car vanity....
$300 for today only 24 hour special, after that price goes to $2,899.95
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