[geeks] car question

[Chris Byrne]

>hrm...can you guys own something and NOT mess with it? ;)
>
>--amy

Gee that's a silly question ;-)

Cars are a slight passion of mine as well, actually anything that beeps,
buzzes, or goes bang, and of course a weel running car goes bang several
thousand times a minute, so it's a natural atraction.

I stand by my original quality statements on chrysler products. In general I
wouldnt buy an american car built between 1974 and 1987 except maybe a crown
vic, caprice classic, mustang, or camaro, and the last two not because I
expected them to be reliable, just fun. (this doesnt include light trucks.
They were exempt from many of the regulations that made cars so shitty
during that time period.)

Does anyone else remember when the biggest V-8 engine detroit had to offer
made 180hp (1983 or so) because they still hadn't figured out how to do
emissions without completely screwing up the power. I look back through old
spec books and see 4000 lb cars whose standard engine put out 140hp,
120ft.lb, and I wonder why ayone ever bought thse things.

I still want to know who thought it was a good idea to power every car in
the product line except the diplomat with the exact same four cylinder
engine. They had to know what was underpowered and straining on a dodge colt
or aries was going to eat itself from the inside out in a vehicle the size
and weight of a caravan.

And the reliability and quality as a whole... jesus you would take a car off
the lot, and stuff would be falling off in your hands. Those were the REALLY
bad years for the american auto worker, and some seriously unsafe,
unreliable, and poor quality vehicles were assembled.

That and no offesense to your dad, but chrysler dealers in the '80s had the
lowest dealer satisfaction, the highest return rate, and the highest rate of
lawsuits brought against them of any other car manufacturer.



Chris Byrne