Originally posted by: Jzero
I had a 1987 Plymouth Sundance with a factory sunroof. Got it in 1998 with only 70k miles. I loved that car. It was comfortable and the only trouble I ever had with it was a sensor going bad. Oh, and it failed inspection b/c the gas cap was leaky hehe.
It was only $1500.
Then some senior citizen ran me off the road into a telephone pole, and there went a reliable and inexpensive car.
As a matter of fact, when I test drove my Civic, one of the first things I noticed was the long travel of the clutch and the long throw of the shifter felt very much like the Sundance. I hated the shorter throw on my Escort.
Heh... I have almost the same car (with sunroof too) (Dodge Shadow 1988) and I can't believe that the only damage from ramming a curb diagonally at close to 20mph (I'm not even sure what speed because I was skidding in the snow in a parking lot) was the left inner tie rod! It's not even broken! It just needs to be replaced... meh. Oh, and a flat tire of course The only thing on it that broke and wasn't my fault was the timing belt. I guess the last owner didn't take great care of the car, cause when I changed the oil for the first time it was full of sludge. The outer CV boot on the left side has been off since not long after I got the car but the joint's still good
Oh, and I paid the equiv. of $380 US, in September.
My friend wanted to sell me his POS Honda accord for $1000 with the engine dying, 200000 miles (mine has only 90000), CV joints gone, body rusted (mine has a bit of rust but only around the bottom of the doors and around the muffler underneath the car), etc... lmao. I used to think American was garbage but now I see that they're actually the better bargain when it comes to older cars. Nowadays, probably not though.