by "Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
Published 09/16/2017 at 21:43
by "Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
Published 09/16/2017 at 21:43
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What the flippin’ hell... When did K-cars start getting judged at shows??
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
09/16/2017 at 21:46, STARS: 0
maybe at a all-Mopar day.
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
09/16/2017 at 21:46, STARS: 1
Is this a world we want to live in?
"Connqr" (connqr)
09/16/2017 at 21:47, STARS: 0
Maybe it won worst in show?
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
09/16/2017 at 21:50, STARS: 1
"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
09/16/2017 at 21:50, STARS: 1
“Best K-car” at 4 mopar shows.
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
09/16/2017 at 21:55, STARS: 1
Oh my, so amazing, the plastic bits are mint, look at this Fred!
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
09/16/2017 at 21:57, STARS: 1
Those awards are just like the participation ribbons the give kids these days. They don’t want the K car to feel bad for being the worst car to show up.
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
09/16/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 4
They don’t want the K car to feel bad for being
the worst car ever made
.
FIFY
"Birddog" (maintmgt)
09/16/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 0
It’s been going on a lot longer than you think. Never underestimate Mopar guys.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
09/16/2017 at 22:07, STARS: 2
IDK. Whenever I see a K car, I judge it.
And the owner.
Harshly.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
09/16/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 0
80's were almost the death of the American midsize sedan.
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
09/16/2017 at 22:27, STARS: 3
All this hate for the Savior of Chrysler K-car? Tough crowd. These weren’t so bad considering the options from the other domestics at the time. And really, if you can keep one mint this long, that’s something. We had multiple versions of the k-car plateform through the years, they were decent, and in the snow, I’d take one over most new cars today. But just for the snow driving. Skinny ass tires and front wheel drive. I could go anywhere in our little k-car... just not quickly. They didn’t get much simpler to wrench on either. The body would rust out before anything major went wrong.
"thatsmr" (thatsmr)
09/16/2017 at 22:56, STARS: 0
If you allow Falcons, Darts, and Chevy IIs to be judged, then this is the next gen of lowly people movers to show. Just bc no sexy RWD is no reason to think they served a different purpose
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
09/16/2017 at 23:26, STARS: 1
I worked at a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in 88-89. They spun off so many cars from that platform it was nuts. My biggest gripe with the Aries/Reliant was they were just horrid little boxy turds. And the 85 Omni I had in college was a complete turd.
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
09/16/2017 at 23:31, STARS: 0
Had one of those as well at some point. The first caravans were on the k-car platform as well. Same weak as 2.2l and everything.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
09/17/2017 at 02:20, STARS: 0
They are getting up there in years, when cars get old enough, even the ones that were fairly undesirable when new start attracting enthusiasts. See also Falcon, Dart, Valiant, Lark, Rambler, etc. - all those were birth control on wheels when they were brand new, and now, many are pampered show queens. The oldest Ks are getting near 40 years old, so they’re hitting that age.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/17/2017 at 07:37, STARS: 0
There was worse.
Much worse.
"xyzabc" (stackofoldwood)
09/17/2017 at 07:48, STARS: 0
Judge the love given to the car...not the car itself.
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
09/17/2017 at 08:11, STARS: 0
Kinda hard to separate the two considering..
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
09/17/2017 at 08:12, STARS: 0
It’s been a long time. Remind me?
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
09/17/2017 at 08:18, STARS: 0
I recall the dealer had a 5spd turbo Voyager. That was actually amusing to drive, but aside from that they were awful.
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
09/17/2017 at 08:27, STARS: 0
Amazing what a few decades will do for our collective memory. Every era has its rolling turds I suppose.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/17/2017 at 08:27, STARS: 1
Consider basically every American attempt in the 1970s and early 1980s at an efficient, downsized platform before the K car?
Think things like Vegas and Citations.
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
09/17/2017 at 08:31, STARS: 0
Right. Mom had a Citation; it was a pos. Chevettes were pretty awful too iirc.
"xyzabc" (stackofoldwood)
09/17/2017 at 09:17, STARS: 0
“Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination.”
- Marcel Proust, The Captive & The Fugitive.