One of you fools needs to buy this

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
09/26/2019 at 15:10 • Filed to: None

I didn’t see it listed anywhere online. 1987 Plymouth Reliant with 31k miles, beautiful condition in Indian Ladder NY.

This has to be somebody’s cup of tea.

DISCUSSION (43)

MonkeePuzzle > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:14

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:16

Somebody needs to Hellcat swap this.

i86hotdogs > MonkeePuzzle
09/26/2019 at 15:19

Yes

i86hotdogs > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/26/2019 at 15:20

Yes

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:20

My mom had one of these and I really liked it. I can’t see paying two grand for it though. Not for a 32-year-old K-car. It had the 2.2L engine and got something like 35 mph at 55 mph.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:21

I don’t like tea. Or this.

Tekamul > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/26/2019 at 15:22

Good god. It would twist into a pretzel on the first stomp.

vondon302 > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:22

The car that saved Chrysler.

Esay to work on cheap and decent gas mileage.

Still don't want it.

McMike > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:25

For $2100 it better have Lamborghini badges on it.

benn454 > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:36

Needs to knock a zero off.

benn454 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/26/2019 at 15:40

I knew these things were slow, but damn.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:41

Exactly. Then you could call it an art piece, and sell it for $50k.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > benn454
09/26/2019 at 15:48

It was all driving across New Hampshire and Vermont on secondary roads. Very favorable for MPGs.

CalzoneGolem > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 15:59

My roommate in college had one of these . Hard pass.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/26/2019 at 16:03

No SRT4

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 16:05

Looks like you found me the Acclaim’s replacement.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > benn454
09/26/2019 at 16:06

They weren’t that terrible. The key is to only rev it to around 4k, then let it shift before rolling back into it. They made more torque than HP, so trying to rev them out just result ed in noise.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
09/26/2019 at 16:19

Just add the Turbo parts to this, SRT4 power without the price tag.

benn454 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/26/2019 at 17:23

Not so much for MPHs though, it seems.

benn454 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/26/2019 at 17:24

Sounds like my grandma's hand-me-down '87 Century I drove in high school.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 18:09

Can’t buy it if you don’t provide the link!!!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > benn454
09/26/2019 at 19:08

It was a topographical error.

Tekamul > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
09/26/2019 at 19:49

That's why this sweet rig is still available. It's not online. You should be able to see the number in this pic.

AdverseMartyr > Tekamul
09/26/2019 at 20:02

Oh that’s great. Now I need to visit a therapist again. Thank you for bringing back all the trauma from my first couple of cars. On the 25th anniversary of getting my driver’s license.

Jerk.

I’ll be sending you the bill. JK

But seriously though, with all due respect to Long Voyager and his BDSM ways, F*CK ALL OF THESE POS. The motor might have been alright, but the control module sucked.

AdverseMartyr > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/26/2019 at 20:03

Yes, they were that terrible. Most cars at the time were that terrible.

AdverseMartyr > benn454
09/26/2019 at 20:04

I believe that’s how much they are offering to pay someone to take it.

Tekamul > AdverseMartyr
09/26/2019 at 20:13

Bu y the car.

Put it in a demo derby.

Beat the piss out of it.

Better than therapy.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Tekamul
09/27/2019 at 06:25

paging Long_Voyager

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > benn454
09/27/2019 at 06:58

Pretty much on par, although I’d say these are about 400 lbs lighter than the Century while making 10 extra hp, so it’s likely quicker.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > AdverseMartyr
09/27/2019 at 07:03

The control module, as in engine computer?

Never in all my miles of driving these vehicles have I had a computer issue ( ok, there was the time when I was running a 3.3 on a 3.8 computer that caused some issue, but it still ran decent considering the computer shouldn’t have been able to run the engine at all ).

If you’re talking about passenger area, these damn things are still quieter and more comfortable than a lot of cars rolling off the lot today! They may not have all the gimmicks, but they are god damn comfortable places to spend time.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > AdverseMartyr
09/27/2019 at 07:04

Yet despite their shortcomings, many cars of that era are still more comfortable, more fuel efficient places to spend time than a lot of new cars.

AdverseMartyr > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/27/2019 at 08:42

Yes, but at the time they didn’t call it a computer (if I remember correctly from junkyard trips, we’re talking 2.5 decades here ).

I can’t help your experience.

My experience was a couple different ‘computers’ with heat expansion shorts that would re- occur. And other annoying problems. (But my experience was only about 35,000 miles in 1 year with 3 K cars , so who knows)

Though I will also say that my experience was all 1983 models in 1994 so it is possible that I was on the receiving end of cars at the point of major failure due to age and use. But as a 16 year old when cell phones were just gaining acceptance walking to the nearest farm because the component overheated sucked.

I will give the 2.2 props for being able to go 10,000 miles on a slightly out of round crank without blowing up. That engine knock was always a bit scary though if I ever hit 3100rpm.

AdverseMartyr > Tekamul
09/27/2019 at 08:42

yeah, it’s a good sounding idea. I don’t think I ever want to get in an accident in one of those.

Tekamul > AdverseMartyr
09/27/2019 at 08:45

I mean...I don't want to get in an accident in anything. That's my plan.

benn454 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
09/27/2019 at 12:40

I know. Just giving you a little guff.

benn454 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/27/2019 at 12:43

The Century was a dog by modern standards but felt plenty fast to a dumb 16 year old who was used to riding a bike.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > benn454
09/27/2019 at 12:49

We had an 87 Century when I was younger. That thing felt like a rocket 0-40 ish. Pretty sure 0-40 was something like 4-5 seconds, complete with screeching tires to around 20 mph , 0-60 however was damn near 30 seconds. Once it shifted out of 1st gear it was done.

Regardless, that car was so fun to drive, mostly because you could drive it at 11/10 everywhere you went. Funny enough, I managed to get pulled over by a local cop for “unnecessary display of power” leaving a stop sign in traffic. I busted out laughing in the cop’ s face when he said that. He said “Is there something funny about this?”, I said “Do you fucking see what I’m driving?!?!”. He ended up finding the humor in it as well and let me off with a verbal warning.

benn454 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/27/2019 at 15:01

That's hilarious. I lived in a rural area and "town" was about 15-20 miles away. A 20-30 min drive at the speed limit. I may or may not have cut that down to 10-15 mins, depending on the statute of limitations for speeding.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > benn454
09/27/2019 at 16:07

I managed to bury the speedo on the highway in that car exactly once. Once it got over 75 mph the whole car started shaking so bad it felt like it was going to tear it apart, 85 mph was downright scary. It took something like 4 miles with the pedal mashed to bury the speedo.

benn454 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/27/2019 at 16:18

Sounds like you either got a Friday car or I got a good one. Mine felt like a ship on the waves at 85+ on the uneven country roads, but other than that felt pretty solid.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > benn454
09/27/2019 at 16:33

Probably had more to do with the fact that it had something like 240k miles and had been piss pounded for around 140k of them. Pretty sure it was a wheel out of balance that no one bothered with cause it was only noticeable over legal speeds, otherwise it was a spectacular cruiser that always managed over 30 mpg no matter how hard we beat it.

benn454 > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/27/2019 at 17:16

Haha, yeah, that would explain it. I never really paid much attention to mileage. Gas was between $.90 and $1.25/gal so it never took more than $20 to fill up.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > benn454
09/30/2019 at 07:22

We always pay attention to mileage, if nothing else it’s a great indicator of something going wrong, but mostly because we like to know. That little Buick broke 40 mpg on numerous occasions when we took trips, but would average 32-37 mpg in mixed driving.