"zipfuel" (zipfuel)
01/16/2020 at 18:49 • Filed to: Manual, dodge dart
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"zipfuel" (zipfuel)
01/16/2020 at 18:49 • Filed to: Manual, dodge dart | 2
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ENHANCE
DodgeDart Rallye with the 184hp 2.4cyl “tigershark” motor, rally stripe and I have to presume the 6spd manual transmission. Which apparently was an option on all engine choices
I don’t recall
much love
for this car but seems like a decently Jalop choice of runabout, they’re probably a good deal now with the discontinuation stigma and all.
Mercedes Streeter
> zipfuel
01/16/2020 at 18:56 |
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I dig it!
Side note, I’d LOVE to rally a Dart, but I’ve yet to find one for Gambler prices. lol
SiennaMan
> zipfuel
01/16/2020 at 18:58 |
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A Dart would make a good dd commuter. I thought about a newish one once, but the test drive with an automatic was really underwhelming compared to a 10 year Civic with a 5 speed..
Chariotoflove
> zipfuel
01/16/2020 at 19:04 |
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People loved to shit on the Dart, presumably because of the motor choices, but Ward’s awarded them a top ten interiors ranking.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> zipfuel
01/16/2020 at 19:16 |
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I hope the sporty trims got a better transmission. I drove a manual base model once and it was the worst manual trans I’ve ever used.
Clutch was too light, the shifters was too spongy, and the shift knob was the cheeeeeapest plastic ever . Like Megablocks cheap.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Chariotoflove
01/16/2020 at 19:22 |
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Why? What’s wrong with the Dart?
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zipfuel
> Mercedes Streeter
01/16/2020 at 19:24 |
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Somewhere out there is a salvage title 6spd base
dart with an interior
destroyed by rabid opposums with your name on it...
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zipfuel
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
01/16/2020 at 19:28 |
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Swingin'
WilliamsSW
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
01/16/2020 at 19:28 |
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Yuk. I owned one of those - a Swinger.
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Chariotoflove
> Chariotoflove
01/16/2020 at 19:35 |
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Nothing. If it stops running, then you can leave it parked out front, and it becomes a lawn Dart.
feather-throttle-not-hair
> zipfuel
01/16/2020 at 20:39 |
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Didn’t they offer a small turbo engine that made the same horsepower as the bigger 2.4L? I seem to recall that being an option. I thought they were handsome but I think they were heavy and therefore not particularly quick.
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zipfuel
> feather-throttle-not-hair
01/16/2020 at 20:52 |
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Yeah the 1.4L turbo also used in the Fiat 500 Abarth, although it only made 160hp here so the 2.4 is still the “hot” engine. They had an SVT planned but the base car
didn’t live long enough to get made
Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's
> zipfuel
01/16/2020 at 21:03 |
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I have heard horror stories about the reliability of these things. Transmission issues (on automatics) and just general FCA electrical nightmares. Really not redeemable qualities
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Mercedes Streeter
> zipfuel
01/16/2020 at 22:09 |
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Do I get to keep the opossums? :D
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Mercedes Streeter
01/16/2020 at 22:56 |
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Only if you refer to them as "bitey cats".
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> zipfuel
01/16/2020 at 23:02 |
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I had an automatic one as a rental once. Reminded me of my old Neon, cheerful and chuckable. Unfortunately I’ve also driven a manual Dart and it has the worst clutch feel of anything I’ve ever driven. You can’t tell when it’s engaged at all.
Just Jeepin'
> Chariotoflove
01/16/2020 at 23:14 |
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Case in point.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/lawn-art-1830204369
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Just Jeepin'
> Mercedes Streeter
01/16/2020 at 23:15 |
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I’d bet you can get this one cheap.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/lawn-art-1830204369
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zipfuel
> Mercedes Streeter
01/17/2020 at 00:10 |
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They’re a package deal with the tru-coat, let me go
talk to my manager...
just-a-scratch
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
01/17/2020 at 10:46 |
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Didn’t anyone tell you less lawn darts are very dangerous?