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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 19, 2008 10:23 am) Up until a few years ago I would still see a Pony on the roads (or parked) now and then in the lower mainland...they could be all gone now. Same for the Stellar.
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to nominate the 1979 New Yorker to the 50 worst cars list, because my blue one died on me Monday night. It would turn over but wouldn't fire up, which is a stunt it's done in the past. Did the same thing yesterday. And today. Until I threw another battery in it and it fired right up. I guess the battery was getting to the point that it had just enough juice to turn the engine over, but not enough to fire it up...does that make sense? And annoyingly, it wouldn't take to jump starting, either. But, I guess I can't throw a car on this list just because of a battery that (I think) dates back to the Clinton administration!  I did read somewhere though, that when these cars were new, the line workers joked about taking the next-to-the-last R-body off the assembly line, and taking sledge hammers to it as a celebration. Dunno if they ever did that though, or what fate, if anything special, awaited the last one off the line? It was sort of an end of an era...the last full-sized car Chrysler would ever build. But at the time, I don't think anybody cared. I was a little extra-irritated on Monday night too because I had to work late, so the parking lot was almost deserted when I walked out into the cold, almost-freezing rain. To make matters worse, I couldn't get cell phone reception in that particular part of the parking lot. And just to make a trifecta out of it, my keycard wouldn't let me back into the building to use my office phone! How could something so pretty be so evil? My creme NYer would never do this to me. In fact, the creme NYer gave up its battery to start the blue one.
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 19, 2008 10:46 am) I figure most entry level Hyundais were throwaway cars. Once they broke nobody bothered to fix them, it wasn't worth it. |
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Replying to: lokki (Nov 19, 2008 9:43 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 19, 2008 11:08 am)
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Replying to: joshuag (Nov 19, 2008 11:34 am) Wow, that's actually inspirational! Which engine does it have? The 3.3 V-6? That was supposed to be an excellent, sturdy engine, and they still use them in minivans. It's low-tech by today's standards, but has stood the test of time. Has your friend ever needed to rebuild the transmission?
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 19, 2008 11:15 am) Front suspension came off the Chevette, and the rear suspension was from the Citation, turned backwards. 
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Replying to: joshuag (Nov 19, 2008 1:56 am) After building / selling ONE marginal model Hyundai is now peddling reasonably decent rides. The 'Big 3' have built crap for thirty years over and over and over again, -- THAT'S WHY!!! |
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 19, 2008 11:08 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 19, 2008 12:58 pm) My friend ultimately settled for a '91 or '92 Corolla. Hyundai really has come a long way. |
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