a coworker of mine had the Mercury version of the Contour. The Mystique. He called it the Mercury mistake
Cars that shouldn't be on the street
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a coworker of mine had the Mercury version of the Contour. The Mystique. He called it the Mercury mistake
My wife’s old 98 Honda Civic that she had when we first met should have never been on the road. The speedo only worked occasionally and odometer showed 279,000 mi. It probably had well over 350k on it. Only 2 of the 4doors opened, at one point it was wrecked and the tie rod must have snapped and was all booger welded back together. The front bumper was held on with an intricate bunch of steel rod reinforcements, the exhaust fell off twice. I used leftover pipe from the Mustangs stock exhaust to piece it back together and the engine leaked from everywhere and best of all it constantly burned coolant and small amounts of oil and the coolant tank was always filled with oil. She was told when she bought it it needed a new engine but had no money for any other car. I used to dump used oil in it as it leaked and burned off and in the summer kept it topped off with tap water and winter dumped coolant in it. Oil was never changed on it as it disappeared after a couple months anyhow so I only changed the filters on it a couple times a year. She finally gave up on it when The rear brake lines rusted through and something on the rear suspension broke and had a wheel all cambered out and made tons of noise. She drove this car for 4 years with a blown head gasket. I figured it would blow up before anything else put it out of service But that damn engine kept going and always started. Fucking thing had an engine light on all the time except for the month we needed to take it to emissions test and somehow it shut off and passed with flying colors.. lol. Shit was more reliable than the Mustang I had. lol.
And so is my Dad. He just traded up to a new (1995) astro van with low (180k) miles on it lol. He actually just drove it from Chicago to Texas Sunday. Sleeps in the back on the way down. He's retired now, does handyman stuff and its his perfect vehicle. He's your average old white dude.
just saw this on craigslist. Super clean looking.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/maywood-1992-dodge-ramcharger-150/7117387552.html
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/maywood-1992-dodge-ramcharger-150/7117387552.html
With a broken shift indicator and backwards wired door switches... Anybody will believe anything
I used to own one of those. It was an 85 model.
And yes... I am old, poor, and white.
This really isn’t in the spirit of the thread...but it shouldn’t exist or be on the road.
Very funny retardation
Oh god 100% wood. That looks super clean for this area and age. Absolutely needs a turbo LS AWD transplant though.
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