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127. I had a '75 Dodge Dart with the slant 6 engine. That engine is one of the best prodeuced ever in America.
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 08:47 PM
Feb 2025

I ran with hardly no maintenance. In fact, I live in NY then with it's harsh winters with snow and slush and highway crews speading salt on the roads.

My car ran so well, but the rocker panels and sheet metal of the body gave out to the salt and rust. I drove it to the junk yard with the engine still running like a top and left the key in it.

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Purple Plymouth Duster no power Walleye Feb 2025 #1
Thank you very much. When we met my husband had a Duster. You are correct. debm55 Feb 2025 #2
I loved my Duster bottomofthehill Feb 2025 #69
I paid 600 bucks for that beauty bottomofthehill Feb 2025 #70
I had a '75 Dodge Dart with the slant 6 engine. That engine is one of the best prodeuced ever in America. brush Feb 2025 #127
First car 74 dodge dart swinger XanaDUer2 Feb 2025 #163
hahahah. I sorry XanaDUer2. I had to laugh at the mutant something growing from behind the rear seats of the POS car. debm55 Feb 2025 #165
Totally true XanaDUer2 Feb 2025 #168
Love you. debm55 Feb 2025 #169
U2 XanaDUer2 Feb 2025 #170
I had a 67 valiant. Woodwizard Feb 2025 #185
Thank you Woodwizard. debm55 Feb 2025 #188
I owned 2 Dusters Earl_from_PA Feb 2025 #109
Thank you Earl _from_PA debm55 Feb 2025 #166
The dodge/plymouth slant 6 is virtually indestructible. bullimiami Feb 2025 #126
Thank you bullimiami for your POC post. debm55 Feb 2025 #167
Fiat Spider. Biggest pos ever SheltieLover Feb 2025 #3
Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Feb 2025 #8
I have a story about a Lancia, down below. I thought they were the same company so I looked it up. CrispyQ Feb 2025 #12
Yup. SheltieLover Feb 2025 #23
What? boonecreek Feb 2025 #35
Me either. SheltieLover Feb 2025 #37
Fiat and Chrysler are now run by Stellantis VMA131Marine Feb 2025 #63
96 Chevy Blazer, piece of junk. we can do it Feb 2025 #4
Thank you very much we can do it. debm55 Feb 2025 #9
I had a 77 Blazer. Lasher Feb 2025 #186
Thank you Lasher for you post debm55 Feb 2025 #189
This one's easy. '73 Chevy Vega Nittersing Feb 2025 #5
I agree I had a 73 Chevy Vega. My engine smoked too. Was afraid to drive it. It was second hand though. debm55 Feb 2025 #11
Yup... Me too. It was "cute" (at first) but oil-burning aluminum block with no cylinder liners... hlthe2b Feb 2025 #18
I had one too, I bought it new and the engine rzemanfl Feb 2025 #152
I had one I bought new, the engine was rzemanfl Feb 2025 #153
I replaced mine with a used Datsun 240-Z with a Holly 4-barrel carburetor that I put on 200K miles and it drove hlthe2b Feb 2025 #154
Thank you hithe2b. Glad you are okay. debm55 Feb 2025 #157
A 1982 red Volkswagen Rabbit catbyte Feb 2025 #6
When I was growing up we had a VW bug, During the winter we would take blankets in the car. Never saw a car with windows debm55 Feb 2025 #14
My father tells a story of living in Fairbanks coprolite Feb 2025 #66
My dad used to pull the car out of the garage and put the engine in the garage one VERY cold winter in PA. The street debm55 Feb 2025 #68
S-10 pickup Topomi Feb 2025 #7
Thank you Topomi. My car, can't remember the make, blew an engine. I still owed 4,000 to the credit Union for it. It was debm55 Feb 2025 #16
Thx Topomi Feb 2025 #73
It was a Saturn. debm55 Feb 2025 #104
A Lancia. CrispyQ Feb 2025 #10
I had that deal on my car---was towed to a different dealearship. Still owed 4,000 dollars on that piece of junk when it debm55 Feb 2025 #17
Never had a bad car in the dozen or so I've owned in the past 60 years. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #13
Thank you PoindexterOglethorpe. You lucked out. Yes , it is getting harder to find stick. I prefer the automatic. For me debm55 Feb 2025 #19
l don't even bother to lock my car these days. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #88
Thank you very much, PoindexterOglethorpe. debm55 Feb 2025 #94
1980 Chevy Citation PeterIsMyBrother Feb 2025 #15
Thank you PeterIsMyBrother. I had a Citation. Advertised as the first front wheel drive. A lot of hills around here in debm55 Feb 2025 #20
1980 Citation as well Delarage Feb 2025 #129
Yes, but they were a POC driving downhill. Okay going up. Later after going sideways down.I would stop at the crest of debm55 Feb 2025 #130
The layout was nice PeterIsMyBrother Feb 2025 #137
A Datsun 1200 CanonRay Feb 2025 #21
That's funny but sad. debm55 Feb 2025 #22
1972 Chevy station wagon. mwmisses4289 Feb 2025 #24
Thank you very much mwmisswa4289, My dad always bought a Chevy. My very first car was a 65 Chevy Impala- a big tank of a debm55 Feb 2025 #41
VW Sirocco. From a driving standpoint, it was great. But I spent a ton of money-- Like completely rewiring twice, Silent Type Feb 2025 #25
HAHAHAHAHAH. that is funny. Thank you Silent Type. debm55 Feb 2025 #43
A Fiat. Used to break down all the time. Ritabert Feb 2025 #26
Thank you very much, Ritabert. I am glad a more reliable car. debm55 Feb 2025 #44
A 1976 Datsun B-210. Aristus Feb 2025 #27
Thank you very much, Aristus. I am glad you got rid of it. debm55 Feb 2025 #45
How much did you pay to buy and how much did you sell it for? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #171
Bought it for $500. Sold it for $400. Aristus Feb 2025 #179
A very used Datsun, '70s vintage. Ocelot II Feb 2025 #28
Oh my, What a pos car. I would be afraid. I bought a Rambler from a friend . The distributor cap got stuck and the roads debm55 Feb 2025 #47
My parents had two different Buicks in the early eighties genxlib Feb 2025 #29
See post #31! nt Shermann Feb 2025 #32
You named the car I hadthe Saturn. The engine blew. out and I stilled owed 4000 to the credit union. Had to have it debm55 Feb 2025 #48
Thank you genxlib. I had that POS Saturn too. debm55 Feb 2025 #62
My grandparents gave me their 1965 Chevy BelAir..... lastlib Feb 2025 #30
My dad gave me the POS Chevy Impala when he bought the Chevy BelAir, The Impala sat in the back yard for five years . debm55 Feb 2025 #61
89 Buick Century Shermann Feb 2025 #31
Thank you very much for your POS car post.I wonder if they deliberately make them bad. debm55 Feb 2025 #64
'81 Pontiac Phoenix Backseat Driver Feb 2025 #33
An '80 Phoenix here WestMichRad Feb 2025 #38
Thank you Backseat Driver. debm55 Feb 2025 #65
Simca (Ca 1965) Bo Zarts Feb 2025 #34
Thank you very much Bo Zarts. for your post. debm55 Feb 2025 #67
My father bought a Simca too (totaled by Honda Motorcycle). waterwatcher123 Feb 2025 #139
A Dodge Dynasty FullySupportDems Feb 2025 #36
Thank you very much FullySupportDems. for POS car story. debm55 Feb 2025 #71
I did a drive away with a Dynasty sorcrow Feb 2025 #133
That's interesting FullySupportDems Feb 2025 #134
That is so gross. debm55 Feb 2025 #158
74 Ford Pinto. Disaster all around. GP6971 Feb 2025 #39
Agree GP6971 and Ford knew about it before they were sold. debm55 Feb 2025 #72
'86 Renault Alliance boonecreek Feb 2025 #40
Great and thank you boonecreek the Acura sounds like a great car. debm55 Feb 2025 #42
I had one too! WCIL Feb 2025 #174
Oh yeah, "The Car of the Year". boonecreek Feb 2025 #175
Thank you very much WCIL for your POS car stories. Chevy Venture Van sounds dangerous. with the door opening. debm55 Feb 2025 #176
1984 Renault Alliance for me - puke green alittlelark Feb 2025 #177
Thank you very much alittlelark. The color is really off putting. debm55 Feb 2025 #178
1984 Oldsmobile Omega. Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2025 #46
Thank you very much Buckeye-Democrat for your POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #55
Jaguar XJ6 flvegan Feb 2025 #49
HAHAHAH. Thank you very much for your POS car story with us, fivegan. debm55 Feb 2025 #83
'72 Mustang or '75 Cougar. Both absolute total rust buckets I bought from body shops. I got stories ... marble falls Feb 2025 #50
Thank you very much marble falls. I am staying with Subaru. after my experiences. Happy anniversary debm55 Feb 2025 #53
Other than the $1,100 CV joint, we loved our Brat, and then we got pregnant. The cop was not pleased with ... marble falls Feb 2025 #56
1967 VW Bug. redstatebluegirl Feb 2025 #51
It was the floor board on the rear passenger side from someone not securing the battery and it tippped ... marble falls Feb 2025 #58
They were easy to work on! redstatebluegirl Feb 2025 #77
Thank you very much for your POS car story. redstateblue girl. debm55 Feb 2025 #84
Those old Bugs were the most basic car PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #172
79 orange Plymouth arrow kimbutgar Feb 2025 #52
Thank you kimbutgar for you POS car story. debm55 Feb 2025 #96
'83 Mazda 626 sinkingfeeling Feb 2025 #54
Thank you sinkingfeeling. debm55 Feb 2025 #97
Ford Pinto Innocent Smith Feb 2025 #57
Thank you Innocent Smith. debm55 Feb 2025 #98
My first car, a cheap used 1979 Chevette Comrade Citizen Feb 2025 #59
Thank you very much Comrade Citizen. debm55 Feb 2025 #99
89 Taurus The Madcap Feb 2025 #60
Thank you for you POS car post. That is one reason we stopped with the American made and buy Subarus debm55 Feb 2025 #92
Cars I have owned VMA131Marine Feb 2025 #74
Thank you very much VMA131Marine. Great POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #82
1989 Ford Escort Mad_Dem_X Feb 2025 #75
Thank you very much for you POS car post Mad_Dem_X . I agree ------ debm55 Feb 2025 #79
I had a 1986 Escort. no_hypocrisy Feb 2025 #102
Oh wow. Thank you , no_hypocrisy for posting your POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #106
A '75 Dodge Dart. Dorothy V Feb 2025 #76
Oh my . That's terrrible. Thank you for your POS car story. Dorothy V debm55 Feb 2025 #78
1974 Fix Or Repair Daily Mustang spooky3 Feb 2025 #80
Bummer, Thank you, spooky3 for POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #91
It's sad that there are so many stories! spooky3 Feb 2025 #100
Used Pontiac Vega... lisa58 Feb 2025 #81
Thank you lisa58 for POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #90
VW TDI Jetta.... Money pit. yourout Feb 2025 #85
Thank you , yourour for your POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #89
76 Chevy Chevette Ziggysmom Feb 2025 #86
Thank you very much, Ziggysmom, for your POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #87
GEO Metro - three cylinder jewel waterwatcher123 Feb 2025 #93
Thank you so much for posting your POS car story and a word to the wise for all of us. debm55 Feb 2025 #95
Jeep Liberty beemerphill Feb 2025 #101
Oh I loved my Jeep Liberty. Only had two problems, It was so high that it hardly fit in the garage. and second on windy debm55 Feb 2025 #149
AMC PACER Chipper Chat Feb 2025 #103
Thank you so much for your POS car story. Chipper Chat. debm55 Feb 2025 #107
Olds Delta 88 chowmama Feb 2025 #105
Great POS car post, chowmama, That car was really a POS debm55 Feb 2025 #110
1973 Chevrolet monte carlo UpInArms Feb 2025 #108
Thank you for your POS car post, UpinArms. debm55 Feb 2025 #111
My 1976 Gremlin customerserviceguy Feb 2025 #112
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you very much customerserviceguy.for posting about the POS Gremlin. What your grandmother said debm55 Feb 2025 #113
Yeah customerserviceguy Mar 2025 #198
My first car was a Ford Pinto LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #114
Thank you very much LetMyPeople Vote debm55 Feb 2025 #115
1994 Volvo 940 Thunderbeast Feb 2025 #116
Thank you very much Thunderbeast. for your POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #118
1977 Chevrolet Chevette. pdxflyboy Feb 2025 #117
Thank you pdxflyboy for posting about your POS car. debm55 Feb 2025 #119
1984 Ford Tiempo danieljsf Feb 2025 #120
Thank you very much danieljsf for your POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #122
1979 Ford Fairmont OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #121
Thank you very much OldBaldy1701E for your POS car post. I had to call AAA to tow my POS Saturn and I still owed 4000 debm55 Feb 2025 #123
That must have sucked. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #124
Thank you OldBaldy1701E Yes, I cried. That POS car was the Saturn debm55 Feb 2025 #131
1976 AMC Hornet hatchback Mosby Feb 2025 #125
Yep The Chevy Citation was a POS. It was the last Chevy we ever bought. debm55 Feb 2025 #132
Mine was a used 1976 Hornet wagon. Eugene Feb 2025 #194
Thank you very much Eugene. debm55 Feb 2025 #195
Lol Lotusflower70 Feb 2025 #128
Thank you very much Lotusflower70 for sharing your POS car stories with us. debm55 Feb 2025 #148
2000 VW Golf Charlie Chapulin Feb 2025 #135
Thank you very much for sharing your POS car post with usl debm55 Feb 2025 #146
A new 1977 Chevy Blazer it rusted through in doc03 Feb 2025 #136
Thank you doc03 for your POS car story. debm55 Feb 2025 #173
Am I the only person who is noticing that PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #138
People have posted Datsun, Fiat, VW, Renault, Volvo and Jaguar MichMan Feb 2025 #142
Nice Catch ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #143
Hmmm. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #182
Most people are talking about cars they had 40 years ago MichMan Feb 2025 #183
Thank you for your POS car story debm55 Feb 2025 #161
'85 Chevy Blazer LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 #140
Thank you for your POS car post LudwigPastouius. I bought my Saturn new. Engine blew a year later. Still owed 4000 on it debm55 Feb 2025 #156
Ouch! LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 #159
Yes, I think the Saturn was a Japanese make as they used the Japanese method for marketing the POS car debm55 Feb 2025 #164
1989 Mercury Tracer MissMillie Feb 2025 #141
Wow, thank you for that POS and really mean POS car story. debm55 Feb 2025 #151
1989 Ford Tempo what a POS! justaprogressive Feb 2025 #144
HAHAHAHAHHAHH. Thank you very much justaprogressive. for sharing your POS car story. debm55 Feb 2025 #150
We had a few. A Pinto. An old 55 Chevy that couldn't get out of its own way. An old Dodge pickup TommieMommy Feb 2025 #145
Thank you TommieMommy for sharing your POS car stories with us. Rich had a Mustang with a whole in the passager side. debm55 Feb 2025 #147
That's funny 😁 TommieMommy Feb 2025 #160
my late mom had a datsun b210. major junk. eeeeek .run away, run away. AllaN01Bear Feb 2025 #155
I am so sorry about your late mom and thank you for your Piece of Junk car post.. debm55 Feb 2025 #162
I am still astonished, although not amazed, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #180
Thank you PoindexterOglethorpe. My POS car, the Saturn was a Japanese make. debm55 Feb 2025 #190
1961 Corvair, drank more oil than gas. Emile Feb 2025 #181
Thank you Emile for your POS car post. debm55 Feb 2025 #191
1997 Volvo 850 AmBlue Feb 2025 #184
Wow. That could have been very dangerous for your son.I wouldn't buy the POS Volvo either. Glad things worked out for debm55 Feb 2025 #192
'96 Chrysler LHS was the worst LogDog75 Feb 2025 #187
Thank you very much for you POS car story. I am glad you have found a car you like. debm55 Feb 2025 #193
Dodge Caravan Wicked Blue Feb 2025 #196
Thank you Wicked Blue for your POS car story. debm55 Feb 2025 #197
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