I had a couple Mopars... *snicker* I had a 1981 Dodge Ares K-car, then moved up to an 85 Dodge 600 turbo -- the AK-car!Originally Posted by snowtrooper1966
I know the 80s Mopars aren't really well thought-of, but I've got to say that I've got a special place in my heart for that Ares. It was my first car, and I treated it really, really bad, and yet it was really, really reliable. That car ran for months without coolant and never siezed. It went all the way to school with the parking brake on. Its throttle stuck wide open, but didn't destroy itself from overspeeding.
In its final hours, it carried me uphill in 2nd gear at well over 60mph, where it finally lost compression on TWO cylinders, and STILL got me 100 miles back to home.
No car deserves the treatment I gave that poor thing, and yet it cranked out hundreds of thousands of miles in the worst Colorado can dish up, and still died with honor.
I'd have the hood ornament brozned, if someone hadn't stolen it in the high school parking lot...
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