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14/11/2026 5:25 am
...see the yellow? Walk into a Dodge dealership today and tell them you want to buy a new car for $5,880 🙄 🙄 🙄
14/11/2026 5:35 am
It is indeed cheap as that equals just under $22k in 2026 dollars.
I believe the least expensive car today in the US is the Hyundai Venue at about $24k. Of course it's vastly safer, feature rich, and robust.
This post was modified 1 day ago 2 times by Ed Glorius
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
14/11/2026 5:36 am
Yeah, good luck. I had one of those, a K car. It was a company car. We ordered our own since there were over a thousand company cars in the company's fleet. We had to get three bids on three cars; Chrysler, Chevrolet and Ford. It had to be on company spec and the lowest dollar got the bid. It was the K car. After an ordering season the company discontinued bidding on that car. Mine wasn't any trouble but lacked power.
14/11/2026 6:44 am
The K platform that pulled Chrysler out of a tough spot thanks to the tax payers.
14/11/2026 9:09 am
'83 Plymouth Reliant, one of the first cars on the Conn. Lemon Law and of course it was mine. The worst of the many new cars I have owned followed closely by the'06 Nissan Murano.
14/11/2026 10:38 am
With two kids in college I understand why my dad bought a cheap Plymouth volare. It rattled, faded, rusted and died faster than any car my dad owned .
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14/11/2026 10:39 am
"I had one of those, a K car. It was a company car."
HA! I can top that; I actually bought one!
It was my geeky period after high school, before college. Yes, it looked like a box.... but I thought I was so cool driving "the latest & greatest" Chrysler had to offer. It was so modern with its color-keyed bumpers, integrated door mirrors, FWD, etc....
Needless to say, I was mercifully criticized by all my friends, and girlfriends would duck down, below the windows, to avoid being seen. Within a few years I had to trade it in on a new, fully loaded, '84 T/A H.O.
I was never teased again. 😉 😏 😉
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14/11/2026 10:42 am
'83 Plymouth Reliant, one of the first cars on the Conn. Lemon Law and of course it was mine.
I really didn't have any problems with my '81, but then again, I only had it for 3 years. But, like everyone else said.... it was woefully underpowered. I'd put on the A/C and the steering wheel would vibrate. OMG! 😲 😬 😵 😲 😬 😵
14/11/2026 12:23 pm
"I had one of those, a K car. It was a company car."
HA! I can top that; I actually bought one!
It was my geeky period after high school, before college. Yes, it looked like a box.... but I thought I was so cool driving "the latest & greatest" Chrysler had to offer. It was so modern with its color-keyed bumpers, integrated door mirrors, FWD, etc....
Needless to say, I was mercifully criticized by all my friends, and girlfriends would duck down, below the windows, to avoid being seen. Within a few years I had to trade it in on a new, fully loaded, '84 T/A H.O.
I was never teased again. 😉 😏 😉
HA! GREAT story Chris. We were allowed to buy our company cars from the company at trade-in time and I almost bought the K car. Not sure why, I do not recall.