My sister had a circa '79 Omni, which was very troublesome. Weird problems like the impeller slipping off the water pump shaft, rubber carburetor mounting damper-gasket disintegrating ...
My mother had a circa '87 Plymouth Caravelle with the 2.5. She initially thought it was a Ford, because the Plymouth dealer had taken over the building occupied for decades by the Ford dealer. I don't recall any mechanical problems, although the fancy-looking seats were horrible.
My mother also had the slightly larger '92 Dodge Die-Nasty V6. Not much trouble, until the transmission started to act funny at ~40K---like those of most most early-90s Chysler V6s. She got rid of it just in time. The Camry that replaced in 1999 is still going after 19½ years, 139k miles, and very few repairs. I drove it 140 miles last week.
My mother had a circa '87 Plymouth Caravelle with the 2.5. She initially thought it was a Ford, because the Plymouth dealer had taken over the building occupied for decades by the Ford dealer. I don't recall any mechanical problems, although the fancy-looking seats were horrible.
My mother also had the slightly larger '92 Dodge Die-Nasty V6. Not much trouble, until the transmission started to act funny at ~40K---like those of most most early-90s Chysler V6s. She got rid of it just in time. The Camry that replaced in 1999 is still going after 19½ years, 139k miles, and very few repairs. I drove it 140 miles last week.
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