on 08/11/04 23:53, A. Foster at monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx wrote: > Patrick; > I spotted one of those early 90's Imperials in a used car lot in town here; > ironically enough it's the newest used car dealer in town. The car looks > complete and in nice cosmetic condition, but as you may have heard it's the > mechanical details that can make these cars a dog. I think that the car is a > 93' model for which they want the princely sum of $4500. Given all of the > expensive things that can go wrong with one of these cars, I would want to see > repair and rebuild receipts for everything from the ABS to the transmission > before entertaining such a price. > My mother's 94' Intrepid has the same 4 speed automatic transmission in it, it > blew up and cost over $3500 for a rebuild. I am quite convinced that this is > the worst transmission that Chrysler ever made, so much so that they > redesigned and strengthened much of it in later years. If you think a new one > might be cheaper think again, Chrysler quoted them $5000 dollars for a new > one! These cars just aren't interesting enough to me to dump that kind of > money into. > Yep, those modern fuel efficient cars sure are economical to operate aren't > they? Yet for under $2000 bucks I can buy the C-body of my choice and never > have to do anything with it other then feed it gas/oil and routine > maintainance. I figure that if you want total economy, and don't want to > pedal, get a moped or a small scooter, they're more fun anyway. Yep, I guess it depends on the condition of the car. I've bought a 93 Imperial with 85,000 for $2250. Everything works well. I initially had to convert the air conditioning system, but everything else works fine and I'm pretty happy to ride such a fine car for the price I've paid. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:laurentdaudelin@xxxxxxxxxxx ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm