In the end of December I bought a "smarter decision" parts car for $100. It is a white 1991 Plymouth Acclaim LX with the same red interior as my Black Cherry Acclaim except this one is built in Toluca, Mexico. This car had paint peeling off of it everywhere and not just rust but ROT HOLES! It being a New York bought and driven car. I was lucky, the day I towed that home, I did not shut the Spirit's hood and while going 65 down the road, the hood flew up and smashed through the windshield! When I got out of the car and peeled the hood down, I started laughing hysterically! So my sister and I were driving the 1.5 miles home going 30 mph. The next morning I went outside to shut the hood. It would have been easy but it pulled 3 inches to the right, so my first part off the white Acclaim, a white, paint-peeling hood.
I had to tow the white Acclaim home because the timing belt is slipped so bad that the car will not start but does make an attempt and gets a bit of compression and makes a sputter noise. (UPDATE I talked to the woman who used to own it. She told me that the car would run very hot and that her husband said that it is the head gaskets that are bad. This would coincide with the noise that a Sundance with a bad gasket, that I test drove, made. The engine is not blown it just needs a head gasket. The transmission is new in this car.) It has 180054 miles on it. It has been my experience that tells me that Acclaims and any other Chrysler last 180000 miles before they become expensive. But if you think like me, once you get past a certain point, it will be all good because of the tons of new parts on it for example, I have a friend with a 1984 Dodge Omni with a 2.2, and get this, 384000 miles on it! It still runs strong, just has peeling blue paint and rust. I advise everyone who likes Chryslers to open a savings account after buying an old timer and keep fixing it. Think about it once you hit a certain amount of miles, practically everything will be brand new!
