Looking at buying a 1990 Chrysler New Yorker with a 3.3 V6. The guy wants $4000 which is a little steep for a K-car but it's in great shape and it has only 55,000 miles on it.How reliable are these, and how good is parts availability in Current Year? Or am I just retarded for even considering a K-car?
It was a $4,000 car like twenty years ago but it's probably still fine to drive around, mechanics probably don't see twenty of them a day anymore so you're less likely to find people willing to work on something that old just for liability reasons but a nicer clean example probably won't get turned away as a potential problem customer.
>>28675980I just want to ask why,what compelled you to buy EXACTLY this car?what is the appeal?i geniunely fail to see it no matter how hard i try so many FAR better options so tell me WHY
>>28675980Classy. Get it anon
look for a fuckin pre 1982 lebaron coupe instead you fucktard.
>>28676578Not him, but don’t they have those nice couch-like interiors? With those comfy seats and stuff?
>>28676600All the money went into those seats. I would be surprised that there weren't more accidents from people falling asleep in them, but then I remember my friends mom that had one and it was always in the shop. Top ten interiors, bottom ten everything else
>>28676600So basically every american automobile (aside from small compacts) of the 20th century?
>>28675980>parts availabilityCheck rock auto.4k is a good deal for any nice carz even a K>Or am I just retarded for even considering a K-carMeh. I'd go for an equivalent RWD car for a bit more, you can get nice M-body for 6-7k, more for a 2 door but that's just the classic car market.
>>28675980I really want a Spirit rt
>>28676603This is an AI-generated video, the child disappears immediately after the car hits it.
>>28676578I want one just for the cluster
>>28676578It being called a New Yorker is enough justification for me, I'm tired of soulless letter and number combinations or boring uninspired names. Thats why I bought an Acura Legend
>>28675980You will never be a real luxury car. You have no V8, you have no RWD, you have no pedigree. You are a Chrysler K car twisted by gimmicky pseudo-luxury gizmos and badge engineering into a crude mockery of nature's perfection.All the “validation” you get is two-faced and half-hearted. Behind your back people mock you. Your owners are disgusted and ashamed of you, your “passengers” laugh at your ghoulish appearance behind closed doors.Drivers are utterly repulsed by you. Decades of evolution have allowed drivers to sniff out frauds with incredible efficiency. Even K cars that “pass” look uncanny and unnatural to a driver. Your chassis is a dead giveaway. And even if you manage to get a drunk driver home with you, he’ll turn tail and bolt the second he gets a look at your V6, transverse-mounted engine. You will never be properly maintained. You wrench out a fake smile every single morning and tell yourself it’s going to be ok, but deep inside you feel the rust creeping up like a weed, ready to crush you under the unbearable weight.Eventually it'll be too much to bear - your transmission will fail, your engine won't start, and you'll be too expensive to fix. Your owner will find you, heartbroken but relieved that they no longer have to live with the unbearable shame and disappointment. They'll send you to the scrapyard with a VIN plate marked with your serial number, and every passerby for the rest of eternity will know that a mediocre 80s chrysler product is Your panels will rust and go back to the dust, and all that will remain of your legacy is a chassis that is unmistakably a K car. This is your fate. This is what you chose. There is no turning back.
>>28677342kek but honestly the rwd v8 american land barge has been done to death. Its boring.
>>28677342>>28677348You guys are so funny! Arguing like spoiled children and shit.Just watch this 1982 K-car Dodge Charger with the 2.2l i4 engine instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIPCLcWKLiIand the second videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v= wcGfESA23nYI’m not shilling for this guy but he shows what you’ll potentially go through with a K-car. The fun fun part is you’ll actually be driving it and it’ll run.I can’t believe how cheap Chrysler was with these in terms of build quality and design. Pay attention to when he takes apart the dash and a dash bulb is used as a fuse in the circuit for the gas gauge. WTF, right? The gas gauge doesn’t work without that bulb as part of the circuit. And his shifter falls apart and he has to replace the snap ring twice from underneath it. These cars are goofy but you can work on them yourself with basic tools and parts. Reminds me of Soviet LADA (Vaz-210X whatever models).My 70s era JAP car has far more refined technology (rear disc brakes, electronic fuel injection, power windows, power mirrors, better electrical wiring and circuitry) but those K-cars are hilarious and have charm.Do it!
>>28677732Please post under a name so I can filter you
>>28676600Ah yes, the Corinthian leather seats.
>>28675980just get a park avenue or a lesabre if you want a fwd american luxury car
>>28676578OP here, literally just because I think they're neat and I like 90s american luxury bullshit>>28677342counterpoint: don't care>>28677348I wouldn't say that either. I've been driving a 90s Town Car for a few years and I've loved it. I only paid a couple grand for it though and it had already reached shitbox status by the time I bought it. It's mostly been pretty reliable but even with getting it undercoated I don't think it'll survive another winter.
>>28678165No. Buick is gay.
>>28675980Went and looked at it today>no rust>no leaks>odometer is indeed accurate>needs door seals>headlight flaps don't go up (seems relatively easy to fix, and it's cosmetic anyways>runs, drives, stops no problem>head gasket was redoneI think I'm gonna go for it bros
