Brkdncr comments on Dream cars post, me first

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

Never meet your heroes.

1991 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4. Replaced nearly every part, twice. While selling it the front aero stopped working again.

1961 Lincoln Continental. Every part is unique just enough to be difficult to fix or replace. Lots of oddities related to vacuum.

Photos aren’t mine but are nearly identical. My vr4 had the chrome wheels from a convertible.

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I always loved the 3rd gen Eclipse until i got with my now wife who owned one at the time. The engine blew up at 120k miles and after replacing it, a bunch of other stuff broke to the point that it was sold for scrap value.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I also had a dsm eclipse (1g, fwd turbo), and holy shit that was the most annoying engine to work on. Fun as hell until they need work.

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[–] ryokimball@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I'm currently putting off replacing the clutch on my 91 Stealth. Otherwise she's doing fine so far honestly but I made the mistake of buying a house at the same time so picking which hole to throw money in is hard.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If it’s not a turbo you’re good. I think the vr4 had a lot more 90’s era electronics to fail too.

That white was good then and still looks good now.

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