|[C³]| The Crappy Car Club

[DrTroy]

2001 Dodge Neon - Fastest Depreciating Car on the market!!!

 

[MrktMkr1986]

2001 Dodge Neon - Fastest Depreciating Car on the market!!!

Did you read any of the other entries? In order to be accepted you have to list both the pros and the cons. Just because your car is depreciating and my car appreciating doesn't mean anything. It's all about cosmetic, mechanical, and/or electrical issues.

 

[DrTroy]

Did you read any of the other entries? In order to be accepted you have to list both the pros and the cons. Just because your car is depreciating and my car appreciating doesn't mean anything. It's all about cosmetic, mechanical, and/or electrical issues.

My bad, I'll do so later.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

My bad, I'll do so later.

Don't worry about it -- no big deal. By the way, what percentage of the Neon's value is lost annually? My T-Bird is appreciating at a rate of about 2-5% per year.

 

[yardbird]

Little late to the party, but here's mine:

1990 Subaru Justy
115,000 original miles
turquoise/silver/rust

Pros:
-cool "Fun Justy" factory decals
-115,000 original miles
-no power anything to break
-45+ miles per gallon, with it's super-efficient 3 cylinder engine
-despite the noise and smoke, it NEVER STOPS RUNNING.
-can be lifted off the ground by three large men.
-rear cargo compartment lets me carry a guitar and small amplifier semi-comfortably.

Cons:
-Big dent in rear quarter panel (made better by smacking dent with fist from inside
-big hole on inside door panel (somebody slammed door with seat belt in the way - tore the interior right up)
-broken grill (pieces still sitting in back seat
-no radio, just a home-made black painted cardboard delete plate held in with superglue
-no anything else - "five speeds (all slow) and a heater (which doesn't work all that well)"
-horn works "intermittently" - never works when you want it, but goes off when lightly brushing the center of the steering wheel while making a tight turn at a busy intersection.
-burns oil like crazy, smoke comes through heater vents into cabin
-passenger side headlight dims randomly while driving, taking rear brake light with it - driver's side headlight assembly has approx .5 inches of water sloshing around in it.
-wierd, unidentified vibration coming from rear passenger side tire area - neither myself nor my mechanic can locate the cause - maybe it's haunted?
-interior carpet worn through on driver's side, exposing metal floor (which is dented from where heel rests while driving)
-It's a Subaru Justy, and I'm 6'4", 260lbs


I made a few edits from the original, having thought about it. I'll take and post some pictures this weekend - I'm travelling (using a government fleet Ford Taurus wagon with a leaky window and puddle on the passenger side floor!) out of town this week on business.

humbly submitted,
yardbird

 

[High-Test]

Honestly, I think you should be in on the fact that it's a Justy.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

Little late to the party, but here's mine:

1990 Subaru Justy
115,000 original miles
turquoise/silver/rust

Pros:
-cool "Fun Justy" factory decals
-115,000 original miles
-no power anything to break
-45+ miles per gallon, with it's super-efficient 3 cylinder engine
-despite the noise and smoke, it NEVER STOPS RUNNING.
-can be lifted off the ground by three large men.
-rear cargo compartment lets me carry a guitar and small amplifier semi-comfortably.

Cons:
-Big dent in rear quarter panel (made better by smacking dent with fist from inside
-big hole on inside door panel (somebody slammed door with seat belt in the way - tore the interior right up)
-broken grill (pieces still sitting in back seat
-no radio, just a home-made black painted cardboard delete plate held in with superglue
-no anything else - "five speeds (all slow) and a heater (which doesn't work all that well)"
-horn works "intermittently" - never works when you want it, but goes off when lightly brushing the center of the steering wheel while making a tight turn at a busy intersection.
-burns oil like crazy, smoke comes through heater vents into cabin
-passenger side headlight dims randomly while driving, taking rear brake light with it - driver's side headlight assembly has approx .5 inches of water sloshing around in it.
-wierd, unidentified vibration coming from rear passenger side tire area - neither myself nor my mechanic can locate the cause - maybe it's haunted?
-interior carpet worn through on driver's side, exposing metal floor (which is dented from where heel rests while driving)
-It's a Subaru Justy, and I'm 6'4", 260lbs


I made a few edits from the original, having thought about it. I'll take and post some pictures this weekend - I'm travelling (using a government fleet Ford Taurus wagon with a leaky window and puddle on the passenger side floor!) out of town this week on business.

humbly submitted,
yardbird

And I thought my car had problems! You are definitely in! Allow me to send to the other judges.

 

[slimer90210]

Well I have some sad news, I am afraid I must leave the Crappy Car Club. Last weekend I finished the build-up on my 1985 Chevy Pickup and will now be driving it rather then the GEO. It has been nice knowing I was not the only one with a really crappy car and even better knowing that many of your cars were worse off then mine but it is all over now because I DRIVING THE TRUCK OF MY DREAMS NOW!!!!!!

So when you think you will be stuck with your pile of crap car forever just remember if a poor, redneck from Iowa can have the truck of his dreams, so can you...

 

[PerfectCorner]

Im driving a 1990 Buick Lesabre

Its got a lot of aftermarket rust on it so i guess you can say it makes it faster. It also has a nice ticking coming from under the hood. 💡

 

[MrktMkr1986]

Im driving a 1990 Buick Lesabre

Its got a lot of aftermarket rust on it so i guess you can say it makes it faster. It also has a nice ticking coming from under the hood. 💡

We at the C3 like details.

More information, please.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

Well I have some sad news, I am afraid I must leave the Crappy Car Club. Last weekend I finished the build-up on my 1985 Chevy Pickup and will now be driving it rather then the GEO. It has been nice knowing I was not the only one with a really crappy car and even better knowing that many of your cars were worse off then mine but it is all over now because I DRIVING THE TRUCK OF MY DREAMS NOW!!!!!!

NO!!! Don't leave us!!!
NO!!! Don't leave us!!!
NO!!! Don't leave us!!!
Don't leave us!!!
Don't leave us!!!
Don't ... leave ... us ...​

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Congrats on your dream car, though. 👍

So when you think you will be stuck with your pile of crap car forever just remember if a poor, redneck from Iowa can have the truck of his dreams, so can you...

Which is why I've started looking for a Lincoln Mark 7 LSC / Mark 8 LSC.

 

[VT]

Its got a lot of aftermarket rust on it so i guess you can say it makes it faster. It also has a nice ticking coming from under the hood. 💡

The ticking is most likely a stuck valve.

Aftermarket rust, . Classic.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

The ticking is most likely a stuck valve.

Or a belt. My car left me stranded when the timing belt snapped.

Aftermarket rust, . Classic.

I have aftermarket rust too, but I use it primarily for cosmetic purposes.

 

[VT]

Or a belt. My car left me stranded when the timing belt snapped.

That sucks, but then again, there is a reason you're in the C3.

I have aftermarket rust too, but I use it primarily for cosmetic purposes.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

That sucks, but then again, there is a reason you're in the C3.

Fortunately.

It's true! Designer rust is in!

 

[colnajoe]

Just ignore my signature for this one . My daily driver is my 1989 Saab 900.

Cons:
Ugly as hell
Paint appears to have changed color in some spots (perhaps a "chameleon-like" additive to the paint?)
Muffler has so many holes it looks like a flute
Wheels have pine tar all over them (don't ask me)
All trim and emblems have fallen off or have been stolen
EVERYTHING is dry rotted
Fog lights were ripped off during an altercation with a deer
Leather seats have been ripped to hell (they were grey, now they are the color of insulation)
Headliner drapes over your head when you sit in a seat
168,000 some miles

Pros:
The only Swedish pickup truck in the neigborhood
It starts up (even on the first try sometimes!)
Drives great in the snow
I put my old Pirellis from my Z3 on it (handles like a ferarri now)

 

[GT3mich]

Your sig can't be ignored. I say banned list now! Sorry but some of these guys really drive the POS listed and should be given the respect they deserve.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

Your sig can't be ignored. I say banned list now! Sorry but some of these guys really drive the POS listed and should be given the respect they deserve.

It won't be like that for long... few more months and I'm going to get a Mark VIII LSC.

 

[Event]

Well, me and Brian are having time management issues, him with his love affair with his future car, and me with school and work. Neither of us have the time to maintain the C³. We need a manager, someone who will be dedicated to the cause of glorifying the forgotten, piece of crap cars that you see everyday, and tend top ignore. If you would like to apply for posistion of manager, PM me and I'll see what I can do You can keep some of the same judges, or choose new ones. You don't have to be part of the C³ in order to be the manager or a judge. Just drop me a PM if you feel up to this monumental task.

Remember, if you get the position, you will have to pimp the club like no other

 

[pimp racer]

You don't have to be part of the C³ in order to be the manager or a judge. Just drop me a PM if you feel up to this monumental task.

Ya even though I have nice cars Event let me have the spot of a Judge! I dont mind taking that manage spot Event. Let me get on AIM.

 

[VIPFREAK]

👍 I don't know who looks worse in this conversation but...

(12:05:05) Skip 0110: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5565/civic/c005.jpg OMG its the inside of my car!
(12:05:38) VipFREAK: eww...
(12:05:46) Skip 0110: lol
(12:05:55) Skip 0110: thats not actually my car but it looks the same
(12:06:13) VipFREAK: either way it's a honda and it sucks... lol
(12:06:31) Skip 0110: ok my AE86 OMG DRIFT TRUENO
(12:06:35) Skip 0110: *mr.
(12:07:08) VipFREAK: hay I don't go touting it... and it's a WANNABE 86 so there!
(12:07:12) VipFREAK: :-D
(12:07:15) VipFREAK: :-P
(12:07:17) Skip 0110: lol
(12:07:57) VipFREAK: sadly I like my car even though it's falling apart...
(12:08:03) VipFREAK:
(12:09:40) Skip 0110: how is it falling apart?
(12:09:54) VipFREAK: uh... see C3 thread... lol
(12:10:02) Skip 0110: oh okay
(12:10:19) VipFREAK: well big ones are... there's holes in the muffler
(12:10:21) Skip 0110: mine is actually doing okay even though i hit the rev limiter like once a month
(12:15:06) Skip 0110:
13. Exhaust pipe broken off but fixed with a sheet of metal and pipeties (YEAH baby ricer exhaust for 10 bones! Eat ur heart out ricers!)
(12:15:16) Skip 0110: that is MAD PIMPIN
(12:16:02) Skip 0110: and my old car used to smoke like crazy when i fired it up and it was like 20 deg F out
(12:23:39) VipFREAK: lol, yeah I love the sound... I wonder if it's a bit loud but then again I've heard other car that are just as loud imo
(12:23:40) VipFREAK: lol
(12:23:57) VipFREAK: I don't know why it smokes like that either?
(12:24:05) Skip 0110: yeah its hard ho hear the loudness when youre in the car
(12:24:51) VipFREAK: well the public too... I don't feel like getting a ticket from the cops for being to loud.
(12:25:01) Skip 0110: lol yeah
(12:25:16) VipFREAK: I shift fast if I'm near a cop so it doesn't get a chance to rev high
(12:25:17) VipFREAK: lol
(12:25:30) Skip 0110: haha
(12:25:34) Skip 0110: how many spd
(12:25:47) VipFREAK: it's really not worth getting a new exhaust system though
(12:25:53) VipFREAK: 5
(12:26:05) Skip 0110: hehe no one will beat my 4 spped beast!
(12:26:27) VipFREAK: lol, hay I might!
(12:26:33) VipFREAK: you only got a honda
(12:26:34) VipFREAK: lol
(12:26:45) Skip 0110: yeah but i got 92 hp and you got 87
(12:26:54) VipFREAK: son of a...
(12:26:57) Skip 0110: OMG 5 HP
(12:27:16) VipFREAK: I got style though
(12:27:24) VipFREAK: lol
(12:27:24) Skip 0110: and i have teh awesomest michelin tires, $180 a piece
(12:27:58) VipFREAK: sucker... ha ha.
(12:28:14) Skip 0110: its not like i pad for them...
(12:28:26) Skip 0110: *paid
(12:28:37) VipFREAK: well **** your car can't even handle 1/10 of it's performance
(12:28:49) VipFREAK: it's probably hindering it actually
(12:28:52) VipFREAK: ha ha
(12:29:07) Skip 0110: lol....i can spin em through 2nd...so
(12:29:33) VipFREAK: son of a... how the hell can you spin yours!?
(12:29:36) VipFREAK: wtf!?
(12:29:48) Skip 0110: its a light car and i have a heavy foot
(12:30:05) VipFREAK: well **** I have the same thing and ****tyer tires
(12:30:16) Skip 0110: no one expects a little crappy ass car to sqeal the tires that loud
(12:30:26) VipFREAK: if I do it my rubberband will break...
(12:30:34) Skip 0110: HA HA

 

[Jondot]

Banned People

• Jordan
• McLaren F1GTR
• Josh
• BMW M-Lover
• Goomba
• BlazinXtreme
• M5Power
• ///M-Spec
• iceburns288
• GT3mich

Oh my god! You blocked Jordan! His car is too nice for this club, and so is mine, so bye

 

[Combustion]

Nissan Micra '94 1000c

- 184,000 km
- Right sideview mirror is held in with putty
- Makes a nice clank clank clank when in full lock
- Capable of doing 120kmh in 2nd gear (I tried to blow the engine)
- Driver seatbelt ripped
- Takes 15-20 seconds for the engine to start
- Windscreen cracked
- Left hand drive in a right hand drive country
- 0-100 in 21 seconds
- 100-0 in 15 seconds
- Reverse busted, I have to push it with my leg in neutral
- Driver seat will not adjust
- Passenger seat will not adjust
- No radio antenna
- No radio
- One busted windscreen wiper
- Will run with Johnny Walker in the tank (we were drunk)
- Due to the second crash, the frame now touches the wire to turn the heating on, so depending on which season it is, you need a use a pair of pliers to bend the frame and flip the heating to hot or cold
- Does not turn left completely, sometimes i need to turn right 3 times to make a left because I'm too tired to engage reverse mode

 

[bondy_1625]

id would like to join some sort of club here at gtp so here goes:

1992 vauxhall astra 1.4ls 5dr

pro's:
not bad for a first car
can reach 105mph
has reasonable 60-80hp (not sure which, cant afford a dyno run! )
loadsa tread on tyres
50,000 miles good milage for a '92 appaently
sounds pretty good in high rev range

con's:
unremovable dent in rear passenger side wing
scratch on front passenger side wing
tear (and i mean tear!!) on rear driver side wing and rear door)
is one of the most stolen cars in britain
has been stolen to prove it!
has needed lots of repairs only when i got it (was mums car for 2 years and nothing went wrong when she owned it! )
missing inside passenger wing mirror cover (both mirrors were smashed when i got the car back)
cant see much out of passenger wing mirror (apart from my blind spot )
missing parcel shelf (for some reason the thieves wanted it! )
no plastic around steering wheel to cover wires
steers left constantly
steering lock doesnt lock!
had to get a new ingition so now i have one key to get in the car and a different one to start it!

errr....i think thats about it
ill uplaod pics soon especially of the tear on the rear wing!
none the less i love my car!

edit: here are the pics

 

[VIPFREAK]

I think this has some relievance here. Engine failure thread

 

[Green_Streak]

Some bad news, the talon is no longer mine, i've pawned it off on someone else. why you ask? well i was comming home and about 30 miles from home i went to hit the brakes and guess what, only the brakes on one wheel worked, that's right i had one lousy brake caliper to stop a freaking 3000+ lb car. needless to say i went for the E-brake, and i promptly found out that it wasn't in good condition because just as i felt it start to slow the car i heard the distinct sound of a cable or two snapping and the car was no longer slowing down. all i can say is tank god for downshifting. i parked it and put it up for sale. by the time someone came to look at it the brakes had started working again and they bought the car. about 3 days after i sold it i got a call, it was the new owner menitioning the brakes went out on him...

 

[volcom_stone29]

Yay! A place to show of my junker!

Vehicle: 1991 Mitsubishi Galant 4 door
Mileage: 200,600 and counting 👍
Motor: 2.0L SOHC (burns a quart of oil every 500-600 miles)
Color: Is it brown? Is it green? I would say it looks like a turd that couldn't make up it's mind.
Misc. Damage: Alignment messed up from a ditch run; cracked up hub cap also from ditch run; driver side mirror is cracked

There is plenty more to say, but I'm in school at the moment.
Will update tonight with pictures and more juicy details.

 

[VT]

👍 I don't know who looks worse in this conversation but...
(12:30:16) Skip 0110: no one expects a little crappy ass car to sqeal the tires that loud
(12:30:26) VipFREAK: if I do it my rubberband will break...
(12:30:34) Skip 0110: HA HA

That was too funny. I just about died when I read that.

 

[VIPFREAK]

Yeah the scary part is I've been reving it in the 6k rpm area (7 is red) and it hasn't broken yet.

edit:

👍

Spdster2005 [10:41 PM]: Enjoy the video?
VipFREAK [10:41 PM]: yeha it was cool
VipFREAK [10:41 PM]: I will never see that in my car
Spdster2005 [10:41 PM]: LOL
Spdster2005 [10:42 PM]: That's because your future car will be doing 0-60 in 4 seconds...
Spdster2005 [10:42 PM]: ...not 6.5 seconds.
VipFREAK [10:42 PM]: that or I'll see a little puff of smoke from the rubber band right after it reached part of that
Spdster2005 [10:42 PM]: LOL
Spdster2005 [10:42 PM]: Oh you're talking "current" car.
Spdster2005 [10:42 PM]: Well you're lucky!
Spdster2005 [10:42 PM]: My car is still "broken"
Spdster2005 [10:42 PM]: :'(
VipFREAK [10:42 PM]: lol
Spdster2005 [10:43 PM]: LOL

 

[lionel]

I drive a 1988 Dodge Ramcharger W100 with a 318ci V8 and a 3 speed 727 torqueflite tranny here are the specifics:

cons:
-Odometer only reads 5 digits so it may have 65,000 miles, but more than likely 165,000.
-Passenger seat ripped up a bit
-rigged windshield wipers, directly wired to the battery, and the switch is broken so they come on sometimes when the truck gets a jolt or I hit the brakes kind of hard
-Crap blue two tone paint.
-Big dents all over with some surface rust
-It actually has a cd in it but there is a cd stuck in there somehow, and it can't be removed.
-one wal-mart 6x9 and one blown Sony 6x9, which actually sounds better and is louder than the wal-mart one
-broken motor mount, the motor leans about 6 inches down on the passenger side
-Transmission slips to high hell, could be either the bands, toque converter, or something internal, but I'm too lazy to find out which anyhow
-head gasket may be going out, either that or a leaky radiator cap, who knows
-Bumper bent a bit due to the guy that i rear-ended the other day, was worse, had to take off the bumper and fix it myself, luckily the guy just said to not worry about it
-My right rear tire seems to be the one that goes bald the quickest and most frequently, it is also the one that the diff lets spin...
-Shocks are so worn that if I modulate the brakes and throttle it looks like I really have hydraulics, I have actually gotten my front tires a couple of inches off the ground!
-0-60 in 10.1 seconds
-valves are screwed because I ran it with open headers for about 4 months, and the night before I put my 'zorst on, I get a $90 ticket for modified exhaust, just my luck

pros:
-I put a few mods on it like an open element air filter, headers, and homemade exhaust, all in an effort to make a bit quicker, reduced the 0-60 by about 2 seconds
-interior, besides the passenger seat is in decent condition.
-only paid 800 for it and have been offered 1200 on it for a trade in at a dealership
-0-60 in 10.1 seconds
-Sounds great for an old low compression gas sucker
-kills most of the ricers around here, especially on the bottom end
-Can burn the tires off fairly easily
Here are the only pics I have of it right now...
Beginning...

Middle...

End...

^^^ a really easy way to get rid of some pent up anger and an old spare tire.