The Chrysler From Hell is Gone!

[Eshaver]

Well, for all you adoring fans out there in Plasticville west of Styereene Junction , I gotta tell ya it was an abyss!I mean were talking about a Luxury van that was purchaced in 1997 by my father who wanted something new to replace what I thougjht was a prefectly good van, an 89 Chevrolet Astro Van . Now mechanicly, there wasn't a whole lot wrong with the Chevrolet. I had a few quirks about it, some thing were falling apart on it such as the cruise control. Still George, It was as sound as a rock! My Dad was getting parinoid of an impending snow storm that would'nt happen here for another hundred years. Look Central Virginia just dosen't get a lot of snow . Yep, we get ice though! You cant drive on Ice anyway, ask anyone who lives in Dallas , they will explain it to you in detail! I think the old man simply wanted a new toy. Only problem is , new toys bring new Taxes and of course Payments ! O K he made the payments and of course, the county of Henrico collected the higher taxes. Well, his heart took him suddenly, he passed away six years ago.

From the time I inherited the van, things started falling apart. First there was an issue with the brakes. Wound up buying replacement parts from the dealer as the local N A P A didn't have the nessesary pieces. Then the Defroster went and caught on fire, scaring my wife half to death , she had our two ywar old son in the car then . Had to go to the dealer to get that straightened out because I couldn't figgure out how to get the blower out from behind the glove box! Oh and did I tell you that when it rained you got a cold dose of water when you applied the brakes on the passenger side too?

That spring , the sensor went on the radiator. Ahh, it wasn't only the sensor though, it required some wiring to be replaced as well!, back almost to the Dealer again. Couple of weeks later, the Cable system that runs the glass up and down in the drivers door went and broke the glass. You guessed it , the Dealer again . This time a used glass was 75.00 and the cable was 198.00 , yes children ! Oh and that didn't nclude the fact that I wound up hiring a glass expert to do the job on the side for 75.00 . Now here I am an experenced body and fender repair person with nearly thirty years in the business.!!!!! This is really getting to me even though Im having to relive these memories too.

Iguess thats when the burgler alarm started to go ntermittently too. The van only had maybe 80,000 on the odometer, and I was being told every story under the sun . Im replacing sensors left and right and its still acting up at odd time too. By the way, theres NO help in an aftermarket service manual, so dont waste youre money such as I did on buying two manuals only to find the information on trouble shooting isn't going to be there . The Dealer, gotta love these guys told me a Chrysler Service manual from them would run about a hundred dollars too. Yeah, I almost bouught one too.

Meanwhile, my friendly Snap -On Man tells me to get an O B D computer, only 40.00 a week for many weeks too! oh yes, the chip to diagnose the Chrysler is specific to the year and its extra too!

As it stand to day here in Richmond Va. I sold the van hours ago for 300.00. Im going to invest that money into a 78 Ford Van with no A=c, Noo Power locks , no Power nuthin. It does have a six which has maybe 4,000 on it a new radiatior and a Dennis Hamlin built Power stering bracket. Dennis is Denny Hamlin's dad, the things gonna run atleast a hundred on the road now ! So stay tuned kids Ill give ya'all progress reports about a "Real Van , uh it was built right BEFORE Elvis Died too. Ed Shaver

[george 53]

"Free at last, Free at last, thank God Almighty, He's Free at last!" I had a Dream that you would be Delivered from this toil an agony, and it HAS come to pass! See Eddie ol boy, Prayers are answered. Too bad ya couldn't keep the 300 bucks for some models but, oh well, it'll probly do ya better in the van. Glad ta hear your out from under the "trojan Horse" Put that ol furd back onna road, an come to Toledo!!!

[Dragon7665]

Im going to invest that money into a 78 Ford Van with no A=c, Noo Power locks , no Power nuthin. It does have a six which has maybe 4,000 on it a new radiatior and a Dennis Hamlin built Power stering bracket. Dennis is Denny Hamlin's dad, the things gonna run atleast a hundred on the road now ! So stay tuned kids Ill give ya'all progress reports about a "Real Van , uh it was built right BEFORE Elvis Died too. Ed Shaver

Uh How does that work??? I thought Elvi died or disappeared August 16, 1977??? BTW, I hope you got windows all around, and clear ones at that, or the Kiddies will have a not nice nickname for when they see it....

[george 53]

August 16th 77? naw that couldn't be, Why, he was seen inna Burger King in Kalamazoo, Mich in 1980! Da Kang ain't ded!( he jus takin a dirt nap!)

[Spike]

My Dad was getting parinoid of an impending snow storm that would'nt happen here for another hundred years. Look Central Virginia just dosen't get a lot of snow . Yep, we get ice though! You cant drive on Ice anyway, ask anyone who lives in Dallas , they will explain it to you in detail!

cant drive on ice?!? we do it every winter! a few years ago it rained, yes it rained in the middle of winter, and ALL the roads were nuttin but ice, and they still didnt close the schools here in the country. sure a few buses were late, but they all made it. it was quit fun drivin a RWD car on it too

[lordairgtar]

Eshaver, I think that Mopar didn't like you. Think maybe it was Christines grand daughter?

You tell 'em Spike, we love our ice driving. Separates the men and wimmin from the wussies.

Edited September 26, 2008 by lordairgtar

[Spike]

haha ya. i HATE winter, but i love drivin in it sometimes cuz you can have lots of fun on the backroads, can you say YEEEEEE HAAAWWWWW

[Terry Jessee]

"You can't drive on ice."

Since when? Come to Montana for a winter.

If you survive, you'll be an expert....

Terry

[Joe Handley]

"You can't drive on ice."

Since when? Come to Montana for a winter.

If you survive, you'll be an expert....

Terry

No kidding, it's like that here in Chicago too and FWD, RWD,AWD,FT 4WD, and PT 4WD doesn't matter in some cases either, it's just different ways of getting yourself into trouble if you don't have a clue about how to drive in the first place!

Edited September 28, 2008 by Joe Handley

[Rob Hall]

No kidding, it's like that here in Chicago too and FWD, RWD,AWD,FT 4WD, and PT 4WD doesn't matter in some cases either, it's just different ways of getting yourself into trouble if you don't have a clue about how to drive in the first place!

Yah... I definitely remember ice storms and other horror from my winters in NE Ohio, SE Michigan and one winter in Chicago.(the 12 winters in Colorado weren't really that bad).don't miss that... I guess the 5 months of heat is the trade off the great mild AZ winters. For 15 winters, I drove 4WD SUVs, but before that, had 6 winters in NE Ohio w/ a RWD car w/snow tires. Won't help in ice, though. My worst ice storm experience, though, was about 3 years ago, stuck on I-5 near Portland, Or in a Grand Prix rental...took me about 7 hrs to go 25 miles.

[Joe Handley]

My worst ice storm experience, though, was about 3 years ago, stuck on I-5 near Portland, Or in a Grand Prix rental...took me about 7 hrs to go 25 miles.

SOunds like a drive home from work one night a few years ago, took me 1 hour to go 6 miles. The roads wouldn't have been a problem no matter which vehicle I'd have been driving at the time (I now have a CHerokee, but my Lebaron Turbo or Shadow Turbo wouldn't have had any trouble then either ), but it was the road-tards that always forget how to drive and can't drive more than 5mph in snow that I could drive 15-20 mph on a FWD with bald tires in

[Spike]

last winter we had a couple bad snow storms where you couldnt see no more then 5 feet infront of you, that was nurve racking. up here we get some real bad stuff off lake superior

[Joe Handley]

last winter we had a couple bad snow storms where you couldnt see no more then 5 feet infront of you, that was nurve racking. up here we get some real bad stuff off lake superior

Had one like that last year, I ###### near turned the headlights off while driving home from work one night just to see if it would improve how far I could see in the snow, then later had my Father and a different person both tell me that may have been to my advantage that night

[Spike]

ya a guy from work took his girlfriend out to show her how bad it was, he said the road got really rough, then he found out he ended up in a field by menards lol

[Joe Handley]

ya a guy from work took his girlfriend out to show her how bad it was, he said the road got really rough, then he found out he ended up in a field by menards lol

Hahahahahaha, heard a story like that from a customer about his niece and her BF, I just can't repeat it here