1995 Plymouth Voyager: it’s halfway through a crappy paint job and the back seats have been removed and in there place is a small board of plywood and a pillow with bed bugs. $1350
1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass supreme: it’s being sold by local store owner who just bought himself a Northstar deville, cars interior smells like Newports and the trunk is had a bunch of empty cans in it runs and drives but it has a small oil leak. $1200
2001 Pontiac Sunfire: as usual it’s beening sold by a tweaker who’s been living in the dumpster behind the motel, interior is missing several trim pieces and smells of spoiled milk ac doesn’t work but it runs and drives. $650
2009 Buick Lacrosse: the previous owner stole it, drove it to the motel and left it there for the past year, passenger window is broken and there’s a screw driver jabbed in the ignition, there’s empty backpacks and multiple IDs in the backseat and there is no title. Motel owners are selling it. $450
1990 Buick Skylark: it’s one of the cars that’s been sitting behind the motel, its being sold by a room attendant, all windows don’t roll down and one tire is flat, interior is clean and it runs and drives. $1600
1979 Mercury bobcat: it’s the hotel owners car it’s been sitting in the edge of the parking lot for a few months but she assures you that it runs and drives. $1000
1999 Volvo v70: its been sold at a 7/11 across the street and the mechanic selling says it needs a back door panel and catalytic converter. $2000
1974 Oldsmobile Omega: it’s also one of the cars behind the motel, it has a straight six motor and the interior is musty, it was last tagged in 1987. $1180
2003 Volkswagen Jetta: it’s a college girls car, she’s selling it because her mom is coming to pick her up from Utah. Car has some overheating problems and has no power steering. $980
1967 dodge d-200: it the janitors car which he’s owned since new, manual everything brakes need some work but you got a handy tire for cushioning runs. $1400
2016 Chevy Cruze: it’s your car it’s currently just sitting in the parking lot and the damage looks too be repairable with some zip ties and a flash light, it leaks some coolant though but it’s free.
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I like the voyager or 67 dodge d200
Volvo
Voyager and bug bomb it
I think I would try to limp the cruze back home. If I had to choose a replacement, probably the 1990 skylark
Does this one have the Turbo or No?
I mean, if I can get some duct tape to seal the coolant leak, I’ll try my luck and limp the Cruze home, but send my family in the college girl’s Jetta, since that looks like it’s the least beat-to-shit
Sunfire
Cutlass. Nice to drive to Washington
Anything with a 3800 motor everytime. I’ll be able to pick up some wheels along the way.
Olds… It’s always an Oldsmobile
I’m taking that 67 dodge
The Cruze is the most mechanically likely to accomplish this specific job, and with $2000 remaining, you can drop in a new radiator and still have money for trip jerky.
Personally I would take the Mercury Bobcat in a heartbeat.
That straight six is gonna outlive them all
I’ll take the old dodge pickup.
the v70, jetta, or cruze
I’m going for the zip ties fosho
If that skylark is packing an iron duke I’ll have it till the body falls off.
The omega or the dodge pickup. Roadkill has taught me that old cars are not without their faults, but if you are the slightest bit handy, they can really, really *endure*.
That one actually looks like a Buick Lucerne
Regardless if it’s a skylark or Lucerne, as long as it has the 3800 and not the north star I would definitely go with that one
The Cruze was already leaking coolant before the crash, fwiw.
Old dodge. It still runs.
Pop hood of the first couple whichever had tge 3800 V6 – thats the one… those things are durable and would last the trip!
Looks like I’m walking.
The Harlequin Shitbox
I’m taking the mercury bobcat, you don’t see too many of those on the road
putting aside the personal bias of owning a 1st gen cruze and painfully having to deal with the cooling issues (I assume I have no experience in this situation) I would still take the cruze, as with 2000 you can easily replace the rad and get a new headlight housing plus labor, and you can still get gas, as while they suck reliability wise, they SIP gas.
Probably either the Skylark or Sunfire
Just repair the Cruze, but id buy the omega simply as it’s a complete steal, plus parts are still widely available in the back shelves of parts stores considering it’s the same as a nova