Bought this car from my grandparents with 62,000 miles on the odometer. Every Sunday they drove it to church & then on to the local grocery store & back home. And a yearly trip from New York to Florida & back. I thought what a deal, I'm getting a car that's been babied its whole life. Boy, was I wrong.

I can only assume my grandfolks must have used my LeBaron for drifting corners & burnouts while they owned it, because at 70k miles, the engine blew. Head cracked without warning or any prior trouble.

Since the car was in pristine condition otherwise, I thought geez this engine failure thing this must be a one-time unfortunate event. I paid the local shop to replace the head for $1,100, which somehow turned into $1,700 by the time they were done.

After that the car went through oil & overheated constantly. Engine blew after another short 2k miles. Got $45 for scrapping it. Barely made it to the scrap yard on its own.

It was a learning experience about cutting losses while you are still screwed the first time. Thanks, Chrysler.

I imagine Chrysler putting a turbo on a weak-ass engine didn't help. The turbo was a joke, only made it accelerate like every other car out there, but after a 5-second lag while it spooled up.