1984 Plymouth Caravelle

I'm not sure if you're joking or not but that's insane price for a car you're never going to be able to find parts for and then there's not much redeeming qualities besides that. I mean sure it was a fine economy car back in 1984 but now..... why? like unless you're super enthusiastic about that platform or something, you could get pretty clean New Edge Mustang GT for that kind of money. And don't get me wrong like I'd appreciate seeing something like that at a car show like Radwood so if that's your goal then go for it if the finances make sense to you.

That's wild money for a Caravelle, even a clean one. The smart car photobombing it in the background really puts the size difference in perspective too If you need something to reliably get around the city this ain't it, you'll be hunting for weeks every time a sensor dies

The problem is now all of the replacement parts are no longer made here. I hate to sound like a boomer but moog really isn't what they used to be. I had a Saturn SL that's possibly one of the most reliable cars ever made and all of the replacement parts I got from RockAuto were breaking within 500 miles of being installed. I went through three shifter cables in 2,000 MI after replacing the entire transmission because the shift selector had so much slop that it broke one of the OEM cables. I had to literally solder the crimp to keep the aftermarket cable's eyelet from pulling right out. oh and I had a radiator fail without me even driving it.

I think it’s $7600 CAD, since there was no such thing as a US market 1984 Caravelle 2-door. The equivalent would be about $5430 USD.

No the Canadian market FWD Caravelle launched in 1983 and came as a 2-door sedan based on the Dodge 400 (ie, this car) and the LWB Dodge 600-based sedan we eventually got from 1985-88. The M-body Caravelle name changed to Caravelle Salon in 1983 to distinguish it from the FWD version. If this car is in Canada, $7600 CAD = $5430 USD. Which would be pretty steep for a K-Car, but wouldn’t be absurd for a clean 42 year-old car like this.

I was thinking the same thing, an economy car in the 1980's,, parts are impossable to find. and a Plymouth cars were not know for being reliable.

Even if in mint condition all the connections and vacuum hoses are made of brittle plastic that’s had 40 years old that when you start wrenching on it they will crumble or crack in your hands which will result in finicky problems that will be hard to find and the scan tools for obd1 are ancient. Good thing is no check engine lights but also bad thing is you get dummy lights which rely on the amount of blinks to tell you what’s happening IF they still work. Also probably doesn’t have a gas gauge fuel indicator so if you don’t know your car well enough you could run out of gas. $1500 max is what it’s worth

It's cool for 900 bucks

I’m retiring in January. That car was made during my first year in the work force. I’m sure that car is as worn out as I am. Probably more.

Fuck no

Asking the universe to send you better options

No, if it was like $1,500 maybe

I think this price is horseshoed into the collector realm. This car is for a very specific person. Not someone who needs a daily. There's a myriad of options that will be better than this at $7k, don't be scared of FB marketplace.

$760.... maybe

Finding mechanical parts for that is no problem and they are cheap as shit. I've owned a bunch of those fwd 4 banger Chrysler products. That being said hell no it isn't worth $7600 lol. Even half that it would have to be damn nice and even then it is still just a old ass fwd 4 banger chrysler that nobody gives a shit about. The turbo versions at least have some of a following, had one of those too.

I assure you this is not a good car.

Get something newer and save yourself the time you would have been wrenching on it. It’s cool but not a good daily unless you’re trying to be a pimp on a budget 🤣 just get something modern like 2010 or newer that has modern amenities like air conditioner, Bluetooth and modern crash zones/airbags. If you get tboned in this you’ll probably die the old fashioned way which is impaled by the steering wheel and bleeding out, no cap 🧢

The car from San Andreas!

How much? I could understand if it were more collectible, but for a boring grandma car, no way.

Lincoln Town Car is the answer.

Positive this is a joke post, but story time... I had an '84 Plymouth Reliant in 1989. Same color. 2.2 4 cylinder. Engine blew on the freeway in the middle of nowhere. Had maybe 50,000 miles. Luckily had bought an extended warranty so paid a $50 deductible for another motor installed at the nearest Chrysler dealership after a very long tow. This was when I was in college. So a couple things... The Caravelle FWD model didn't debut in the US until 1985, and cost between $9000 and $11000 as MSRP. A Caravelle was sold in Canada in 1984, but it was RWD, based on the Dodge Diplomat M-body frame. The pictured vehicle is not a 1984 Caravelle.

If you are shopping in this price range, you need PRIVATE SELLERS (no dealerships) and you need Japanese-branded cars. (US manufacturer options can be okay if you find a 2017 or later Malibu, or a Ford Taurus or 500, or maybe a V6 Charger.) Nothing from a dealership. A $7,000 car at a used car dealership came to them either as a free car, or as a sad-sack auction purchase for a few hundred bucks. Car dealerships make a couple / few thousand bucks on each sale, and their profit really cuts into your "could have gotten more car for this money" cushion. A person buying a $20,000 car can pay a dealership twenty grand for a $17k car and still get something worth having. You cannot pay $7k for a $1k-$4k car and still get something worth having. Nothing from the 1980s. It's too old. Nothing that old is "transportation," it's all just "a curiosity" at this point. You do not have room in your life for a knick-knack from before DVDs were a thing (remember DVDs?) because what you need is a car to get places with. Nothing interesting. Sorry. There are plenty of kick-ass cars available at $7,600. But almost all of them will be hobby cars that need more work and offer you less useful transportation than a $7,600 normal car. (Exception: Miata. You can get a scruffy but still operational Miata for that money, and it will work as well as any Japanese car from the 1990s only it will be way more fun.) Hobby cars cost more. They're worth it, if you do cars for a hobby. If you don't, you can't afford the extra work they'll need. Nothing from the 1990s, unless it's a Japanese-branded appliance car, or MAYBE a US branded appliance car. 1995 or later Maxima, or Accord, or Camry. You might find good examples of the up-branded offerings from each of those manufacturers (Nissan's Infiniti, Honda's Acura, or Toyota's Lexus.) You might be able to find a grandma car that still has lots of useful life left in it, someone's Nana's Le Sabre or Cutlass or something. You need to look at local ads from private sellers and find someone advertising something in your price range near you. And then, you need to be the first one to go look at it, and possibly buy it. From a person, not from a dealer. Good luck.