Not a vehicle I owned, but one my dad owned while I was younger.
198(4?) Dodge Aries wagon (K Car)
Was my mom's when it was nicer, then she got a newer vehicle and my dad replaced the rotted out 70s 2wd squarebody Chevy truck he was driving with the Aries.
I was too young to know what the **** was wrong with it, but it dieseled so ****ing bad every time he shut it off. More often than not he'd have to turn the key back on and then off again. He'd drop me off for baseball and there we'd be with that piece of ****ing junk coughing and blowing black smoke everywhere, with dad usually swearing at it.
I remember in the winter he'd go out to fire it up and he'd be out there revving the piss out of it to get it to stay running.
It never really had exhaust on it, just a muffler somewhere in the middle of the car with a turn down. The **** always fell off over rough bumps. He had it rigged together and would always get so pissed when it fell apart. All you'd hear is the ****ty little 4 cylinder with no muffler.
One night on the way home from boy scouts we smoked a deer. I thought for sure that was the end of it....nope, he ****ing paid a body shop to hang new/used sheetmetal on it. WTF?
My mom got another new van, and her old van which was perfectly fine sat there along the shed while he continued to drive that stupid ****ing Aries. Im not sure what the nail in the coffin was, but he eventually parked it alongside the shed and drove the van....all the while still refusing to get rid of the Aries.
I ****ing hated that car.
