1986 Dodge Omni Reviews, Pricing & Specs

If you read my review of my 1984 Colt, this is the car that replaced it. It was my mothers, and she wanted a Turbo 4 mini-van they made so she asked if I would like it. On paper, it made perfect sense; 7,500 miles against 98,000. Paper can suck sometimes. The Colt went over 77,000 milles AFTER I sold it to a friends daughter. I drove it to work some 200 miles a day, and she drove it wherever. The clutch was replaced at something like 150,000 because the original exhaust system needed to be replaced to pass inspection. Her dad decided to to a makeover of sorts, and replaced the clutch and put on a new set of Michelins. My point here is I should have kept the Colt, and gracefully declined the Omnious.Turd is too nice a word to describe this car. Chrysler/Dodge Service at that point was terrible, and the manager personally came out and told me I didn't' know how to drive a stick. I told him Dodge didn't know how to build or fix a car, and relayed the Colt story. He didn't have an answer when I asked him are the clutches Mitsubishi makes (A Dodge Colt was a rebadged Mitsubishi the down side of that was it depreciated like a rock) that much better that even though I didn't know how to drive a standard it would last 155,000 miles instead 7,500. When I showed up for work in a rental/loaner car everyone would say I see the car is in for it's 7,500 oil and clutch change. I even left it overnight in a parking lot in a urban neighborhood known for it's high theft rate, keys clearly visible and walked home. It was still there in the morning. Actually, describing the 1986 (I made a mistake in the heading) Omni as a turd does a severe injustice TO the turd. Sorry about that!Aug 19, 2013