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From: rob@hpfcla.UUCP (rob)
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Subject: Re: Re: Any Dodge/Plymouth Colt owners o
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Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 20:41:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 16 20:41:00 1984
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I have a '79 Dodge  Colt.  It's fairly  reliable  (except for  something
I'll  mention  in a bit) and gets real  good gas  mileage.  What I don't
like about it is that it is a "rinky-dink"  car - that is, it's a little
box of tin with a little  engine not suitable for even a lawn mower.  It
has precious little power for acceleration,  but can peg the speedometer
without  trouble  (  >>85mph).  On the  positive  side, the  brakes  are
fantastic  - I can stop the car much  faster  than the  speedometer  can
react to it:  I've seen it read 35mph when I wasn't moving anymore. With
new steel-belted radials, it can even handle respectably.

Now for a major problem I've been having,  probably not related to Colts
or Dodges,  but just  because  the car is older.  Occasionally,  the car
hesitates or surges, usually when  accelerating  from 0 in 1st gear.  It
will  sometimes  even stall.  What causes this type of behavior and what
can I do about it?  I just had a tune-up one week ago.

I'm not sure how  relevant  this is for your  purposes  - the 1985  Colt
might well be totally different than a 79.  But for what it's worth...



Rob Gardner				Hewlett Packard
{hp-pcd,hpfcla,csu-cs}!hpcnoa!rdg	Fort Collins, Colorado 80525