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Hi there! I'm Karl, known on various car forums as "Dodge Aries K" or "K-car Karl." Yes, after the 1980's Chrysler Front Wheel Drive K platform vehicles, which I've had over 200 variants of.

Unfortunately, rust has killed many of my favorite machines so I had to find a new platform for everyday use. I tried Neons and liked them, Subarus and hated them, a few Volvos, various Caravans/Voyagers, a couple Camry's that I absolutely loved, and some other random stuff. I ended up developing some health problems with my back which necessitated vehicles with a more "chair like" sitting position so I ended up selling my last Neon to get a Toyota Echo which is an absolutely fantastic car. We also bought a used 2008 Prius Level 5 (the blue one) as our reliable family transportation. After starting to drive for Uber, my wife was a bit upset that I kept using our family car to shuttle drunk people around in so the Echo was sold to my father and the silver 2008 Prius Level 2 (I think?) was purchased.

Anyway, long story short... I used to really hate the Prius, thinking it was a useless eco thing that made no sense but boy was I wrong haha. What a great, useful, and practical transportation machine these turned out to be. The blue one is super nice with the leather interior and I'm very fond of the idea of a smaller "luxury" type car. My silver one... ehh... it's more basic but it's a good work car. I sort of added the homelink autodim mirror to it and am on the search for a leather interior to swap into it and then it'll be good for my needs. Thanks for reading this boring crap and having me here!

 

Well, I made the mistake of buying a WRX and an SVX. What worthless garbage both of those were... Always broken, way too expensive parts, and lackluster everything.

There is actually a pretty big following for the K cars now especially their Shelby and Shelby inspired siblings. The convertible below is my baby... it's a 1983 Dodge 400 convertible with only 74,000 miles. I won it in an auction for charity for a steal especially since it was a one owner car before I got it!

 

Thanks everyone. Finally used the silver car for it's intended purpose... seems that it likes being a taxi haha. Now if I can just find a wrecked one to harvest the seats and steering wheel out of. Not too fond of the cloth or... whatever material that is...