Monday, October 27, 2025

What Happened to All the Intrepids?

 I've noticed that I'm not seeing ANY Dodge Intrepids on the road since moving back to South Carolina.

I've been trying to find someone to put my Ford Ranger pick-up back together again, to no avail. Maggie(my Mazda 3 is on her way to needing minor major repairs(bushings, brakes and a clutch soon). And I was thinking maybe I should look for an automatic with all the knee and hip problems I've been having lately as well.

I thought about all my cars I've owned and  my top two choices are:

1) Dodge Challenger & 2) Ford Mustang.

Neither are in my price range. 

My third choice would be a Dodge Intrepid. And although I've been looking , I haven't seen a single one in the almost two years I've been back. Not a SINGLE ONE!!!! Not on the road- not parked in a driveway- not on any used car lot or Dealership trade-in lot I've been by.

Where have they all gone? Is someone buying them all up? Was there a government ban on owning one?  

For me they are the perfect mix of sportscar and family sedan. They ride like a dream- relatively good on gas...Well, the one we had did and was. Comfy seats, sporty look- you would think you were in a Camaro- but then you look over your shoulder and lo and behold there is a family sized back seat. It still looked sporty, but  in a family kind of way. Perfect Combo. Now that I think about it, it was kind of the  Reverse Mullet of Automobiles. Party in the front and business in the back.

*****UPDATE from last post***********

The Landlord actually DID make it by this weekend(RED LETTER DAY!!!!)- for about 10 minutes while he fiddled with the temp setting knob on the fridge again. And once again- he left without saying much except that he would call the repair shop tomorrow and talk with them. He only told me that when I chased after him as he walked out to his car- the man NEVER offers any info - he just arrives, messes about doing not much except looking and then walks out the door without so much as a "Goodbye", "I'll call or text you in a while", " I'll be back" , or anything- just out the door, in his jeep and is gone. 

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Daughter and I went looking for housing back towards Easley on Saturday. Every graduate in our family has graduated as a Green Wave. Julie wants Alyssa to graduate as one, too.(Truth be told, so do I.)

On the upside- Sunday Dinner At Nanny Vada's was lovely!!!!

I love those things- perfect End to the weekend!! <3 


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