Date: 16th April 2019
Username: TwistedGray
Full Name: Thomas Gray
City, State, Zip: Monterey Bay, California
Contact: 831-233-9523 or skionicatyahoodotcom
Selling or Wanted Price: $7,000 - negotiable

Description: I have listed everything that I know about the car. Should you have any questions please let me know. Pictures at the very bottom.

1984 Chrysler Laser XE
37,858+ miles
5 speed manual


Here is the history:

The car was purchased from Pacific Coast Interprises (Santa Cruz, CA) in 1984 by Dwight G. on October 30th, 1984 for $16,547. (I have all of the original documentation, some of which I have posted to the group.) Dwight bought it while living in Felton, CA and eventually took it up to Oregon where he currently resides. From there, it sat in a garage and was rarely driven. He kept the registration current and took it out for cruises every once in a while. It was definitely not a daily driver by any means. (From the second owner) "I'm the second owner, and the original owner, despite barely putting any miles on the car from 1993 until 2015, still kept it registered and smog tested it as required, all recorded in the CarFax report."

The second owner flew up to Oregon in 2015, and they drove the car back. I forget what the mileage was when he bought it; however, I know he didn't drive it much since. It had 37k when he bought it and 37k when I bought it from him (I am almost positive I have put more miles on it in the short time I have had it). He bought it to fix it up and sell it, but it just sat in his garage (?) for three years. He, too, would drive it once in a while to keep everything in working order, and it remained on the road during this time.

I have replaced the windshield wiper wiring, tubing as well as some wiring under the hood. While it was not a mouse house, it did have a few mice related issues (mainly in the washer area because it is a nice dry area under the hood). I have not tracked down the last issue which is a power load issue. There is a likely (I am not a mechanic) short somewhere in the network of ground wires (there are three contact points) which causes the engine to increase RPMs when applying a load to the car (load = electric load ... heater and/or air conditioning). That is one of two issues with the car...the second is complex because I can't quite figure it out.

There is also an issue with the radiator fluid reservoir that I cannot wrap my head around. The second owner claimed the reservoir was cracked and leaking ("I filled it with fluid, drove it around, came home, and it leaked fluid."). I flushed the radiator and removed reservoir, examined it for leaks, and it is fine. With that said, I had the same issue as the previous owner...filled with fluid, drove it around to get to operating temp., and parked it where it then leaked out some fluid. I at a loss, but for now it's holding fluid (you'll know when it's not courtesy of the car yelling at you).

Those are the two main issues that the car has; otherwise, it runs perfect. The interior is in excellent condition (9.5 out of 10) with exception of the headliner (pull and replace). It has no dash cracks nor any leather issues (some rubbing on the driver side exit area - left pad that run along your left side as you are sitting). The buttons are squishy and finicky (I guess this is the norm.), but they all work. Everything electrical works fine, power everything still works. The electronic monitoring system still works fine...the car will happily yell at you for leaving a door open, not fastening your seat belt, leaving the key in the ignition, and other fun sayings.

Note: The car was rear-ended in a parking lot at the Northridge Mall (I will share the pictures of both cars to show the extent of the damage). I have not fixed the car (small dent in the lower right, rear bumper), and I will leave that decision to the new owner. If the new owner wants it repaired, it will be repaired through insurance at no cost. If the new owner does not want to risk the blemish on the otherwise untouched history, I will not discount the car accordingly. In fact, you can probably just heat and pop it out...I won't...you can.

I have the 2-book Chrysler service manual, the Haynes manual, and a bunch of sales-y brochures of the car that will be included as well.


Why am I selling the car?

I am not a car collector, and I was very lucky to have stumbled upon this one. I have got my fun out of it, and while it is an extremely fun car to have, I do not want to kill the value by using it as a daily driver. Someone looking for a clean '84-86 Laser will not be disappointed!



Pictures:

I am struggling to post pictures, so for now I included the Craigslist photos. I know that they will expire in 30 days, so I'll have some time to figure this out. Meanwhile, I have also included a picture with my user name and the date with the dash inside the car (https://imgur.com/SJVLjoS)

Picture from a weekend cruise down Highway 25/198 - No, it is not that shiny/glossy. The cell phone photos, below, do better justice as far as the paint condition is concerned.