[Christ]

One of my ex's had a LeBaron GTC... it came w/ the 4 cylinder turbo... erm.. wait. It came with a 4 cylinder engine with 3 pistons and a turbo. It ran this way for about 32,000 miles before she got it. The woman I bought it from said it seemed to lack power for having a turbo. I did the usual before buying it... Compression check netted interesting results. 0 Compression on piston 3.

We bought the car for $500, with nothing really wrong with it, other than that one thing. The woman had taken the car to a dealer "lord knows how many times" and none of them could diagnose the problem. After owning it for 10 or so years, and 35000 or so miles, I got hold of it. It was laughable to say the least. I couldn't believe it, but there had never been a piston or rod or bearings in #3... the OEM hone was still present.

I guess you never know what to expect LOL.