Really nice Plymouth. I loved the Breeze. Best friends older brother had one. Only drove it to work. Most time it sat in his garage. He mostly drove his truck. 😊
what a Breeze LOL, I miss those 1990s cars we use to see everywhere. Those melted cars, 90s stuff Hard to think this was parked about 2009-2012, And yet cars that where new then ( cars from 09-12 ) are started to end up in junk yards and end of life, Sad but part of life. Lucky goggle maps means i can re see those old 90s cars. all we need to go is go back to 2009 in google maps when i was a teen then :D am in my late 20s now lol
That Breeze I agree had some kind of mechanical failure. Lots of good parts. Guess the rodent motel had a lot of em enjoying the interior. Sad to see it getting set for the crusher!
My guess is this vehicle started as a Department of Defense vehicle that was well serviced and cared for until it was auctioned off when it got too old. The next owner put all the miles on it, was disabled(hence that goofy turn signal adapter) and when the engine/transmission let go, he parked it somewhere out of the sun but outside for the mice to get into it. Story solved. The Plymouth Breeze NEVER really got any love when it was produced. It's basically a Dodge Stratus but wasn't produced until the very end of Plymouth's life. Plymouth just needed a smaller car to fill the void in it's lineup and most were fleet sales(such as this one) or rental cars. Very few private owners bought them. As mentioned in the video, this one was optioned fairly well considering it was a fleet vehicle. Sad to see it in the junkyard.
That is a serviceman's vehicle decal to gain access to military bases. The white portion is generic but the red would change based on what military base the servicemen were assigned to. Enlisted servicemen got a red bar and officers got a blue bar. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_Joint_Air_Reserve_Station
@@tyronecraft3924 Wow that's amazing to know. What about that vertical red bar on the left side of the sticker that says, "11"? What does that signify?
I believe these were the first cars Chrysler produced without cigarette lighters or ashtrays as stock equipment. They could be purchased by the new owner as a “smokers package” for additional money. These vehicles were the trend setters for the time when most everything purchased came with such equipment. I own & currently drive a 1997 GMC Suburban. It came with 5 ashtrays & a cigarette lighter. All brand new because I don’t smoke or let anyone light up in my truck. But incase I did or my passengers? The equipment is there.
The underside of this Breeze looks exactly like every classic car here in CA. Not an ounce of rust. Just thought id give you road salties from the north a visual of how our 20, 30, 40, 50 year old cars look. The only thing that can kill a car in Cali is the government with its 1977+ emissions inspection (SMOG test). If you got a '77 its got to be smogged and if it fails they wont issue registration. So that means you really cant modify your old 70s car in any way. You gotta make sure the miles of vacuum lines arent cracked and you gotta keep that smog pump intact so it can rob your POWERRR
@@weegeemike I can walk into the dmv and walk out with license plates for a literal bucket of rust as long as it's got a vin tag and a piece of paper... (:
@MNMoparMinivan i love it. In CA you have to set an entire day aside to get ANYTHING done at the DMV. The employees hate their job and they hate clients, so between them and the government, things are as difficult and covered in as much red tape as possible.
@@weegeemike PAIN. In contrast, my experience is generally in-an-out with the DMV. It helps I also go in prepared but generally everyone is happy and helpful.
That's why you see so many California cars up for sale to the other 49 states. People probably can't register them so they sell them to owners who can(which would be in the other 49 states)
@@klwthe3rd Stratus=lower in the sky (lowest trim) Cirrus=higher in the sky (highest “luxury” trim) They ran out of names for the Breeze because the third type of cloud name is too long.
Its always so sad to see a nice rust free car trashed like that. I also live in a place with awful salted roads so it is just kinda depressing to see, especially since new cars suck and old ones are harder and harder to find. Anyway good video!
Trust me all of these things rusted away 10 years ago here. My dad had a stratus just like this one in PG8 green. I can't remember what finally did the car in but I remember he was coming home from work one day, went to turn left around the last corner and one of the tierods snapped and the car went straight... lmao
I couldn't agree more. I live in a non salt state and it still depresses me. It's one thing if the vehicle is really beat up and well used. But when it's clean with only 100,000 miles, that vehicle could be fixed, sold and put back on the road. This is one of those cars.
@@klwthe3rd Yeah I will never understand why some people will trash a car that is repairable or just old, when they could sell it to someone who cares and wants to fix it and use it.
@@Compact-Disc_700mb I couldn't agree more. In today's vehicle prices, this car would be worth fixing. A reman transmission would be acouple thousand but if you bought the car for $500.00, that's a total of $2,500 invested to have a nice car. If it was an engine issue, i can't believe it would cost that much to do an engine swap since these engines weren't or are in high demand.
Yeah the transmission were bad but that doesn't make them terrible cars. Almost all vehicles have some flaw with them admitting that transmission flaws are the worst. But that's no reason to junk a clean car. You can't buy a nice clean car for $2,500 which would be the cost for a reman transmission.
@@LinusCloudbuster SMH. You're the slow one. Millions of cars across dozens of carline have transmissions fail less than 100,000. I know brand new 2025 GMC trucks having failing transmissions at 10,000 miles. Yes, their transmissions are weak but that vehicle is built better than most of the new stuff coming off the assembly line today.
@@klwthe3rd😂 Ok window licker. You must drive a Subaru and think head gaskets are like oil changes. Your logic is flawed, and a reason we shouldn’t eat paint chips.
yall be nice lol. Both make good points. But I have to lean towards the fact that the cars coming off the line today are worse off than the stratus/breeze. Kia lifetime motor replacement... pentastar tick... the circa 2015 focus's and their transmissions, Nissan CVTs, chip shortages, etc, etc. A guy I know had a 2022 Ford Explorer blow the trans at 2400 miles. Even if some of this stuff is covered under warranty, its stuck waiting on parts for months end. Not to mention the cost of diagnosing and repairing these vehicles. A $2500 trans rebuild doesn't sound so scary to me. Thats my two cents.
Really nice Plymouth. I loved the Breeze. Best friends older brother had one. Only drove it to work. Most time it sat in his garage. He mostly drove his truck. 😊
Afternoon bud nice rust free breeze no rust paint is good to thanks for the video se you tomorrow morning
@michaelwyatt8030 thanks!!
what a Breeze LOL,
I miss those 1990s cars we use to see everywhere. Those melted cars, 90s stuff
Hard to think this was parked about 2009-2012, And yet cars that where new then ( cars from 09-12 ) are started to end up in junk yards and end of life,
Sad but part of life.
Lucky goggle maps means i can re see those old 90s cars. all we need to go is go back to 2009 in google maps when i was a teen then :D am in my late 20s now lol
@timfordfalconxf7714 I too get trapped poking around in old aerials and street views on Google earth lol
@@MNMoparMinivan Great minds think alike :)
That Breeze I agree had some kind of mechanical failure. Lots of good parts. Guess the rodent motel had a lot of em enjoying the interior. Sad to see it getting set for the crusher!
@@harrymiller8538 yeah for sure lol
My guess is this vehicle started as a Department of Defense vehicle that was well serviced and cared for until it was auctioned off when it got too old. The next owner put all the miles on it, was disabled(hence that goofy turn signal adapter) and when the engine/transmission let go, he parked it somewhere out of the sun but outside for the mice to get into it. Story solved.
The Plymouth Breeze NEVER really got any love when it was produced. It's basically a Dodge Stratus but wasn't produced until the very end of Plymouth's life. Plymouth just needed a smaller car to fill the void in it's lineup and most were fleet sales(such as this one) or rental cars. Very few private owners bought them. As mentioned in the video, this one was optioned fairly well considering it was a fleet vehicle. Sad to see it in the junkyard.
@@klwthe3rd good assessment!
That is a serviceman's vehicle decal to gain access to military bases. The white portion is generic but the red would change based on what military base the servicemen were assigned to. Enlisted servicemen got a red bar and officers got a blue bar.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_Joint_Air_Reserve_Station
@@tyronecraft3924 Wow that's amazing to know. What about that vertical red bar on the left side of the sticker that says, "11"? What does that signify?
@@tyronecraft3924 thank you for the good info!!
SAVE IT! The repairs can't be more than 2000$
You clearly like giving foolish advice on the internet.
1996-2000 Plymouth Breeze and Dodge Stratus and 1995-2000 Chrysler Cirrus were known for transmission problems by so very far so's now.
Yeah i would guess transmission problems too.
I believe these were the first cars Chrysler produced without cigarette lighters or ashtrays as stock equipment. They could be purchased by the new owner as a “smokers package” for additional money. These vehicles were the trend setters for the time when most everything purchased came with such equipment. I own & currently drive a 1997 GMC Suburban. It came with 5 ashtrays & a cigarette lighter. All brand new because I don’t smoke or let anyone light up in my truck. But incase I did or my passengers? The equipment is there.
The underside of this Breeze looks exactly like every classic car here in CA. Not an ounce of rust. Just thought id give you road salties from the north a visual of how our 20, 30, 40, 50 year old cars look. The only thing that can kill a car in Cali is the government with its 1977+ emissions inspection (SMOG test). If you got a '77 its got to be smogged and if it fails they wont issue registration. So that means you really cant modify your old 70s car in any way. You gotta make sure the miles of vacuum lines arent cracked and you gotta keep that smog pump intact so it can rob your POWERRR
@@weegeemike I can walk into the dmv and walk out with license plates for a literal bucket of rust as long as it's got a vin tag and a piece of paper... (:
@MNMoparMinivan i love it. In CA you have to set an entire day aside to get ANYTHING done at the DMV. The employees hate their job and they hate clients, so between them and the government, things are as difficult and covered in as much red tape as possible.
@@weegeemike PAIN. In contrast, my experience is generally in-an-out with the DMV. It helps I also go in prepared but generally everyone is happy and helpful.
That's why you see so many California cars up for sale to the other 49 states. People probably can't register them so they sell them to owners who can(which would be in the other 49 states)
I’m a sucker for any 90s Mopar, especially the LH and Cloud cars. So sad to see this one here.
What are the cloud cars?
@@klwthe3rd The Dodge Stratus, Chrysler Cirrus and the Breeze. My Old Car has a video on them.
@@MalaiseEra Yeah i did forget the luxurious Chrysler Cirrus. That one was my favorite due to it's plush pillowtop seats in leather and other goodies.
@@MalaiseEra Do you know why they called them "cloud cars"?
@@klwthe3rd Stratus=lower in the sky (lowest trim)
Cirrus=higher in the sky (highest “luxury” trim)
They ran out of names for the Breeze because the third type of cloud name is too long.
Its always so sad to see a nice rust free car trashed like that. I also live in a place with awful salted roads so it is just kinda depressing to see, especially since new cars suck and old ones are harder and harder to find. Anyway good video!
Trust me all of these things rusted away 10 years ago here. My dad had a stratus just like this one in PG8 green.
I can't remember what finally did the car in but I remember he was coming home from work one day, went to turn left around the last corner and one of the tierods snapped and the car went straight... lmao
I couldn't agree more. I live in a non salt state and it still depresses me. It's one thing if the vehicle is really beat up and well used. But when it's clean with only 100,000 miles, that vehicle could be fixed, sold and put back on the road. This is one of those cars.
@@MNMoparMinivan That sounds quite scary, I guess that's a good reason to check on the front suspension once in while.
@@klwthe3rd Yeah I will never understand why some people will trash a car that is repairable or just old, when they could sell it to someone who cares and wants to fix it and use it.
@@Compact-Disc_700mb I couldn't agree more. In today's vehicle prices, this car would be worth fixing. A reman transmission would be acouple thousand but if you bought the car for $500.00, that's a total of $2,500 invested to have a nice car. If it was an engine issue, i can't believe it would cost that much to do an engine swap since these engines weren't or are in high demand.
The owner took good care of the car. Most likely it was junked because of a mechanical problem
@@davinp almost certainly
I had one till it started eating coils , went through 3 of them before i sold it for 500 bucks. Was a great car till then
Likely has a bad transmission and/or a blown head gasket.
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that had to been indoor parking kept! most likely heated to!
Yeah for sure
These were rust buckets when new on the lot. Must have been a well cared older person's car. Maybe a bad tranny?
@dancline2143 possible. Or at least what they thought was a bad trans... Chryslers electrical problems like to manifest as "transmission issues"
Wat Breeze.
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Cause it was junk when it was brand new and the most uncomfortable car to ride n
These are terrible cars, the vans I can understand, these are all gone for a reason. Mostly transmissions
Yeah the transmission were bad but that doesn't make them terrible cars. Almost all vehicles have some flaw with them admitting that transmission flaws are the worst. But that's no reason to junk a clean car. You can't buy a nice clean car for $2,500 which would be the cost for a reman transmission.
Did you just say that it’s isn’t a terrible car, when the transmissions routinely failed under 100k? Are you slow bud?
@@LinusCloudbuster SMH. You're the slow one. Millions of cars across dozens of carline have transmissions fail less than 100,000. I know brand new 2025 GMC trucks having failing transmissions at 10,000 miles. Yes, their transmissions are weak but that vehicle is built better than most of the new stuff coming off the assembly line today.
@@klwthe3rd😂 Ok window licker. You must drive a Subaru and think head gaskets are like oil changes. Your logic is flawed, and a reason we shouldn’t eat paint chips.
yall be nice lol. Both make good points. But I have to lean towards the fact that the cars coming off the line today are worse off than the stratus/breeze.
Kia lifetime motor replacement... pentastar tick... the circa 2015 focus's and their transmissions, Nissan CVTs, chip shortages, etc, etc. A guy I know had a 2022 Ford Explorer blow the trans at 2400 miles.
Even if some of this stuff is covered under warranty, its stuck waiting on parts for months end. Not to mention the cost of diagnosing and repairing these vehicles. A $2500 trans rebuild doesn't sound so scary to me.
Thats my two cents.