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You know, you could have had it painted yellow!
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With a black Super Bee stripe around the [non-permissible content removed] end.
Would that make it a Super Bee M :>)
I just had a dealer finance guy try to get me to buy an extended warranty for my new Olds Bravada. GM was giving $1,000 if you didn't take the 5/60 Major Guard Plan and this guy wanted that $1,000 plus another $900 to replace the 5/60 GM Major Guard w/ a third party 7/100. Needless to say I ruined his day by rejecting the offer.
Best place I've found dor a Chrysler Extended warranty is www.chryslerwarranty.com
If you have an instrument panel go out or a computer or a........ it would be worth it. Just insurance and how lucky you feel.
http://pub88.ezboard.com/f300menthusiastsclubfrm30.showMessage?topicID=9.topic
I bought one for the M for piece of mind. Bottom line is, if you will worry about it a lot, get it. Piece of mind is a good thing and worth a lot. If you feel comfortable with a fairly reliable car(which the M is) don't bother and pay as you go...
" Even the Neon is speed limited to 148mph. And they can't make a 300hp 300M?????????????"
LOL... I was just thinking of that this morning while watching a show about the new Hummers. I think they could beat the 300M! My 1963 300 convertible had 360 HP and dual exhausts!
jab02lhs-
"Would that make it a Super Bee M :>)"
OR a Super M Bee!! ;-)) And a BIG spoiler?? ;-))
fastdriver
http://www.detnews.com/2002/autosinsider/0211/02/autos-627615.htm
fastdriver
Don
Knowing youse guys know a thing or two about 300m's, heres's whats BEEN done:
TWO BCM modules replaced
ONE multipurpose lighting switch replaced
Ground #300 (under drivers seat cleaned) these three at DC dealer
At Dodge dealer:
MULTIPLE ground wires checked, battery terminals cleaned: price?--7 hours of my time as I waited. THey were VERY nice about looking @ eMily and were sorry I had been treated so badly by DC dealer.
Seems the light show problem has re-appeared and YEA have backed off on the max brightness setting for dimmer switch. A new effect: on doors auto locking @ 15 MPH, sometime sNOW get door chime 'ding' tone on locking..Can either of you(se) tell me what the @#$# is going on? Would appreciate response to HOME emailaccount--Otto--I know you have mine....
Best regards,
still out of work Doc
The local dealer also still has his 02' Special, fully optioned in Deep Sapphire with Taupe/Slate interior. It looks very cool, but no one seems to be biting, and it just sits there. They actually emailed me, trying to see if I was interested in it, or a new silver 2003 base on the way....needless to say, I didn't respond.
Last week at church, there was a 01' Sapphire with Sandstone and silver wheels parked next to a new 02' Silver with Slate Special, side by side. There's also a lady with a 99' Slate & Agate "Gold Edition". Basically, gold emblems, gold grill wing, and the medallions on the centers of the chrome Razorstars. Not tacky at all, and looks quoite nice.
Sorry to hear about your light show and those "award winning 5-STAR" dealers. This is the last thing you need right now.
Hope each day finds you closer to a new job and feeling better. Hope the S/O is recuperating from the 2nd operation also.
fastdriver
Another possible option- get one of the 99's and save your $$ towards the next generation 300 (not that far off).
Jon
I picked the M up on Saturday. It looks good. The new hood and fenders are polished and sparkling like glass! Now, I've got to take care of the rest of the car. The paint looks like a good match, except the front bumper seems to be a slightly different shade, but it is the original piece and may be a bit faded. Or it is my hyper-critical eye? Good to be rid of the Sable and back in some luxury and style. I was hoping the shop might take care of some of the minor scratches and dents on the rest of the car, but alas, no. I didn't think to ask, probably was in shock at the time...Hopefully, I can get another couple of years + of trouble and incident-free driving.
No real advice for you, Don other than if you do go used I'd look for a 2000 or newer, just for the few subtle improvements. It's your money, needs, wants and desires so whatever choice you make will be the right one. Good luck.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Laurasdada: glad to hear you got your baby back---I wouldnt worry about a slight mismatch in the bumper. Mine never matched from day one---they say its how the plastic takes the paint---others have also complained about the bumper not matching----I'll be keeping my eye out for you Platinum M---I'm up and down route one quite often---there cant be many platinum M's out there.
EasyRider300M---silver Y2K 300M with all the toys...
The club forum here is threaded (as opposed to this), but you can set it up to show a large dot next to new threads. Then you'll know what's new and be able to go to just that. I like threaded myself, since you can put different things in differnt topics - also easy to look back at older posts for specific needs. The attendence there has shot way up and that's prolly the reason for the drop here. But come on by!! :-D
Scouterdon - personally (I may get hit for saying this
IMHO
I need to point out that the Membership Agreement asks that you not link to other message boards for the sole purpose of getting the Town Hall participants to join in.
We have not made an issue out of this with the 300M Club, but the reality is that these links and mentions are not in accordance with that Agreement. We enforce this rule all over the site, so to be fair I need to enforce it here as well.
This is a friendly reminder of the rules and a heads-up that further messages not in compliance will henceforth be removed. No messages have been removed at this time.
If you have any questions, feel free to drop me an email rather than respond here since this off-topic and a question of policy.
Thanks for your understanding.
Pat, Host
Thanks for your concern. Actually we are both hurt but nothing severe. We will probably each miss 2-3 weeks work. The last estimate I got was well over $13K.
Splatt,
I will look into your suggestion. 2001 w/PHP in Red (Garnet) exterior and Slate (Agate) interior. Anyone have one handy?
Everyone,
I looked at and drove a Special today. I was not very impressed. I loved the ground effects styling and dual exhaust. I thought the seats in the Special were far inferior to the regular 300m seats. I also thought the door mounted speakers looked VERY cheesy compared to the speakers in my '99. I was also very disappointed when I found one with a slate interior. The interiors were two tone! It truly looked ugly. The plastic trim on the 'A', 'B' & 'C' pillars was white while everything else was black. It really looked hideous. There were several other interior combinations but they ALL seemed to be two tone! The performance was good but seemed no better than my '99 300m w/o PHP. I wish they made it in either inferno red, garnet or onyx green.
Oh well. I can wait a few more days.
Don
Also, the two tone interior on the Special is the Light Taupe/Dark Slate Gray combo. There is a single tone ALL Dark Slate Gray interior available on the Special.
edited to add: Just checked Edmunds "used" section and it lists that color for the 2001, too, here.
As always, the more Pics the better
Sorry
OTTO
First and foremost, the board's technology is cumbersome, difficult to use, and does not lend itself to being a useful information resource. With all due gratitude to Edmunds for hosting these boards, it's a pain in the neck to have to click backwards or forward one page at a time to put a message in context or to try to track down an old post that might be useful.
Second, while I appreciate that the owner of a site has the right to set the rules, things like the prohibition against linking to potentially competitive sites diminishes the board's usefulness. Pat's been tolerant about this, but the policy rubs me the wrong way. It strikes me as an unhelpful attempt to limit migration to other sites; that purpose would be better served by addressing the need to upgrade this site.
Finally, I think some of us have come to understand the limitations of the 300M as a performance platform, so the discussions about performance upgrades have pretty much died out. Along those lines, as a car that's now been on the market for over four years, many of the initial questions that new or potential buyers had a couple of years ago have been hashed over a few times.
While I've grown critical of this board in some respects, I still believe that Edmunds has offered consumers and enthusiasts a great service by initiating these forums. I appreciate it and I hope that it will continue. I do wish, however, that they would address the serious limitations that users suffer, as compared to the more up-to-date discussion board technology seen in places like the "other" 300M website.
I love the M (we are a 2-M family), but I am not into mods, aftermarket sub-woofers, etc. Consequently, I skip a lot of the posts that appear here on HID's, Baselinks, dual exhausts, K&N or Tornado air flow systems, etc.
Having said all that, I still enjoy lurking (and occasionally posting, if appropriate). I have learned things about the M that have helped me deal with my car problems. And I have 2 custom clock faces, courtesy of Scotian, that I would not have had I not ventured onto this board!
I think the board is very useful and entertaining. I suspect that readers outnumber the posters by at least 20 to 1. So I think there is lot more activity associated with this board than you might think!
I also disagree with the policy of no other boards. That makes no sense to me. If there is information on another board that would help a member, then why ban it? If edmunds is afraid of loosing people because of it, then they're going to leave when they find out later anyway. I think different msg boards should work together, not apart.
The messages that prompted mine were saying, in effect, leave the Town Hall and spend your time at this other site. That is why I had to say what I said. Please note, I have removed not one single message.
Seriously, this is not the place to debate Town Hall policy. You may email me if you like, or our Interim Community Manager Sylvia at sylvia@edmunds.com.
We need to stop this line of conversation here, though.
Thanks for your understanding.
That's good. I talked to the Valeo-Sylvania rep today and he says the 2 pieces *may* come apart by applying lots of heat from a heat gun to the adhesive in the seam only. But then added that the Lexan lens could easily distort and not go on the body again.
I also asked a repairman about the "light show". He says after the bcm and light switch he would look at the sensor in the I.P., since that's what tells the bcm to display bright or dim. Also verify a steady 12 volts from charging system, then the DRL module, and last, look at ground connections in the area.
As a test, try covering the sensor during daylight with a dense cloth. The bcm has a timer in the software that should count down, then dim the displays for night driving. I believe it may be 10-20 seconds. Removing the cloth should also cause a delayed response.
I look forward to checking out the Infiniti G35 Coupe and Nissan 350z, my father had a Datsun 260Z back in the day. Also, new Saab 9-3 and Mercedes E & CLK. And, of course, the Aston Martin Vanquish (oh, yeah. In this lifetime...)
Not buying anytime soon, still enjoying my now front half newer looking '99 M! But a man can dream, can't he?
Ugly, rainy fall day here in Boston. I read this board almost daily and still enjoy it.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
BTW, I have nothing against mods -- I think its great you guys are into that stuff! But when it gets technical on the specs of one mod compared to another mod, etc., I skip over the posts pretty quickly!
As you say -- viva la difference...
1. I hate the aluminum look of the trim on the Special and was wondering if anyone knows if you can get Walnut Wood Trim. I did find it as an option at www.grubbsauto.com and it doesn't appear as if it is a local dealer-installed option.
2. That same page says something about three different suspension options. I thought there was only two. The www.grubbsauto.com lists: standard touring, performance upgrade (with the Special) and "sport-tuned." Is "sport tuned" a Chrysler option?
3. That same page also cites an "available high speed engine controller." And, that is something I DO NOT want.
I don't find any of this stuff at Chrysler and our local dealers are barely verbal about anything that has to do with the Special.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Doc107
I usually drive short distances and average no better than 18-19 MPG.
Just recently I did have a 300 mile (mostly) straight highway run. My average MPG (according to the overhead console "average" reading) was 24 MPG. Is this typical ???
2. There are actually 3 suspensions. The first is the standard "American soft" suspension. Next, is the upgrade PHP/PHG, with stiffer struts, springs, better steering, brakes, and a removed speed controller. Last in line, is that of the Special, basically all PHP/PHG, just with special lowered springs.
3. The available high speed engine controller is standard as part of the PHP package, and thus, is also on Specials. You said you currently have a 2000 with PHP, so you already have this "high speed engine controller", whether you knew it or not. Basically, the top speed is no longer limited to 118. You didn't know you already had this?
Hope this helps!