Chrysler 300M

fastdriver

sdmike2-

Did you get to use your bun warmer yesterday? Saw on the Weather Channel that SD had 2 inches of sleet yesterday. Mmmmm... our temp in So. CT was 70 yesterday! ;-)) NO bun warmers needed here UNTIL tomorrow morning when we get rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain.

fastdriver

bigmike5

Window creak. I have a 99M. I noticed this scraping noise on the front passenger window, which I open rarely, and upon looking down into the sill with the window all the way down, I saw the stiff plastic molding kind of folded over against the glass. This was after I had some tinting done on the windows. I got a butter knife out of the kitchen [without the wife noticing] and used the dull back side of the blade to gently pry the molding back up straight so it was no longer folded over. I then took some fast-dry silicon spray [nothing is better than this stuff]and sprayed the inside of the entire window molding, and then put some on a cloth and went around the very edge of the glass. I have not heard a sound since. The fast-dry silicon is great, but will also dry kind of white in color so you may want to wipe the excess off areas that are visible after you spray it, and always track behind the area you are spraying with a papertowel. The can comes with one of those little tubes to focus the spray, but I find the papertowel backstop lets me go at it with a good blast without fear of hitting the inside of the car. If you go thru a car wash that sprays hot wax as one of its final cycles, try to open and wipe the edges of the windows afterward, so the wax doesn't make the glass stick to molding. When that happens the window motor does not have enough power to overcome the stick of the wax. If that happens you will need to apply a closed fist a couple times along the edge of the glass to break it loose. Care should be used in thumping it.

drpixel

I think I posted here to you about the seat moving on its own, but I'll say it again. My wife was driving the car, and the same thing happened-fortunately NOT while actually on the road. The following things DID happen:
* seat moved ALL the way forward--then back, and then all the way forward again
* dash lights began flickering on and off, with a 'relay' type sound coming from under dash towards left
* Gas guage (with a full tank) read empty
* Car radio lights flickering on and off
* odometer began reading 95,000 plus miles
*door locks going up and down, making 'relay' sounds also

Some here have had this dreaded 'light show' effect. Took mine to the 1/16 star dealer, who -- of course--was unable to duplicate the problem, as well as the seat moving slightly rearward upon acceleration. Unable to dupplicate the lights flickering on and off-which happened to me originally at night. Told the dealer, the lights DO have to be on for this to occur. When THIS episode happened to me, the car was off-just before auto lights off kicks in. ALL dash lights flickering--actually kind of cool looking. Turned car back on -- waited a minute or two and shut down--flickering stopped. Only after wife took car to dealer did the seat/door lockes etc start happening.
They (dealer) replaced 2 Body control Modules--the second one direct from factory @ cost to dealer (?..) of $1,000 (one thousand dollars...thats what they told me...). Some posting here have said this occurs when the light switch is in "A" (AUTO) mode. Tried this without autro mode--still happened. for what its worth, I thought you might like to know that you are not alone with this problem.
drpixel/Glenn

drpixel

Those of you who know me, know that I work 2 blocks from Ground Zero. Since the World Trade Center no longer exists, I've been taking the wonderful noo Yawk Ci-tay subway system as part of my commute into the city each day.
This morning, there was a problem with one of the trains, so I got on the next available train downtown--an E train which terminates at the World trade Center. I've been back to work after 9/11 for several months now, but have NEVEr gone anywhere near to site--its just way too upsetting for me. When I got off the train, and climbed up out of the station, my eyes when assaulted by the true magnitude of what has happened down there. The TV will never approximate on a small screen what the horror looks like.
Most people are familiar with what the WTC looks (looked) like, but there were other buildings surrounding the Towers. There were two lower buildings-- building's 4 and 5 which stood on either side-sort of -- of the Towers themselves. The subway exit I came up out of is directly across the street from where building 5 was--and was the home of the closest Krispy Kreme donut shop, a Borders and many other stores. There is NOTHING there now...its all gone....you can practcially see all the way to New Jersey from the street.
That wasn't bad enough....walking up towards Broadway, past Saint Pauls church (the little one that did not sustain one bit of damage, except for tons of paper in the graveyard) you eventually get to Broadway, where I make a right to head towards the Bank.
The church is enclosed by a 10 foot high wrought iron fench, which is covered with every imaginable kind of sign, message, flower bouguet, flag, every square inch of the fench is covered on the fence that faces Broadway and the memorials--whatever you choose to cal them is now wrapping around to the sides. There are people there, some standing in silence, some weeping, some in apparent shock-even now, and it is so sad to see. I have deliberately been avoiding going anywhere near the site, for the reasons I've just mentioned above. Before 9/11, I rarely took the NYC subway system, traveling into NYC on the New Jersey PATH system (kind of like the BART system in Calif..).
I was fortunate not to loose anyone in the events of 9/11, but I still am suffering from the effects of that day-I won't bore you all with the details. what amazes me is that our country is offering finacial aid to a country that we've been bombing at the rate of $1 billion dollars a day. Why? Are they going to help the thousands of children who lost mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and other family members as a result of this madness?
I don't know, maybe its just me...I feel the pain eminating from the site like it was a living thing..you can feel it passing St. Paul's church washing over you as you pass the memorial fence..you can see it in the faces of people as they pass by....
I apologize for the ranting here, and perhaps some of you have lost friends or family as a result of 9/11, and offer my heartfelt condolences and sympathy. Though this posting is way, WAY off topic I had to..write/type what happened this me this morning, and hope that you'll understand.

a very sad drpixel

fuzzywuzzy

Yeah it's something! I was working in my main office the last few weeks on Broad street next to Exchange place. I walk past so many times, & the impact of it still affects me.

fuzzywuzzy

Dug up the website.

http://www.appliedrotortechnology.com/

They do have them for the 300M. You have to call them to get prices. Contact I had was Dean. I have these rotors on my Explorer & love them.

bigmike5

Wyckoff Chrysler on the web sent me an e-mail advertising the Borla stainless steel exhaust system for the 300M. Reg price is supposedly $755, but on sale for [gulp...] $630. Too rich for my blood, but if interested check em out. Wyckoff has sent me various parts ordered off the net very dependably.

SDMike--Do you think your exhaust system supplier would ship the whole package like you got on Big Red to the mid-west? I would like to go duals sometime, and I think your setup looks the best of those I've seen; so I was just wondering if he would be willing to do that for a price. I figure a local shop here could assemble and hang everything if I brought it to them ready to assemble along with your diagram [which I still have in my files]. Just wondering.

arby500

I worked on West 57th St for 20 years and in Brooklyn for the last 2. The WTC was a fixture of the skyline for that entire time. The smoke on 9/11 went over Brooklyn. I had to wait until the Varranzano Bridge was reopenned so I could get home. What a site that was. I've yet to go to Ground Zero. My friend is a big shot in the Red Cross and says it's beyond belief. The WTC not in the NY skyline is all I have to see to keep it in my daily thoughts.

sdmike2

Yeah, there was a hail storm about 5 miles from here, and it was snowing about 2,000 feet! Now Big Red is filthy from the road grime.

sdmike2

Ed Hanson said he'd make a set of the y-pipes and tips for $100 per side and ship them anywhere. The two mufflers, the Magnaflow and Dynomax can be bought on-line or in local shops. The intermediate pipe is stock, and the bent tubes that go from the rear muffler to the tips can be done by any muffler shop. Not including the tips the parts shouldn't cost you more than $150 or so...more if you want the mufflers to be stainless. When you go to take the plunge I send pictures and the diagram (if you don't have them already) to help your installer. I can also provide measurements to Ed if he lost the original specs.

silverbullet4

Yeah, I have the Hotel California CD. I am looking for new tunes. My Virgil Fox organ CD with the Rollerball theme "Also Spracht Zarathusa" really shakes the neighborhood, but nobody except me likes organ music on occasion. My son and his little troll friends managed to fry my home system so I am limited to the car audio for now. I have a road trip coming up so I am open to any suggestions.

Thanks in advance,
Silver

scotian

I ordered a front set of cryogenically treated silver cadmium plated cross-drilled (minimal #holes) KVR rotors along with Porterfield shoes all around from www.myroadster.net. I'll get them in a few weeks. The cryogenic place is in Burnsville, MN, not far from where I work. I think my bull barrel for my AR-15 rifle was treated there as well.

scotian

That's in 2001: A Space Odyssey as well...

bigmike5

Thanks Mike, I understood most of what you wrote and have printed it out for my file. I figure it will be a toss-up between ART brakes/rotors and the exhaust system, over which will need an overhaul first. My baby is 3 1/2 years old [approaching 40K miles] and still running on the stock stuff, so I know one of them or both will need to be looked at come the summer. Now that I think of it, the Borla system isn't all that expensive when my dentist gets $600+ for a little piece of porcelain called a "crown." Wonder if that approach would sell to the wife???

blonda

If you don't have the Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" CD -- you haven't heard the most incredible version of "Hotel California" -- it's accoustic and sounds unbelievable in the M (even w/o the basslink). You might like Enigma's "Behind the Mirror" Listened to that on the way to work this morning -- another good on in car.

silverbullet4

Dang, another senior moment. You're right. The music I meant to describe is J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. (Had to go find the case to find out)

My M couldn't be dirtier. Construction has left a lot of mud everywhere. I may have to run it through the touchless car wash just to remove the worst of it.

Car show is coming to Dallas late February. I hope DC has all their toys there.

Silver

triffner

I got the information and told the dealer what you said, of course the same reaction (rolling of the eyes). These guys don't like us talking to each other thats for sure. I took my car back to them and again they cant duplicate. sat down and read manual front to back (real snoozer) at times but forced myself. There is a way to reprogram that seat and also shut that seat off (Oh thank God) and I believe that is exactly what this clown dealership is doing. I have decided to shut it off, cannot handle the pinning to the dashboard especially since reading in manual about the knee sensors for the air bag is right where legs hit.
Oh God thats all I need. The new tires they put on are alittle better but the shimmy is still there. Well not going back to that lousy dealer anymore, gonna go ahead and drive back to where I bought it for ALL future service and problems. Also making a note to let everyone and anyone know about how this dealer treated me and my car. Oh, by the way they fixed the window from rattling but............ didnt replace the insulation in the door so now we hear the road, air noise ect......I guess it doesnt take much to get that 5* rating....
Thanks for all your help.

scotian

The airbag inertia sensors are somewhere in the front bumper/frame area. The knee pad under the steering wheel is designed to protect the knees in a crash.

triffner

I guess the fact that the air bag wont explode in my face while the seat is pinning me to the dashboard is real good news!

scotian

It will, however, explode when you smash into something because your possessed seat causes you to lose control of your car...

triffner

Now come on I saw the movie Christine too, and a scary thought is thats what Fastdriver named that heap, ummm 300m he had. Well we have already thought about that and have people praying for this car. We can use all the prayers we can get.
Thanks.... Oh by the way talked to an attorney today possible let her handle this...............

laurasdada

...of The Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" cd. Good songs played and sung by good musicians. I especailly enjoy, "The Last Resort."
I also love New England: Tuesday, record setting 65 degrees. Wednesday, a rainy 42 degree day. Tomorrow? They predict half a foot or more of snow! If you don't like the weather in New England, wait a minute...
Thanks to today's weather (and tomorrow's to come) my M is dirty again. I HATE THAT!

pjyoung

HEre in KC we had sunny skies and temps in the mid 60's on Sunday. I gave my '99 M a good bath and Zaino treatment. Today we had temps in the high 20's with a half inch of ICE, with another half inch to inch of ICE overnight, changing over to snow tomorrow afternoon. Thank heaven for bun warmers, autostick and traction control. I don't know about your neck of the woods, but here in the great midwest, my 300M is proving to be a very decent crappy weather vehicle.

sdmike2

today I awoke to find a layer of ice on the roof of my car (frozen dew), and I drove through some snow on my way downtown. I know this isn't amazing to most, but I live in SAN DIEGO for cripes sake! I DO like my bun warmers!

sdmike2

uh...see above

fastdriver

sdmike2-

Ever heard of or been to a restaurant called Sassafras on India St.? Glad your bun warmers worked! ;-))

triffner-

I told you when you first posted- go for the arbitration! When it starts out bad from the beginning, it doesn't get ANY better. You'll only be frustrated for months/years to come. It's definitely not worth it. I'm SURE that our cars were built on ottowrkr's days off or they would never have come off the line like they did.

fastdriver

beach15

Now don't forget, our 2000 300M is "Christine II". I've been exchanging emails with fastdriver and he told me that we have BEAT his old heap, I mean 300M, even before our little wreck.

You sound just like me or my mother on certain days or times, usually the five minutes after she gets the car back from the .0001*. But, unlike you, it subsides quickly.

Nice, beautiful car, and just great if you have a good one, miserable if you got one of the "Christines". Get a good lawyer and see what they can do for you.

fastdriver

beach15-

LOL..... we posted within minutes of each other! Poor triffner!

fastdriver

beach15

I'm telling you, something is just weird!!

bigmike5

Does anyone have any idea why Av is no longer posting here? I am pretty sure Phases has deployed with his unit to parts unknown, but I really miss Avs contributions and Mods. Anyone got any ideas on this? I see his id on the Yahoo board but I don't go there very often. Osman are you out there.

silverbullet4

Thanks for the suggestions. I saw a DVD of an Eagles concert in an auditorium setting. They were all lined up in a row sitting on stools. The sound was terrific. I'll pick up a copy of "Hell Freezes Over" before my next road trip.
Blonda, I'll have my daughter download the Enigma songs fpr a preview.

Regards, Silver

silverbullet4

Unbelievable-Snow and ice in SD! The drivers must be freaking out. So much for global warming. Did you find the seat heater switch?
We have flooding in Dallas today. Fortunately we live in an elevated neigborhood, so not a problem except where a few low bridges cross creeks. Yesterday it was 70, tonight a low of 28. I wonder what the weather will be in Utah while we are there for some of the Olympics? My wife hates the cold! She grew up in Connecticutt and the day after graduating from UCONN she loaded a trailer and left for the sun belt. LOL!
Silver

grunschev

I haven't seen a post from Tucson Gil recently. But I did see on last evening's news that it snowed in Tucson. We had a hard frost in the suburbs of Phoenix. I almost had to put on a jacket when I picked my breakfast grapefruit this morning!

Igor

uxca300m

I think we should have our own Canadain mini-meet. If figure the half way point between us would be Winnipeg so we could meet at.......hmmmm! Who the heck wants to go to Winnipeg.
Forget it

mikeyjohn

Have you been to Winnipeg!!!!!!!! I was posted in Manitoba with the Forces (Shilo) No thanks LOL. I would love to take the factory tour this summer that the group is arranging, but a little far for me, but we can keep up the ideas aye?????

sdmike2

Hey, if I fly out can I ride with one of you?

drpixel

what do we have here?...a bunch of closet New Ager's?....Enigma..I thought I was the only one who like them/it/her...my oldest daughter got me into Enigma/Enya/ and other musicians of that genre (<--50 cent word..)
Also might want to take a listen to Adiemus...a group/orchestra/band who does some pretty interesting stuff....now, where did I put that bong?!......
Been using Morpheus (Napster-like peer to peer thing...) to listen to a lot of music after which-of course--I delete the files and run out and buy the cd....preey quick on the search engine, and no spy ware built in...
grunschev....was wondering about Wildcat (TucsonGil) myself, and not seen nor heard from him in AOL's Instant Messenger. I seem to have misplaced his email address....if you have it could you send it to me @ work email:
glenn.beye@ny.frb.org

Many thanks,
drpixel/Glenn

BTW, blonda, glennbp, and mrl859 have been immortalized in pixels on page TWO of the mugshot gallery....

drpixel

FYI, we've surpassed the 50,000 hit point on our club site.....
some other data - head stuff:
up to 255 members now, breaks down to the following:
1999 model year: 76 members
2000 model year: 83 members
2001 model year: 77 members
2002 model year: 14 members of which 3 are SPECIAL owners
Other: 5 members (Enthusiasts/LHS)

The place that supplies our homepage hit counter suffered a majot HD crash, and has been busy rebuilding his database--in case anyone saw the 'broken image' icon on the home page.

>>end of data upload<<

Doc

scottjohnson

silverbullet4 - Toccata & Fugue in D Minor is our song! This will date me, but the first date my wife and I went on was to the (original) movie Rollerball and that is the theme "song".

My '00 Garnet baby turned 2 this month. 17K miles and the only issues have been the lousy badyears and shrinking weatherstripping.

We had our first snow here in Oregon since I got the M and I'm very impressed. It pulled out of our snowy sloped driveway more easily than our Explorer did! Gotta love those bun warmers, too.

blonda

Silver - that Eagles concert you saw is the one they used for the CD (it was MTV unplugged).

Those of you who listen to music at work, etc. via web streaming should check out www.radioparadise.com. They are "eclectic" and play a wide mix including some of the songs you guys are mentioning.

laurasdada

Blonda beat me to it, if you liked what you saw and heard on the DVD, you'll like it in the M too!

I am also a Connecticut native and UConn graduate. I left CT due to low taxes. Luckily I found a state that was more than happy to grab as much of my hard earned money as possible (Massachusettes). When did your wife graduate? I am old...

blonda

I'm going to order a euro (two) tone wheelskin. Having a hard time determining which grey to order (I'm going to use "tan" for the 2nd color). I have the agate interior ('99) -- "grey" looks like it may be too light. But "charcoal" could be too dark. Who has a wheelskin with the agate and what color did you get?

Glenn - you have the 2 tone in yours...looks like grey and I can't tell if it's black or charcoal? I think your interior is a little lighter than mine.

silverbullet4

My wife's UCONN diploma is dated 1977. We moved from Houston to Wilton, CT in 1989 for a year, then on to Dallas. I worked for DEC out of the Trumbell office. Our son was born in Norwalk Hospital. I hope he forgives me for not making sure he was born in TX. I did get him here as fast as I could. ;>)

Thanks to everyone for the music info.

Silver

sdmike2

Sorry I didn't get you in the original invite list. Roger's database didn't have you in it yet. Check your work email for something that looks like spam...but isn't.

bigmike5

Anyone got a part number and price for the chrome and wood shifter? I have decided that I like the look of them, and am interested in getting one.

scotian

I have agate interior and bought a black/charcoal Wheelskin. I haven't put it on yet. The charcoal is still too light in my opinion, with a green tinge. I might dye the whole thing black.

sdmike2

I had my local dealer do a search for stock on the '01 chrome/leather shifter a few months back and he indicated that there are none in stock...anywhere...and DC isn't making them anymore. Bottom line was that he had no way of getting me one and suggested that I try to find a private seller.

silverbullet4

Give a listen to the version on "Virgil Fox", LaserLight 15 313. It was recorded at Garden Grove Community Church, Garden Grove, CA in 1977 on a brilliant Ruffati organ and is a direct to disc audiophile recording. The CD was digitally mastered from the original master lacquer cut at the recording session. I have a Harry James vinyl that was direct to disc recorded in the same church. The "hall" is superb.

Silver

glennbp

Hi Blonda!
Mine is the grey/black combo. I would definitely go with these colors. The charcoal just doesn't seem to match well with the agate interior (light or dark). I haven't been on the board much lately as I am working feverishly on my sound system. Hopefully, I'll have it the way I want next week! Stay tuned (pun intended!)

beach15

Yeah, most people only know that the shifter can't be ordered anymore, but you can still get them. I go over to Intrepid.net every once in a while and foudn out that you can actually get one, there's just a special way. Email me, and I'll give you the exact directions and info.

For anyone, if you're still looking for a chrome shifter, email me at dkrucelyak@hotmail.com

These are new like they would have been if still available, and it's a dealer in Michigan that they come from. Tell me if you want the info.