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Driver's window has gone into early retirement, (no up or down.. just the relay clicking)
Some sort of noise at cold start emanating from the belt driven accessories area (pulley maybe?).
I will finally get a chance to try out my 1sourceautowarranty "diamond" "bumper to bumper" warranty.
I will report joy or sadness after the 5 star experience is over.
M3
I didn't know the Honda/Acuras had tranny problems--was that your experience? One thing I do know that I didn't mention is that their brake performance is usually quite poor compared to others. Whenever I read comparison tests of similar vehicles, the Hondas usually are at or near the bottom. The 300M's brakes were rated quite well in the "near-luxury" comparison that C&D did a few years back, beating the TL's brakes significantly. In that test, the TL beat out the 300M by one point, which was not considered signif8icant. But I do thing Honda and Acura make very good cars. Boring as all he__ but very good mechanically.
Pster, you are a brave person with a lot of fortitude to keep driving that 300 M. I think I might have rolled it over a cliff by now in frustration 8>). But good luck with it over the summer; hope it holds up well for you.
Indy, was that your first brake service at 90,000 miles? If so, that must be a world record and is simply amazing to me. I think this car has great brake feel, and besides for the brakes lasting a very long time, you can check wear without even taking the wheels off, which saves some cash and time!
We don't get much bad winter here. No school today, and no school tomorrow. Spent two hours clearing the walkway and part of the driveway. You guys from New England who ski know what "boilerplate" is. That's just what I was shoveling today.
This is the first time in two years that I have been able to appreciate the safety features on my M. Very pleased.
Silver
pster- I wouldn't bet on the Accord rear end getting much of any design change. Usually, all Honda's go about 3 full years before they even remotely modify any design details, and even when they do, it's just something like new tailight lenses (not a new design though), a slightly updated grill, and new wheels. It's one heck of a car, but that butt is a little frumpy. Wouldn't keep me from buying on however.
BE CAREFUL! You know what they say about "perceived" Japanese reliability! Then there's those '1st year" models! Phew! 22,000 miles and almost 2 years old and not ONE problem yet! AND...... a 1st year model at that! NOTHING like Christine! Good luck with whatever you decide. Christine was gone at 35,500 miles and 33 months - 3 months early before lease end. Did NOT want her in MY name at 36,001 miles with NO warranty coverage!
laurasdada-
I was there too! Were you up at Disney? I was in the West Palm Beach area. Did you drive?
fuzzywuzzy-
Thought of you last Friday. I was on Lake Worth Rd. near Jog when I saw a silver CL with a "shaved" trunk and a Dolphins license plate frame. A woman with glasses was driving it. Thought MAYBE it was your car because of the shaved trunk!
fastdriver
I still have 1 1/2 years to go on my lease. Would I be able to trade too for maybe a different color and one with the nav? Only have 22,000 miles.
E-mail me and explain how this works please. Thanks.
fastdriver
No MickeyWorld for the family (yet...). Was in Boca for the week, just beach/pool for the kiddies. Flew Southwest, left the M in a valet parking lot by TF Green. They had it waiting for me upon return, free of snow with the trunk open and ready to be loaded! I paid less for 8 days of parking there than I think I would have paid for 3 days at Logan!
Man, I still can't get over all the $$$ down there. The cars!!! I think the guy who cuts the grass at my parents condo drives a Mercedes...!
'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...)
To someone who suggested looking at a Mazda 6, my daughter just dumped a 96 MX-6 that had lots of brake and tranny problems. She had an MX-3 before that but she blanched when I suggested she trade the MX-6 for the new 6. No way Jose, she jumped to an Audi A4. Probably another mistake. Why don't they ever listen...
Pster--If you still got you M in August come on out to Detroit for the Dream Cruise rendezvous. As my M approaches the 5 year mark I am anticipating the A/C issue and new shocks, belts, hoses, tranny & differential service, etc. Mentally, I have put a few thousand aside in expected upkeep. So far my extended warranty has covered every little thing that has been a problem.
Acura still wouldn't issue any statements as to what was wrong with the trannies and whether/how they fixed the problem. Which makes me think that they haven't.
P.S. when TL-S runs it is a lot of fun. Beat up a 300M last night. I caught up with him at 80mph and he tried to pull away, but 80mph is a sweet spot for TL-S - it shifts to 3rd and pulls like crazy. But then he managed to stay not too far behind. Actually I think after 100mph he got scared of consequences and stopped racing.
Ruski - skip the extended service warranty contracts, you should spend the money on life insurance. I guarantee you, if my 17 year old had been on the same road with you guys, you'd both be dead at that speed.
The Caddy CTS [and I'm not really sold on the looks of the car] is supposed to get a big upgrade [5.0??] in power too, but that is maybe
1-2 years off, and probably another $6K to get the V emblem. That will push it up to Eldorado sticker level. Probably won't interest me by then if I am still around. The current model is supposed to be real quiet at 100 m.p.h. according to my wife's car's service tech, but everything else I hear is about it being under-powered like the Catera.
I will have them take a look.
M3
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat- - _code=carnews&loc_code=index&content_code=01307303
The stock CTS is pretty nice too. If she ever gets another car, my mother would be very interested in a new Pearl White one, because she loves the look of just about every new Caddy.
On the 300M, I don't see any point in getting pennies for your current '99, only to trade for another--when some really hot new cars will be coming out over the next 2 years. The 300N Hemi sounds like something to wait for, as long as it's not ugly or outrageously expensive.
Isn't it something? Man, if you want to look at various cars and not be bothered by pesky, UNKNOWING salesmen, all you have to do is go to City Place parking garage in West palm Beach any night and walk around! :-)) A regular new car showroom!
My cousin and her husband were looking for a new car. They never have time when they're in CT, so we spent some time going to various dealers- Jaguar, Mercedes, Infiniti, Volvo and a few others. Except for the Infiniti dealer, it was the first time that I was ever in those other dealerships- mainly because none of those cars interest me at all. However, it was interesting to see the fancy, expensive models at the Jag dealer and the MB dealer. Between the mansions, many new ones in Palm Beach, and all those fancy cars, I DO wonder what in the world these people do for a living. Can they ALL have legitimate jobs or a legitimate supple of $$$$$$? I always said that I was going to make friends with either a Palm Beach mailman, policeman or fireman just to appease my curiosity. No luck so far.
Didn't see any fancy 300's, but did see some in my travels. Never did get to the Chrysler dealer. beach was more important! ;-))
fastdriver
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Hey
I raced my co-workers 300M special at Moroso's 1/4 track back in December. Wasn't even close The CLS won by more then a car length. However the IS300 with NOS beat the pants off me.
It's in German though. Looks almost like a stretched version of the Crossfire. Cool design though. Click on the Chrysler article. Lot's of pictures there.
>>300N or the 300C I think. I can assure you that it will be unlikely to carry a 5.7 liter anything.<<
http://www.manassaschrysler.com/Chrysler/290014_1.html
Try this- http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autobild- .de%2Faktuell%2Fneuheiten%2Fartikel.php%3Fartikel_id%3D3719%26art- ikel_seite%3D1%26A_SESS%3D17a60ef72c3aa7fab6a46e84bce3f4fd&la- ngpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&prev=%2Flanguage_t- ools
If you want to see all of it in English, just go to Google and click on languages in the small print on the right. Then, just scroll down and put the URL into the box and it will translate it. Much easier than trying to "guess" what it says.
Never know, they might even mention that 300 hemi convertible! ;-))
fastdriver
fastdriver
PS- looks like they did away with that "110" character limit or whatever it was? Great!
I will try the Yoko YK420s (Discount Tire/Americas tire) this time around and see how they do.
M3
Fastdriver: So, now I need a few $$$ to pay for the tire. Now where could I go to make a quick few $$$??? Hmmmm....
'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...)
IF you were watching TV at all in FL, there was a commercial for what seemed like a place like we have here! I don't think it's the one on Sample Rd. Sounded like the REAL thing in Miami. However, too late for that now.
Still time to get here and tell them that "mama needs a new set of tires" as you roll! ;-)))
Went to the "touchless" car wash today! Third time for my lease cars in YEARS! Could not stand the dirt anymore. Too cold to do it myself and too dirty for the wand wash! Considering that I haven't use Zaino since last August, the car is gleaming. Maybe I'll take a few shots before the sun goes down here.
fastdriver
The bad news is you need to be sure they are balanced and tested on a Hunter 9700 GSP (Discount Tires calls it ride matching) and don't accept any with over 20 #s of radial force (from Chrysler TSB). We went through 7 before we had 4 good ones.
Going for 75,000 mi and whatever months goes with that. What deductible should I get? $ 0,50,or 100?
Obviously Chrysler prices these warranties at a point where they make money for them. I suspect that if the difference between the $50 and $100 warranty is about $150 they don't expect you to save $150, that they expect that some of that extra is going to end up in their pocket.
OTOH, if your car has troubles, then the reduced deductible will be to your advantage.
I just bought the 7 year, 85K warranty from my dealer for $1120. That is less than the price at Chryslerwarranty.com for the 7/75K warranty. You don't have to purchase your warranty from the selling dealer, but it will cost you more money if you wait more than a year - about $100 per year more.
I bought a set of the Yoko 420s about 5 months ago and have been very happy with them. Didnt check the radial force but all I know is the car rides like on glass--nice and smooth.
I have not heard of anyone having problems with Yokohama tires. I have talked to a few dealers in the area including Sears and they said the Yokos are very dependable and mostly defect-free.