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These cars are just a joy to drive. As for running out of the house just to take a look at every half hour or so; I sure this will wear off. I'vd has mine since Nov. 8 and am still doing it. My wife thought I had a bottle stashed in the garage until she caught me outside just staring at the "M"
Can't wait till I can get some of that Zaino on it but it's going to wait at least another three months until the tulips come up again. I took a look at Arby's pictures on Yahoo. Cool!!!
Kosh, time for you to get pictures posted.One thing I found funny is that the special only comes in three colours while the standard "M" has about 10 colour options.I guess that this has something to do with the lower cladding on the special. Guys, enjoy your Christmas and your "M"s)
"http://www.car-truck.com/chryed/buzz/b011001.htm"
So now I am of course wondering what you saw. The drawings from the link from the earlier post did show up in the reputable German car magazine "auto, motor und sport" and they claimed this to be a drawing of a 300N. But then I have no idea where those drawings really come from and they might very well be false.
Try this link: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/chrysler300mownersassocation
You should see a menu to the left with a "Photos" link.
Make sure you log in first.
Hope this helps.
congrats on the new car, arby...
rest of ya, happy holi's....
stay safe!
Also, what's the word on waxing or polishing? How long should you wait?
It was a white knuckler getting my baby home to a safe dry garage. BELIEVE the warning label about the tires, Arby. The Pilots provide ZERO traction on snow and ice. I immediately placed an order with the Tire Rack for a set of winter wheels and tires (Michelin Pilot Alpins on stock LH steel wheels). She's staying parked until they get here, to dangerous driving it otherwise. :b NUTS!
I'm also ordering a hood cover to protect the hood from chips and junk. Once the paint has had a few months to cure I'm going to apply Invicta shield to the front end to protect the finish from road shrapnel, headlights and all. I'm also going to buy some of it in bulk and apply it to the cladding behind the wheels to protect from stuff tossed up by the tires. It doesn't look like DC is going to provide molded splash guards for the car, just their flat $12 ones are shown on the website.
300mmm: My experience with the full nose cover on my Intrepid was that they do put fine scratches in the finish towards the back edge. The scratches polish out easily by hand but...
As you saw above I will invest in a hood cover but that's it. The 3M clear protector material is a much better alternative in my mind.
I'll try and get some pictures posted soon. I have to borrow a digital camera from work. (Yeah, I'm still livin in the past with a 35mm camera).
And to all---Happy Quanza!
Good luck with your Special!
I have a 2002 sebring and i found a really cool hood protection.
check out magnetbra.com
It really looks great, like someone painted a black vinyl stripe across my hood.
he also sells them on ebay usually for about $25.
I have no affiliation whatsoever.
happy holidays to all newsgroupies.
ed
Arby, I saw your pictures! Our cars are twins, man. So for all you folks out there, seeing his Special is seeing mine. The sun is now out so hopefully I'll get a chance to snap a few pics of mine as well and post them. It's just that the background on mine will be much whiter than Arby's.
Just before reading kosh's post I was going to ask: Exactly what type of tires come on the Special?
And arby, I live just a few miles south of you at the Jesey Shore....as you know, NJ Winters down here are a real crapshoot...some years no snow at all, others just like Minnesota...and most years vary from week to week...ya just never know! Do you plan on getting a new set of snowies for your special? Or just hoping for a "mild" winter??
I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday!
Phil
Hope you all got your M's washed and shined up for the holidays. Happy Holidays to all my fellow M'ers.
Tom (99 Intrepid)
The tires on the Special are Michelin Pilot Sport unidirectional high performance tires, P245/45ZR18's. Winter tires they ain't.
If you go to the Tire Rack website and check out that tire, it has an N/A under snow traction rating.
They are meant to put max rubber on dry roads and the tread is primarily for channeling water away in the wet.
Actually, I'm in Minnesota, not New England. But just on merit I'd put winter tires on the car to keep from having the sand and salt they use on the road eat on the wheels. Those wheels are high performance items too, using stick on balancing weights instead of the kind that clip on the lip of the rim. The appearance is 100% clean and mean on the "doughnuts".
Regarding polishing, I imagine there are a lot of opinions. My particular opinion, for a balance between laziness and keeping it good looking is to use Zymol cleaner wax once monthly, and 3M cleaner wax if it is unusually dirty. I guess if you're more serious about the polish, they say that zaino works great. As I have to leave mine ungaraged at times, I'm also buying a car cover (covercraft.com or autoanytning.store.com?) for those periods when I leave it out.
Good luck with it--hope you enjoy a long happy relationship with your new car.
Regarding the Pilots, it's interesting to find out that the Pilots are that awful in the snow. I have them on my 'M, so I guess I'll use my Urban Assault Vehicle (i.e. 1990 Buick) when it snows. I like switching back and forth between the two cars, as the Buick is a torque monster with great outward visibility for maneuvering in traffic, while the 'M has more high end power and style and cruises with the best of them on the open road.
If you have a regular M, you probably have the all season Pilots on it.
This winter so far has been outstanding weather-wise. I surf fish and this screwy weather will have me fishing for maybe 2 or 3 more weeks.
Evidently NMIFR300M got the rear bumper taped by someone. I noticed a white line on both the right and left side of the licience plate in the top part of the indention. Upon looking closer I see that there is a crack running about 2.5 feet across the licence plate area and around the licence plate light. Is there a simple way I can seal this crack,(glue, heat gun, soldering iron...??). If I could get it sealed again and run touch up paint over the repair I think it would look like new, again the crack is in the indention. I hate to go to the insurance company. Does anyone know what it cost to get a new back facia in the right color (Inferno Red)?
On a happier note MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
http://members.home.net/tsokol5/happyholidays.htm
arby: I live in Barnegat and work in Stafford...if I see a Special cruz'in down Rt. 9, Rt. 72 or the GSP, I'll know it's you!! Good fishin'!!
Michelin Pilots: Well the Pilot XGT Z4's I bought in June have at least a modest snow and ice rating. I'll guess I'll find out myself soon enough! I just know thaey are about 100 times better in wet weather than the BadYears.
arby again: WOW! you boght the Special for your wife?? You da man! I bought my wife a 2001 Concorde for Christmas last week. I love my wife, but if I bought a Special, IT WOULD BE MINE!! I'd just give her my 99LHS to compensate :-)
Struts: have any of you NON-PHG guys tried replacing your stock struts with the PHG struts? What was the result? I realize you won't get a PHP ride, but I'm wondering if it made any difference at all.....
Tom
99LHS
01Concorde
Merry Grinchmas and a Happy Who Year!!!
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'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...)
I had problems with the install of my digital sound processor. All I get is full 405 watts of sound (no volume control) so I have to start to find out which wire is wrong.
Overhead TV screen works great, although it was not as advertised but worked out a good deal for it, so I will keep it.
everyone, keep safe and keep warm here in the east coast... guess bing crosby's been singing white christmas all day today here in buffalo... someone need to hush him up.. i can't send my kids out there much longer to shovel the driveway without bribing them or resort to blackmail.
have a good one...
sleeps
I had 70mm dreamz that were shattered when I read the "You have been Outbid" email ...
Oh well... It was a good deal though... How much do those throttle bodies cost from a dealer anyway ?
Have fun with it OneWheel...
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night...
I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the year. We've all been through a lot emotionally over the last few months, so hopefully this holiday season we can get to enjoy all that is good with the world. Be good, drive safe, and enjoy the company of your loved ones.
Mike
Oh yeah..I know it's not in the christmas spirit, but If I see any more gingerbread I think I'm gonna scream. lol
The dealer isn't optimistic that they'll be able to get another one. In fact, he has had a problem getting regular 300M's for stock and keeps selling them as fast as they come in.
They run a best price operation where all the cars have the dealers price on the vehicle. So there's no hassle buying a car there. So far they're on track to sell over 2000 vehicles this year, a record for them. I really like doing business there.
If you're looking to find one you might try Walser Chrysler/Mazda in Burnsville. They appear to like stocking PHP M's so chances are really good they have a couple Specials on order.
Sure, I'd be happy to meet fellow club members and give you guys a ride. But, I'd like to wait until the snow melts and I have the stock rubber back on for full effect I don't think it would be as much fun on snow and ice tires.
its snowing here,so i guess i`ll be changing back to the 16" badyears tomarrow. ;(
oh,hope everyone got what they wished for from santa!
once again,Merry Christmas to all!
On the changing of differential fluid issue I raised some time ago, I raised it again at the time of this service on the car. This time the tech told the customer rep that he would change it now if it hasn't been changed. And no, they do not necessarily change it with a tranny service. Only 180 degrees from what I was told last time. Great, so I had them do it at 38K. They used 90 weight grear oil I was told. I hope that was right. Too bad this was not mentioned in the 99M maintenance schedule [A] for the kind of driving I do. Anyway, that got done.
On the noisy window. If you had them tinted check the area inside the sill when the window is all the way down. After I had mine done I found one of the plastic molding pieces had gotten folded over and was running against the direction that the glass went up instead of lying flush against it. It made kind of a scraping sound. A little careful work with the back of a butter knife got the plastic molding flipped back over and the window has been quiet since. I also apply an instant dry silicone spray to the edges of the windows and insides of the moldings, and that has worked well. The stuff is amazing and really dries almost instantly with no greasy residue. Watch out for the spray-on wax from car wash efforts because this can get under the molding and then it dries like glue. It takes a well placed fist at several spots to break the window loose. I try to open the windows and wipe them clean along the edges after every car wash where I get the spray on wax.
Well, everyone have a great "Festivus" holiday.
my kids put out marshmellows and their handmade peanut butter and jelly sandwich along with a few nerds candy for santa, and half a cup of milk to wash all that down... i told my 14 y/o he can eat that just to put a few bite marks on the sandwich, he said "no way, there's hair and all sorts of things on that sandwich!" 5 year olds... gotta love them!
since the snow i haven't took Mary out of the garage!
happy new years to come everyone!
Yep- it's over! Can you believe it? By next week the stores will have the Valentine's Day stuff out and the following week, the Easter stuff! LOL... WHY do they rush things?
Gather that you are buried in that Buffalo snow? HOW do you survive with all that white stuff? I could never do it. Winter in CT is bad enough for me. Give me Palm trees and blue water anytime! ;-)
Looks like Mary will be in the garage for a while if it doesn't stop snowing! Good thing you work at home.
Hope you had a good holiday. Have a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year.
fastdriver