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Can't wait for my Jaguar S-Type lease to be up in 10 months, next stop, the Chrysler dealership!
Anyway, my question pertains to the nav system.
I'm pretty sure that on the last gen Cadillac STS's that had DVD navigation, you could pop out the nav dvd disk, put in a MOVIE dvd, and it would play it on the screen (of course, you needed to be in park)
Has anyone tried popping out their DVD nav disk, and put in a MOVIE dvd disk?
If it works, and plays the movie, I will just flip out.
Thanks for checking!
Anyone out there able to gather more info on this vehic? It gives me goose bumps just thinking about strapping a SC to that 6.1 and replacing it with the standard 300 badge. that way you could still blow the doors off a 300c AND and 300c srt-8 and...
User friendly after just a little practice.
http://vogue-tyre.com/index-gallery.html
http://www.srtforums.com/photopost/data/500/11151SRT-8_Back-med.J- PG
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/DakotaSport/DSCN0511.jpg
WOULD SOME ONE PLEASE , actually get up from their computer, walk out to their garage, and put a movie DVD into their 300c nav system? Then come back and leave a post as to the result?
Just want a for sure answer from someone who has actually tried it. Not an answer from all of us without 300s guessing.
Thank you!!!
Your home computer will only display a DVD movie if it also has software to do it. There are rules about TV's in the front seat area I think.
I'd be more afraid of drivers that think reading is harmless. Its been proven that reading takes far (like 10x) more mental concentration than driving. Therefore, if you see someone at the wheel of a car with a newspaper, there are times where they are nearly 100% mentally disconnected with the road....
OK, I, generally speaking, am not in favor of laws telling me what I can and cannot do with my own property and at my own risk. But, the thing is, having a DVD movie playing in the front seat on a screen that can be seen by the driver is a distraction. And, just because someone is dumb enough to read a newspaper or a map or something other than "reading the road" does not justify adding another distraction.
The old joke goes something like this: two wrongs don't make a right, but three do! What?!? If a 7" TV screen were to be made capable of showing a movie while the car was moving, the ultimate result to "us" would be #1. higher risk of serious bodily or property damage; #2. higher insurance premiums. Since such consequences effect MORE than the person performing the act [of movie watching], i.e., society at large, I am in complete favor of the law protecting me from both risk to my life, limb and property and from higher insurance premiums.
With all due respect, "Law Schmaw" seems dangerous, expensive, illogical, and ridiculous.
Somebody stop me!
Best Regards,
Shipo
Having a DVD player capable of playing movies visible to the driver is illegal in 38 states however, and I can only imaging that after this crash - an others that have been reported - that it will not be long before it is illegal in all states.
So, keep your eyes on the road and not on watching DVD's, reading the newspaper, playing with your cellphone etc etc.
Kerry
xmf314 - Maybe you should take the bus? Stats for the year 2000 shows 3753 fatalities for California and only 625 for Minnesota.....
Again I'm not asking that the doors be opened up for all to retrofit big screens in their front seats. I just sayin' that people shouldn't get flamed for asking how to do it. There is LOTS of talk on this board about speeding... but its rare that anyone gets this much heat about it. I'm willing to bet the stats state that more people are killed by excessive speed than by someone watching Jurassic Park....
I feel all of it should be banned. Front & rear. Movies, vidio games etc should not be in a moving car period. Not only a distraction for the drivers but the drivers for all other cars around that car. I have pulled up to mini vans with the fold down screens alot & it's been a distraction for me, & then you have the fools that slow down behind them to get a glimps of what they are watching.
I did not order the Nav with my car but only because of the price here in Canada. I did order the after market u-connect and like it especially with my hearing impairement which used to force me to pull out a hearing aid and then fumble with the phone which I know was dangerous and yes not very smart on my part. I just wonder how many people will have to die until they force this issue.
Now I also heard a report that claimed the accident rate with hands free phones was higher, as drivers tended to drive faster with a hands free devices.
Whatever. They should all be band. I hate cell phones. I have a pay as you go that I use for about 10 minutes a month. That's it.
Can't people survive without being on the phone for 1/2 hour?
Anyway, this is way off topic. Sorry.
/end rant
I'm renting a base 300 Saturday for a small road trip. See how it goes. Not too bad of a price at $62/day from dollar rent a car. All they have are base 2.7L's
Thanks!
BTW, are there any other forums where the 300 owners hang out?
Exactly! There are enough distractions out there without intentionally adding more inside your vehicle...
I'm not sure where you live, but I wouldn't pay $62/day to rent a 2.7L 300. I might pay that for a 300C to try it out, but as we all know the rentals only have the base...
Sorry ...
Thanks!
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Chrysler revs up Hemi for 170-mph sedan
http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/13/pf/autos/bc.autos.chrysler.hemi.r- eut/index.htm
I mean, I really like the '95 3.5L Intrepid ES I've got, but, other than having to have an open credit line at the tire store, I see not a thing wrong with a 400+ HP & torque four-door sedan. Like it, actually, as I'm not a sports car guy. Never have been, never will be.
I haven't read the second article, yet, but any mention on whether the 6.1 might come with AWD? I don't know if the driveline can handle it, but Mercedes does positively amazing things with the AMG-area. Y'know, they have an AMG diesel over in Europe... Hauls and gets decent MPG.
Thanks for keeping us up-to-date!!!!!
Additional 85 horses - 25 percent more power - builds more momentum for HEMI® and Chrysler 300
Chrysler reveals 425-horsepower Chrysler 300C SRT-8, powered by new 6.1-liter HEMI V-8
http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/13/pf/autos/bc.autos.chrysler.hemi.r- eut/index.htm