Intrepidation

The world isn't ready for that much EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tired turning the hood bumper on teh passenger side to its lowest position. It makes a difference but it's still not quite right. Before After

So here's the door fitment...

Thanks for the info ocn. I haven't tried adjusting the hood bumpers yet...will soon. I do know the car was in an accident and repaired prior to my ownership. I examined the door carefully, and I think it's properly aligned. The gaps seem even and the door doesn't fall when opened. I remember fussing with it when I replaced the door last year to get it as close as possible to correct. I'll get some photos of it and maybe you can give me your opnion on the alignment. In the meantime, here's photos of the other problem areas: As you can see, this side is fine.

Thanks for saving me the trouble, this sums it up perectly.

This is a classic case of "no $h! Sherlock". Obviously when a larger object hits a smaller object, the larger object will always fair better. Now they're going to want small cars to be as "safe" as large cars, so they'll weigh about as much as a large car, and get the same fuel economy as a result.

Fixed the link, so you can bare witness to the EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!!!

In news that will doubtlessly result in a chorus of "We told you so" forehead-slaps from critics who noted the arrival of the Pontiac G3 with disdain, word is that General Motors has a bumper crop of the Korean-built subcompacts sitting on its lots. How many? According to The Wall Street Journal, nearly a two-year supply at current sales rates. In the course of doing some research, writer Neal Boudette discovered that GM has 3,479 unsold G3 units clogging up its dealers and vacant lots. Combined with the knowledge that dealers sold just 141 units of the car in March (or one unit for every 19 of GM's 2,700 Pontiac stores), that means that GM has a supply of these Chevrolet Aveo5 twins that will last them 617 days, meaning that if the automaker stopped building new units, they would still have a supply that would last them until December 16, 2010. In all fairness, the G3 just came to market in February, and it often takes some time for a new model to take hold. It could well be that GM is planning a big marketing push for the car, but we've seen no evidence of this thus far, and in these cash-strapped days, it would appear that the General probably has bigger-margin fish to fry. Autoblog

Well you know, the rental has already been bought and paid for. So the "damage" is done. Whether you rent it or not won't make a difference to the automakers.

Ah, thread necromancing. Taking after Satty are we?

I have at least some respect the Equus...I have none for the DTS.

When he can't find a coherent, on topic thing to bash a Honda or other vehicle for...he just starts pulling stuff out of his ass.

I agree.

I liked Phoenix...it sounded cool and was very fitting. However this name is fine too. I hope there's an actual Pentastar on the engine covers.

Nice guys finish last dave.

Remind me never to ride with you guys...your curse is worse than mine.

50's to 60's here...but that's good enough for me! No rain either for once.

I see... The rear bumper is the biggest offender, as there's a gap big enough to stick your finder in. The hood doesn't sit level with the fender, and the front bumper on that same side has a habit of popping out slightly from under the headlight. pushing it back in only lasts for like, a day.

Well I feel that I don't have enough income to be able to do that reliably...when I do then I will consider it.

I agree...looks like nothing more than another vehicle grazing it. Quite impressive. Tough call, but in our family's case the accidents were the fault of the other person.

Your family has issues keeping vehicles in one piece!

I doubt I can do the sanding myself...well I probably could but I don't know if I want to. However I can de-trim it. Yes, Chrysler's emblems are silly expensive. I remember the dealer telling me the hood emblem was $20. As much as I do like the "D O D G E" letters on the sides...they're notorious for peeling. Instead I may just put a Dodge emblem on the fender's like how the 300M's emblems are done. What about re aligning panels? Do they just do that as part of the paint process?

I agree...as much as I like it I think the resale vcalue is just too high to pass up. I like this one by MOMO...seems tasteful.

Yep...this is supposed to be Chrysler's crown jewel...and just maybe their ace in the hole.

What, no one remembered the 2.7?