Intrepidation

If that's the case, try the Challenger. It's tuned differently than it's LX mates. You know me, I have to throw suggestions for Chrysler products in where applicable.

That sucks dude, but keep in mind: You have a job you have a house you have a family So you can't have screwed up that bad.

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I could always experiment with the couple door panels I have in the garage. I just don't want it to start coming off in like a year.

Thanks, and I agree!

Depending on the year it would be vinyl and plastic.

Honda is known for there manual transmissions.

Thought about the 300M door panels but I like how my door panels are 2-tone, which is pretty rare for Intrepids. Most are either all gray, all tan or all black. I think later Intrepids all had vinyl/leather door panel covering. If I could find door panels with the leather/vinyl covering instead of the cloth that are 2-tone like mine I would do it. Do they sell some sort of paint for interiors? If so does it not suck? I also want to put the chrome door handles and switches on at some point.

Tell that to Hyundai, who has actually been enjoying sales increases.

Ok so after sending a report to ebay, do I just relist it? They have yet to contact me. Or is there another step I have to take?

This is a highly inaccurate statement. By this logic, a Accent and a 7Series compete with each other because they both have 4 doors, can seat more than 2 people, an engine, a transmission, brakes, wipers, lights, and 4 wheels. The Volt's competition is alternative powertrain cars dedicated to maximum fuel economy and making a statement about it. That's as far as I would go.

Thanks! And yes I agree. However they are in line behind a new engine...and a battery. Happily the power for both seats works, and the driver's seat memory controls work. I just need to wire power to the heaters. The seats themselves are soooooooo comfortable. The driver's seat has adjustable lumbar, which is cool. I'll probably spend all day tomorrow thoroughly cleaning every surface of the interior. FOLDING SEATS!!!!

Once again GM is following someone else...Hyundai no less. Seriously, you'd think someone at Ford, Chrysler, or GM (or anywhere else for that matter) would have though of this sooner.

Also played with the settings on my camera. This is the first round of photos of my car with the new camera. I'm annoyed that I forgot to turn down the ISO, so they're a bit grainy However I like them enough to post them anyway. Nothing like sunset photos! Yes, I noticed the driver's tire is a little flat...I put air in it afterwards.

I'm sorry mustang, thoughts are with you.

You got that right.

You're right, it's some weird hybrid of the first gen and second gen Viper. Actually, looking at it closely, it's a 3D model someone created. Got some real (and better) photos up now.

That's not a bad idea actually.

Might I also suggest: Welcome back!

Neither did I!

I sent a message to eBay's support center about my concern. We'll see what happens.

So it wasn't just me, how do I go about reporting it?

This semi-regular column is written (in his own blood) by an automotive sage and noted malcontent, known as The Mechanic. Mercilessly beaten as a child with rolled-up back issues of old car magazines, our free-spoken hero developed a unique "for your own good" take on cars and the auto industry, along with an unfortunate habit of setting himself ablaze. Later, after a distinguished career as an automotive journalist and magazine editor, he cast off the reins of his musty oppressors, carved out his superego with a plastic spork and became The Mechanic. It happened twice this week. Somebody poked a head into my cubicle and said, "Hey, The Mechanic, have you heard? Kids don't like cars anymore. Cars to them are just transportation. The passion for the car in this world is dead." Both times I thought to myself, "Oh no, not again." The demise of the passion for cars has been predicted for the past half century, and always by those who think the car should be nothing more than an A-to-B conveyance. It was said during the turmoil of the 1960s, the gas crisis of the early and late 1970s, the recession of the early 1980s, during the industry's switch to computer controls and EFI in the late 1980s and almost continuously since the Internet fired up more than 10 years ago. They think if they keep bringing it up it'll eventually really happen. Kinda like when my wife, Mrs. The Mechanic, mentions my cleaning of the garage. She just throws it out there every once in a while. In the old days they would have called it nagging, but that's not PC enough for today. What worries me is that I will clean the garage eventually. It might be after my 4-year old gets elected to the Senate, for her sixth term, but I will do it. And every time the wife bugs me about it, I do get closer to taking it on. I'm afraid the lack of car lust out there may be on a similar calendar. Don't get me wrong. There's plenty of car love out there right now. I mean, look at you. Right now you're reading Inside Line instead of some liberal crap that vilifies the automobile and everything attached to it. Forget the fact that the car, especially the fast car powered by a big honking V8, is the greatest invention of all time. All that bashing is having some effect. Fact is, the voices out there painting the car as a detriment to society, a killer of man, women and planet, are on a bullhorn. From Al Gore on down, they're talking and people are listening. Then there's the time consumption of the digital age. Computers and video games are stealing the world's youth from almost everything else. Sure, today's car enthusiasts also play video games, I understand that. I'm one of them. But I'm talking about the masses out there. Studies show that an entire generation of kids don't leave their homes. They don't want to drive around just to drive around because driving around is fun because cars are fun. They don't want to modify their friend's car or go to a racetrack. They just want to play Forza 2 or Gran Turismo and their passion for the games will never translate to a passion for real-life cars. In real life they want a four-cylinder Accord 'cause it fits their friends, gets good mileage and has a reputation for reliability. Plus, they know the greenies at their liberal college won't egg it, like they might a supercharged Mustang. Sad, but having a passion for real cars has never been easy. Cool cars are expensive. Modified cars break. Cars are large and hard to store. They require insurance and gasoline and tires and stuff. And these days they come with political baggage. If we let all of this go unchecked, if we don't pick up a bullhorn of our own, more and more kids will choose the easy route. And you know what that means, don't you? It means the passion for the car in this country really will be dead. Only the old guys will love cars, and once they take the big dirt nap it'll all be over. This great car thing we all love will be over. And once that happens, cars like the new Mustang, Camaro and Challenger won't be worth building. Carmakers will make appliances only. Pods. You might think I'm crazy, but this seed of the devil has already been planted. Somewhere out there is a teenage boy dreaming of a new Prius. Somebody please grab him by the collar and take him for a ride in a cool car. Let him hear it. Show him how to heel-and-toe downshift. Teach the little weasel how to do a tire-shredding burnout. Do whatever it takes to shake him from his stupor. I'd do it myself, but I'm off to get a haircut and tomorrow I have to mail something. Let me know how it goes. -- The Mechanic Inside Line, Contributor InsideLine

Would have been nice if they had some feedback and hadn't joined eBay...this morning.