Everything posted by Intrepidation
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Chrysler Searches for Inner Beauty
I dunno if "completely" is the right adjective. I see your points, but for every car with a good interior, there was 3 or so with lousy interiors. First gen Neon, 2nd gen Stratus, previous gen (and current gen) Malibu, Cavalier, WindStar, Venture, pre-06 Implala (and even the current one has hard, cheap plastic), Grand Am (horrible plastics and fisher-price quality controls), first gen Intrepid...the list goes on. But yeah, there are cars that had pretty good interiors. Prizm (rattle free, great dash design, quality dash materials and plastic panels, but held back but horribly cheap door handles and some other parts) Shadow (decent design for it's day, simple, soft, padded materials on doors, all armrests, upper dash, well textured plastics, put together solidly though with misalignment) 2nd Gen Intrepid (great design, quality materials for the most part, decent build quality) ...uh...I can't think of a Chevy onlyu because I haven't rid in a 90's one I liked (that I remember).
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Lights of unworkingness
The dealer told me it would be a 2 hour job and cost close to 200 bucks. He said I might want to just live with it...I agreed
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Chrysler Searches for Inner Beauty
Yeah I guess, but as we've said before. The only way to get respect and sales from Camry and Accord drivers is to give it your all and not cheap out...otherwise why bother? I guess if they can cut costs by sharing underbody parts more or something then that's ok. I dunno.
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So I went to my local Dodge Dealer today...
Maybe I will, test driving is fun. Mushy handling is not for me though I want to drive an Aura first though if you don't mind If it were "dripping with bias", once again, do you think I'd point flaws out of the interior? Do you think I would put down the Sebring? If it were "D1PP1ING W1TH B14S!1!" I think I would have said it's the greatest interior ever or some BS like that, which obviously, it's not. It's fast, it handles good, it's sporty (in R/T trim at least). I like the looks of the car, I like the interior design , and I could live withe the materials, even though they aren't the best (god knows we've lived with low-rent interiors form Ford, GM, and Chrysler for years yet we still bought them) so if it helps you sleep at night, you can call that bias (or an opinion if you'd like to be factual). If I were bias I'd never take shots at Chrysler, yet I do. So...potato.
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Hyundai to create its own luxury marque?
It's probably a prototype, not really a true concept.
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Chrysler Searches for Inner Beauty
Everyone's interiors sucked back then, and not just Chryslers...in fact it's only now that GM and Ford are making decent-to-nice interiors
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No-go for Heavy-Duty Titan
I don't think they said that (this isn't Toyota after all). Besides, GM and Ford have crossovers, Dodge is getting one and, for now at least, there's the Pacifica. Domestics have BOF SUVs because they know how to make them (I think we can all agree the GMT-900s, Expedition, and even Durango are better than the Sequoia and Armada).
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Chrysler Searches for Inner Beauty
Ding! But why cut costs "elsewhere"? Why not just raise the price a little. Making quality products means putting effort into all areas.
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No-go for Heavy-Duty Titan
Funny, I recall Toyota saying that it wasn't "going to go easy on the Bog 3 anymore" yet they're wussying out of the heavy duty truck market. Too bad about the Titan though...it would have been neat to see what they would have come up with.
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Why are you still an auto enthusiast?
I've always liked the Stealth...with the exception of that stupid spoiler they put on it. I prefer the 3000GT's mounted at the end of the decklid to the Stealth's spoiler, which was mounted just behind the glass. Dude, you should make that your first car if you've always liked it. I have loved the Viper since it came out in 1992(?). I have a poster of the R/T-10 (although I like the GTS better). It's the embodiment of everything that makes a great car. Power, handling, raw simplicity of it. It had none of those stupid electronic nannies that cars today are strapped (and often times plagued) with. I have always been a Mopar fan, my family has bought mainly Chrysler products, and they will always be the first on my list of potential cars. However I love cars in general, from the GTOs of yore to the Mustangs of today...to the sexy Skyline GT-R
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Morbid curiousity: Which would you choose?
I've always had a soft spot for that generation Maxima...but at the same time I liked the Alitma too. Both have less-than-perfect rear ends but I like them overall. The Volvo is nice but probably not much of an engaging drive. The GP is ok...but the cheap interior, odd styling, and old platform really conspire against it. I'd probably go for the SE-R.
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Just when you though EMO couldn't get any worse....
There's a Japanese band called "The Flying Testicles"
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2007 Silverado Wallpapers! Perfect for that boring desktop!
Take away the text and I'd use it.
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Small Government-Issued Tracking Chips
I 2nd that!
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Reviews: 2007 Nissan Sentra SE-R
Better, but still out of proportion.
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Relaxation techniques....
That feels like it's missing an adverb "I really, really want to to make a hard fart." sounds even better Passing gas, braking, wind, cutting the cheese, cleaning out the colon, etc...it's all good and very few things feel so good.
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C6 vs. Rustang GT
So the Mustang had an unfair advantage in that it had nitrous. The Viper drive is an idiot.
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C6 vs. Rustang GT
I like them both myself.
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Honda sneaks up on Big Three
Score one for siegen
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C6 vs. Rustang GT
Just don't race a Neon SRT-4 NOS...you wouldn't want your arse handed to you by a Neon would ya?
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Relaxation techniques....
I really, really long hard fart. I'm dead serious.
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Some lovely tailpipe music
Very nice.
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People say strange things
No thanks, I'll have more peanuts.
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Sweden plan would monitor e-mail
Who the hell gives a $h! about Sweden enough to attack them anyway?
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Follow Up: 2008 Dodge Avenger
You can rent them?