A Horse With No Name

Glad to have you back O.C., don't be shy about coming round, eh? Chris

I've seen a few G8's also. this car is WORTH all of the hype it is getting....impressive car! Chris

Black is just a great car for the modern Charger. They also look totally bad ass as cop cars. The City my daughters middle school is located in has Charger cop cars...and it is one of the few times I'm happy to drive through a speed trap. Chris

What Mercury? Didn't know you guys had a Mercury... Chris

Nice lookin' old wagon. Chris

You do also realize that Chysler OWNS the 300 name and they can basically do whatever the hell they want to with it, right? And that the 300M was a very well liked and profitable car for Chrysler... Chris

You do realize that Toyota has managed to sell, at a profit, probably 50 or 60 Camry's for every Buick built in '59, don't you? You aren't most people, and quite frankly what you think doesn't make a hell of a lot of difference to the people who build, sell and buy Toyotas, Chryslers, Taurus, et al. I highly doubt with the $1500-$5000 you want to spend on your next car that your rreally the market that toyota has in mind when they market the Camry anyways. You do also realize that the Taurus was waldly succesful and profitable for Ford. Hell, it probably kept Ford in buisiness...which is why we have the modern Mustang. And just like Sept 12, 1966...no Mustang, no Camaro. So if you do ever get a new Camaro (wiht the B-pillar delete) you can in part thank the Taurus for making that happen. Chris

So don't buy a modern car. But the 99.7% PLUS percent of car buyers will, and were you to line up a hundred people with the Bannana Boat and the 300m I would lay a hundred bucks on the hood that at least 92%-95% would prefer the 300M. Chrysler, Honda, and Toyota didn't get where they are in the modern car market by ignoring what people want in cars. Chris

Exactly. There is plenty of compromise in "old" cars also. Chris

Exactly, Dodgefan. I'd rather drive a 300 LX car than the Bananna boat or the B-59 as a daily driver. MUCH better as a real world automobile. The 300M is another one of the cars on my short list. Probably one of the best driving big sedans detroit has built in the last 20 or 30 years. Chris

Exactly. The LX series cars were awesome! Chris

the Prowler is on my very short list of cars that I want to own before I die. This has to be one of the coolest cars, ever, period, end of discussion. Viper prices are becoming very favorable, and I've thought about going in 50/50 with my son Joel and getting one. And it is doubtful the vette would be what it is today without the Viper. Chris

The Original Cherokee has to be one of the greatest SUV's ever in terms of durability. Our neighbor, Tom put like 450,000 miles on one before deciding to upgrade to a Porsche Cayenne. Chris

Like I said, the Duramax would be my first personal choice in a work truck. Chris

Glad to hear your happy with the V10. We are getting about 15 or 16 out of a 1 ton econoline diesel at work. 300 miles a month? That truck OUGHT to last forever. Good luck with it! Chris

That is an Amazing truck. I'd have gone diesel myself. Chris

QUOTE(Satty @ Jul 27 2008, 05:13 PM) [snapback]414733[/snapback]Bump Cause Dodge Rams with a Cummins turbo diesel are starting to trickle down to the WTs. Still a hell of a truck, though. Chris

QUOTE(Sixty8panther @ Jul 27 2008, 08:49 PM) [snapback]414763[/snapback]True 'bout the Stinkin Lincolns... but also worth mentioning: - Rotted out midsize pickups w/a bed full of crap, high percentage of these are Toyota Tacomas & Ford Rangers. - Old W-bodys, Contours & Tauruses w/ nASScar stickers all over their rumps. - Ford Aerostar/WIndstar, Dustbusters & Mopar minivans, esp. with garbage bag for a window...

...besides, Sixty Eight, the 3.5 Chrysler had PLENTY of power for most driving situations. Not enough to do mindless burnouts in a high school parking lot, but still plenty of power. But I digress, the 300 cars of the 1960's were the Shizzle. I had a chance to buy a 65 Chrysler ragtop a few years back and still regret not buying that car. Ahh, lost opportunity that never comes again! Chris

You still may want a Concorde....alongside the Intrepid. I sold my Concorde 3 years ago and still miss it. Chris

FWD or not it's a hell of a car. Not everyone shares the RWD Bias... For 99.7% or the motoring public, it would work just fine. Chris

Get the Challenger in Silver, seriously. It looks just Sooooo damned HOT in that Color! Chris

...and speaking of personal Bias, I'm going to pass on the BMW 6 series, the TL, the G8,and the Maxima. As soon as I can afford 35k to buy a car I'm going to buy a Subaru WRX STI, so go put that in your pipe and smoke it! (Unless I buy a new Camaro SS first!) Chris

This thread is becoming useless because we are all expressing our personal biases in a sort of blind boxing match that has no winners. It takes real brains to tune a Honda. Hang out with the SCCA guys that do it. I know a professor of Aerodynamics at Ohio State that races a Honda in SCCA events, and she's 57 years old so that should do away with the ignorant ricer boy stereotype. The real Honda performance guys (and gals) and the ricers are two entirely different groups of people. Trust me, the real Honda performance people laugh at ricers as much as sixty eight does. Back in the 70's people who didn't know any better did stupid things with American Muscle cars (and still do-I've seen plenty of Cutlasses and Chevelles with lambo style doors and undercar neons). People do stupid stuff with Hondas. That does NOT make them a bad car for a performance application. I have a good friend with a Prelude with some suspension and power mods I am actually thinking about buying. It's a nice car with plenty of power that handles great. Is it a 68 GTO? No, and I don't want it to be, either. While we can all laugh at the TL, we have to remember that Honda is making money hand over fist in a very down auto market-they must be doing several things right as far as the consumer is concerned. Chris

Which is what I was talking about when I said GM had so many cool, unique cars in their past. Chris