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#549 of 4893 Snow Tires by stephen Feb 24, 2004 (7:30 pm)
We get so much snow here in Northern Michigan, snow tires are unnecessary. Snow removal equipment takes care of the snow before it becomes a problem.   I have a snow plow truck to plow the driveway (which I've had to do 30 times in the last 30 days) and the county has trucks to plow every road and melt whatever is left with salt.   Other than relatively rare blizzard conditions, you can go anywhere any time in any vehicle with all season tires.   stephen
#550 of 4893 Winter Tires, Next American Super Sedan, HEMI by fsmmcsi Feb 25, 2004 (4:08 pm)
Shipo - Many of the people who were active on the old NAISSO Impala SS ('94 - '96) forum reported similar experiences with the excellent winter tires now available. The Impala came with 255/50/ZR17 tires - not too useful on slick pavement.   I think that the new 300C will be the next Impala SS - a full-sized, American branded, large, four door sedan with excellent power. Of course the 300C will be quicker - both weigh approximately 4,000 pounds, but the stock SS only had 260HP / 330 Ft.-Lbs. vs the 340HP / 390 Ft. Lbs of the 300C. The 300C will also probably be produced in far greater numbers, and is far fancier.   I read an article somewhere on the HEMI brand. It stated that D-C only sold a small percentage of the old Durangos with the 4.7 V8, but that about half of new Durangos are equipped with the HEMI.
#551 of 4893 I forgot about... by fastdriver Feb 26, 2004 (6:05 am)
sandbags in the trunk for weight! )   http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosconsumer/0402/25/f01-73709.htm   fastdriver
#552 of 4893 "Happy Horsemanure" by soozpk Feb 26, 2004 (11:09 am)
My dealer called, and said that he has both good and bad news about my 300C.   The good news, my car was built, finished, done.   The bad news, it's sitting in a huge quonset someplace in Brampton, and won't be released until April, when Chrysler is planning to run a tremedous advertizing blitz. It seems they want to release all the vehicles at once to coincide with this ad campaign. No sense fighting to get the car here, as they're not going to ship only one vehicle.
#553 of 4893 stephen- by fastdriver Feb 26, 2004 (12:55 pm)
stephen-   Just found this in the 300 section of Edmunds New Cars-   "5.7L displacement single overhead cam (SOHC) V8 cylinder configuration gas engine 16 valves 340 hp 5000 rpm 390 ft-lbs. 4000 rpm premium unleaded fuel"   I don't think the Dodge HEMI in the trucks is the same as the 300 HEMI.   fastdriver
#554 of 4893 by emale Feb 26, 2004 (2:51 pm)
fastdriver,   edmunds is wrong...the hemi in the 300 is also an OHV design just like the truck. main difference is that the car hemi has MDS(multi-displacement system).
#555 of 4893 April release by fsmmcsi Feb 26, 2004 (3:33 pm)
The article on Chrysler placing loaded 300s and other models in rental fleets to gain exposure also stated that the program would begin in April.   I wonder if they will also unveil a Dodge sedan version of the car (Charger??) at the New York auto show?
#556 of 4893 Fuel Requirement by stephen Feb 26, 2004 (5:07 pm)
Fastdriver, since the hemi in the 300C has 5 less hp than the truck hemi, I have to assume that it will have the same or slightly less octane requirement.   Also, the 3.5 V6 has a little higher compression ratio, and it calls for mid-grade fuel. So I think edmunds is mistaken on the premium fuel requirement.   A 2000 Cadillac STS has more hp per cubic inch than the 300C and factory specs for that car call for regular 87 octane fuel.   stephen
#557 of 4893 Snow tires, FWD, and whatnot by intrepidation Feb 26, 2004 (5:07 pm)
Yeah, I can attest to the fact studless snows are downright amazing. I have some Yokohama Guardex 600's on steel wheels for the '95 Intrepid ES 3.5 the 300C *might* replace, someday, and the difference is night and day.   Don't worry greatly about pavement damaging your exhaust and CO entering the cabin. You'll be higher than normal due to the compacted snow, and if you smell exhaust, which you will, just open a window.   The Intrepid was near unstoppable in snow when we lived in the high country of Colorado. 8" was all she could handle before the rear bumper started plowing it, and the driveway was like scaling a mountain, so going out forward just wasn't gonna happen. Given my druthers, I picked the Intrepid over either the Grand Scarakee we had or the Suzuki Grand Lametara which replaced it. Sure, they were good when the going got truly bad, but handled so much worse, it wasn't a close call most of the time.   FWIW, *all* semi-modern cars are overhead valve (OHV). Overhead *cam*, that's different, and I was hoping for dual OHC...resulting in four camshafts, total, but I knew I was dreaming.   My wife's 2002 RX300 has both AWD and some funky vehicle control system, and when we had ice here in January, I *tried* to get it to misbehave in an iced over parking lot, but to no avail. Just wouldn't let me do anything "fun" with it. That's what RWD and traction control switched "off" is for....   As it is, the 300C has a hard job ahead of it in my automotive family, as the Intrepid is paid off, has finished it's 100K mile blues, I'm not worried about door dings, it is the best hand-me-down car I've ever had, and it has to be one of the few oversteering FWD cars ever made...probably the only 4-door sedan which does it.   Mmmmm, oversteer....   Used to be M45Guy...then logging in changed....

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