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#608 of 4893 5500 warehoused by soozpk Mar 03, 2004 (5:14 am)
There very well may be 5500 300s being held from shipping, but I think not for reason of advertizing purpose. At the moment, there is a Canadian rail strike, with Ford CAW workers refusing to unload boxcars. It is also affecting GM and Ford's ability to ship out vehicles. According to the article, Mopar doesn't ship vehicles out by rail, but their parts, and engines, like the 5.7 Hemi, are shipped north from Mexico. However, from yet another article, the 300C isn't affected, and I quote:   `It's not an issue,'' Elshoff said. ``We've got engines stockpiled because they're in a launch curve.''   http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0402/27/d01-73895.htm   http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm18600_20040225.htm
#609 of 4893 300 sightings by enygma6 Mar 03, 2004 (7:54 am)
So far I've seen two of these on the road already. The first was a Satin Jade heading westbound from Detroit in mid-January (I was heading into Detroit for the Auto Show). Also passed a flat-black Dodge Magnum (semi-disguised - most logos were blacked out) heading into Detroit a few minutes later. I assumed they were out road-testing at the time. Just this past weekend I saw another 300, over in Kalamazoo, MI. I don't think this was the same car I'd seen previously, as it looked too dark to be the Satin Jade, but it still had a greenish tint. Possibly the Magnesium Pearl Coat paint?
#610 of 4893 by tibbune Mar 03, 2004 (7:59 am)
From the Detroit news: "DaimlerChrysler’s Chrysler Group does not ship finished vehicles via rail, according to spokesman David Elshoff, but does transport its popular 5.7 liter Hemi engine from Santillo, Mexico, by rail to its Brampton, Ontario, assembly plant for installation in the Dodge Magnum"   Wait a minute, Chrysler doesn't ship finished cars by train? So they need to ship 5500 cars to their destinations with nothing but trucks!?!   I'm in Arizona, my car is in Ontario. 2300 miles. Can I just come get it?
#611 of 4893 If You can Guess by stephen Mar 03, 2004 (8:32 am)
"I'm in Arizona, my car is  in Ontario. 2300 miles. Can I just come get it?"   Yes. Just pick a number from 1 to 5500. If you guess the right number, you can have your car early.
#612 of 4893 on sale by bigdaddycoats Mar 03, 2004 (9:03 am)
According to the Detroit News sales are set to begin in late April. They also have a review in todays paper. Should be online by tomorrow.
#613 of 4893 by emale Mar 03, 2004 (10:14 am)
tibbune,   that's interesting about shipping vehicles on trains. when i ordered a '96 intrepid it was shipped via rail to minneapolis...then trucked to where i live. i wonder if det news has that screwed up?? especially since the intrepid was built in the same factory that the 300 and magnum are being built in.
#614 of 4893 Detroit News by fsmmcsi Mar 03, 2004 (3:22 pm)
Another excellent review (it is on the front web page today, 3/3)!   Given the range from the base model to the 300C, it will be interesting to see if the car magazines and web sites correctly realize that they need to test the different 300 models against the cars each version of 300 competes with, based on both size and price.
#615 of 4893 by rcf8000 Mar 03, 2004 (5:56 pm)
Unfortunately, if past performance is any indication, the magazines will concentrate on the 300C and ignor the others. This would be unfortunate. As an example, all of the magazines have reviewed the SRX, but I've never seen a review of the V6 version, even though, apparently, it outsells the V8.
#616 of 4893 soozpk- by fastdriver Mar 03, 2004 (6:02 pm)
soozpk-   I think Pat_HOST hit the nail on the head. Just keep typing in the message window here without hitting return at the end of the line. I always use Netscape too, but your messages were the only ones that looked that way. This is how I saw them:   "It shouldn't be any worse than any other RWD vehicle you may have owned. If all you've owned are FWD, then you'll see a difference. Actually, one only gets into stability problems with RWD when one doesn't take into consideration the weather and road conditions,....."   Your message after Pat's explanation is okay except for one line.   fastdriver
#617 of 4893 300C Delivery by fd1000 Mar 03, 2004 (9:26 pm)
For what it's worth, I called the local Chrysler dealership here in Minneapolis, and was told that they are expecting the 300s to come in about March 15th. They had a list of what's coming in. We do have a car show happening right about then, so don't know if they are getting them a little faster because of that.   If you ask me, we will all pretty much be able to take a drive in one within the next two-three weeks.   P.S.-The local Dodge dealership said they are expecting the Dodge Magnums to arrive around the end of April. Go figure.

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