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Guru Yaekob posted:I worked on the assembly line for that car and in the repair hole. Don't be surprised if this car falls apart like every other Chrysler. I'm still in contact with my friends on the assembly line and they are constantly being sent home early because to many cars are going into repair from workers not doing their jobs correctly. They hired a 3rd shift to produce this car and people got little to no training on how to do their jobs correctly. But hey there is a 1 in 3 chance I put the doors on your car. Well don't I feel so great about my purchase now. Oh well, glad I have a 5 year/100k warranty. I will say, after a week, and 400 miles, I enjoy it enough. Hopefully, since I JUST bought it, they worked out most of the issues. But, what are you going to do? I bought a cheap commuter car, that looks decent. I can't expect top level quality and such. Also, what was so bad about the crashes? I saw it was a top IIHS pick, and mostly 5 star crash ratings. What was your experience?
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When Dodge said they wanted the Italian roots of the Dart to be evident, I don't think that wanted them to this extent.
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MidasAg posted:Well don't I feel so great about my purchase now. Oh well, glad I have a 5 year/100k warranty. I will say, after a week, and 400 miles, I enjoy it enough. Hopefully, since I JUST bought it, they worked out most of the issues. But, what are you going to do? I bought a cheap commuter car, that looks decent. I can't expect top level quality and such. Well I used to work in repair so you drive cars and sometimes you have no idea whats wrong with them while your taking them to a station. One time I got in the car pressed the breaks to make sure there was pressure which you always do, and then started it up put it in drive and was just gonna let the transmission do its thing without touch the gas to go to the station welp I went to touch the breaks and guess what there were no breaks anymore I rolled into a toolbox and the car crumpled up like a tin can. I'm not trying to poo poo on your parade at all, I like the car a lot and I'm sure every plant has these issues, but knowing the things that went on in that plant I would be terrified to own one. Ignorance is bliss.
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I got bored at an auction and bought a 200, 000km 1999 bmw 540i for a grand. Where do I plumb the nitrous into
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MrChips posted:When Dodge said they wanted the Italian roots of the Dart to be evident, I don't think that wanted them to this extent. That is funny. But I think its more of the German roots of MB fighting off the Italian. Or some poo poo like that. Guru Yaekob posted:Well I used to work in repair so you drive cars and sometimes you have no idea whats wrong with them while your taking them to a station. One time I got in the car pressed the breaks to make sure there was pressure which you always do, and then started it up put it in drive and was just gonna let the transmission do its thing without touch the gas to go to the station welp I went to touch the breaks and guess what there were no breaks anymore I rolled into a toolbox and the car crumpled up like a tin can. Don't worry, I got my umbrella. I think that applies to almost anything though. It's like learning how food is made, or how hospitals are cleaned. Ignorance is bliss. Don't forget, its a mass produced thing. It's going to have some defects. As for crashes, it's still probably going to survive better than my old Geo Tracker would have, or a bicycle. And I do like the car a lot. The only grip I have is that the seat is too high. I wish it was about 2" lower. I might have to look into ways to accomplish this.
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Powershift posted:I got bored at an auction and bought a 200, 000km 1999 bmw 540i for a grand. Where do I plumb the nitrous into You missed the golden sale opportunity that is high school grad gift season, but there's still hope to turn this one around. Plumb the car directly into Kijiji, look for someone wearing gold chains and ending sentences with "cuzin."
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MidasAg posted:That is funny. But I think its more of the German roots of MB fighting off the Italian. Or some poo poo like that. I'm 6' 3" and the only way I found to get around the height of the seat is to lean the back rest further back. I think the higher end models it goes down lower but yeah on some models I had to adjust the back rest to fit comfortably.
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Guru Yaekob posted:I'm 6' 3" and the only way I found to get around the height of the seat is to lean the back rest further back. I think the higher end models it goes down lower but yeah on some models I had to adjust the back rest to fit comfortably. I'm 6'1", mostly upper body, with short legs. I have the seat all the way back, and the seat reclined a bit. My ear is about even with the B-pillars. Oh well. Not a lot of cars are built for us bigger people. Hell, I even have a hard time getting comfortable in most trucks.
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Guru Yaekob posted:I rolled into a toolbox and the car crumpled up like a tin can.
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 Hi there buddy. Long time no see. Yeah, I know. I really don't deserve you.  All prettied up.  Time to get you back to the cave.  1972 Plymouth 'Cuda, 340 and 727 original. Got it 9 years ago, hasn't passed inspection in 5 years. Not enough time and money to fix things, so every year I take it out, drive it over to my dads, we clean it up and the I drive it back to where I keep it locked up and hope I'll have time for it next year. 
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Samu posted:Is that the Black Express special edition? I absolutely love those tucks and was really tempted to get one. Couldn't live with an automatic though. Yes, it's the Black Express special edition. It really turns heads and I've gotten a lot of compliments on it. Dealers in my area could only find them out of state and wanted too much so I found one 300 miles away in Marietta and dealt with them directly. It already had 3.92 gears in it and everything else we were looking for, so we're very happy with it.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:
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Guru Yaekob posted:Here is the secret seat Every Fiat has had that for as long as I remember. I know it took like 6 months for me to discover it on my Panda, and only because it got in the way of my underseat subwoofer 
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Nidhg00670000 posted:
What will it take to get it past inspection? I will start a Kickstarter right now!
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That thing deserves to be on the road. In all seriousness I'd probably throw a few quid at a kickstarter.
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I think you need to be developing an actual product you're going to sell in order to do something on Kickstarter. What you're looking for is a paypal address to donate money.
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drgitlin posted:I think you need to be developing an actual product you're going to sell in order to do something on Kickstarter. Maybe he can throw a calendar together. Have any jorts?
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Wiring looks like someone paid a hobo in booze to do it, the rear needs a complete overhaul (and different gearing, 4.56 is quite annoying as soon as you're not on a quarter mile strip), the prop shaft needs new u-joints, the 727 is leaking from the rear seal and I have no idea what type of oil is in there (PO gave me a big box of fluids and poo poo when I got it, and it contained among all the other stuff bottles of two different brands of ATF, with the same colour Rust. The car's got the original vinyl roof, and it is rusted all over below it. Hole in the roof above the windshield on the drivers side. Plenty of rust bubbles large and small all over the A and C-pillars and down around the rear window. Rockers are rusted on both sides, and there is a lot of filler in lots of places. I got a new Edelbrock Performer carb and the factory setting as lean as hell, and the guy I spoke with to get it on rollers (understandably) doesn't want a car that leaks various fluids on his rollers. So after this vomited mess of problems, all that really needs to be done to pass a swedish inspection is to get the fueling/timing right to pass a sniffer test, and fix the rockers. The roof rust is getting pretty serious though, so last month I started taking out the interior of the car so a guy I know (who's never got time to follow through on his promises, but nevermind) can start fixing the roof. Headliner and vinyl roof is next to go, but a lack of time and workspace is killing my motivation.  In short, it's time to kick rear end and wear jorts, and I'm all out of jorts.
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It must be strange to see a beast like that rolling along Swedish roads.
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Not as weird as you'd think, Sweden is big into old American iron.
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Friar Zucchini posted:The way cars get good crash test ratings is that the front end crumples to absorb the impact, and the passenger compartment is stiff so the passengers don't get mashed up against the firewall. What the tests mainly look for is deformation of the passenger compartment - lots of deformation, bad score; little deformation, good score. They don't pay attention to deformation of the front end, they expect it to be completely trashed. A side effect of the crash protection in front is that the tiniest fender bender may cost a few thousand dollars to fix. Exactly. NHTSA crash safety ratings look pretty drat good (unless five stars in everything but one category is standard these days): http://www.cars.com/dodge/dart/2013/safety-ratings That parking brake recall looks like fun times though...
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Riller posted:Yes, it's the Black Express special edition. It really turns heads and I've gotten a lot of compliments on it. Dealers in my area could only find them out of state and wanted too much so I found one 300 miles away in Marietta and dealt with them directly. It already had 3.92 gears in it and everything else we were looking for, so we're very happy with it. Best looking truck on the road right now in my opinion. I really like the blacked out everything and how they took off the side decals.
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Sockington posted:Maybe he can throw a calendar together. Have any jorts? Now you're talking! 
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Thread namesake  
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I'm not a fan of your body mods. And now I'll politely gently caress off.
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Yeah, is that side skirt made for your specific car? Looks totally different than the rest of the car.
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Yeah it's all made for the car. I get mixed reactions. They're actually authentic compared to the knockoffs. I just liked the way it looked on my neighbor's yard 
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It won't stop raining for more than a couple of hours so no wash but it back together now. Bring the hate, I don't care because RACECAR   The new splitter is huge, the old APR one was a floppy joke anyway but  No more driving places that I don't know or that will be toast in no time.
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Paul Boz_ posted:Thread namesake Why is your side skirt a completely different shade of white? Comrade Flynn fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Sep 9, 2013 |
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Comrade Flynn posted:Why is your side skirt a completely different shade of white? I don't see it. maybe a bad photo. Honda used OEM paint 
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It's probably just the lighting. Or the different material compared to the body panels.
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AdmiralViscen posted:It's probably just the lighting. Or the different material compared to the body panels. Yeah they have a different profile than the side of the car so it looks like the light to me. Who cares though, it's a street daily driver  .
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Holdbrooks posted:It won't stop raining for more than a couple of hours so no wash but it back together now. What are your numbers? Also, what size are your tiny looking wheels?
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Paul Boz_ posted:Thread namesake Nice rice burner there jerkface, you seem to have forgotten your Mugen and HKS stickers however 
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Paul Boz_ posted:I don't see it. maybe a bad photo. Honda used OEM paint The vehicle is old, the skirt is new. Faded paint on car, new paint on the skirt. 
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Tanz-Kommandant posted:The vehicle is old, the skirt is new. Faded paint on car, new paint on the skirt. It's an'07, it's not that old. Not important though, don't want to cause a derail. vvvv it's the lighting of the shot though, otherwise it looks identical in person. I seriously don't want to cause a derail based on a single photo and it's not worth taking more for the sake of a derail .
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6 years is plenty of time to fade paint compared to factory fresh; even if it isn't noticable because it's all even, it'll stand out next to fresh paint. Why do you think body shops charge so much for color matching, even when factory paint is available? E: UV radiation is a bitch.
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Fucknag posted:6 years is plenty of time to fade paint compared to factory fresh; even if it isn't noticable because it's all even, it'll stand out next to fresh paint. Trust me man, why do you think I have such a great neck-up tan? I want to get the license plate MLNOMA but it's tasteless because I work for a large healthcare company  vvvvvvvv I'm not butthurt. I said I get mixed reactions and asked to avoid a derail (for everyone else's sake) after a derail started. We can keep talking about my car if you fancy. Paul Boz_ fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Sep 10, 2013 |
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Please don't troll sensitive forums user, Paul Boz_. Holdbrooks your car is neat but you should paint all the carbon. How much weight does the bonnet save you??
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Sockington posted:Chrysler is just trying to make their cars more engaging for the customers. Will I make it to work today? I have a 2011 300 and I can say that compared to the previous model it is amazing. All of my friends, even those not into cars are shocked at how good the new 300 is. I am personally wanting to trade in for a sportier car but if someone is looking for a good cruiser that's great looking it is hard to beat.
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