Crysler 300C

[thingers]

Thinking of getting one before I snuff it.
Love the shape of them just like a bently but cannot afford a bently so it might have to be be a poor mans bently.
comments please..

[mikey4444]

TTT...but it was very good value for money.

I didn't want to pay an extra £1000 for an automatic gearbox, as I consider that a rip-off, only exceeded by the £760 that Ford wanted for my Fiesta to come in anything other than a bog standard colour ( I went for red, for no extra )

I don't have any qualms about the car, but as it was not one of the more normal makes and models, it was very difficult to sell second-hand ( 3 years old with only 32,000 miles on the clock )

I won't make that mistake again !

[Baldric]

///as it was not one of the more normal makes and models, it was very difficult to sell second-hand///

No that's because it was a Chrysler, I surprised the guy who sold it to could keep a straight face, wouldn't touch one with a barge pole, and if you lost thousands on it it could not be value for money either.

[thingers]

rover 75 is a poor mans Jag but I did used to have one

[mikey4444]

Thingers....I thought, and still think, that the Rover 75 was a smashing looking car.

[mikey4444]

Forgot to add....in 1994 I bought a nearly-new Rover 600 and was very pleased with it.

It was white and when I drove it on the Motorway, I noticed that cars in from of me slammed their brakes on and slowed down a bit !

[thingers]

Yes mikey they were. I used to love mine and the white dials were brilliant

[thingers]

That was on the rover 75 I mean

[mikey4444]

Thingers...going back to your thread....take one for a test drive.

I rented a similar Chrysler when I was in the States in the mid 90's and it was like driving a trawler ! Will you be able to get it onto your drive and around your streets...it would be a struggle where I live.

But if you can get one cheap enough....why not ?

There is one advertised in Autotrader for £2290 !

[thingers]

Mikey I have always had and loved big cars and it will fit in the drive with inches to spare.
Also I can only parallel park big cars.
I just cannot do that with small cars for some reason

[mikey4444]

thingers...then you have a very rare skill...perhaps you can get onto Top Gear and demonstrate it !

I posted this youtube link a few days ago, but you may not have seen it before :::::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf4TIWECZ30

[ToraToraTora]

anyway, enough of this, thingers is looking for a head turning jam jar for 10k, we must be able to come up with something that isn't totally bring.
How about this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-350Z-2007-NISMO-Roadster-/191913590159?hash=item2caef0fd8f:g:Sb8AAOSwQ15XOX0q

[mikey4444]

TTT...here's another rare-ish Nissan, which I took for a test drive before buying my Qashqai a few years ago. Fabulous car and hardly any around.

Punishing fuel consumption though !

[mikey4444]

Whatever you do thingers, don't forget to update us on here please !

[ToraToraTora]

Can you stretch to this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bentley-Arnage-Bentley-service-History-/222180493768?hash=item33bafd49c8:g:dSEAAOSwWntXNEMl

[ToraToraTora]

this one? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-BENTLEY-TURBO-R-only-82k-miles-full-service-history-/142045301887?hash=item21128f4c7f:g:Q5EAAOSwrURXPhgA

[thingers]

Now that is tasty toro but the price and mileage seems too good to be true.
Anyway was joking about this thread and I have just bought a lovely black chrysler 300c with blacked out back windows and black alloys and now got me personalised number plate on her.
Immaculate inside and out and it is a head turning mafia car lol.
I parked it the other day and when I went back there were 3 kids walking past It pointing at it and one said "nice car" and one of the others said "nice wheels"

[mikey4444]

Lovely car TTT but what would the tax and insurance be for something like that ?

[mikey4444]

I am glad for you thingers....enjoy !

[thingers]

I find it much easier to park and get in the drive than the wifes ford KA. I struggle with that even though I could fit it in the boot of my 300c

[MantaRay]

As with any car...if you like it, you enjoy the drive, and the price is right...then why not. I like the 300C, it's something a little different, and from what I gather good solid engineering.