Want to choose discrete options, not packages

Our '02 300M was built to order because that was the only way to get one
with side air-bags (safety feature) instead of a moon-roof (gimmick).

Perce

 

.. DRLs are

DRLs equate to a auto insurance discount with some companies.
Why would you want to do away with a 5 percent discount on insurance ?

 

This is the typical level of knowledge of a typical car owner, and you

Have you walked into a dealership and tried to order a new car not already
on the lot or on some dealers lot within 50 miles of that dealer of late?

 

Because that is not the case in any state of which I an aware and according
to the US Senate Transportation Committee determination DRLs can cause more
accidents they may prevent. That is why they are not required in the US.

mike hunt

 

The vast majority of people do not want to wait several weeks for the exact
car they want. Most people want a car right away. Plus, many of the
incentives may be gone when the car arrives.

And, people usually want the same group of things.

Jeff

 

(...)

Most people are ignorant of how their cars work. When something is lit that
is not usually lit or blinking, it gets our attention. I can't tell you
which lights go on when I first turn the key.

Just like most people don't care that much about what happens after they
flush the toilet - as long the stuff goes down the drain without a flood,
they are happy. And as long as there are no unusual lights on thier dash,
they are happy, too.

Jeff

 

It sure is a lot different from years ago. DVD, Entertainment Systems and
now to top it all off, the new Dodge caliber has a place to keep your drinks
chilled.

--
"Now Phoebe Snow direct can go
from thirty-third to Buffalo.
From Broadway bright the tubes run right
Into the Road of Anthracite"
Erie - Lackawanna

 

Sounds like another way to sell us something. Why not run lights in the day
and night ;-)

--
"Now Phoebe Snow direct can go
from thirty-third to Buffalo.
From Broadway bright the tubes run right
Into the Road of Anthracite"
Erie - Lackawanna

 

You guess? You sound like you don't know much about cars. Why are you
posting?

 

I was just looking at the Chrysler web site, and it apperas that the 300 has
gone to manual windows? 8^0 Because of the packaging, power windows are
$800 or 900. Surely that can't be right. That'd be stupid. Power windows
were standard on the lowest model old LH cars.

 

Does that mean you would attempt a 5,000 mile trip in a $700 car


mike hunt

 

New York State with State Farm Insurance, a national company.

 

A $700 car does not have to be a crap car.

A crap car is one that fails when you don't expect it to fail, irregardless
of how much you paid for it.

 

Then I guess you would attempt a 5,000 mile trip in a $700 car. I would not
if I were you

 

I have not had a $700 car in a while.
The last $700 car I had was a used 1973 Fury with a 360 v8. That was 1981. I
ran it till 1985.
I guess $700 would equate to two or three times that amount in todays
dollars.

I have a car in my driveway I'm thinking of selling for $500. I wouldn't
consider a 5k mile run with that one because the tranny needs a rebuild.

My Father bought a 1966 2 door Buick Skylark with a v6 in 1993. He paid $150
for it.
It was garaged, well taken care of, never taken out on bad weather days, and
had 36,000 miles on the odometer.
Owner was afraid of it because it was too old and replaced it with a Tempo
(ugh!).

So there you have it. A car I would drive 5k miles in with no qualms that
cost less than $500 in today's money and a car that was new that I wouldn't
trust for 500 feet (the Tempo with every option Ford could stuff into it).

It is not the cost of the car, but the condition of that car. Cheap does not
aways equate to crap.
Learned that in the 1970's when buying cars from the NYC repo actions under
the Whitestone Bridge.
I still miss that 1968 Imperial with 40,000 miles we got for $400 with only
a broken seat back.

 

I went by the Chrysler place, and even the $24000 model had power windows,
which was what I thought. They just have some kind of "better" power windows
bundled with a bunch of other stuff.

 

Yes, well it's been demonstrated that people in society have not been able
to adapt to a technological lifestyle, other than being a pure consumer.
People today know less about how the food that keeps them alive
is created, then at any point in history I think.

I don't think that state of affairs is really going to last, though. Not
over
the long term, over hundreds of years. Most of the ability of society to
exist as a collection of ignorant consumers is due to the availability of
cheap energy, and once the oil runs out, cheap energy is going to go
away. At that time people will have to go back to the old way of you
buy something then you keep it a long. long time, because the cost
to replace what you have with something new will be astronomical.
And the only way people will be able to do that is to learn to do their
own maintainence. (or a good portion of it)

Ted

 

I own a 1984 Celebrity with a blue book of $500 and I wouldn't
hesitate to take a 5000 mile trip in it. Of course, I replaced the engine
with a rebuilt engine about 4 years ago, but the car is still only worth
$500 to the market.

Ted

 

I guess you could, as long as you have a valid credit card.


mike hunt

 

What's your point in posting this? You and I both know it can't be done
that way. You can either buy the packages they offer, not not buy at all.
The other option is to buy a stripper and then get after market parts to
get what you want. It may end up costing you more and not end up being
what you expected.