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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 04:21 PM
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Smokem' if you've gottem'......300C road test

I am curiously attracted to this car....

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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 04:31 PM
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Quote from a guy at my school who did a speech on them: "I like this car cause it looks like a baller's car."
Old Feb 28, 2004 | 07:32 PM
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It's not pretty, but in person it has "PRESENSE".
Old Feb 28, 2004 | 07:39 PM
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I think it kinda has a "CTS" profile, and the feel of a "Rolls", personally I liked the sporty look of the old 300M...
Old Feb 28, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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I'd like it even better if you didn't need to get chrome wheels with the Hemi.
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 12:53 AM
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oh my, looking at it on the road is beauty, I could of sworn I saw a red magnum at a dodge dealer a day ago, will go back and see.

but oh my, For $35k, this is my car.

Well, my daily driver, I want!!!!! or may wait for hte AWD version.
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 01:50 AM
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I want one so bad, but I have to convince the wife not to get a Durango Hemi first. BTW, anyone wanna buy a low mileage Matrix XRS?
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 06:16 AM
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Originally posted by guionM
It's not pretty, but in person it has "PRESENSE".
you put it in quotes, but its really true.
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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oh my, looking at it on the road is beauty, I could of sworn I saw a red magnum at a dodge dealer a day ago, will go back and see.
I haven't seen any at the dealer (not for sale for another month), But I've run into 300Cs running around LA about 5 times since December.

One was a former 300c prototype that was flat black & look like it was beaten to hell & back. All it's camo was removed, and if I wasn't sitting across from it at a stoplight headed the other direction, I would have missed it.

All the rest were black or silver, with one doing photo shoots and another on loan for some TV show running around.

Oddly, I haven't seen any Magnums on the street yet, and in LA or San Diego you see everything before it hits the streets!
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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I didn't know that those cars sat on a 120" wheelbase. That will be a big car inside.
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 06:39 PM
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I didn't know that those cars sat on a 120" wheelbase. That will be a big car inside.
No no...That will be a HUGE car inside...
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 07:14 PM
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That car is absolutely massive inside.....in the best tradition of the good 'ole American RWD sedan. It's only about 3 inches longer than a 4th gen F-body, however!
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 09:02 PM
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I wanna tint the windows, fill the trunk with shotguns, and go join the mob
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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I am with you on every part except joining the mob. Jardine headers, borla exhaust, true flow intake, and the long awaited superchips programmer will make the 300C scream and make me forget about the too soon aborted 94-96 Impala SS.
Old Feb 29, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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I like both the Magnum and 300C...alot. I certainly could consider either one for my next car. But I think I'll wait to see what the Charger is like.

I wonder if the Charger will be available with a manual?



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