Re: [Chrysler300] 300G manual trans

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In a message dated 12/18/2006 5:58:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I can  think of another Chrysler that did not sell.it had a super powerful
motor  that was impossible to keep running, a transmission that was balky,  a
clutch that constantly failed, horrible build quality, terrible  resale
values and in 1971, Chrysler (Plymouth) could only manage orders for  a
meager 10 or so..it was called the hemi  'Cuda.




John - with all due respect, there is no way you can truly compare your  
stick G with the Hemi Cuda.  It just doesn't wash.  As far as the 4  speed F's are 
concerned, Wayne knows a hell of a lot more about them than I ,  but even I 
know that they were never intended for the general public.  They  were made to 
race at Daytona, and the few that were distributed, were given (not  sold) to 
faithful (and well known to Chrysler) Chrysler buyers of many  years.  They 
were not a failed marketing program - they were very  different and special 
vehicles.  The stick G's were simply something that,  by most opinions, should 
never have been allowed to leave the  factory.  It is conceivable that the added 
price for the stick was there so  nobody would buy it.  If it were my car (and 
obviously it is yours, not  mine) I would have been sooo gone with the 
$160,000.00 that you would not have  even seen my dust.
 
Another consideration - had you taken that $160,000.00 it would have been a  
private sale, out of sight of the IRS.  Sell it at auction and you had  better 
be prepared to pay the income tax on whatever profit you make.  That  would 
mean that your sales price would have to be well in excess of $190,000 or  
$200,000 for you to break even with the $160,000.00 you turned down.  Just  a 
thought.
 
Pete Fitch
 


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