RE: [Chrysler300] Stick Shifts in 300s

[<john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been to a number of car shows where the owner proudly states that his or her car is a "one of XX" ever produced, thus supposedly enhancing the value of the piece.
I must admit to not being very nice to one Corvette owner who was the proud owner of a "one of XX" nasty pea green colored car with matching interior and crank windows.  I said to my friend who was with me at the show, "Of course it's one of XX, who in their right mind would order such an awful combination?"

I'm sure there are examples of bad taste on the part of the original owner in every make and model year.  I'm not so sure it should be celebrated ;-)

John 

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From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob kern
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 5:02 PM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] Stick Shifts in 300s

Hello 300'ly to all!
    Last year's B-J interview after the black 206K convertible went across the stage with a 12 year old sums it up. The question posed to the kid was "What do you find so interesting about this car?" Without a pause the boy said "The pushbuttons to make it go!".  While growing up any Chrysler product that could have had a pushbutton transmission in my mind was the coolest.  If I saw a '56-'64 Chrysler product with a stick shift I felt that it was weird, and that the people who owned them were somehow missing out on fun in order to save a few bucks. Now these are commanding more money !?  The black G automatic was $14 K higher bid than the green stick at '05 B-J. Kind of cool to salivate over the production ordering idiosyncracies back in those days. I guess the F with the French Bridge transmission is really desirable because only 6(?) were made. I guess I love the pushbuttons because as a kid they were verboten for me to touch and I always lusted to push them behind the whee
 l.  This was only the privilege of my Dad, Aunt, & Uncle. Ah, they are ALL MINE NOW and not in a DeSoto or a Dodge but a 300C!!!!  ROB KERN

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