Eric: Nice choice. I replaced my 05 300C in Sept with a new
metallic red 2013 Chrysler 300 and absolutely love it. Same 8-speed
transmission, 3.6 and have pulled 35mpg on the road through the Pennsylvania
mountains, and get about 23-24 around town. Plus, good acceleration and
ride.
I think I am past the point of driving small cars (I do have a new
Challenger, which is not really that small), as it is too hard getting in and
out. One thing I notice is that I have more door headroom getting into the
300, vice the Challenger or the new Charger I recently got rid of (I don't hit
my head).
If I was buying new tomorrow, I would go for the 300 again (unless someone
plans on giving me a Hellcat).
Larry (Akron)
In a message dated 8/18/2014 6:09:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ericsturgis@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I took my 2014 Dart on it's first and last road trip. We
went to San Diego CA just to get away. We took the Dart as it had not really
been anywhere and thought it would be good on gas. It was good on gas,
38.4 MPG going down. 102 temps in CA along I-5 car was fine. We
didn't have any problems till we started back. Somewhere before Fresno
we stopped at a rest area, when we started the car back up, nasty burning
transmission smell. I was not amused. We didn't find any leaks,
but could smell it most of the time. It was 102 degrees, we had just
been doing 80-105 MPH on the freeway, but it had been find before. I
stopped at the dodge dealer in Sacramento. They could smell the smell
too, but could not find the cause. No leaks, nothing too hot. So
we went on our way, thinking I will get it checked out at home. We
didn't get 30 miles from Sacramento when the A/C controls quit. The fan
was on, the A/C compressor was working, but the air stopped coming out of ANY
of the vents. I would not change no mater what button we pushed, so we
stopped again, grabbed a bit to eat, cursing that car the whole time.
When we got back in it, the A/C system started working again....for most
of the way home. It acted up a few more times, so we would stop for
30-60 mins and it would work again.
Anyway all this annoyed me too much so I dumped the car at my local
Chrysler dealer, found a 2014 300 loaded fairly well on sale for $19950.00
marked down from $33550.00 I couldn't say no, and bought it. No
more small cars, only boat for me. I love my new 300. It's just
like our Charger, but with the small motor and the 8 speed auto. But it
gets up and go's just fine. We were surprised it could keep up pretty
good in a race with our R/T. We are going to do some proper testing in
the next week or two, I want to see just how good it can do.
Eric Sturgis
Tacoma, WA
1962 Chrysler Newport 2 door HT in Coral
Gray
2014 Chrysler 300 3.6L in Jazz
Blue
2014 Dodge Charger R/T
5.7L (ya it's a HEMI) in Header
Orange
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