by "Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
Published 07/17/2017 at 15:11
by "Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
Published 07/17/2017 at 15:11
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my GF’s dad’s 300M with my 300 creeping behind.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
07/17/2017 at 15:23, STARS: 0
*300M on Concorde wheels
"jimz" (jimz)
07/17/2017 at 15:25, STARS: 0
600
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
07/17/2017 at 15:27, STARS: 3
The 90s and 2000s were not good times for Chrysler.
"jimz" (jimz)
07/17/2017 at 15:29, STARS: 3
the 300M was the last thing they had ready before Daimler really put the screws to them.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
07/17/2017 at 15:29, STARS: 1
2017 is better?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
07/17/2017 at 15:30, STARS: 3
The 90s and 2000s were not good times for Chrysler.
"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
07/17/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 1
Sounds stupid, but handling wise, the 300M was a real contender. Was bench marked against the E39, could out slalom the A6, and was the first car to pull a G in the skid pad.
It’s still not a good car, but it’s a better effort than people give it credit for.
"jimz" (jimz)
07/17/2017 at 15:36, STARS: 1
Sit in a 2007 Grand Cherokee, then a 2017, and ask that question again.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
07/17/2017 at 15:42, STARS: 0
Not fair, that’s a Jeep!
Kidding aside, I read this as Chrysler, not FCA (present Chrysler) Daimler-Chrysler (2007) or its affiliates. That’s a different argument entirely.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
07/17/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 1
It hasn’t aged well at all.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
07/17/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 2
The 300M does not pull a G on the skid pad. Car & Driver has it pulling 0.82g, while the E39 pulled a 0.84 and 0.87 (new and 40,000 miles respectively). Hell, the E39 M5 could only muster a 0.90 on the skid pad, and that was damn near a supercar.
"diplodicus" (diplodicus)
07/17/2017 at 15:51, STARS: 0
I was going to say I have only driven the 300m’s relative, Dodge Intrepid, and it handled nothing like my e39.
"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
07/17/2017 at 16:12, STARS: 1
Well I stand corrected. My gf’s dad told me that, and he’s the type of guy who fixed a wrecked Honda Civic by chaining it to a tree and gunning it in reverse, so I gave no reason to question what he tells me.
"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
07/17/2017 at 16:13, STARS: 0
No, it hasn’t.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
07/17/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 0
To be fair, the 300M did stop shorter than the E39 in braking tests, and 0.02g different isn’t night and day.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
07/17/2017 at 16:18, STARS: 0
0.02g is the difference between you and you + chicken parm.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
07/17/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 1
Then gimme dat E39
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
07/17/2017 at 17:36, STARS: 0
I actually owned a 300m. They really arent terrible. 3.5 v6 made the same numbers as a vq, interior was cavernous, and handled really flat for its size.
"Milky" (jordanmielke)
07/17/2017 at 19:30, STARS: 0
Whateva
"xyzabc" (stackofoldwood)
07/17/2017 at 21:35, STARS: 0
Nice cars if you don’t look at them.
"RT" (rt-p)
07/18/2017 at 10:03, STARS: 0
Apart from the last few Turbo K-Cars, DSMs and the Viper at least. Most of those were gone by the 2000s though.