Intrepidation

Honestly, the posts today from some of you guys is just...words can't describe.

That's it then, brakes are evil and should be removed from cars. Clearly you'd have much better time coming to a stop or slowing down if you give it gas, have 460 horsepower and of course, RWD. Did you know FWD can't drive? Yeah I have never seen one on the road be able to stop or change lanes before.

Indeed, who wants to stop if the car in front of you in GRIDLOCKED traffic is stopped? Or slow down if teh car in front of you is going slower? That's just stupid.

That has got to be one of the stupidest excuses why ZOMG RWD IS T3H AWEOMEZ AND FWD IS T3H GHEYZ I have ever heard. You're changing lanes not going overtaking on the Nurburgring at 147 mph. Gridlock = not really moving. Believe it or not, you're not going to understeer changing lanes, even if you're going highway speeds. I mean really. The ability to use common sense and good judgment (ie. a brain) is all you need to change a freakin' lane. Somehow I manage to miraculously do this in a FWD with 106 mighty horsepowers and I haven't caused an 7,000 car pileups yet.

I like the whole car. It's one of those rare vehicles that doesn't look like it took design cues from competitors. I especially like the blacked out A-pillar and that clean, well executed rear end.

Well I'm free until the 3rd when my job starts up, and then weekends most likely after that. So if any of that works for you let me know. Good luck with he car.

the Curse.

So worry not Dave, they're not boats. :wink:

Also, found this for the 2000 3.2 Intrepid ES: Motor Trend Engine and Transmission: 3.2 V-6/4A slalom 61.80 mph 60-0 braking 128.00 ft. 1/4 mile 16.40 sec. 0-60 8.50 sec. 0-70 11.10 sec. skidpad 0.81 g. 0-50 6.30 sec. Issue Mar-00

That's why you fight them. I fought with Liberty Mutual for 2 months, while t hey paid for my Cobalt rental. I got the last laugh.

It's no boat, LH cars handle very well. I don't have the Intrepid skidpad results handy, but the 300M can do .79g (.82g for the Special), 0-60 in 7.8 seconds (7.7 for the Special), 63.6 mph slalom (64.8 for Special) and 60-0 in 136 ft. (118 ft. for Special). For comparison's sake, MT's compact sport coupe comparison showed the 2003 Cavalier LS do .78g. Takes 8 seconds to get from 0-60, and 130 feet to get from 60-0, and slalom is 60 mph

You are quite correct. I guess when that section is rarely updated you forget it exists.

The post MCE Vue was ok,.

Idea #3

If it's the new Vue, then that. If it's the old one...I dunno....I guess the G6.

Friend of mine wants a Camaro. He has very good credit. The Chevy dealer said he only got approved for $15,000. He went to a Honda dealer to check out what they had and found out he could get approved for $30,000. What gives? He wants a Camaro but if he can't get the financing he's going elsewhere, probably for a Honda.

That sums it up nicely actually.

You live around there and we haven't met?

Southern NH is good because you can find a rural area yet still not be far from larger cities and such, like Salem, and then MA is not far so there's more opportunity for work or what have you. Northern NH is kind of like the boonies. Great fr retirement, not so great for work.

Camino you should move to southern NH. I'm like 5 minutes from the border.

My thoughts exactly. I hope haven;t forgotten about all of the copyright infringements the Chinese have made yet we continue to share technology and info with them...automotive and otherwise.

If the car drives straight than that would mean the frame didn't take too bad of a hit, they would need to check to be sure it was ok (putting it on a frame machine). Then they would pull it out. Worst case would be if they couldn't pull out the panels. This was a concern or the Prizm, that they might need to get a donor quarter panel, which would have been expensive to weld on. This was because it had folded in on itself. However, they were able to pull it out. On the bright side your panels don't look like the folded in on themselves. One of the ways I kept the price down was by going out and getting the parts needed from a yard. I was lucky and found one of the same color, so even though I didn't have the car repainted, the unpainted spot isn't too noticeable. There's another factor. If you're strapped for cash you could do the repairs ins stages. get the panels so they line up again and paint them later. That was and still is my plan. Ocn will know better than me, I'm just going by experience. I know how you fell...I didn't want our car to end up in the yard, especially since its till drove perfectly fine. So I fixed it. It's been worth the effort, as the car has been good to us since. Good luck with it, lad you're ok.

If the damage hasn't effected driveablity, than that might me it's mostly "cosmetic" as the shop that did the Prizm put it. It would mean just a matter of pulling out the panels and getting replacement parts.

That sucks man. They may total it, but you may be able to get it fixed anyway. They totaled the Prizm because the damage came to like $3,000 by their estimates IIRC. Got it fixed for $600 or so.

I can call him tomorrow and get the exact names of the products we used if you'd like.