Intrepidation

Dude, you know this is your fault for not being able to keep your mouth shut? I'd be pissed too if I told you some secret I trusted you with and you blurt it out to teh first person who'll listen. And the rest...not cool.

When are you supposed to pick it up Fly?

The DeLorean in your sig hints at it too

I've always loved those cars, I think it's great that they'll be back in limited production...I want one. *adds to list*

Hey, I like the Outback wagon. Add the Beetle to that list. Oh and the T100

I thought it was funny, I think the newer episodes are funnier than the old ones. But the Family Guy "movie" is more like 4 episodes than a full-length film. Family Guy > The Simpsons

Which means we'll be able to buy 2.7L Chargers for 800 bucks soon when the engine blows!

Someone shoot me, seriously. I got a call while at work at about 9pm...Jessica told me while she was pulling into the parking lot the car stalled, and then wouldn't start right away, then when it did start it stalled again. I had to leave work early to go to her work which is a half hour away. I get there, she tells me more about it. I go to start it and it takes a couple seconds to start...it won't start right away. I turn it off and try again and it starts fine. She tells me I should go drive it around to see if it will do it for me....it has yet to stall on me...it's stalled on her a total of 4 times now. Before I go for a drive, I start the car and check the oil...and the dipstick is dry. When I turn the car off the dipstick reads full, as it should. I called Sity8 up and told him about it. He said it may be okay because it might mean the oil is moving around...but then why is it that when the Cobalt or even the Shadow are running the oil measures properly? I don't want to risk her driving it home and possibly hurting the engine more than it may be...so I have AAA tow it back...I just got home...I followed in the Cobalt. I have no idea what's going on..I'm afraid it's being starved of oil, but I have no idea. I have to take it back to the mechanic tomorrow and tell him what happened...but who knows how far I'll get. I've got $115 in my pocket right now and that's it. I dunno if if it's sludge and if it is if an engine flush will save the engine...I'm just so frustrated now. First one car is totaled by an idiot who can't stop, and now the other may be dying. That leaves the rental and mom's Shadow. What the hell did we do to deserve this? Oh, and on an unrelated note, one of our cats may have caner, and if so then she'll have to be put down on Wednesday if the medicine doesn't help Life. Sucks. Hard. I. hate. the. world. (And Chrysler for making a piece of $h! V6 in an otherwise great car). -- AxTheRed, If you happen to read this, I have a question for you. Does your dipstick show the proper oil level in your Intrepid when it's running?

Well the Chinese are smart enough not to buy into the Prius BS...and the Galant sucks even in China.

Oh yeah, when you use the turn signal, make a turn and it returns to the off position, it does so with aloud "crack" that sounds like plastic braking" I have noticed that upper trim models get 2-tone door panels...how is that done? The ones on the LT are one-piece molds with fabric armrest inserts. Are the 2-tone ones 2 molds, and is it still hard plastic? Last night the fuel economy dipped down to 20.1 mpg..that's crazy for a 4-banger. It went back up to 21.9 mpg but still. It's not like I drive it like I stole it. The car needs an interior more than anything. Make the current engine more efficient but keep it's good power and make a 6-speed automatic optional in addition to the 4-speed auto and 5-speed manual transmissions. I think the car looks fine, like I said. In fact one of my coworkers who drives a Corolla complimented its looks.

My friend has a Hummer version of this...It's pretty sweet and fits in the Tiny trunk of his `93 Corolla.

Hey CMG, here is an interesting read on just how flawed the engine really is, and that Chrysler even admits that it's flawed...but has not done anything for it's customers. This is from the Jasper website.

I know right? >.< I paid about 4 grand less than what the car is worth when I bought it, I figure if I had to replace the engine it would break even. I don't want to have to have it come to that, but the car's too nice to junk...it's not it's fault Chrysler had Mitsubishi design a piece of &#036;h&#33; V6.

Buy a Touareg

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You think think it'd be a no-brainer wouldn't you? I'm going to have my normal mechanic look at it and see what he makes of it.

2 million bucks and yet it looks like Chinese toy car? No thanks. I wonder if those computers run on Vista? Blue Screen of Death here it comes.

There are several design flaws with this engine. The passages are too small and can be easily blocked. The water pump is located inside the block of the engine, and when it leaks it gets water into the oil pan, causing the oil to sludge easily under heat. There are also reports that the timing chain tensioner are not strong enough...but most failures occur because they become staved of oil. It is an absolutely horrible design for an engine...unfortunately I bought the car before I new about this, and at the time it ran great with no noise whatsoever. The 3.2L and 3.5L have none of these issues, and what's strange is that the 3.2L was discontinued after the LH cars were, and never used again as far as I know, while the 2.7L carries on in the LX cars, Sebring, and Avenger. Would I buy another Intrepid? Absolutely, they are fantastic cars, but I wouldn't go with a 2.7L. Plus, it would probably be cheaper to swap a 3.2L into mine if it came to that. Still, I'd like to prevent the engine from failing if I can...so I'll do flushing and synthetic. The engine may have a lot of miles on it, but it's been well maintained all of it's life...this is not something that should be happening. I love Chrysler, but I hate them at the same time for allowing this engine to be brought to market with no recall or anything. I wonderif we'll start seeing Chargers for 800 bucks because the engine died in them?

Looks like Chevy took the steering wheel design from the Passat at first too. I just wish the took the materials

I plan to right a review of the Cobalt when I'm done with it...but here's some quick thoughts: The Good Understated, clean, if a bit bland styling that ages well. Rock solid on the highway...I went 75 without realizing it. Excellent suspension tuning that handles the biggest bumps without crashing over them yet is not floaty. Great brakes and brake peddle feel Strong acceleration, especially at the low levels Accelerator is well modulated and like the brakes is progressive. Nice storage cubbies Dual Power ports (my cars all have only one) One-touch wipers Auto-lights 2-stalk setup Nicely designed steering wheel (small, and pretty thick and it looks nice) Rattle-free interior Quite on the highway Trip Computer Simple controls Pleasant interior design Font cupholders have a rubber lining that can be removed and washed. Nice gauge cluster Supportive Seats The Bad The engine is not pleasant to listen to, when you hear it it sounds raspy and harsh The transmission hesitates to downshift sometimes Steering offers feedback, yet somehow feel artificially heavy, and there's a dead spot on center Stereo sounds pretty bad...it's flat sounding and sounds worse than the Prizm's...a car that is13 years older than it. The placement of the reclining seat switches seem odd to me, and they feel like they'll break off if I tug it a little too hard I'm only averaging 22.3 mpg so far...I was kind of hoping for at least mid-20's in the city with a little highway. Poor backseat leg room...even for a compact, it's basically useless if you have the seats all the way back. Cupholders couple be deeper The ugly The interior...and here's why: Texturing on the door panels is rough and not pleasant when your arm rubs against it. This applies to the upper and lower dash too..although I don't mind that since my hands don't come into contract with it much. It scratches so easily...I rolled the window down once and my nail rubbed against the door panel and left a SCRATCH! The center stack bezel at the top where it meats the upper dash flexes with very little pressure applied to it. The dash just above it flexes too The cloth on the armrests isn't particularly comfortable When hand brake is up, it feels wobbly and loose The plastic trim on the lower parts of the interior footwells is not aligned and looks like it is starting to come apart on the driver's side...it's the way it's molded. The A-pillar is not molded properly and is coming away from the pillar itself on the left corner...it flexes easily too. The center of the steerig wheel is better textured than the rim...that part your hands are on most of the time. While the dash is 2-tone gray the door panels are one shade of gray. The HVAC controls move with a "crack" that sounds like they were pulled from the 80's There's flash in several areas The glovebox handle feels brittle and the box itself opens part way than you have to pull it down the rest of the way. Obviously, those of you who complain about the Caliber's interior have never spent time in a Cobalts. The Caliber's is better built, the plastic doesn't flex as much (only the center stack has any real flex, and not nearly as much as that on the Cobalts). The texturing on the upper door panels is far nicer and less rough. This is important because that's where your arms sit and come into contract with most often. The upper dash texturing is funky and rough, but you don't touch it often anyway. The Prizm's interior materials are nicer than either one, and the new Civic blows both out of the water.

Torrent GXP or Acadia if you had to go with those. Vue 100x Torrent or Equinox

Makes sense, I've been thinking of converting it to synthetic anyway, so it shall be done...flush then synthetic. Mobil 1 is the preferred one correct?

Would not buy that either...but at least someone went to the trouble to restore the original. It's a waist of money to pay that much for a car because some guy owned it or it was used in some movie. That's just my opinion though.

So a flush wouldn't damage gaskets or seals unless they are already leaking, in which case it would make it worse? The only "leak" that I know of is the oil sending switch, which I've been meaning to replace but leaks tiny amounts so it hasn't been done yet...what with the whole Prizm accident and all. If that's the best way to go I'll have it flushed and have Mobil 1 put in the car from now on...if that solves the problem than that's awesome, if not I'll look at prices for a 3.2 engine. Believe it or not it costs less than the 2.7, makes more power, and has none of the problems. I miss Chrysler's older engines...they were very durable...that 2.5L in the Shadow leaks like hell but goes and goes and goes. Oh yeah CMG, the noise speeds up as the engine revs...but you can't heard it after it gets above 2,000 rpm.