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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: pauls on 22 February 2016, 20:25:52
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I was having a look at a 5.7 hemi chrysler 300cc. Apart from being heavy and juicy any other known issues with these.
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My father used to have an '06' 5.7 Grand Cherokee, engine and gearbox was faultless from 48k - 126k miles. My grandparents have a '07' 300c touring 3.5 V6.
Suspension components can wear easily, wheel nuts can swell meaning they are hard to remove, parking sensors can suffer with water ingress. The underpinnings are Merc E CLass, some parts are expensive, and hard to find though!
I've driven the above vehicles quite a lot, I think the 5.7 in a 300c would be fun, but I don't think I could deal with it forever. The interior is cheap feeling in places, but they are cheap to buy.
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ive driven one of these as my mate has one in south Africa fastest car ive ever driven 4 adults sitting in a car that must be close to 2 tonn sitting in big leather seats and 160 mph on the clock and whisper quite.he wants more though and is getting a super charger fitted later this year.cant wait to go back!
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Don't they have any speed limits in Oz?
Ron.
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Don't they have any speed limits in Oz?
Ron.
Possibly... South Africa however, probably not :D
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Speed limits Australia generally 110kph on freeways, except one road (~200 miles long) in Northern Territory which has no speed limit.
Speed limits in SA 120kph on freeways.
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Speed limits Australia generally 110kph on freeways, except one road (~200 miles long) in Northern Territory which has no speed limit.
Speed limits in SA 120kph on freeways.
And no leeway ...whatsoever ... I went through 2 at apparently 112 Kph ... one at the Melbourne end and one at the Adelaide end of the same road on the same day ... cruise control set .. got fined a total of 180 odd quid after the exchange rate .. Victoria has one of the most draconian regimes in Aus ,, scroll down a tad and have a read !! (exchange rate at the moment about 2 Aussie dollars = £1 .. so half it for pounds)
http://www.camerassavelives.vic.gov.au/home/fines+and+penalties/fine+amounts/#penaltiesspeeding
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I realise that this is doubtless an irrelevant question to you as you're even considering one but how bad are they on fuel?
I mean I know that 30mpg will be a distant dream, but are we talking L322 Range Rover (18-22mpg) bad or Jensen Interceptor (6-10 mpg) bad?
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Just been on autotrader... this looks like a wheeze, and you could take the dog :o
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201602201223642?search-target=usedcars&minimum-badge-engine-size=5.0&make=chrysler&onesearchad=used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew&searchcontext=default&radius=1500&sort=default&page=1&postcode=TW8%209DE&model=300c&logcode=p (http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201602201223642?search-target=usedcars&minimum-badge-engine-size=5.0&make=chrysler&onesearchad=used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew&searchcontext=default&radius=1500&sort=default&page=1&postcode=TW8%209DE&model=300c&logcode=p)
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Funny thats the one i was looking at..
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Looking at forums, low 20's mpg is possible, as is LPG....
I suspect if I think about this long enough I can make it sound like a good idea :y
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Stop being a fanny and get the VXR8. :P
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not much good for the dog though ;-)
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not much good for the dog though ;-)
Roofrack? :-\
;D
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not much good for the dog though ;-)
Woofrack? :-\
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Fixed that for you ;D
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Nice! ;D
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c170/jimmy944/Dog.png) (http://s27.photobucket.com/user/jimmy944/media/Dog.png.html)