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pauls

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pro,s and conns
« on: 22 February 2016, 20:25:52 »
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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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #1 on: 22 February 2016, 20:33:52 »
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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« Reply #2 on: 22 February 2016, 21:59:56 »
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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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #3 on: 22 February 2016, 22:53:34 »
Don't they have any speed limits in Oz?

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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #4 on: 23 February 2016, 16:48:32 »
Quote from: Bigron on 22 February 2016, 22:53:34
Don't they have any speed limits in Oz?

Ron.
Possibly... South Africa however, probably not :D
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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #5 on: 23 February 2016, 17:05:10 »
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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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #6 on: 23 February 2016, 17:30:49 »
Quote from: dbug on 23 February 2016, 17:05:10
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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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #7 on: 23 February 2016, 17:41:45 »
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
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« Reply #8 on: 23 February 2016, 19:26:29 »
Funny thats the one i was looking at..
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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #9 on: 23 February 2016, 21:14:29 »
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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« Reply #10 on: 23 February 2016, 21:46:23 »
Stop being a fanny and get the VXR8.   :P
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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #11 on: 23 February 2016, 21:50:02 »
not much good for the dog though ;-)
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« Reply #12 on: 23 February 2016, 21:51:57 »
Quote from: jimmy944 on 23 February 2016, 21:50:02
not much good for the dog though ;-)

Roofrack?  :-\

























 ;D
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Re: pro,s and conns
« Reply #13 on: 24 February 2016, 14:34:11 »
Quote from: Broomies Mate on 23 February 2016, 21:51:57
Quote from: jimmy944 on 23 February 2016, 21:50:02
not much good for the dog though ;-)

Woofrack?  :-\

























 ;D

Fixed that for you  ;D
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« Reply #14 on: 24 February 2016, 16:11:28 »
Nice!  ;D


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