Stop picking on Chryslers, they are REAL cars, WITH FEELINGS!!!

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Reminds me, I miss "INeon". He was a sharp kid......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

We have been happy with our chysler lineup... Current cars: my 98.5 CTD 2500 4x4, wife's daily driver 2005 300C, and our 2009 Challenger SRT. (and my benz) haha, but i have to concur, I WOULD NEVER OWN A NEON!!!!! HAHA

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Regards,
Ian White

1995 E300 Diesel w124 OM606
2014 E550 w212 M278 biturbo

2001 BMW 740i E38 M62 (past)
1981 300SD w126 OM617 (past)

A Sebring is a P.O.S. but I don't think a late model Benz would have fared any better since crumple zones are designed to...well...crumple.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Don't forget that they made a Neon wagon from the same tooling, aka: PT Cruiser.

As a supplier and an Engineer, I will say that nobody cares less about the quality than Chrysler corp, price price price, nothing else matters. I will never own ANYTHING Chrysler, I'd take GM above Chryco, and Ford above both if buying a US-badged vehicle.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

It looks like Honda Accord from the pictures.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

Here are some detailed pictures of my damage.

The impact knocked the exhaust off its hangers.






bent the bumper slide up 90 degrees


Door gap is marginally narrower


here is the other side for reference


The approach again



Hood gaps









From the offending vehicle (note the stink bug right next to it)


from under the bumper



Note witness marks on lower inside bumper

Here's the good side again


Fender bulge

Compare to the good side

I too can't wait to see what happened. Euro bumpers huh? I was thinking about getting them...

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It's not the years, it's the mileage.

I like the bug on the wheel.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

I had a Honda ram me from behind last winter. I was in my China Blue 240D. Not even a scratch on mine, but the Honda had at least $600 worth of damage. I just shrugged and said "You lose."

Called the insurance company today to set up an appointment for their representative to make an estimate. They said it will take 3-5 business days. In the mean time, I'm not moving the car because doing so would require bending or removing the front bumper and I don't want them questioning that they are responsible for that damage. So, I'm out the car until they get around to calling me. There was dead silence when I said I would be getting additional estimates in the mean time.

Maybe if I call them tomorrow and tell them I want a rental car after all they might get to it sooner.

I seriously did not like they way the adjuster asked if the car had over 100k miles. I actually found it offensive. It only has about 158K and for this model that is practically nothing. I've already got a chip on my shoulder for their insured putting me through this, but if they try low-balling me because of the mileage I'll have a fit. They had better not suggest any repair involving Bondo either - only metal repairs will do.

I've got no incentive to settle for anything less than everything it will take to put me back to exactly where I was before. As for the car, it will never be an accident free car again.

The front end on the Ram is too weak for the Cummins. Steering boxes leak & require steering brace. Even a new box will have play in it. Fuel system is restricted requiring $600 AirDag or FASS and gauges. Steering column requires bushing to take out the slop. Once you dump $2k into the truck it becomes reliable. Rear brakes need adjusting with each oil change. 50,000 mi truck around 500,000 mi engine. Ask me how I know. Chrysler deserves to be out of business.

Just be sure to send them many emails with your signature file attached if they decide they want to mess with you.

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

I was thinking the same thing.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Yup, I'm already feeling sorry for this claims adjuster.

wowie:

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!