My Car Reviews
2009 Dodge Challenger 2dr Cpe SE
Updated 3 months ago- F: A failure
- D: Unsatisfactory
- C: Satisfactory
- B: Good
- A: Delightful
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Owned itMy review:
My model is actually a 2010 Dodge Challenger RT, not a 2009. This vehicle is excellent, it is exactly what a muscle car should be, a touring car, not a high performance sports car.
Ride quality is superb, the suspension feels stiff enough when you want stiffness but also relaxed enough to make any drive down any road comfortable. The interior is simple and well made with small thoughtful functions throughout. Don't go looking for the high tech gadgetry of some competitors, just a simple, well laid out functional interior.
If your looking for a muscle car with 2 doors, with V8 power and a manual transmission to drive at low RPM's when traveling with the excellent exhaust burble of a V-8 engine with enough normal sedan functionality (seats 5 comfortably, large trunk, approx 20 mpg combined) to justify buying it. This car is an excellent value for money (A). If you want to appear friendly to the environment, count mpg's like health-nuts count calories, ferry around numerous children, and park in tight spaces, this car probably is not excellent value for money.
I am very pleased with this car, and I hope this review is helpful. This car is proof that Americans, and Chrysler, still know how to build a well engineered, well thought out, reliable, and fun car.
My suggestions for improving this car:
Remove the skip-shift feature from the manual transmission. Skip shift is a door that prevents shifting to 2nd to push the driver into skipping into 4th to save fuel. This feature is not limited to Dodge and ends up being more of a hassle than a help. I skip gears naturally when I drive to save fuel anyways.
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1997 Mercury Grand Marquis 4dr Sdn GS
Updated 8 months ago- F: A failure
- D: Unsatisfactory
- C: Satisfactory
- B: Good
- A: Delightful
My familiarity with this car:
Owned itMy review:
Excellent durable four door sedan. My Grand Marquis has over 185,000 miles on it and is still running strong. My car's history will speak for itself. I bought the car at 105,000 miles for $3,000 and have sunk about $4,000 into repairs over 6 years time. Over this time period I drove the car like a college student moving myself across MA more times I can count, traveling between Washington DC and MA dozens of times, completing a five person road trip from NY to FL and back, as well as countless other road trips. It truly has been a workhorse of epic levels.
The Grand Marquis isn't exactly the best looking car, but the design is tested and dates back to the 70's with the newest major engine upgrade being in 1991 from a carburated 5.0 liter V8 to a fuel injected 4.6 liter V8. The plus side of the old design, very reliable to drive, cheap to maintain, and comfortable to drive. The down side, about 19 mpg combined, 190 hp, and a technically obscelete design.
Why would you buy this car? You need cheap, reliable, fairly fuel efficient transportation to move you, a lot of people, and a lot of stuff often without much time for auto maintanance. Why you wouldn't buy this car? You don't fall in the category described above.
btw, I love this car, its epic.
I'll cover the repair work I've completed. The only major repair that inhibited functionality of the car was a cracked intake manifold which cost $1,000 to repair. Other repairs have included ball joints, tire-rods, tune-ups, Air conditioning, etc. that were completed as needed (did not inhibit driving the car). Keep in mind all of this happened after the former owner had driving it 105,000 miles into the ground over 8 years, and it still runs flawlessly today at 185,000 miles and 13 years!
My suggestions for improving this car:
I do not know.
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