Chrysler 300 Owners Who Made The Switch - Page 2

hustlesimmons · #16 (**permalink**) 03-04-08, 10:53 PM

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*May I add that the OP did not introduce him or her self as is customary in all on line forums.*
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Hello everyone. My bad for not introducing myself. Greetings from the great state of Ohio (depends on who you ask after the election tonight

). Thank you to those that have provided meaningful responses so far. The "300 is a box" comment was random but to each his own.

I agree that the CTS is smaller than the 300 by 4" as far as rear leg room but the other dimensions are similar. I wouldn't be in the back so I wouldn't care.

RightTurn · #17 (**permalink**) 03-04-08, 11:01 PM

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*May I add that the OP did not introduce him or her self as is customary in all on line forums.*
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This board is not the place for introductions; it's for discussing the '08 CTS. Check the Lounge board; that's where newbies introduce themselves if they care to. http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...introductions/

RightTurn · #18 (**permalink**) 03-04-08, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by hustlesimmons

Hello everyone. My bad for not introducing myself. Greetings from the great state of Ohio (depends on who you ask after the election tonight

). Thank you to those that have provided meaningful responses so far. The "300 is a box" comment was random but to each his own.

I agree that the CTS is smaller than the 300 by 4" as far as rear leg room but the other dimensions are similar. I wouldn't be in the back so I wouldn't care.

to the Caddy forum!

WhtDmnd04CTS · #19 (**permalink**) 03-04-08, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by RightTurn

This board is not the place for introductions; it's for discussing the '08 CTS. Check the Lounge board; that's where newbies introduce themselves if they care to. http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...introductions/

lots of people give a quick introduction here
no biggie.. just a nice friendly thing to do

LFG · #20 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by RightTurn

This board is not the place for introductions; it's for discussing the '08 CTS. Check the Lounge board; that's where newbies introduce themselves if they care to. http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums...introductions/

It's the board police.

RightTurn · #21 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 09:11 AM

Don't make me run you in.

urbanski · #22 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronster

*May I add that the OP did not introduce him or her self as is customary in all on line forums.*
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so you're an expert on forum rules now?

you need an attitude adjustment

urbanski · #23 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by hustlesimmons

Hello everyone. My bad for not introducing myself.

you didnt have to, thanks for joining up. dont let bad attitudes get you down. i try to keep those in check

durangojim · #24 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 09:45 AM

The 300 was a car I was initially thinking about getting, a relative has one, and it's a nice car, but when I saw the CTS, I knew it was something special. Ironically the radio with the tivo like feature was something that originally drew me to the car (I'm a tech lover) but I didn't wind up getting the hard drive radio because you can't record radio shows

. The thing that really clinched the CTS for me was that the interior was vastly superior to the 300. I can understand that some like the exterior of the 300, but I don't know anyone who prefers the interior. Chrysler really has a long way to go when it comes to their interiors and not so great quality.

DavidL · #25 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 10:09 AM

No, you can't record radio programs to the hard drive, but the "Tivo-like" feature of being able to pause the program and later resume it is great. I often am listening to something when I get to my destination; great to be able to come back to the car later and pick up from where I stopped it.

durangojim · #26 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidL

No, you can't record radio programs to the hard drive, but the "Tivo-like" feature of being able to pause the program and later resume it is great. I often am listening to something when I get to my destination; great to be able to come back to the car later and pick up from where I stopped it.

As I understand it, the radio will only keep that buffer for an hour, so say I'm listening to a morning show and then go to work, I hit pause but I won't be able to finish listening to the show when I get back in my car 10 hours later. Am I incorrect? Seems like it would be an easy software fix to actually be able to record and save programming just like a tivo. Perhaps in the future.

Ronster · #27 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 10:34 AM

looking at the nav manual, page 3-9 "timeshift". the buffer is an hour but it says that if the vehicle is off for an hour it stops recording and all information is lost. the salesman didn't mention that detail. guess it's time for a test.
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durangojim · #28 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronster

looking at the nav manual, page 3-9 "timeshift". the buffer is an hour but it says that if the vehicle is off for an hour it stops recording and all information is lost. the salesman didn't mention that detail. guess it's time for a test.
rg

Yep, that's what I had heard as well. I only have about a 15-20 minute commute and then it's about 4-5 hours before I get back in my car, so the tivo feature would be a bit of a let down. I'd guess they'd change it in the future unless there's a problem with media rights and recording OTA programming.

dkozloski · #29 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 11:03 AM

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We don't care how ANYTHING is done in some other stinkin' forum. If you like the rules better somewhere else, don't let the door hit you in the ass as you ski daddle.

Crackerzot · #30 (**permalink**) 03-05-08, 01:01 PM

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The 300 was a car I was initially thinking about getting... I can understand that some like the exterior of the 300, but I don't know anyone who prefers the interior.

Exactly. You put into words what I wasn't able to articulate earlier in the thread. The interior was what turned me off to the 300 when I rented one for a week. For me, interior design and styling is as much, if not more important, than the exterior.

It's where I spend most of my time with a car.

It's also one of the reasons I went with a C5 Corvette instead of an early gen Dodge Viper. I thought the exterior of the Viper was breathtaking, but the interior was just plain fugly. Granted, they've improved it over the years, but the underlying principle is the same. That the interior must at least match, if not exceed, the exterior in styling and function.