Chrysler Intrepid ES to R/T Build-Up Thread

[TheIntrepid]

Sell the Trep and buy a Fiero for a winter beeter

Not interested in selling.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Not interested in selling.

if u really luv it dat much, why don't u marry it?  

[Danish]

Sell the Trep and buy a Fiero for a winter beeter

And make it a Fiero with a V8!

[MrH]

if u really luv it dat much, why don't u marry it?  

don't give him any ideas. He just might do that

[CALL_911]

Wow, Trep. Wow.

Going on, the leather interior looks cool. Why rice out your car with ?R/T? badges?

And like I said. If you must mod out your car, I would go for suspension upgrades rather than this ?comfy? crap. And BTW, I?m sure there isn?t anything much better about the R/T than the ES or whatever. They are both Intrepids. No badge is going to change that.

[Secret Chimp]

Wow, Trep. Wow.

Going on, the leather interior looks cool. Why rice out your car with ?R/T? badges?

And like I said. If you must mod out your car, I would go for suspension upgrades rather than this ?comfy? crap. And BTW, I?m sure there isn?t anything much better about the R/T than the ES or whatever. They are both Intrepids. No badge is going to change that.

He's not going for suspension mods. He thinks being able to spin a FWD around with the handbrake on snow is cool. He thinks a CAMRY is a good car. He's not an enthusiast.

[280Z Turbo]

He's not going for suspension mods. He thinks being able to spin a FWD around with the handbrake on snow is cool. He thinks a CAMRY is a good car. He's not an enthusiast.

The Intrepid has a footbrake. Handbrakes are for sporty cars.

[Soup DeVille]

Regardless of why, he's done a fair amount of work on the car and accomplished (almost) what he set out to do.

Good on him.

[Secret Chimp]

The Intrepid has a footbrake. Handbrakes are for sporty cars.

o rite lawl

[TheIntrepid]

Regardless of why, he's done a fair amount of work on the car and accomplished (almost) what he set out to do.

Good on him.

Thanks. I have to get her tinted when it  gets warm.

[CALL_911]

One thing missing from the R/T.

You need AutoStick.

[Secret Chimp]

One thing missing from the R/T.

You need AutoStick.

That or he can just get the AutoStick center console and replace his shifter with a rubber dog bone he can knock back and forth.

[CALL_911]

That or he can just get the AutoStick center console and replace his shifter with a rubber dog bone he can knock back and forth.

iz a part of t3h R/T so iz okay.

[TheIntrepid]

One thing missing from the R/T.

You need AutoStick.

Shut the fuck up. You know damn well my car has autostick.

[Eye of the Tiger]

i think we've all known for a very long time that trep lied about having autostick

[TheIntrepid]

This is the picture of the new cupholders, but notice the bottom of the shifter gate





This is the pictrure of the 300M you posted to show the seats, but notice the bottom of the shifter gste in this one, which obviously does have a manumatic function.

Now, I don't really care one way or another, as I think manumatics are a pretty funny thing anyways, but I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation, is there not?

How many times have I pointed out that picture of the cupholders is in my buddy's red Trep? Notice how the color pattern on the cupholder panel does not quite match the centre console? That's why my keys are on top, because it's NOT MY CAR.

We switched my fixed cupholders into his car, and I got his pop-out ones because I wanted the pop-out style and he didn't really care.

He's got a 2002 or 2003 SXT. SXT models did NOT come with AutoStick. Only certain SE models, and all ES and R/T models came with them.

For what it's worth, an interior shot of my buddy's car with the fixed cupholders put into it:



edit: NOTICE the stereo. You all know my car has a JVC deck in it. FWIW, we both got the same cell phone holder, but he has a ghetto wired headset. I have the bluetooth gig. Also, notice the lack of speakers up on the inside of the door mirrors. I have the Infinity system, which includes those speakers. Few of you may remember I recently got them upgraded.

[TheIntrepid]

http://www.carspin.net/forums/index.php?topic=11482.0

???

yeah. All that shit was done when I went to the yard with my buddy Ciprian. I know it says somewhere in that thread that he helped me wire in a lot of the crap, including the OTIS/EVIC a couple days later. I guess I forgot to add that I got the cupholders from his car.





Again, notice how the color doesn't quite match. The cupholders look a bit lighter. They match my "Taupe" console perfectly.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Trep. Pics.

[TheIntrepid]

Trep. Pics.

See before I wasn't posting them because they were irrelevant. Now, I refuse to take photos of the AutoStick because Call_911, Rags, and CJ continue to ask for them, challenging me. I honestly have nothing to prove and there's enough documentation out there that ES and R/T models had AutoStick. End of story.

[Eye of the Tiger]

See before I wasn't posting them because they were irrelevant. Now, I refuse to take photos of the AutoStick because Call_911, Rags, and CJ continue to ask for them, challenging me. I honestly have nothing to prove and there's enough documentation out there that ES and R/T models had AutoStick. End of story.

If you don't want people to believe you, I guess that's your problem.

[TheIntrepid]

If you don't want people to believe you, I guess that's your problem.

You'll see it at BeaveRun.

Maksx, M_Power, Deesea, and eThirteen have all been in the Trep.


Also, Nick, when I got my timing belt done on Thursday at the stealership, they also cleaned my injectors and sparkplugs, but they added an $89.99 "Software Update" into the ECU that was said to slightly increase horsepower. It's a load of shit, right?

[Eye of the Tiger]

You'll see it at BeaveRun.

Maksx, M_Power, Deesea, and eThirteen have all been in the Trep.


Also, Nick, when I got my timing belt done on Thursday at the stealership, they also cleaned my injectors and sparkplugs, but they added an $89.99 "Software Update" into the ECU that was said to slightly increase horsepower. It's a load of shit, right?

$89.99 software update after five years? eh. I'd ask for a dyno run before/after

[TheIntrepid]

$89.99 software update after five years? eh. I'd ask for a dyno run before/after

Never been dyno'd, and never really wanted to spend the money to get it done.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Never been dyno'd, and never really wanted to spend the money to get it done.

The stealership should pay for it to prove that the software update was legit

[TheIntrepid]

This in response to:

Regarding these pictures:




Yet for some reason, both those pictures are not only apparently from the same car, with the same floormats with the same dirt in them, but they were both taken by the same camera only four frames apart.

Dude, Ciprian's Intrepid and mine are IDENTICAL, except now he has tan leather and I have black. Firstly the floor mats don't have the same dirt, and we both have the same FACTORY winter floor mats. FACTORY.

Also, I snapped all those pictures at his place while we were instlaling all the crap. All from my camera, all on the same date.

[TheIntrepid]

The stealership should pay for it to prove that the software update was legit

Very true. I'll go back and ask for it tomorrow.


Anyways, Jay, I am not stupid enough to make this shit up. I know I've made stuff up in the past, but I've backed up all my claims with photos, and now you're nitpicking on the little things even though I have proper explanations. Honestly, stop. IMO people will believe you because you're less of a "whore" here than I am, but frankly I could care less. I'm not going to make up something like this. I'm done arguing.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Just take a picture of ur Autostick with a little sign that says "fuck you assholes for not believing me" taped on it. 

[TheIntrepid]

Those aren't factory floormats, if they were they would have anchor points at the rear. They are in fact, the exact same floormats in my Civic, which I purchased at PepBoy's

They were purchased from the dealer the day the car was bought. By my dad, anyway. Same neighbourhood Chrysler dealer (Erin Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Mississauga, ON) where Ciprian's car was bought (he lives 6 blocks down) a couple years earlier. Both original owner cars.

[TheIntrepid]

And you've said many times your car was a fleet buyout from your Dad's workplace.

It was. We took delivery at the dealer though. Same dealer where we took delivery of the Caravan. We paid for the accessories though. On the Trep it was the floor mats, on the van it was an el-cheapo center console.

The mats fit fine. That one must have moved or something. Also, anchor points: the cloth carpet ones under the rubber ones have anchor points. The rubber ones (even the "over-the-hump" one in the back) are just thrown on top. I don't think it's model specific, but just something that Chrysler sells for all their cars. My dad's van has similar ones (if not the same) in grey.

[TheIntrepid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Intrepid

"The base model continued to use the ordinary four-speed automatic, while the ES featured AutoStick as standard equipment."