posted 05-28-2001 10:38 PM                  

Color?

Price?

Story of your first prowler!!!! I want to here it!!

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TGF Spoiler, Head Rest, Hardtop,Front Grill, Doorpanels
Real Rod Exhaust & Mopar Exhaust
2000 Black Bumpers & Chrome Shimmers
Carlini Trans Cover, Brake Lines, Bumper Cover Kit
Chromed Front & Rear of Kat & Front End Protectors
Chrome 2000 Shifter, Purple Neon underneath
Dunlop SP 9000's & 6 cool CD's in the changer

posted 05-29-2001 08:41 AM                  

Wanted a bright color.....got red.
I went through six dealers jerking me around on price before I finally got one at $1K over sticker, back in 1999.

posted 05-29-2001 08:51 AM                    

When they came out in '97 and I found out they were limited production and I found out how much they were selling for - I was VERY disappointed - even wrote DC a letter about it.

Every year I kept up with the news on the kat - hoping for production changes or the way dealers changed their selling habits - I think I wrote DC a total of 3 letters regarding the way the dealers marked up the prices.

It wasn't until this year that I was able to get my Kat and now that I have it - I LOVE IT!

Thats my story and I'm sticking to it!

posted 05-29-2001 09:04 AM                  

I knew original cats would be priced over my head, so I waited it out until Nov. 1999 when prices were getting down to MSRP. Found that price in Lincoln, Nebraska (my hometown and home of the #1 football team), and told the dealership: " I'll take the next one you get". Thought it was going to be black, but on Christmas Eve day, the silver cat came in. What a Christmas that was!!!

Gary - I will spend all my unemployment $$$ to look better than you. It will be a challenge now , as you are such a striking fugure............

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Larry Salzman
Call 911 - there is a Prowler in my garage....

posted 05-29-2001 09:43 AM                  

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OhioSilverCat

posted 05-29-2001 01:06 PM                  

livin xl bill s

posted 05-29-2001 07:42 PM                  

Our stories are similar. I probably saw the drawings in car magazines, but seeing it in person in '93 did it for me. I told myself, and my wife at the time, if they build this; I WILL HAVE ONE! I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan back in '97. I decided I needed to start the process of achieving that goal. How could I make my money grow FASTER! I decided to research the stock market. It went well. I could have bought her at the beginning of '99, but I allowed fear to cloud my judgement. Then, about March of 2000, a friend told me that you NEVER know what will happen tomorrow, she said that if I was capable of making my dream come true today, DO IT! Within a month, on April 7th, 2000; I drove her off the lot. THAT was a special day.

posted 05-29-2001 11:24 PM                  

Later on I decided that I really wanted to "collect" three different cars and add them to my already existing stash. I wanted a Delorean and I found one with only 9,300 miles on it. I also wanted a Allante and I found a 1993 with the the Northstar engine, in the right color and equipped as I desired. Lastly, I wanted a Prowler, and to that end, the rest of the my story is a bit unique.

I bought my daughter a new Chevy Silverado truck and the local dealer wanted to give me nothing for her 2 year old Chrysler Sebring. I decided to keep it and sell it later or have "Scum Ball" sell it for me at his dealership in LA.

Anyway, after looking at it in the driveway for two weeks I called the local Chrysler Dealer and asked what he would pay for it. He offered me $2,000 more for it than the Chevy Dealer so off we went to sell it to him. My wife drove the Sebring and I followed her to the dealership in our Jeep Grand Cherokee, the "airport car." (It had 109,000 miles, looked like brand new, but I was sure that it would die any minute so it was relegated to service as a airport car.)

When I arrived at the dealership, my wife was outside waving her hands and trying to get my attention. She told me to go on home and she would take care of the sale of the Sebring. I thought that this was strange behavior and, much to her chagrin, I parked and wondered into the dealership. She had seen the Prowler and knew that this would be and "expensive" trip to the Chrysler Dealership.

I saw the 2001 Silver Prowler and told the dealer I would give him the Sebring, the Jeep and a check if we could agree on the price. Several hours later, we agreed and I bought the last car that had been on my short list.

It now has 450 miles on it now and honestly, my wife likes it more than me! That's a surprise as she is a "died in the wool" Corvette fan and actually owns two right now. (a 1998 convertible and a 1986.) Even though the Prowler doesn't have the performance of the Corvette, she likes the uniqueness of the car in concert with the mystic.

In short, we made room for one more unusual addition to the automotive fleet. We had no real burning desire to buy one but, it's fun to own.

Scot