posted 01-21-2005 01:19 PM         

...NO COLOR SELECTION....I used to bitch about this when Prowlers were in production too ....it is not only DC doing this, but since I buy mostly DC products I see this more when looking at Chrysler products....

...Chrysler 300...nothing in red (looks like they used the Buick color charts as a guide)???....

...the new SRT8...offered in TWO exciting colors(black and silver)...nothing in red there, not counting blues, white, greens etc etc....

...Rumble Bee...two colors offered, everyone in town has a truck that looks just like their neighbors....

...Daytona Ram...two colors offered, there will be a fleet of these in my town that are all EXACTLY alike....

...the new Viper....one color only, blue...Corvette has 3 different colors of red this year, although one has been discontinued....

...I have to admit I don't understand the thinking behind these decisions....maybe, just maybe, if they offered more colors, they might sell even more vehicles....

....I personally think they have dug up Henry Ford, shipped his remains to Germany, and during a board meeting with his spirits he told them about his early days...his cars came in any color, as long as they were black....

....humor me DC, let me pick my own color on my new $90K sports car....

posted 01-21-2005 06:39 PM         

Perhapse a user name switch is in order. How about Tangled in Red or Tangled in Color? :D

posted 01-22-2005 11:58 PM         

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Originally posted by CTProwler:
2005 Vipers come in Red, Black, Silver, and Yellow is new for 05. Blue won't be until next year with the 06 coupe, its only blue with white stripe!

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posted 01-23-2005 12:38 AM         

you could pay extra to have a car painted the color yuo wanted and it didn't have to be on THEIR color chart...code 999 on late 60's mopars

You could get 2 tone and in the 50's even tri-color

you could get the same color interior or a pick of several others with most all color cars

you could get the body on most in 2 door hardtop, 2 door post, 4 door hardtop, 4 door post, station wagon

Cars had style and BRIGHT TRIM

I understand the reasoning behind the COST FACTOR in manufacturing. I have worked in the manufacturing end of the BIG THREE and a Japanese plant. It is "follow the leader". From the beginning to the `70's the BIG THREE where the world manufacturers of automobiles. The japanese in the `70's made major improvements and started to give the American auto makers a run for the money.

If you look at the cars they were making, they limited the colors and options to reduce the manufacturing cost. Once the American auto manufacturers had to start to compete with them they had to do more of what the other manufacturers were doing to cut cost.

Now they have lost even more market share to the other world manufacturers they are cutting cost and corners more than ever.

With so many American workers not being able to afford a 30~40K car they are buying more KIA's and Scion's (another Toyota product) and the people who are looking for quality are buying Toyota's

I do not like where the american automakers are going. I will probably be looking for a job in the next 3 to 7 years due to the plant I work at closing or making drastic changes. I see more cars that are not from the big three that I like the looks of (no I do not plan on buying one). IMO what most of the US build/designed cars are looking like, turds on wheels.

The aging plants that most cars are built in are not as efficent as the modern new plants they have to compete with. The american auto manufactures still have the 50's additude in a lot of cases. The work force also needs to have a wake up call. So far the loss of so many jobs has not done it. Reading the paper and seeing the market share slip away at what I think is an ALARMING RATE has not done it.

WE the automobile buying public have more choices than ever when looking for a new car, but it is less from the brands we grew up with.

As long as the BEAN counters have the say in the bottom line and with the current additutes of the workers, management & labor stay the same we will have less and less vehicles made in the USA that the profits stay in the USA.

It is a Global business. My guess more people in Indiana work for the Japanese & Germans than that work for Ford, Chrysler and GM

posted 01-23-2005 06:30 AM         

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Originally posted by WildCat:
REMEMBER WHEN

you could pay extra to have a car painted the color yuo wanted and it didn't have to be on THEIR color chart...code 999 on late 60's mopars

You could get 2 tone and in the 50's even tri-color

you could get the same color interior or a pick of several others with most all color cars

you could get the body on most in 2 door hardtop, 2 door post, 4 door hardtop, 4 door post, station wagon

Cars had style and BRIGHT TRIM

I understand the reasoning behind the COST FACTOR in manufacturing. I have worked in the manufacturing end of the BIG THREE and a Japanese plant. It is "follow the leader". From the beginning to the `70's the BIG THREE where the world manufacturers of automobiles. The japanese in the `70's made major improvements and started to give the American auto makers a run for the money.

If you look at the cars they were making, they limited the colors and options to reduce the manufacturing cost. Once the American auto manufacturers had to start to compete with them they had to do more of what the other manufacturers were doing to cut cost.

Now they have lost even more market share to the other world manufacturers they are cutting cost and corners more than ever.

With so many American workers not being able to afford a 30~40K car they are buying more KIA's and Scion's (another Toyota product) and the people who are looking for quality are buying Toyota's

I do not like where the american automakers are going. I will probably be looking for a job in the next 3 to 7 years due to the plant I work at closing or making drastic changes. I see more cars that are not from the big three that I like the looks of (no I do not plan on buying one). IMO what most of the US build/designed cars are looking like, turds on wheels.

The aging plants that most cars are built in are not as efficent as the modern new plants they have to compete with. The american auto manufactures still have the 50's additude in a lot of cases. The work force also needs to have a wake up call. So far the loss of so many jobs has not done it. Reading the paper and seeing the market share slip away at what I think is an ALARMING RATE has not done it.

WE the automobile buying public have more choices than ever when looking for a new car, but it is less from the brands we grew up with.

As long as the BEAN counters have the say in the bottom line and with the current additutes of the workers, management & labor stay the same we will have less and less vehicles made in the USA that the profits stay in the USA.

It is a Global business. My guess more people in Indiana work for the Japanese & Germans than that work for Ford, Chrysler and GM

Sorry for being so long. I have strong feelings toward the auto industry since I have spent most of my life working in factories. I hate what I see on a daily basis

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"Er..a...well written Wildcat...but let's not forget..it took some stones to build the Prowler.."

posted 01-23-2005 08:08 AM         

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Vipers...
...I have owned 4 red, 2 black and 2 gray....
...my daughter owned 2 red, 1 black, 1 yelo....

...I would buy another Viper SRT anytime they came out with something really different....not a rerun of the Prowler Orange, or a special edition with a few pieces of red in the interior....

.....maybe I just buy too many cars, don't know...but I am bored with current offerings.....

...due to having several yelo Vettes I never owned a yelo Viper myself

posted 01-23-2005 10:49 AM         

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Originally posted by tangled up in BLUE:
Ford, DC and GM will someday be the design and marketing divisions only....all manufacturing of parts and actual production of vehicles will be farmed out for $10. per hour....

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