posted 03-27-2001 08:58 PM                  

So the minute I got home, I asked Bob when I could let the cat out of the bag and he said......AUGUST!!!

posted 03-28-2001 08:00 AM                  

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Originally posted by ed monahan:
I wish I would have purchased a second Prowler a year ago, taking money out of the market. Instead I have half of what I did have and the Prowler sure didn't drop to half of its cost.

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Unless you paid $68K for it. I'm in the Houston area and if you want the names of the dealers here that have alot of them, let me know. A dealer in Galveston (forgot the name) has 5 new Prowlers and about 30 PT's out front. 5 months ago they rarely had 1 of each. And I think the days of people paying $60-70+K for these has been over for awhile (at least in this area).
My first one 2000 Silver has a dealer tag of $60+K on it about 1.5 years ago. I offered them sticker and they took it.

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Trey
Post 2001 Black-Tie #005
(your welcome Larry)False alarm, it's gone now.

posted 03-28-2001 08:04 AM                  

ITS A DRY HEAT

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

posted 03-28-2001 11:09 AM                  

Actually, I'm very confident..........confident that he would be flying at 30,000 feet looking for a place to land if I took the car out of the storage bag before he was able to inspect it after sitting all winter!! LOL

Bob is a fanatic when it comes to our cars.....always has been. I respect that. He has taught me well on how to take care of a vehicle. He just wants to make sure that the engine turns over properly (it was a little slow starting when we did this last year), there is proper air pressure in the tires, no leaks, etc.

I think if I twist him around my little finger just a little bit tighter, it will be out of the bag this weekend!!

posted 03-31-2001 12:55 PM                  

1) Why didn't they make a "Chrysler" bumper for the left side?

2) How many people have seen the Chrysler Prowler brochure? I was able to look at the one that was given to Patrick and had some thoughts. Looking at the available colors, it seemed as if they only showed orange and blue. That tells me, they plan to build some more orange; called Chrysler, and with possibly a few more blue...that would be IT!!!!!

3) As far as cost cutting, not only did they not change the bumper to Chrysler, they DID NOT make the floor mats blue. Again, possible cost cutting. I agree about the dark blue not contrasting enuff with the black, BUT I also agree that they could have used the pin stripe light blue.

4) In regards to CJ's thoughts about the plant, has anyone thought about the fact that the 2003 VIPER will start production in 2002? If the Kat is built till the end of the year, that wouldn't be too much time for only one car to be being built there. Personally, I can't see the car being built after the summer. Not unless they plan to build GOBS of orange and blue. Or, spend MORE money updating the Chrysler Prowler brochure AGAIN. I'm thinking the German COST CUTTERS won't go for that.

OK, I await your thoughts on my theories.

posted 03-31-2001 01:12 PM                  

Are you saying that you spoke to someone at Chrysler and they said no more after Blue or are you saying the remaining Blue are called Chrysler? Neither meaning is correct.

I know this for fact. I am going to be driving the Hot Rod Power Tour and they were trying to arrange for me to drive the new color on the tour. Unfortunately for me, just a few weeks after the tour is over is the Press day at which time they will be showing the new color. It has been at a photo shoot for marketing pics/brochures, etc. At this time, there is only built with the new color and they decided they did not want to risk any road damage to it before Press Day and before they get a few more built. Understandable. So, they are having me drive a Sparkle Orange one instead. I'm disappointed, it would have been fun to preview it for them.

So..... they are building more, there is a new color. Yes, I know what it is, but cannot comment!

posted 03-31-2001 03:24 PM                  

I would love to be able to tell you the color, but I like to eat once in a while......

posted 04-01-2001 04:20 PM                    

NO sorrows though - the Mulholland is BEAUTIFUL!

posted 04-03-2001 06:05 PM                  

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Originally posted by MOZART:
while some dealers may have a glut of cars. here in mid jersey it's difficult if not impossible to find a dealer with one.and i can'e see a car manufacturer discontinuing a car that still sells.we have a chrysler plymouth dealership and getting another car from them is extremely difficult bob

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It's volume and the prowler never was a high volume car.

Since the year it came out (1997) they have only built about 6000. A car like the corvette produces about 35,000 A YEAR. Now that is 6000 built to date but not sold to date. There are probably 1000+ sitting around the country that are not sold.

I also don't think Chrysler makes alot, if anything, off of the car. If the dealer was asking $5-10-20K over sticker, that was for him, not Chrysler.

I like the car but, I give it another year, maybe two at the tops and it is history.

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Trey
Post 2001 Black-Tie #005
(your welcome Larry)False alarm, it's gone now.