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Uh, no. The Magnum is far from badass. The interior looks like it was designed by Duplo. Also, photoshop hoodscoop = mega lame.
The "Good" Chrysler Thread: Making Vanilla, Vanilla
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Uh, no. The Magnum is far from badass. The interior looks like it was designed by Duplo. Also, photoshop hoodscoop = mega lame.
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If you replaced it with the interior of a Bugatti, I probably wouldn't notice. I really can't understand how other people can care so much about what the inside looks like, especially if you've got something much more distracting like RWD and a V-8. Supposedly, the Honda Accord I drive now is a better car, but I have no inerest in ever setting foot in a Honda dealership when I go to buy my car (I hope that happens sooner rather than later).
But yeah, I don't actually think Chrysler's interiors are any worse than anyone else's. But I also know I'm alone in that opinion. I've been in the 300/Magnum/Charger. They were all fine.
This I cannot dispute.
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Wow then you really do have suspect taste.
Uh, because the time you spend around your car is, well, inside of it. If I wanted to buy a car merely to view its exterior, I'd save a buttload of money and buy a scale model.
Sadly, the Magnum would be a pretty cool vehicle if it wasn't for its dreadful innards. And if they cleaned up the exterior it would be real cool.
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You spend time in it yes, but how much time after the initial purchase do you spend awing over how the interior looks? Every time you get in the vehicle, are you going to go "wow, this interior is amazing!" or "man, this interior is bland, why did I get this vehicle?" No, you will start the car and drive with whatever objective is on your mind.
If I wanted a nice interior, I wouldn't have bought my Jeep. It has a cheap plastic dash and no carpeting.
If I wanted a nice interior, I wouldn't have bought my Jeep. It has a cheap plastic dash and no carpeting.
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Yes, I usually curse at my Hyundai by the time I'm done reversing.
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Because Mercedes-era Chrysler interiors are so catatonically bad that every time you touch something in the car you are afraid it is going to break. You are paying 30 large and up for something with an interior that seems like it is out of a particularly bad Korean car. The only manufacturer that I would say is worse than Chrysler would be a few specific Nissans.
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Aesthetics is one thing, but this is another. Now I've never owned or driven/rode in an LX car, but the family of a friend of mine has a Caravan (since 2004 ?). It doesn't shatter when touched, and hasn't had any major issues (that I'm aware of). In all the time I've spent in it, I've never once felt the urge to complain about the interior. The same goes for all those stationary Magnums, 300's, Chargers, Sebrings, Avengers, Vipers, etc (though I once took a ride in an older Stratus, that was pretty bad, but not the looks of it, more the terrible seats).
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It's odd, if there's one thing I've never been too arsed about it's plastic-fantastic interiors. It's a big "so what?". Sure, a very good interior like you get in a modern Jaguar or an Audi is great, but then as long as the actual control surfaces (pedals/wheel/shifter) all feel good to use and the seats are half-decent then I couldn't care less about the rest of it.
The interior of both my current car and my last one felt like wheelie bins when you knock the dashboard. Luckily, I don't go around knocking the dashboard all the time, and since the wheels, gearsticks and pedals in both cars are great to use, I can put up with a slightly crappy interior.
The only thing I don't really like in that Dodge interior above is the actual design as it's a bit bland. I can't see it bothering me too much if I drove it though as I'd be looking through the windscreen.
Fair enough if you spend your life in the drive-thru carpark you might like a dashboard you can stare at while you feel your arse grow but that's not the life for me.
The interior of both my current car and my last one felt like wheelie bins when you knock the dashboard. Luckily, I don't go around knocking the dashboard all the time, and since the wheels, gearsticks and pedals in both cars are great to use, I can put up with a slightly crappy interior.
The only thing I don't really like in that Dodge interior above is the actual design as it's a bit bland. I can't see it bothering me too much if I drove it though as I'd be looking through the windscreen.
Fair enough if you spend your life in the drive-thru carpark you might like a dashboard you can stare at while you feel your arse grow but that's not the life for me.
Joey D
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That cabin looks like and awful place to be. The shifter is probably the only thing I like decently well. I'll never understand why if manufactures are going to use cheap plastics they can't at least design the cabin to look halfway decent.
Eric.
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It seems like all of the cars that have the big, flat, upright dashboard seem awful to me. I dunno, I'm used to this. (navi included for comparison, mine doesn't have it...)
And this is a car that costs $10k less. Or even less for a base model, which would look all the same besides blue gauges and no navigation. We had a loaner Focus (2009), and it has that same upright, flat, trucklike dash. The Civic (and my Grand Am before it, even) are so much nicer inside and also feel roomier because the dash slopes away. Its not like being flat serves any function.
(This is a loaded SES, our loaner wasn't as well specced)
The focus also has something like 50 buttons for everything, and you have to look a lot further from the road to find less commonly used controls.
And this is a car that costs $10k less. Or even less for a base model, which would look all the same besides blue gauges and no navigation. We had a loaner Focus (2009), and it has that same upright, flat, trucklike dash. The Civic (and my Grand Am before it, even) are so much nicer inside and also feel roomier because the dash slopes away. Its not like being flat serves any function.
(This is a loaded SES, our loaner wasn't as well specced)
The focus also has something like 50 buttons for everything, and you have to look a lot further from the road to find less commonly used controls.
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I do agree with you Eric, and your car does have a particularly good interior as far as design goes. The European Civic is similar but subtley different. I don't know what it's like to live with but last time I sat in a Euro-spec Type R I thought it was great (a RHD one obviously, unlike the pic below).
Like I said, it's nice having a nice dashboard. But it's nowhere near as nice as having good controls, or even as nice as having a dash with average design but one that doesn't rattle after 50k miles. I'm used to this:
Actually, mine does rattle. It's quite bland too, though the looks of it are subjective. And there are massive gaps in the trim, as you can see. An exposed screwheads. And really nasty plastic everywhere, and the whole lot is in the same shade of black. But it is completely and totally redeemed because all the important controls are perfectly placed and work well, and because I think the layout and general look is great.
Ergonomics and build quality > look and feel (IMO).
Of course, the Dodge above could also be built awfully too
But it's worth remembering that there are few cars from the American industry that aren't built down to a price. American cars are ridiculously cheap to buy and you can't expect European or Japanese quality when they're being churned out at the rate and for the price they are.
Like I said, it's nice having a nice dashboard. But it's nowhere near as nice as having good controls, or even as nice as having a dash with average design but one that doesn't rattle after 50k miles. I'm used to this:
Actually, mine does rattle. It's quite bland too, though the looks of it are subjective. And there are massive gaps in the trim, as you can see. An exposed screwheads. And really nasty plastic everywhere, and the whole lot is in the same shade of black. But it is completely and totally redeemed because all the important controls are perfectly placed and work well, and because I think the layout and general look is great.
Ergonomics and build quality > look and feel (IMO).
Of course, the Dodge above could also be built awfully too
But it's worth remembering that there are few cars from the American industry that aren't built down to a price. American cars are ridiculously cheap to buy and you can't expect European or Japanese quality when they're being churned out at the rate and for the price they are.
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Actually, it doesn't cost much to make a decent interior. But materials and all of that aren't even the biggest thing. It's just the design and form that is so bad. It's like whoever designed it didn't even bother to think of how it would be to sit in the car. That Euro Civic looks like the designer designed it while sitting in the car. The Dodge looks like it was sketched by an engineer with a straightedge on a piece of paper and then immediately rushed to production by top brass. It's total inhuman.
Eric.
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I love the Euro Civic's interior, actually. Its a little busy with the extra tiers, but it works. I'd really like to get my carpet redone the same way the Type-Rs are.
Not a thing wrong with that Miata's interior either. Its basic, but at the same time its not hard to look at. It may look that way as a means of being cheap, but its also being simple and lightweight. However you can't really get away with doing that with a new $30k+ car, particularly one that's a 4000lb A-to-B wagon that happens to have a big V8 up front in some trim levels. If I'm buying a new or nearly new car, the interior is going to matter. Yet (and this will probably be my last off-topic picture to add here...) I really really want one of these.
1984-1989 MR2...
Not a thing wrong with that Miata's interior either. Its basic, but at the same time its not hard to look at. It may look that way as a means of being cheap, but its also being simple and lightweight. However you can't really get away with doing that with a new $30k+ car, particularly one that's a 4000lb A-to-B wagon that happens to have a big V8 up front in some trim levels. If I'm buying a new or nearly new car, the interior is going to matter. Yet (and this will probably be my last off-topic picture to add here...) I really really want one of these.
1984-1989 MR2...
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A nice new truck appears and says, "Hay Raptor, your color scheme sucks!"
I think that truck looks sweet.
I think that truck looks sweet.
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It's no Raptor, that's for sure. This Ram's more for stump-pulling, Mudding, and Crawling, not Desert Bashing. It's more Midwest off-road than Southwest.
Which means it should sell well 'round here.
Which means it should sell well 'round here.
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It seems like all of the cars that have the big, flat, upright dashboard seem awful to me. I dunno, I'm used to this. (navi included for comparison, mine doesn't have it...)
And this is a car that costs $10k less. Or even less for a base model, which would look all the same besides blue gauges and no navigation. We had a loaner Focus (2009), and it has that same upright, flat, trucklike dash. The Civic (and my Grand Am before it, even) are so much nicer inside and also feel roomier because the dash slopes away. Its not like being flat serves any function.
(This is a loaded SES, our loaner wasn't as well specced)
The focus also has something like 50 buttons for everything, and you have to look a lot further from the road to find less commonly used controls.
I'll take the Ford, simply because I can't stand massive humps right in front of me. You know, where the honda has the digital.... speedo I guess, right in the middle of where I'd like nothing to be. Besides glass and my view of the road that is.
Other than that the Honda's interior looks fantastic - to bad it's a fatal flaw.
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Ram Runner (Raptor fighter) and Ram Power Wagon (super sexy) concepts among others.
I want them all. (Well, most of them.)
I want them all. (Well, most of them.)
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With Ram Runner Vs F-150 Raptor...I'm seeing shades of Mid-'90s Bigfoot Vs. Bear Foot here...
