It's a beautiful black late 1998 3.5 with 'everything' in it. It's about a> thousand times more interesting than any other car on the road (here in> Denmark) and it's the most expensive car anyone drive at work including the> boss....>

I just filled it up today and I'm doing about 25 mpg in it, the cruise> control helps a lot I think. Everybody drives with stick shift here and> cruise control is very rare.>

The size of the car (5x2 m) is large compared to other cars here, most cars> are about 4.2m x 1.7 m and this makes it a little difficult to fit the car> into parking spaces and the tall rear window makes it almost impossible to> watch where I'm going. But it's worth it, this is such a great looking car.> (or as she says in the commercial: "because I'm worthless")....>

Now I'm hoping for a long lasting relationship with few problems, I can't> afford major repairs with a car that has these spare part prices. I have> read a lot of good reviews about the quality of the 3.5 model and I hope> they are right.>

JimR> Denmark

It's a beautiful black late 1998 3.5 with 'everything' in it. It's about a> thousand times more interesting than any other car on the road (here in> Denmark) and it's the most expensive car anyone drive at work including > the> boss....>

I just filled it up today and I'm doing about 25 mpg in it, the cruise> control helps a lot I think. Everybody drives with stick shift here and> cruise control is very rare.>

The size of the car (5x2 m) is large compared to other cars here, most > cars> are about 4.2m x 1.7 m and this makes it a little difficult to fit the car> into parking spaces and the tall rear window makes it almost impossible to> watch where I'm going. But it's worth it, this is such a great looking > car.> (or as she says in the commercial: "because I'm worthless")....>

Now I'm hoping for a long lasting relationship with few problems, I can't> afford major repairs with a car that has these spare part prices. I have> read a lot of good reviews about the quality of the 3.5 model and I hope> they are right.>

JimR> Denmark>

It's a beautiful black late 1998 3.5 with 'everything' in it. It's about a> thousand times more interesting than any other car on the road (here in> Denmark) and it's the most expensive car anyone drive at work including > the> boss....>

I just filled it up today and I'm doing about 25 mpg in it, the cruise> control helps a lot I think. Everybody drives with stick shift here and> cruise control is very rare.>

The size of the car (5x2 m) is large compared to other cars here, most > cars> are about 4.2m x 1.7 m and this makes it a little difficult to fit the car> into parking spaces and the tall rear window makes it almost impossible to> watch where I'm going. But it's worth it, this is such a great looking > car.> (or as she says in the commercial: "because I'm worthless")....>

Now I'm hoping for a long lasting relationship with few problems, I can't> afford major repairs with a car that has these spare part prices. I have> read a lot of good reviews about the quality of the 3.5 model and I hope> they are right.>

JimR> Denmark>

I'm floating two inches above the ground, really exited about the> 300M that I drove home this tuesday.> It's about a thousand times more interesting than any other car> on the road (here in Denmark)

Wasn't the first model the 99 version?

I was all ready to tell you you were wrong, but did a last minute check> on some drill down parts source web sites, and you're right - the 2nd> gens. started in '98 with the Concorde and the Interepid, but the LHS> and M didn't come out until '99. Is it possible some 98's were made for> Eurpoe, or is Jim going to post back saying his is in fact a '99?

"Model years" as we know them in North America aren't used outside North> America. Rather, car year is identified by production date for parts and> service purposes, and by date of first registration for legal and> identification purposes. This means that what we might know as a "1999> 300M" could easily be known in Germany (for instance) as a 1998 if it was> first registered shortly after being built in, say, October of 1998. Or,> that same "1999 300M" could be known as a 2000 if the dealer had it> sitting on his lot and it wasn't purchased and registered until 2000.>

The "model year" is pretty much unique to the North American market. It> started out as a sales-and-styling tool (you can't persuade people to buy> next year's model unless there's such a thing as last year's model!), and> was codified when emission regulations came into force, defining the> maximum length of validity for a manufacturer's emission certification for> any given vehicle configuration.>

DS

I'm smile-in for ya. It's been a while since I was last in Denmark,> but I know what you mean. In NL and DE I always get a kick out of> seeing the odd 300M on the road.>

Who was it that said life's too short to drive slow, ugly cars?>

Remember, it's MoPar - or No Car.