Our Daily Drivers

Our Daily Drivers

My Winter Daily Driver

My winter daily driver and all around grocery getter when the weather is bad is a 2002 Chrysler 300M Special. I bought this car for amount of value you get with luxury and performance. The Special package adds bi-xeon head lamps, heated leather seats, big wheels/tires, ground effects, and 265HP V6 engine that is all standard. I had a 2000 Chrysler 300m in college that my dad bought new and it was dead reliable so when I got rid of it I kinda missed it, so I bought another. The 3.5L Chrysler engine is built very well, its an aluminum engine with iron bores for durability and should easily last to 200k plus miles. I bought the car with 60k as a certified Chrysler car and plan on keeping it until it becomes a bare to maintain. I’m hoping for 250k so I can get that 911 Turbo I want!! Below are some pictures of the car.

Maintenance History

Here you will also find the maintenance that I have performed on this car throughout my ownership. I purchased this car as a Chrysler certified car with 66k miles on the clock. This is also a online maintanence log to show how durable the 3.5L engine can be with proper maintenance. For this maintenance log I will not include oil changes because they are done so often. However for this log I do oil changes every 4500 miles using Mobil One Synthetic. So far the car has been dead reliable the only hickup was a dead PCM in the middle of winter and the car had to be towed to the dealer and was covered under warranty. Thankfully the car died overnight sometime at my house as I went to start it the next morning in the below freezing temps and would start but would burn out coil packs. Other than that just standard fluid changes and wear items such a brakes.

60k Miles dealer replaced transmission fluid and filter prior to ownership. - Dealership did work prepping for sale.
68k Miles I changed out the original rear brake pads and rotors. $100.00
70k Miles Car had to be towed to dealer as PCM was dead. - Covered under warranty. $0.0
90k Miles replaced transmission fluid and filter with Chrysler certified DOT4 fluid. $55.00
91k Complete 100k service done which includes timing belt, all drive belts, waterpump, tensioner pulley, and antifreeze. $566.33

Wifes Daily driver

When I met my wife she was driving a boring 2005 Pontiac GrandPrix that she was leasing. When she started riding around in my german made cars she kinda wanted one as well. When her lease was getting due on the GrandPrix I asked her what she likes in a car and she stated comfort and style. I said a BMW 7 Series would fit you nice, not only are they comfortable but there are extremely sporty. After test driving a few bimmers she was hooked! We bought the car with around 68k miles and she just turned 115k.

This car also doubles as our long distane hauler. You can drive for hours in this thing and still feel relaxed and comfortable! The seats have fluid in them that help prevent fatigue. However, if you are a person that has to take there car to the dealer to get worked on I would not recommend this car for you as the maintenance can be extremely expensive! But in my opinion this car is one of the easiest to work and I have done all the major maintanence on it so far! This is a very rewarding car to drive on those long distant drives.

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