BLKJACK- Really? I'm an expert on the 300M and have contacts at the factory that are on the Edmunds board, and we had nothing but trouble with ours. We had a 2000 in Deep Slate with Agate leather, the 17" chrome wheels & matching spare, power sunroof, and the upgraded Infinity stereo. We bought it in October of 2000 and it was great for the first few months, then rattles started to appear. Then, we noticed the transmission shifting poorly and "slipping" which I know know is just a common issue with the M tranny, sometimes known as the "bump shift". From there, our weatherstripping shrunk several times, the rotors warped, the steering wheel melted, the engine developed a few knocks at start-up (also common), more stuff rattled, the lights inside flickered various times, the windshield wipers stopped working correctly, etc. To top it off, we were rear-ended badly almost a year after the day we bought it, and it took them 2 months and $12,000 to fix it. Afterwards, there never was any new issues and it was back to the exact same condition it was in before, but still had the previous problems.
We lived with it for 3 more months until about 2 weeks ago when my mother just started saying "find me something new, like an Avalanche or Trailblazer". It didn't take us long at all to find and buy one we liked, and we're now still in love with our latest purchase. The Avalanche is also so much more refined on the road than a 300M! The M was extremely noisy with a ton of road noise from the garbage Goodyears and the rattles were about to drive us mad. We also had problems with front end vibration and pulling that no one ever did fix. Simply put, we couldn't keep it out of the incompetent 5* garage and are now so happy to have something new.
What about your 300M? Year, colors, options, mods., etc.?
Now, I have to get more Av. pics up!
