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Originally Posted by Aussie 300C
Welcome tel2trader to the forum. If you are thinking of buying a 3.5L u will have to wait for the next shipment as my information is all 300 of the cars recently docked and now in customs are fully loaded 5.7L's (unless yours is a special order). Remember the 5.7L is a 4 cyl for some of the time, lol. Cant go wrong there.
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If fuel economy isn't all important the 5.7 s worth the difference. With lots of fairly level highway driving the 5.7 will be running on 4 cylinders most of the time. I tested mine at 60 MPH (96.6 KPH) over a 5 mile (8 Km) stretch after resetting the mileage calculator. It showed 33+MPG. Not bad. I have done the MDS indicator light mod so I know it was in the 4 cylinder mode. My overall average is about 19 MPG.
Stateside only the 300C comes with the 5.7. The 2.7 and 3.5 V6's go into the base, touring and limiteds.
So Aussie 300C, how goes it in Adelaide? My son-in-law is from there. My daughter, he, and (2) grandsons now live in Kinross, WA, about 20 klicks north of Perth. Been to Adelaide once for Christmas/New Year holiday. Nice and warm there in December. From talking with my daughter, the price of gas here had gotten nearly equal to yours after all conversions. It has gotten a bit cheaper since it peaked about a month ago, maybe 15%.
Planning to get over to WA in April '06. Will have to let my "C" sit for a couple of weeks.