Ya'll seen the Demon?

Have you seen the Dodge Demon?

The two worst things about it:

1. It's not a Miata
2. It is a Dodge

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4758

Carol wrote:
> Have you seen the Dodge Demon?
>
> The two worst things about it:
>
> 1. It's not a Miata
> 2. It is a Dodge
>
> http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4758
>

3. It's ugly
4. It's *really* ugly

<g>

Iva & ?
2004 Classic Red
No more winkin' Miata

On 2007-06-22, Iva > wrote:
> Carol wrote:
>> Have you seen the Dodge Demon?
>>
>> The two worst things about it:
>>
>> 1. It's not a Miata
>> 2. It is a Dodge
>>
>> http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4758
>>
>
> 3. It's ugly
> 4. It's *really* ugly
>
><g>

The interior isn't bad...

Too bad about the "pickup truck" front end, though.

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Grant Edwards > wrote:

> On 2007-06-22, Iva > wrote:
>> Carol wrote:
>>> Have you seen the Dodge Demon?
>>>
>>> The two worst things about it:
>>>
>>> 1. It's not a Miata
>>> 2. It is a Dodge
>>>
>>> http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....15&article_id=
>>> 4758
>>>
>>
>> 3. It's ugly
>> 4. It's *really* ugly
>>
>><g>
>
> The interior isn't bad...
>
> Too bad about the "pickup truck" front end, though.

No opinion at all. Based on the pictures, I like it but based on the
pictures I liked the Pontiac Solstice and I think it's one fugly hulk
in person so I'll wait until I see the Dodge thingy in person.

Then I'll probably go out and not buy a brand new, shiny anything!

I *LIKE* my 1.6 NA and unless I find something nicer I'm sticking with
it. The only "modification" I'm planning is sometime in the future
I'll be replacing the top and I'll probably get the kind where I don't
have to unzip the window to lower the top. I haven't yet decided if
I'll go with the '99 and later mod or if I'll get a plastic window but
I'll have to think about it fairly soon, I'm seeing some bad things in
the fabric around my glass rear window.

FWIW, Mike (of Mike's Place http://www.mikes-place.biz/) says that he
does NOT recommend glass windows and showed me a couple of Miatas that
had the fabric around the back window rotted out. Apparently the just
comfortably warm Phoenix sun is too much for the fabric? Any thoughts
on this? Would I be better off with plastic? It's cheaper but will it
discolor? FWIW, the car sits outside all the time.


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"Grant Edwards" > wrote in message
...
> On 2007-06-22, Iva > wrote:
>> Carol wrote:
>>> Have you seen the Dodge Demon?
>>>
>>> The two worst things about it:
>>>
>>> 1. It's not a Miata
>>> 2. It is a Dodge
>>>
>>> http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4758
>>>
>>
>> 3. It's ugly
>> 4. It's *really* ugly
>>
>><g>
>
> The interior isn't bad...
>
> Too bad about the "pickup truck" front end, though.

Ahem, Now that front end is truly "fugly"

>
> --
> Grant Edwards

Carol > wrote:

>Have you seen the Dodge Demon?
>
>The two worst things about it:
>
>1. It's not a Miata
>2. It is a Dodge
>
>http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4758

Aside from the incredible ugliness of the thing, *It is a concept*.
By the time safety, lawyer, management, and sales have been satisfied,
the claimed 2600 lb will be 2600 kg, the engine will have been boosted
to 400 hp to get the monolith moving. it will be $1000 less than a
comparably equipped Miata, and it will handle like a tractor-trailer.

You cannot make a decent convertible street-ready sports car for $15,000
in 2007, whatever unscrupulous vaporcar makers may suggest.

Leon
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The only thing better than a white Miata is two white Miatas

Think if I was going to drive a Dodge emon around, I would go for one like
this:

http://www.moparts.org/moparts/pictu...web/demon.html

It's not so Fugly.

"Carol" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Have you seen the Dodge Demon?
>
> The two worst things about it:
>
> 1. It's not a Miata
> 2. It is a Dodge
>
> http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4758
>

On Jun 22, 10:10 pm, "Mal Osborne" > wrote:
> Think if I was going to drive a Dodge emon around, I would go for one like
> this:
>
> http://www.moparts.org/moparts/pictu...web/demon.html
>
> It's not so Fugly.
>
> "Carol" > wrote in message
>
> ups.com...
>
> > Have you seen the Dodge Demon?
>
> > The two worst things about it:
>
> > 1. It's not a Miata
> > 2. It is a Dodge
>
> >http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4758

Looks like an Eclipse clone with a Dodge truck front end.

XS11E wrote:
>
> FWIW, Mike (of Mike's Place http://www.mikes-place.biz/)
> says that he does NOT recommend glass windows and showed
> me a couple of Miatas that had the fabric around the
> back window rotted out. Apparently the just comfortably
> warm Phoenix sun is too much for the fabric? Any
> thoughts on this? Would I be better off with plastic?
> It's cheaper but will it discolor? FWIW, the car sits
> outside all the time.

I live in Florida, so it's comparably sunny compared with your town
(though I think Phoenix is probably a tad hotter than Tampa - I know
Tucson is). I had a '93 with the zippable plastic window and now,
thanks to the fact that pickup trucks don't handle like sports cars even
if their drunk drivers think they will, I now drive a '99 with a glass
rear window. When I got the '99 I was all pleased with the improved
visibility out the rear, since my 13-year-old plastic window had been a
bit scratched and cloudy, but after a year I've decided that if I ever
have to get a new top for the '99, I'll get a replacement with a
zippable plastic window. With glass you can't put the rear window down
with the top up (nice at night) and the plastic window is lighter and
bigger.

I think if you take good care of your plastic window it will wear out no
sooner than your top. I used to carry two terry-cloth towels, and when
I put top down, I'd lay one out on the rear deck, unzip the window, lay
the second towel over the window and then lower the top. It sounds like
a hassle but it only took a few seconds, and my plastic window still
hadn't started to turn brown after thirteen years under Tampa sunlight.

Yours WDK -

Bipestuff wrote:

> Looks like an Eclipse clone with a Dodge truck front end.


That is about the best hit of a nail head with a hammer that I have ever
seen.

Truly, truly a nasty vehicle.

Come on, there has to be someone here who likes it. I almost feel sorry
for the poor Dodge, be it a concept car or not. :-)

Pat