smackeyacky

We live in an age where the internal combustion engine is headed for the scrap heap. Electrification of personal transport makes a lot of sense now. Batteries have improved dramatically in the last 30 years and with them both the performance and useful range of electric cars has begun to equal petrol and diesel motors. The major US manufacturers are planning to end-of-life their iconic engines in performance vehicles with hybrid powerplants. So, at the end of a significant age of transport, I figured it was time to buy a vehicle powered by the king of the hill of automotive engines: the American, thin wall cast overhead valve V8. In my case, a mid-range 2006 Chrysler 300C with the basic 5.7 litre Hemi engine. Some personal history Back when these sort of things mattered in Australia, we were a Chrysler family. My parents had a string of Chryslers before the Australian company was purchased by Mitsubishi: An AP5 station wagon (push-button automatic, slant six engine), a Ch