I drove this V-6 yesterday, great ride and handling I have to admit I was impressed. Even with over 300 Hp was a bit sluggish, heavy car I guess.
Wife brought home a Challenger
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I drove this V-6 yesterday, great ride and handling I have to admit I was impressed. Even with over 300 Hp was a bit sluggish, heavy car I guess.
RPMagoo
Just An Old Motorhead
-- Get her one, and then get her another car for a "Daily Driver". -- :yawinkle: --
MOBodyman
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The standard rear gear ratio on a v-6 is a 2.62. Makes it a bit sluggish on takeoff. My Rallye Redline v-6 has a 3.08 rear which really helps. No one that has ridden in mine calls it sluggish.
The 3.08 is optional in all v-6s. My average fuel economy stays around 25+. This is all types of driving but mostly shorter trips with a 100 mph blast almost every time I drive it to keep the cobwebs blown out..
Dallas
Good to know about the gears. I did one of those blasts too, wanted to see how the ride felt going a little faster......fun and got there in a fairly short time.
boosted
Life Needs Air
Just traded my SRT off... New car is coming next week. By By challenger.
What'd you trade for? Hellcat?
boosted
Life Needs Air
Na.. I got me this.
Now that looks like fun too!
boosted
Life Needs Air
Yea I think I finally reached my dream car.
R4Sedan
Larry
That's sweet I had a Roadster White with Blue stripes. That was before Family.
The wife likes the Plum Crazy so we're going to go look at this one today, it's a manual and has the leather seats, neither of which she wants, but it will give her a good idea.
Frankie
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I like the new Challengers, hate the plastic covers on the engine, though. Same goes for the Charger, and Rams.
I don't like plastic either but maybe that's how the big block goes 180 + MPH? Even with plastic in places I prefer metal, the reason my wife likes this car ironically is weight. She closed the door on her 6 banger rental and it closed with a thud and she knows the cars weigh over 4K. One of her favorite cars we've owned was a Chevy Vega wagon, body by Fischer. It also had the sturdy feel she likes.
MoparsRule
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My boss had her 2016 Plum Crazy Hellcat delivered yesterday.
boosted
Life Needs Air
Easy fix for the plastic covers.. ) Just keep your eyes on the Intake...
We have the exact same car but with a automatic at our dealer here.. Might go take a peak at it..
One thing I noticed on the sticker between a car they had on the lot and a window sticker they pulled up from the local area was the gas guzzler tax. I had not seen that on the BB Scat Pack before but the $1,000 tax showed up on the cars on the floor. I asked the salesman what was up with that since they were the same model/engine.
Another thing I saw at a lot I won't even consider buying at was an AMV of $3500, dealer mark up on a Scat Pack Challenger......yeah right. This lot was also the one that had an AMV mark up of $25k on a Hellcat, go figure.
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