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ViperTomcat 02-26-2011 07:54 PM

Sold the Challenger.
 
After 17 months and 48,400 miles..I am no longer a Challenger owner. I was getting tired of repairing the car (the bumper cover is quite fragile, went through two of them) and less than amazing fuel economy (average combined of 19)..I called it quits yesterday.

Instead, I traded it and bought a 2011 Dodge Avenger Heat. While a big drop in HP (375ish to 283) and torque (410 ftlb down to 260), I picked up quite a bit of fuel economy (4+ MPG highway and 3+ city), an extra gear ( 6spd vs 5) and shed over 500 pounds (4100 vs 3600).

Pics to follow, its a great little car with plenty of power. At least I'll still get to race.........in sport compact.

ugh. :facepalm:

But in time I will be able to get another muscle car, but times and cash flow has dictated a change, and I have obeyed.

Love live the muscle car.

Mr CLuTcH 02-26-2011 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ViperTomcat (Post 2892806)
After 17 months and 48,400 miles..I am no longer a Challenger owner. I was getting tired of repairing the car (the bumper cover is quite fragile, went through two of them) and less than amazing fuel economy (average combined of 19)..I called it quits yesterday.

Instead, I traded it and bought a 2011 Dodge Avenger Heat. While a big drop in HP (375ish to 283) and torque (410 ftlb down to 260), I picked up quite a bit of fuel economy (4+ MPG highway and 3+ city), an extra gear ( 6spd vs 5) and shed over 500 pounds (4100 vs 3600).

Pics to follow, its a great little car with plenty of power. At least I'll still get to race.........in sport compact.

ugh. :facepalm:

But in time I will be able to get another muscle car, but times and cash flow has dictated a change, and I have obeyed.

Love live the muscle car.

Sorry to hear that,...I know you loved the car though.

Well.....let me throw this out there before someone else does.

Since you no longer own a muscle car, ....or any kind of "performance" car, does this mean your going to stop posting on Camaro5? :yikes:

Just asking.

I'd hate to be parted with my Camaro, especially with how much money I put into it. I'd die.

BackinBlackSS/RS 02-26-2011 08:29 PM

Well you gotta do what you gotta do. Congrats on the new ride. :thumbsup:

midnighter 02-26-2011 08:32 PM

Good call.....them gas prices are getting uuuuugly.

FenwickHockey65 02-26-2011 09:02 PM

Is that the updated Avenger? They did a pretty decent job on that MCE.

THE EVIL TW1N 02-26-2011 09:14 PM

the money you lost on the challenger probably isnt gonna be made back up by the gas savings of the new car. Should have kept the challenger. You used about 2,547 gallons of gas. In that same time frame the avenger would have consumed about 2,151 gallons. The new car will save you about $900 a year which sounds good but you also take a serious hit in depreciation over the first couple years on a new car so it might be a couple years before you even start making money on this thing.

IROCanSS 02-26-2011 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by THE EVIL TW1N (Post 2893032)
the money you lost on the challenger probably isnt gonna be made back up by the gas savings of the new car. Should have kept the challenger. You used about 2,547 gallons of gas. In that same time frame the avenger would have consumed about 2,151 gallons. The new car will save you about $900 a year which sounds good but you also take a serious hit in depreciation over the first couple years on a new car so it might be a couple years before you even start making money on this thing.

You are 110% right but most people don't think about that! They prefer to cut off their nose to spite their face!

cplhester 02-26-2011 10:18 PM

I heard a nasty rumor that gas could and I emphasize COULD hit $6 a gallon this summer. Ouch that 91 is gonna be even more.

CC Performance 02-26-2011 11:23 PM

where in oregon? saw a black one the other day

ViperTomcat 02-27-2011 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 (Post 2892992)
Is that the updated Avenger? They did a pretty decent job on that MCE.

Yeah its the updated one. The interior is really 110% better than the old Avenger.

And the cost of the Challenger was primarily in repair. I hit a raccoon a few weeks back..and tore the lower spoiler off and cracked the bumper cover. Yes..a simple animal did 1600 dollars of damage.

The simple fact is that I couldnt afford to keep shelling out insurance deductibles over and over again every time something happened. This was after I had a semi-tire blow out and send the tread into the front of the car at 75 MPH (that was August, $1000 bucks gone of my share of a 2200 dollar repair) and before that after someone backed into the car and left it in a parking lot (again, $1000 of about 1900). That combined with new tires in Sept..I spent nearly $3000 in just repairs.

And yeah..I may regret this later, but oh well. Such is life, I had to do the right thing now.

ViperTomcat 02-27-2011 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by CC Performance (Post 2893452)
where in oregon? saw a black one the other day

Medford.

ViperTomcat 02-27-2011 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr CLuTcH (Post 2892893)
Sorry to hear that,...I know you loved the car though.

Well.....let me throw this out there before someone else does.

Since you no longer own a muscle car, ....or any kind of "performance" car, does this mean your going to stop posting on Camaro5? :yikes:

Just asking.

I'd hate to be parted with my Camaro, especially with how much money I put into it. I'd die.


Nope, I'll be around. Who knows..my next muscle car just might be a Camaro..

a_Username 02-27-2011 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ViperTomcat (Post 2893609)
Nope, I'll be around. Who knows..my next muscle car just might be a Camaro..

Sucks man. BTW, you should hop in one the new 392s when you start looking again.

BigDan 02-27-2011 03:48 AM

Are they still BOGO?

Two for One Dodge Avenger


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