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Originally Posted by rolnslo
Congrats on your new purchase!
A bit of advice on Dodge/Chrysler products, based on my experiences (owned a Dodge Stratus, two PT Cruisers, and best friend owns one of the Hemi Ram trucks)...Buy an extended warranty for the entire vehicle and don't mess with the powertrain so your lifetime warranty stays valid. None of my Dodge/Chrysler products held up to 100k miles without some major and expensive repairs needed. Almost lost an entire PT due to fire when there was a short in the multi-function stick (lights,wipers,turn signal).
Enjoy your new toy and thanks for buying from Chrysler - maybe I'll get some of my tax dollars back from them at some point in the future.
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They offered a lifetime bumper to bumper warranty, but I'm pretty good with a wrench, and typically modify everything I buy. This will be a weekend warrior only, so it won't get very many miles anyway.
As for the tax thing....that was something else that kinda stood out. With Chrysler Financial offering 0% for 48 mos it made me "feel" like they were giving back a little after taking some bail out money. I know it's probably just perception, but that's how I felt anyway. They also gave an additional $1000 rebate just to finance with them. It was a no brainer.
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Originally Posted by 1_2Many
How large is the Challenger compared to the Camaro? It looks enormous in those pictures. Those 20" wheels look like 18"!
But nice ride man...can't knock the Challenger. If it wasn't for the few hundred pounds of extra mass I'd be considering one too.
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According to Edmunds the R/T has a curb weight of 4041 lbs. I think the Camaro 2SS/RS is 3800 supposedly? So the weight isn't that much different. However the car is a decent size. I expected the hood to weigh a ton, but when I opened it it's very light weight. I believe it's made of aluminum, as wella s the trunk deck. Driving the car it doesn't feel big at all, but comfortable. You don't notice the size until you put it in the garage, then you notice it, but like I said, it screams muscle car and they were larger cars.
I've seen numbers all over the place for the HP of the R/T 6 speed, but Edmunds says 372HP and 401 ft/lbs of torque. However, some guys on the Challenger forums have dyno'd theirs and it seems they're more than 372...but as they say all dynos are different.
I've found a guy that did similar mods that I plan such as LT headers, cat back, and CAI and he put down 372 at the wheels on the dyno with just those mods.
Another added a blower and put down 467 at the wheels on the 5.7L as well.
So it seems these motors have a lot of head room. I'm sure the Camaro will be the same way and you guys should be pushing 400 at the wheels pretty easy.
Finally, the thing is a chick MAGNET! I thought my motorcycle was bad enough, I had 4 different gals holler at me on the way home. Funny thing was my girl friend was riding shot gun and she was cracking up. Girls would pull up at a red light and roll their windows down to say something to me. I'd crack my window and they'd see Renee' in the passenger seat and immeidately roll their windows back up. We got a kick outta that. Renee' warned me I'd better not be picking up girls in that car
Thanks for not chastising me for jumping ship.