New Member - Former Challenger owner

[DRKS1D3]

Be careful with what you are doing. Jumping from car to car to car to car every 6 months will eventually land your nutz in a pipe vice. Every time you have a new "want" in your life, your present car is losing value; therefore, your financial situation is getting worse. Hey, it's your money.

[mikec]

Sucks to hear that about your Challenger. Good luck on the SS and forget about being a responsible adult......life is to short and there's way to many toys. LOL

[DwRed1LTV6]

Welcome to the Site and
Good luck in getting
your Camaro !

[cal45]

Welcome. I recently joined here as I was trying to decide between a 2014 Challenger SRT Core and a 2014 SS (2SS)....I test drove both. Even though the Challenger had more HP & TQ, the 2SS Camaro drove better and the interior was heads & tails better quality over the SRT Core interior. So, a black 2014 SS it was.
Also...my trade in was a 2012 Ram Big Horn Crew Cab (5.7 HEMI) that I just bought in Feb this year and the Chevy dealer was giving me almost $6k more than the Dodge dealer offered when we were playing with numbers on each.
The 1LE is a great choice and I would have opted for but sadly, it doesn't come with an automatic option which I need due to a motorcycle accident many moons ago.

[Ir0nM4n]

Hope you find a solution, the 1LE is a nice car to own.

[Freyguy08]

Originally Posted by elarson5757

Having successfully used it for 10 plus leases I would encourage you to visit Lease Trader or Swap a Lease. You would be surprised that what seems like an average lease payment here is a steal several states away.

I personally had people take over leases and pay to have the car shipped to them and or travel to me to pick it up. Shipped a 2005 Hummer H2 from Michigan to Florida. Had a guy fly in from Texas to take over a 2010 Cadillac SRX and then drive it home. I successfully got out of each of these leases and the most I paid to do it was the transfer fee which was highest with Chrysler at 800 bucks at the time. As a business owner I can also tell you that I drive A LOT and most of these vehicles I got out of were also over average miliage for the point in the lease that I traded them.

The reality is the service works because people don't qualify for the best rate to buy or lease the vehicle themselves but do qualify to take over a lease in progress. I also took over a couple leases and drove loaded BMWs or Mercedes for next to nothing for a year or even less before turning them in.

The site Swapalease.com is awesome. I got my FX4 for no money down and half the payments of my XLT because of what the other guy had put down.

[HerRide]

Awesome - you will love it! I also have a '13 Challenger and enjoy it (no problems) but my Camaro is my baby!!

[MPX]

Originally Posted by DRKS1D3

Be careful with what you are doing. Jumping from car to car to car to car every 6 months will eventually land your nutz in a pipe vice. Every time you have a new "want" in your life, your present car is losing value; therefore, your financial situation is getting worse. Hey, it's your money.

Yeah. . . I hear you on that. The jumping from car to car thing was completely unintentional. I intended on keeping the Challenger for years and years. . . once I got it and it was in and out of the shop, I could tell it wasn't going to last. The sheet metal was less than stellar too. . . it would bend at the slightest touch.

Before the Challenger, I had a Dodge Dakota for 8 years. . . so I'd love to get into a car and stay in it for a long time.

[MPX]

Originally Posted by elarson5757

Having successfully used it for 10 plus leases I would encourage you to visit Lease Trader or Swap a Lease. You would be surprised that what seems like an average lease payment here is a steal several states away.

Ok. . . good to hear someone endorse these sites. I've read about them and can't seem to find a consensus on whether or not they're good. They seem to be the top dawgs.

My lease payment on my Terrain is actually incredibly low for what it is. I think someone would have no problem taking it over. It's also way below miles (I don't drive much.)

[Buffman]

2014 1LE BLACK is the best hands down (might be bias)

[RubberChicken]

I've heard the same things from other Challenger owners, about it being in the shop more often than not. But I've heard that Dodge/Chrysler's reliability rating is so piss poor that people who buy them usually don't go back. It's amazing to me that they are still in business.

[MPX]

Originally Posted by RubberChicken

I've heard the same things from other Challenger owners, about it being in the shop more often than not. But I've heard that Dodge/Chrysler's reliability rating is so piss poor that people who buy them usually don't go back. It's amazing to me that they are still in business.

Yeah. . . they've had a rough go at things. The cars that have been redesigned since the Fiat takeover have supposedly shown a 60% drop in warranty claims though, so maybe they're getting their quality under control finally. The Challenger is still almost all parts from the Daimler/Cerberus era, so hopefully the '15 redesign will net a more reliable car of higher build quality.

Either way, I'm probably not going back.

[MPX]

Originally Posted by Buffman

2014 1LE BLACK is the best hands down (might be bias)

Yep. . . there she is. Beautiful.

Your grass is also very green. Kudos.

[yzrider58]

I have a Terrain and a Camaro! The Terrain is a great SUV. 1LE is triple the cool factor though.