New car and used truck.

[dodge man]

If anyone followed my last couple of threads, I traded my 2007 Dodge Ram in on a new Challenger and bought a used truck. The truck is a 2002 GMC,100,000 miles on it. It looks a little washed out in the pictures but the paint is pretty good.

The car is a 2010 Challenger RT. It is what they call a classic. It has kind of a copy of Crager or Keystone type wheels on it, and the stripe on the side is similar to the 1971 stripes. It has the 5.7 Hemi, auto, leather interior, and sun roof. We also drove a RT with the six speed stick, and a used 2008 SRT8. I wanted to like the SRT8, but it just didn't impress me, and had a questionable back ground. If it had been up to me, I'd have got the six speed car, it had better gears, 3.92 rear end vs 3.08, and seemed a little quicker. Being I'm the only one that knows how to drive a stick, I hated to get one if the wife would never drive it. I owned a 70 Challenger for several years that I had restored, and really wanted a late model to take its place.

 

[Dmace]

Nice!
I'm surprised the SRT8 didn't impress you...
Did you take an F16 fighter jet to the test drive? A sports bike maybe?

 

[dodge man]

I really wanted to buy the SRT8, it had about 12,000 miles on it. Maybe my expectations were to high, but it just didn't seem that much quicker than a RT. On paper the SRT8 has about 50 more HP, but seat of the pants I didn't feel it. The SRT8 is suppose to run premimum fuel, I wondered if it wasn't running regular. It had curb rash all over the right side wheels, it had new tires on a low miles car, and had some overspray under the back end. The overspray could have been factory, who knows. It also had a really bad rattle in the front end. Who knows some day I may regret passing on it.

I've owned some pretty quick cars in the past. The quickest being a 70 440 six barrel Road Runner with a 4 speed and a 4.10 dana. I've become pretty numb to how quick cars are. I actually notice it more when I'm a passenger than when I'm driving.

 

[scoutcub]

DM -

Looks like a great trade, and 2 vehicles is always better than 1! My 2nd car was a true love, 72 Charger with the 440 and a slapstick auto. I had it all doctored up, mags, fat tires, new paint, etc. then someone turned right into me and totalled it.....

Anyways, enjoy the new machines!

 

[Diamondpilot]

Love the car. I am jealous.

Chris

 

[George2615]

Congrats on your new toys. I too just purchased some new (to me ) toys in the past few months. I started another thread for them.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Dodge_man, Congratualtions on your new ride(s).

I have a '09 Challenger RT Auto and I must say, it's the best car I've ever had. Great highway car, very comfortable, and it's loads of fun on the backroads. The classic wheels look great. They didn't have that option when I got mine. I've had my RT for a year and a half.

My other vehicle is a 2003 Chevy Pickup. I've found the combination works pretty well. I think you made a good trade

Cliff