I get this all the time. Even from guys that claim to be car guys. I usually don't bother correcting them especially if I know it wouldn't do any good anyway. Car guys know what it is and when you start talking shop (specs) they understand what you are saying. The non-car folks just start going blank when you say 392 this or 6.4L that. I just say "it's fast and has 500HP". Then they say their ooo's and ahhh's and we all move on with our lives. Mustang owners are the worst sometimes though, because well Mustang owners don't know crap about much anyway. j/k lol
i usually get that from the macho im gonna impress girlfriend types that wouldnt know hemi if it ran them over.its like the hey is that a hellcat guy,,,just let it go
I get this all the time. Even from guys that claim to be car guys. I usually don't bother correcting them especially if I know it wouldn't do any good anyway. Car guys know what it is and when you start talking shop (specs) they understand what you are saying. The non-car folks just start going blank when you say 392 this or 6.4L that. I just say "it's fast and has 500HP". Then they say their ooo's and ahhh's and we all move on with our lives. Mustang owners are the worst sometimes though, because well Mustang owners don't know crap about much anyway. j/k lol
the funniest one though was when I was going for some lemonade and was gassing it in reverse into a parking spot and a guy not too much older then me stopped some old ladies to tell them there was a 440 under my hood.
You must have a nice sounding exhaust! I still get the "nice charger" once in a while, but at least the "nice mustang" and "nice camaro" comments have stopped. Now, I have a big "mopar" decal on the side and even the challenger folks just say "nice mopar."
....funny story actually in which I can kick myself very hard in my own arse, I found out yesterday that I am blind and realized the previous owner had removed the suitcase and replaced with regular mufflers, no idea which ones though, and removed the resonators for me lol, which would explain some of the drone when I'm cruising on the highway. its actually not bad at all so I might take it to have the mufflers removed to.
I have gotten "nice Camaro" several times and of course, "is that a Hellcat?" The other day a guy in a Kia said "nice Challenger". First time anybody called it by name. :thumbsup:
I just appreciate the fact that a lot of car hating people in beige Camry's still love the looks of my Challenger. I don't expect people who own generic transportation pods to know what us car nuts drive by name. They call it a Charger or a Camaro. I just return the thumbs up and tell them I love the car.
It must be super confusing. Even the Northern Ohio Dodge Dealers TV ads get it wrong. Picture of a 2015 Challenger captioned as 2015 Charger. This does not inspire confidence.
It goes much further back than that! When I had a 1970 Challenger, dopey "car guys" would still call it a Charger. I think that the Challenger name just has too many syllables for them to conquer!
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it's pretty weird too considering how different the body styles are though, I can somewhat in the back of my mind understand being labeled Camaro, but don't get being called a Charger. 2 vs. 4 door
I don't get real upset about it. Hell, do you know the difference between a nissan 240 or nissan 300? How about a 350z or 370z? Both are considered different cars.
Just accept the fact they like the car enough to comment.
It's because of the media popularity of the old Dodge Charger. Dukes of hazard, Bullitt (which is the greatest car chase in history), great shots of old muscle in action, using dodge chargers. The body style and lines of that vehicle look just like our modern day challengers.
On a side note my neighbor (50 yr old woman) had a boyfriend with a Camaro, I sarcastically asked him if it had a "HEMI" he went on and talking to me, being polite, trying to educate me on cars, then I show'd him my '75 Charger that I did some work to and my wife's '06 Charger and then he laughed because he realized I was "toying" with him about the "HEMI".
Had a guy tell me I had a nice Charger. I told him thanks it has 4000 hp. He said "your full of crap there is no way it has 4000 hp" I told him well you got one thing right.
The Challenger might be heavier, but it's so friggin comfortable.
The 485 HP more than makes up for it's portly weight.
I get the best of both worlds.......Great acceleration and comfort = plenty of Sh*t eating grins.
The 485 HP more than makes up for it's portly weight.
I get the best of both worlds.......Great acceleration and comfort = plenty of Sh*t eating grins.
Well, I have 305 horses so I don't accelerate as fast as you do, but it's not bad. And it IS comfortable... The driver's seat with the lumbar is amazing. Even the back seats are great. So much better than the Camaro.
I took my son out to a friend's pool in Huntington LI over the weekend. A couple of the older kids were drooling over the car while it was parked. They knew it was a challenger, one of them said it was his dream car . There's hope for the younger generation yet. I was admiring it myself... It just stood out so much compared to all the other suvs and minivans the other parents had.
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