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Back in Dec, saw in Autoweek an article about the 392 cars. I have always been a sports car driver, and "handling" is important to me. Reading not only about the bigger Hemi, but about the handling upgrades, i promptly went to my dealer near Charlotte, and put down a deposit. Then began to read this forum, and pulled up my Blue/White car on the link to the production information. Checked it often daily, sometimes getting up at 0300 just to see if it had moved along. It was built 20 Jan. Then to the Windsor folks for stripes and whatever else they do to the car.
I kept watching video's of SRT's, full of anticipation. My first new car, in '69, was a 440 Charger R/T, which I took to Germany. That big Dodge, of all my cars over the years, was always my favorite (I sold it to a SGT who wrecked it, replacing it for some reason with a VW Sqareback, probably the family thing).
After 10 years and over 140K miles in my beloved Superformance Cobra replica, i decided to sell it, and get something a bit more practical. I was going back to my roots, so to speak.
But today, after my IE has sat since 31 Jan at Ground Effects, Windsor, with a simple tag on the vehicle status report of "Hold Release", and something about "special authority to move", i demanded that my dealer tell me what was up with my car. Others on this forum have their 6 speed cars.
I wondered if there was some factory change holding up my car, but since they are all pretty much the same, why ship some, and hold mine up. Or more worrisome to me, it had been damaged in transport, and was hung up for that issue.
Drove up to the dealer after work today, all he could (or would) tell me was that no one at Dodge would tell him anything, other than it could be weeks to perhaps a month or more, without any explanation to give to me.
I would image that if you talk to the right person, Dodge knows why my car is in a special hold status, but no one wants me to know.
So, got my deposit back, and told him he could sell the car eventually to whomever he wished. Told him I had bought two cars from his dealership in the past. He expressed no sense of remorse over being able to sell the IE to the next customer.
So, I have decided to go back to my other, original choice. My son is a Porsche driver, so he is looking for a recent 997 for me. Which is what my wife wants anyway. Not many people cross shop an SRT8 and a Porsche, but I have given up on the Dodge, at least for now.
I still think they are an incredibly handsome car, and still admire them greatly when i see them out on the road. I appreciate this forum for the help it has given me, and will close my interaction with Dodge and all of you with my customary wish:
All the best....
I kept watching video's of SRT's, full of anticipation. My first new car, in '69, was a 440 Charger R/T, which I took to Germany. That big Dodge, of all my cars over the years, was always my favorite (I sold it to a SGT who wrecked it, replacing it for some reason with a VW Sqareback, probably the family thing).
After 10 years and over 140K miles in my beloved Superformance Cobra replica, i decided to sell it, and get something a bit more practical. I was going back to my roots, so to speak.
But today, after my IE has sat since 31 Jan at Ground Effects, Windsor, with a simple tag on the vehicle status report of "Hold Release", and something about "special authority to move", i demanded that my dealer tell me what was up with my car. Others on this forum have their 6 speed cars.
I wondered if there was some factory change holding up my car, but since they are all pretty much the same, why ship some, and hold mine up. Or more worrisome to me, it had been damaged in transport, and was hung up for that issue.
Drove up to the dealer after work today, all he could (or would) tell me was that no one at Dodge would tell him anything, other than it could be weeks to perhaps a month or more, without any explanation to give to me.
I would image that if you talk to the right person, Dodge knows why my car is in a special hold status, but no one wants me to know.
So, got my deposit back, and told him he could sell the car eventually to whomever he wished. Told him I had bought two cars from his dealership in the past. He expressed no sense of remorse over being able to sell the IE to the next customer.
So, I have decided to go back to my other, original choice. My son is a Porsche driver, so he is looking for a recent 997 for me. Which is what my wife wants anyway. Not many people cross shop an SRT8 and a Porsche, but I have given up on the Dodge, at least for now.
I still think they are an incredibly handsome car, and still admire them greatly when i see them out on the road. I appreciate this forum for the help it has given me, and will close my interaction with Dodge and all of you with my customary wish:
All the best....
