How about a photo? I have wanted a Challenger since they came out a while back. I love the ones with the racing stripes. Would love the Demon version of the Challenger in a purple with black stripes. Too steep on the price though. For that much, I would probably rather just get a nice Porsche. I’ll stick with my 12 year old car for now.
I'd be embarrassed to post a pic (even if I knew how) since I've just got the basic V6 SXT, which is all I could afford. So, naturally, there's no stripes on it. But the stripes do look cool on the Hemi models. And I agree with you that the Hellcats are outrageously priced and not really worth the money (unless you're a professional illegal street racer!) Plus, I've never known a chick who knew the difference between a V6 and a V8 but I've met plenty of them who dig purple cars!
Being from Detroit where my late father sold cars for 48 years, I also know some of the tricks of the trade and follow the industry closely. I avoid "upsells" assiduously. Hemi engines are great but the 3.6L Pentastar V6 in my Challenger is a damn workhouse of a motor and so much more economical. I've owned a series of cars with 3.6L V6 motors in recent decades and they let you drive a vehicle right into the ground (which I always do for financial reasons) without a single engine issue.
And they're plenty fast, as the cops who are always pulling me over will attest. A Fort Worth cop once claimed he clocked me doing 111 mph in my V6 Camaro a few years ago on 121 but that was actually how fast he had to drive to catch up with me! When he came to my window, he asked for my driver's license AND my keys. He said I'd been "driving like an idiot." Actually, I'd been driving like a NASCAR professional but, as a lawyer, I knew not to tell him that, as tempting as it was to do so.
Fortunately, I had pulled over onto a slim median with heavy traffic on both sides of it where I knew it'd be impossible for a tow-truck to maneuver its way to my car. He soon came to the same realization, wrote me up for 55 over, and said he'd throw me in jail the next time he caught me!
But, yes, drive that 12-year old car of yours into the ground, Doc! That's another "secret" from Detroit for you: never buy a new car until you actually need one.
