5,000 miles on the Challenger and counting.
What have we done with those miles? Let's take a little retrospective of our time with the 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T
We met some originals
and took it to a Festival of LXs
.
We lamented the lack of a hand brake and were grateful for Hill Start Assist.
We went from keyless to key.
We got up close and personal with the suspension.
And of course, we took it for some burgers, burgers, and more burgers.
What haven't we done? We haven't had any problems. Knock on wood.
What should we do next?
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor
mopar424 says:
06:08 PM, 05/20/09
Black tints, and New Tires!
kingkhalas says:
06:08 PM, 05/20/09
Modify it.
Project Challenger!
caseabaugh says:
06:12 PM, 05/20/09
new tires- it looks ridiculous on the stock ones
trentor says:
06:35 PM, 05/20/09
disable the skip-shift feature
take it to the track, both drag strip and road course
stovt001 says:
08:19 PM, 05/20/09
Well, this is a nice contrast to the Grand Failavan. Maybe Chrysler, like GM, was able to launch some real nice products made it out before circumstances caught up to them.
I really don't think the wheels and tires look bad. I'm very much not on board with this whole "dubs" trend. I wish I could get an SS Camaro with smaller than 20 inch wheels.
autoboy16 says:
08:40 PM, 05/20/09
I agree with KingKhalas!
Project Challenger FTW!!
badblackrt says:
08:49 PM, 05/20/09
Give us more technical data on the design of the vehicle. Like the stuff about the suspension.
How about that HEMI? It made the Top 10 Engines list. Why?
Mad_Science says:
10:00 PM, 05/20/09
A fnucking burnout!!!
Mad_Science says:
10:00 PM, 05/20/09
A f---ing burnout!!!
Mad_Science says:
10:35 PM, 05/20/09
Ooops, sorry. Ignore the first one.
Monocrom says:
10:48 PM, 05/20/09
Take it to the track! Come on!! It's a freaking muscle car! Take it to the track. Pretty please.
dubaizen says:
04:26 AM, 05/21/09
Throw it off a cliff and get a proper car that isnt American :D
caswalker says:
04:53 AM, 05/21/09
Why drift it of course.
msdaisy says:
05:18 AM, 05/21/09
Paint some stripes to make it go faster :P
On a different note, wow that speedometer looks horrible; reminds me of a bathroom weight-scale.
sabre52270 says:
05:42 AM, 05/21/09
ROAD TRIP!
spen1818 says:
08:16 AM, 05/21/09
This car looks good and that's about it
tcd223 says:
11:40 AM, 05/21/09
Find a drive-in movie theater playing Vanishing Point.
badblackrt says:
12:43 PM, 05/21/09
I just put the Eibach Pro Spring Kit on my R/T.
Dropped 1.7 inches, and it looks "Off the Hook!!!"
Handles better too. By the way She has the 20 Chrome.
greenpony says:
01:27 PM, 05/21/09
Having never driven a vehicle with skip-shift -- it sounds ridiculous -- I'd like to see a review of that.
randycat99 says:
09:48 PM, 05/22/09
How about a penetrating expose´ on different modern cars with throttle-by-wire and how they stack up when it comes to throttle response lag?
What am I talking about? Think about it in a similar way to turbo-lag. From a standing-stop at idle, what is the subtle moment of time that exists in all of the electronic controls involved between the point of pushing in the pedal and the point where the engine actually imparts a good tug of the vehicle into motion?
This could be a little difficult to isolate for manual trans cars, naturally. So I'm not sure how you would handle that. I think it would be an interesting story, though.
randycat99 says:
09:50 PM, 05/22/09
...maybe the test could be modified such that it is done at a rolling start at idle speed?
brady1984 says:
04:51 AM, 05/24/09
I think a vanishing point(esque) road trip would be great. As Chrysler as we know it is really disappearing before our eyes. Maybe reliving some of the glory days would do this car some justice. I would say skip the bulldozers though:)