I have yet to get tired of looking at our 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T. Yeah, I get that its stance is too high with the stock suspension, and I'm not a huge fan of the wheels, but look at this rear-quarter panel -- it's luscious. I also have yet to get tired of driving the car. It rides like some kind of personal luxury coupe, yet it makes all kinds of wonderful, noisy sounds when you accelerate hard or execute a heel-and-toe downshift. 
However, I do not like the steering wheel in our Challenger R/T. I also didn't like it our long-term Magnum R/T, nor have I liked it any Charger or Chrysler 300 I've driven. It's not that it's too big. The steering ratio is not quick in this car (it's listed at 16.1:1 in the specs), so turning the front wheels is a leisure activity anyway. It's the squared off spokes that ride up too high for a comfortable grip at 9-and-3.
The Challenger's steering wheel only gets a pass because we have a Camaro to kick around.
Erin Riches, Senior Editor @ 13,040 miles
altimadude00 says:
11:51 AM, 11/ 5/09
Did you rev the car a few times while you were parked next to that Prius? I would have! *Evil grin*
roadburner says:
12:05 PM, 11/ 5/09
Why not hold the wheel with one hand at six o'clock?
That's how the expert drivers roll...
hybris says:
12:11 PM, 11/ 5/09
Just adjust your grip to a 10/2 and be done with it.
And I agree with altimadude I hoped you left that parking lot roaring like banshee and left smoke strips of rubber in front of that Prius.
jeepsrt says:
12:34 PM, 11/ 5/09
@altimadude00 says
I did that when I was driving my Corvette one time, the Prius driver cut me off while parking, he gave me a dirty look when I took off.
louiswei says:
01:19 PM, 11/ 5/09
@ altimadude00,
If I am that Prius driver I'll totally ignore you and make yourself feel like a dumba**....
mtakahashi says:
02:40 PM, 11/ 5/09
Did you get any spam musubi?
greenpony says:
03:38 PM, 11/ 5/09
Did the Prius really park as close to you as it looks in the picture?
bimmerjay says:
04:01 PM, 11/ 5/09
Where's 1487 to lecture us about how it's ridiculous to hold the steering wheel with two hands, and that only terrified soccer moms do that? And that it's perfectly ok to have a poorly-shaped and sized steering wheel because has one? I can't wait to hear it yet again.
badblackrt says:
04:14 PM, 11/ 5/09
That first paragraph contains some of the best descriptions of whats "Right" with the Chally!!
Every time I am walking up to mine, I get the feeling I am walking up to some Chip Foose Custom.
Luv My Chally!!
gharry says:
04:31 PM, 11/ 5/09
@greenpony, there are no large parking spaces in Southern California. And they're all marked "compact".
mike_se7en says:
05:31 PM, 11/ 5/09
I have to thank you, Erin, for pointing this out. When I got to sit behind the wheel of one in the showroom a while back, I thought the wheel felt awkward and annoying. For a second, I was unsure if I really knew how to hold a steering wheel.
Seems like such a big oversight, but don't some Mercedes have that issue also?
eriches says:
06:24 PM, 11/ 5/09
@ altimadude00: Check.
@ mtakahashi: Just the #5 platter. Do try Shakas (http://shakas.com/) sometime if you're out east again.
@ greenpony: I parked close to the Prius. It was a compact spot. But I made sure to leave enough clearance for the owner to open his/her doors if need be. That said, I wasn't going to re-park. I was hungry!
@ mike_se7en: Kinda. And the other thing I forgot to point out is that the Challenger has an older-style Benz-sourced turn signal stalk, and it takes an extreme stretch of the finger to turn on and off. Not a huge deal, but using the signals in the Challenger is more of a deliberate action than in other cars.
roadburner says:
06:26 PM, 11/ 5/09
bimmerjay,
I think you have it backward; the soccer moms terrify him...
wrinklebump says:
06:55 PM, 11/ 5/09
Flawless picture with the Prius
bimmerjay says:
09:04 AM, 11/ 6/09
Bah my comment didn't post correctly.... should have read, "And that it's perfectly ok to have a poorly-shaped and sized steering wheel because -insert random competitor here- has one?