Ok, good. The most hateable car. The single worst alternate, “oh well, so I just got out of basic training, and uh, I don’t wanna go with the crowd and get a v6 Camaro like everyone else. Oh wait, why are there 30 other Challengers in the parking lot, and oops was that a curb?” This was people all around me in 2008/2009
This was a car that benefited particularly from the advent of blindspot monitoring. Never driven one, but I sat in a Redeye at a car show once and was amazed at how little I could see over my shoulders.
Back in 2017 when I just started my job at the Home Depot as a lot loader, I found a white Challenger that had a rear spoiler and the hood was vinyl wrapped with Hatsune Miku. I only saw it twice before never seeing it again. Thankfully I still have pictures of that "muscle" car.
OMG, as a guy who bought a '14 RT new and owned it for a few years, man o man, the description given at around 13 minutes about who drives these.....welp, it's hitting close to home!!
That moment when you "got in the head" of the old men....THAT....THAT was powerful stuff. That was a Bukowski moment of clarity, sadness, frustration, etc. ALL of it. THAT made this episode for me, by far...ONE of my fav RCR moments. I'm 38yrs old and I had a moment like that last week where ALL...ALLLL I wanted was to go back in time to when I was a few years out of getting my DL, and I still had my handmedown 1993 MAzda 323 Manual hatchback eco-shrimp in Aquamarine. And all I wanted to do was....go places on back roads and look at parts of the region I lived in at a chill pace. That I could relax and chill and see the surrounding farmland and waterlands, mashlands and such and to enjoy the manual shifting and weather and yea.....and good milage. But now....Everybody is in a hurry. Every car looks more like a bad copy of each other, and within me is this Brobdignagian urge to tell the world to BE QUIET with your fake exhausts, fast paced "LOOK AT ME" shout about clout and go no faster than 5- because we have literally JAMMED up the roads.....And all I want is that country road in a small Japanese hatchback on a summer afternoon where I can pull off the road and look down a valley into some family's hamlet and thing "wow....". I named by car BABE the Blue OX [as much as a mazda 323 with 98 BHP EVER could be called an Ox...which I loved to laugh at].
2009 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi 6MT: Diane landed her a young buck that's going to be a "defensive tech" at UGA. She drives a Challenger and somehow manages to park it illegally in every single historic downtown area in every single medium and small southern town possible. She likes parallel parking the wrong direction and burning rubber when she makes a u-turn to leave, making sure traffic coming both directions has to stop and watch her. It doesn't matter if there's a traffic light on both sides of her little stunt, she'll just plow through. She's Diane. She won't have to work a day in her life over 30. She's rich, and she's a B*TCH. Her future husband is a big sweetheart though... and his dad's a cop.
I still want one of these. I have only ridden in a 2010 SRT8 my wife's brother bought one summer, he then proceeded to drunkenly roll it into a field one night. It was the same color as the one in this video and found it to be a very safe and compliant ride. It had gobs of power and torque and made great noises. It's the only muscle car that you can have that retro look, fantastic power, and travel cross country with your wife and kids comfortably.
My dad bought a new 2010 Challenger as a 50th birthday gift for himself. Today in 2022 I'm just over 13 years away from his age back then. Time is a bitch.
Drove a manual 2010 Challenger SRT8 for a month. Most fun car I've ever driven, and I work at a tow/storage yard so I've driven quite a few different cars over the years.
Jack up the rear end. Put the car in neutral. Turn the rear wheel by hand. If both spin, LSD. If one spins, open. Turn the wheel once, while counting the rotations of the driveshaft to estimate the rear end gear.
Those rear pillars are rather huge. My S197 has tiny little windows on the sides that give you the illusion you might see something out of them, if you have the right angle - but I covered mine with louvers because the first rule of Mustang driving: anyone who is behind you, next to you, in front of you, or especially just walking on the sidewalk next to the road, doesn’t matter.
Ok, good. The most hateable car. The single worst alternate, “oh well, so I just got out of basic training, and uh, I don’t wanna go with the crowd and get a v6 Camaro like everyone else. Oh wait, why are there 30 other Challengers in the parking lot, and oops was that a curb?” This was people all around me in 2008/2009
The official car of “I saw the Batman once now I want any sort of car that looks like the Batmobile.”
As a Kevin, who regularly posts on Facebook, I felt the hard truths of this video. I clearly need a dodge Challenger RT.
"Rewarmed" implies Dodge could build an interior in the first place.
That car comes with a free anti-theft system. A manual transmission.
$29k in 2009 is about $38k today, which is just about the sticker price for a brand new challenger r/t with a manual.
This was a car that benefited particularly from the advent of blindspot monitoring. Never driven one, but I sat in a Redeye at a car show once and was amazed at how little I could see over my shoulders.
I love RCR .Every review has some new perspective on cars that i never had in my head
Back in 2017 when I just started my job at the Home Depot as a lot loader, I found a white Challenger that had a rear spoiler and the hood was vinyl wrapped with Hatsune Miku. I only saw it twice before never seeing it again. Thankfully I still have pictures of that "muscle" car.
OMG, as a guy who bought a '14 RT new and owned it for a few years, man o man, the description given at around 13 minutes about who drives these.....welp, it's hitting close to home!!
“Nobody buys a challenger for the interior”
That moment when you "got in the head" of the old men....THAT....THAT was powerful stuff. That was a Bukowski moment of clarity, sadness, frustration, etc. ALL of it. THAT made this episode for me, by far...ONE of my fav RCR moments. I'm 38yrs old and I had a moment like that last week where ALL...ALLLL I wanted was to go back in time to when I was a few years out of getting my DL, and I still had my handmedown 1993 MAzda 323 Manual hatchback eco-shrimp in Aquamarine. And all I wanted to do was....go places on back roads and look at parts of the region I lived in at a chill pace. That I could relax and chill and see the surrounding farmland and waterlands, mashlands and such and to enjoy the manual shifting and weather and yea.....and good milage. But now....Everybody is in a hurry. Every car looks more like a bad copy of each other, and within me is this Brobdignagian urge to tell the world to BE QUIET with your fake exhausts, fast paced "LOOK AT ME" shout about clout and go no faster than 5- because we have literally JAMMED up the roads.....And all I want is that country road in a small Japanese hatchback on a summer afternoon where I can pull off the road and look down a valley into some family's hamlet and thing "wow....". I named by car BABE the Blue OX [as much as a mazda 323 with 98 BHP EVER could be called an Ox...which I loved to laugh at].
2009 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi 6MT: Diane landed her a young buck that's going to be a "defensive tech" at UGA. She drives a Challenger and somehow manages to park it illegally in every single historic downtown area in every single medium and small southern town possible. She likes parallel parking the wrong direction and burning rubber when she makes a u-turn to leave, making sure traffic coming both directions has to stop and watch her. It doesn't matter if there's a traffic light on both sides of her little stunt, she'll just plow through. She's Diane. She won't have to work a day in her life over 30. She's rich, and she's a B*TCH. Her future husband is a big sweetheart though... and his dad's a cop.
That parts bin steering wheel pinched DIRECTLY from a Caravan.
I still want one of these. I have only ridden in a 2010 SRT8 my wife's brother bought one summer, he then proceeded to drunkenly roll it into a field one night. It was the same color as the one in this video and found it to be a very safe and compliant ride. It had gobs of power and torque and made great noises. It's the only muscle car that you can have that retro look, fantastic power, and travel cross country with your wife and kids comfortably.
My dad bought a new 2010 Challenger as a 50th birthday gift for himself. Today in 2022 I'm just over 13 years away from his age back then. Time is a bitch.
Drove a manual 2010 Challenger SRT8 for a month. Most fun car I've ever driven, and I work at a tow/storage yard so I've driven quite a few different cars over the years.
Jack up the rear end. Put the car in neutral. Turn the rear wheel by hand. If both spin, LSD. If one spins, open. Turn the wheel once, while counting the rotations of the driveshaft to estimate the rear end gear.
Those rear pillars are rather huge. My S197 has tiny little windows on the sides that give you the illusion you might see something out of them, if you have the right angle - but I covered mine with louvers because the first rule of Mustang driving: anyone who is behind you, next to you, in front of you, or especially just walking on the sidewalk next to the road, doesn’t matter.
I purchased my 2010 R/T 6 speed in 2015, simply because I thought it was a beautiful car...