02-28-2021, 03:22 PM | #1 |
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A little bit of sun, garage beverages & a Challenger
Some much needed sun, brought out the cars this weekend in the Midwest. We almost hit 50F and you’d think we were heading for 80.
A buddy recently traded his 50th Anniversary SS Camaro in for a 2021 Challenger R/T Scatpack. He’s working his way through owning all the modern “muscle cars” and he brought it over yesterday, and let me take it out for a spin. Initial impressions are photos don’t do it justice. It is a very cool looking suv...I mean car. But it is big. I consider the Camaro to be big, but it dwarfed my ZL1. It is nicely built and really solid. Some of the badging in vinyl was a little low rent, but overall very cool. The interior is roomy with a few more spots for incidentals (sunglasses, phone, etc.) and a wicked cool huge touchscreen that is angled nicely at the driver (as opposed to the cup holder). For all the complaining about the Camaro, the Challenger backseat was barely larger. Yes, rear visibility was better, but still a sports car. I’m not going to get too deep into performance, as the two are not Apples to Apples, but for the size it has got some giddy up, for sure. The seats were really comfortable and the dash is easy to read. For him, this will be his DD year round and should do nicely 360 or so days a year in Chicago. It was fun to talk cars and share a few frosty beverages (chilled nicely in the snow bank) but while the Challenger was fun to test drive, I’ll keep my Camaro!
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02-28-2021, 04:19 PM | #2 |
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Very cool. TA”s are nice.
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02-28-2021, 04:21 PM | #3 |
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Driving a Challenger is like driving an apartment building.
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02-28-2021, 04:43 PM | #4 |
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Tell him to take his yellow scratch guards off his front splitter, those are intended only to protect the splitter during transport... Leaving them on will eventually damage the paint underneath...
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02-28-2021, 04:47 PM | #5 |
Two nice looking rides.
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02-28-2021, 05:09 PM | #6 |
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I agree very nice. I will keep my Camaro but if I was adding a car I would definitely take this over a mustang.
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02-28-2021, 05:21 PM | #7 |
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Yes remove the guards. Great looking Challenger. Great times we live in for muscle cars. I’m sure it was a great day.
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02-28-2021, 08:47 PM | #8 |
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Lol, he knows... they’re coming off, but he wanted to leave them on until he gets used to the front splitter length.
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02-28-2021, 09:32 PM | #9 |
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Ya know you are a Midwesterner when you chill yer beer in the snowbank! Love those days!
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I always hated the grill on the ZL1. The Challenger looks good. Nice and clean instead of a bungled mess. |
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02-28-2021, 10:41 PM | #12 |
Dude...
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02-28-2021, 10:55 PM | #13 |
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I agree, but long term issues will develop...
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