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Old 07-14-2014, 04:07 PM   #1
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If I was going to have an American Muscle Car, it would be a Challenger.\
When the Big 3 did the redo a few years back of the 70's cars, only Dodge kept it true to form. The Camaro looks like Godzilla stepped on it and squashed it, The Mustang is pretty good, but Dodge hit it out of the park, at least styling wise. Put a 70's Challenger next to a new one and they look almost the same. The new one is updated slightly, but very true to form.

As far as 700 HP, well it will be really fact in a straight line, but our Boxsters will run circles around it on curves, even with a 3rd of the HP. Hell, the 0-60 time isn't that impressive considering the HP and Torque. A new 911 turbo is faster with a lot less HP
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Old 07-14-2014, 05:31 PM   #2
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Back in the middle 70's I had two Dodge Chargers, one was a cherry 318 Engine that was just a decent car...the4 other was a 440 Magnum with a 6 Pack....used gas like it only cost 32 cents a gallon......hey it did ;-)

But they were not that great of cars, the interiors left a lot to be desired, both mine seem to start rusting almost as soon as they had 5 thousand miles on them. Differential problems ...more out of the 318 than the 440 Mag.

Most people do not remember what it was like to dispose of a car when it hit 85K because it was worn out.
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