SfanGoch Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I prefer the two in the back of the line... I'm with you on that. What's up with a 4 door Charger, anyway? The two Challengers up front show what happens to almost everybody after 40-odd years........you get fat and develop a double chin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I never understood why they came out with a four-door "Charger." They had that really cool concept car that they paraded around, and yeah, it was a four-door, but it looked cool. What actually made production looked more like a Checker than a Charger. You want a new four-door? Call it a Monaco or a Polara or whatever. No "real" Charger ever came with four doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Yup. Just like no "real" Jeep had four doors or was built on a Fiat 500 platform. There's something terribly wrong within the time-space continuum, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Two doors, four doors...doesn't matter to me. The back seat is useless in wither case. My biggest problem is that the Charger isn't available with a manual transmission. Not even in the Hellcat. Until they fix that, and pretense of being performance oriented is just lip service. Charger with an auto transmission? At least it'll match your purse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan White Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 The reason the Charger doesn't have a manual is two-fold, the floor wasn't originally designed to fit the manual, and the take rate would theoretically be too low to bother with redesigns and government testing. Besides, at least it's a RWD high performance car again rather than the 4-cylinder FWD econo car it was back in the 80's (that's not to say I wouldn't love to have one of the Charger Shelbys!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 At least the new Mopars have older 70's Mopar colors.I agree though, the two in the back have my preference.I don't see many new US cars in Germany. Occasionally a new Camaro, Mustang or Challenger that GI's buy then have them shipped over here. They all look way too fat in my opinion. The appear to be a 1:24 scale among lots of 1:25 cars. Overweight and fat looking, not sleek and cool like they could be. I remember well the 67 Camaro, it looks like a starved beast in comparison to it's successor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Charger with an auto transmission? At least it'll match your purse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 ...There's something terribly wrong within the time-space continuum, man. Boy howdy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Charger with an auto transmission? At least it'll match your purse. Do I get it right? Purse = pocketbook (cash), or purse = effeminate dude carrying such (wussie)? Just asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Murse - carried by beta-males. If it doesn't fit inside your trouser pockets, you don't need to carry it around. That goes for double for the hiking backpacks lugged around by dumb*sses on subways and buses. You're going to work (maybe), not on an expedition through the Andes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Two doors, four doors...doesn't matter to me. The back seat is useless in wither case. My biggest problem is that the Charger isn't available with a manual transmission. Not even in the Hellcat. Until they fix that, and pretense of being performance oriented is just lip service. Charger with an auto transmission? At least it'll match your purse.My kid sister had an '06 Charger, not the greatest amount of room back there, but it was at least usable. Now my 4dr '98 XJ Cherokee...........even if they didn't put a wall between the front and back seats of a police model, it could still have been considered cruel and unusual punishment to stick any suspect taller than 5ft tall back there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 If it doesn't fit inside your trouser pockets, you don't need to carry it around.My mother once said the worst thing about being a woman was having to carry a purse. I'm not sure she was exaggerating much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 My kid sister had an '06 Charger, not the greatest amount of room back there, but it was at least usable. Now my 4dr '98 XJ Cherokee...........even if they didn't put a wall between the front and back seats of a police model, it could still have been considered cruel and unusual punishment to stick any suspect taller than 5ft tall back there.I don't know man, I've spent time with a new one from work here ('16 SRT) and my kids did not enjoy the backseat headroom at all, and they're 9 and 12. Marginally better that the Challenger Scat Pack I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 My mother once said the worst thing about being a woman was having to carry a purse. I'm not sure she was exaggerating much.It didn't really used to bother me to be standing in line behind a pretty woman who was digging furiously in her purse for money to pay for her latte or whatever. When I find myself behind a man doing the same thing, my first impulse is to smack him in the head with a brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 It didn't really used to bother me to be standing in line behind a pretty woman who was digging furiously in her purse for money to pay for her latte or whatever. When I find myself behind a man doing the same thing, my first impulse is to smack him in the head with a brick.As long as the brick was stowed in a cargo pocket, that would not be considered a fashion faux pas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I don't know man, I've spent time with a new one from work here ('16 SRT) and my kids did not enjoy the backseat headroom at all, and they're 9 and 12. Marginally better that the Challenger Scat Pack I had.Unless things have changed, I didn't find the headroom to be a problem, getting in and out of it..... yes, but not head or leg room at the time. I am appalled by the lack of passenger seat space in her Challenger though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 It's a muscle car, not a shopping mall shuttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 It's a muscle car, not a shopping mall shuttle.Correct! That's why wifey drives a Volvo XC90. In boring white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 It's a muscle car, not a shopping mall shuttle.I don't know, I'd kinda expect a 2dr coupe that's nearly as big as a mall shuttle to have more interior room than smaller my Chrysler 200 or XJ Cherokee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I am appalled by the lack of passenger seat space in her Challenger though!My foray with a new Challenger was courtesy of Avis. The company I was working for always paid for the cheapest car and somehow they gave me one of these. When I got in it my first thought was that I was in a time machine, back in my 1973 Barracuda! They really copied it to the last detail of the miniscule rear seat, zero rear vision and non existent trunk. You sit down low and look up at the side window sills. Yea, I really wanted to relive all that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I never gave the back seat of my Challenger a second thought..............until I wanted to clean the inside of the back window a while back. Yup! I had a hard time getting back there and getting out! With me over 6 ft, it's not for the tall of stature! I find the trunk though to be very roomy for a car of its size and type. But no matter! 99.9% of the time I'm the only one in it so back seat room is a moot point for me as I have no wife or kids to haul around. In boring white. Hey! I resemble that remark! (says Bill's Challenger) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 My foray with a new Challenger was courtesy of Avis. The company I was working for always paid for the cheapest car and somehow they gave me one of these. When I got in it my first thought was that I was in a time machine, back in my 1973 Barracuda! They really copied it to the last detail of the miniscule rear seat, zero rear vision and non existent trunk. You sit down low and look up at the side window sills. Yea, I really wanted to relive all that!My brother in law wanted to take a day trip in his then new Challenger. I'm not sure what was worse, Death Valley in the early summer, or riding/driving the Challenger. He finally gave it to his daughter.G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 WOW!I don't know guys, my experience with the new Challenger sounds like I have a completely different car than all of you are experiencing. It is my wife's car (plum crazy since this is a post on colors) and my daughter has claimed the front seat so I regularly sit in the back. Not the roomiest, but more than adequate space for my 5-11 175 frame. Head room not an issue, leg room borderlinel, but similar to most airline seats. As far as sitting low in the pilot seat, there is about 6 inches of up and down movement with the seat controls so can adjust to satisfy most. Trunk space is quite roomy, holding at least enough luggage for a family of 4 (including wife and teenage daughter) for a week vacation with room to spare for a couple bags of groceries. In fact it seems on par with the old Volvo wagon's wayback (which is the car it replaced. As for rear vision, well. . . OK no that great. The best I can say on that is that it is better than the Camaros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielG Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I am between cars. My daughter likes red. My wife drives blue when she is not driving red and white (with red and white lights!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 On 8/1/2016 at 7:45 PM, SfanGoch said: "Today I saw Chance the starving kazoo voiced artist riding his penny farthing with a basket of kale. So I lit an M80 in his mouth." "Today, I saw 36yo Harrison hopping on his pogo stick to go buy sustainable locally brined pickles. So I suplexed him onto the Belt Pkwy." Yep, definitely sounds like Greenpoint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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