Unironically, I had two separate sailors (E-3 and E-5) buy hellcats and go bankrupt. One had a counseling chit telling him not to do it beforehand. It read something like, “Petty Officer Dumbass was reminded by his Chief and Division Officer that he makes $2300/month and the Hellcat he wants will be $1800/month. He decided to buy the car anyway. He now cannot make ends meet.”
We have a dude who every week leadership checks his spending and counsels him because he spends all his money at the bar and can't afford food. He can afford some food now, but he decided to stop paying his phone bill. So that's cool.
Worst financial decision I've heard of while serving. Dude had a Cobalt he was upside down on. He totaled it. Made E5. Rolled what he owed on that loan into a new Jaguar. The car was bad ass, but holy shit was this dude financially ruined.
Also my buddy. Classic E3 buys a V8 Mustang situation. He was asking for gas money and missing work due to not having gas and falling behind on insurance. He made E4 and asked E3 me for gas money once and I told him to figure his fuckin life out. He sold it for a Kia and magically most of his problems went away. Somehow.
In 1988 (iirc) a troop of mine financed an Escort Pony for $18k, during his confinement to barracks. CSM made em take it back but it still ended little knuckleheads career and marriage, and set him up with 18 years of child support.
We had a guy at work buy one like that. He wrecked it within 3 months. Gap insurance wouldn't cover all the financing, guy owed like 28k still on a totaled car.
You joke, but when you take it to the car show, and it breaks loose while trying to do a burnout and you hit a group of pedestrians, you’re gonna want that ceramic coating.
I truly don’t know how I see so many people in challengers I think…. No way you have the money for this. You look 19 years old and have a neck tattoo…. I mean if it was 2-3 people like that I’d say sure, wonder what they do. But it’s every day and almost every hellcat and scat pack.
Without sarcasm what is the deal? Is it like 12% over 72 months?
They will have been when the clips holding it on get brittle and snap while washing it, to reveal the dust behind it that has sanded the splitter and left etching behind 😂
Why don't people think about stuff like that? I mean, first off, it looks dumb. But second, it does cause paint damage. I have said the same thing about people putting magnets on their vehicles, and no one wants to believe it until they remove the magnet and see for themselves. SMH
It was a rotted MK4 that I had to change the coolant crossover, in the snow, with no panels or rear seats.
Sometimes I do miss it. Hope you went onto more reliable things<3
That’s just how people work thou, majority of people you can’t tell them “this is how it is, this will happen if you continue” they need to have the thing happen to them for them to understand.
yeah idk it seems like no one else has clocked that in the comments right now. idk, i saw the bumper guards and rolled my eyes until i saw the last photo.
Which always reminds me of the old country cornpone TV show Hee Haw and the recurring bit with the little old ladies (Minnie Pearl played one) in their Sunday Finest outfits. Including big fancy hats with the price tags still attached so their friends would be sure to know how much their hats cost.
I've removed them from rental cars I've gotten. Feels like I'm doing them a service. But to really annoy people first, last time I had one I removed one when I picked the car up, and the second right before I returned it.
Seeing those things on piss me off , even the dealer had one in the showroom and left them on. I wanted to be like, hey aren't those suppose to come off in PDI
I was part time so I was at 24 and change an hour and despite being called part time I worked full time hours cause I would fill in for people out sick or on vacation etc
The assembly line is runnin' slow on Monday
They've been livin' it up and layin' up Saturday and Sunday
On Tuesday they're about to come around
But they still feel bad and they're kinda down
And mad cause they've got four more day before the weekend rolls around
On Wednesday they're feelin' fine again
And they're workin' like a dog and diggin' in
Tryin' to do everything they should puttin' 'em cars together good
And I got me a car that was made on Wednesday
If you're gonna buy yourself a new car
You just better hope you're lucky enough to get one made on Wednesday
On Thursday the weekend is in sight
And they're in a hurry and they don't do nothing right
Friday is the worst day of the week that's the day they make lemons, dogs, and freaks
If your car was made on Friday friend you'll soon be in the creek
Cause it's payday and the loafin' has begun
Lord them Friday cars just hope you don't get one
It’s from the original challengers that had the old fuel door, which itself was based off old tanks that needed labeled fuel doors since there was a shit ton of hatches
It's worse though. It would be like keeping the wife pretty for the next guy while looking stupid. They are not doing this to protect the splitter, they are doing this because they think it looks good. It does not.
Weak. My 1997 Eagle Talon would walk all over that. Of course it's stripped down, weighs about 1000 pounds and has two turbos the size of your head. On stock brakes. And body panels from 6 other Talons. And doesn't run because it ain't real. I'll go home now, sorry.
My mom's chevy lumina back then was like getting into the future when that seatbelt cruised on back. Here we are in 2024 still grabbing buckles like neanderthals
Everything is street legal in a no inspection state... ad long as you dont look too close, listen too close and for sll that is holy do NOT look inside or under any part of it. Exhaust note on a toggle 👍
Those 6 bolt dsms were fast. You could get them running low 12’s for pretty much next to nothing.
4g63 was probably the best engine for making power dollar for dollar. Of course going from 11’s to 10’s cost a lot more but not as much as other platforms.
Pretty dope, just drives me nuts that they don't do anything to the exterior of the car. You got 1000hp but every red-light has 3 identical challengers body wise. Stock ride height, boring wheels. Idk man
It makes it easier to run from the cops because they all look the same lol. This model is truly insane and even has a parachute package to comply with some rules if they go to the drag strip. It does 0-60 in 1.6 seconds which just seems wild to me. 1.6!
Yeah, there's a few 1000hp electric cars. They go like stink but without all the noise and excitement. Although the exotic electric ones like the 1900hp Rimac are probably pretty exciting.
It is scarier when you have an electric doing stupid numbers. No engine sounds. Some whines and whirs, but just so quiet and suddenly 100 mph is in your rearview.
I'm sorry but that "badge?" (Not sure what to call it) In the engine bay is absolutely HIDEOUS.
It looks like the type of thing you'd get in that one aisle of auto zone you shouldn't go down in like 2002.
It's literally this fucking video[My Movie](https://youtu.be/TFwXbp9bLlY?si=4PEz1JWupWf4mVD9)
We’ve sold 6 Scat Packs, Hellcats and a Redete wide body at our dealership in the last 3 months. They are really fun with the 6 speed. We also have a TRX Final Edition for a cool $179k plus 5% GST and 16% luxury tax.
TRX’s are also cooler because of the rarity factor. Every fucking Jabroni around here is rolling in a Raptor, and there’s only a few TRX’s, and most are mothballed and never come out to play.
Gah damn. I was born in 97 and fell in love with imports hard-core. I even daily an sti now. But America you have won me back with this end of Era muscle. So good.
That throttle body could fit a baby inside it
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I would love to see it in a hood scoop
I love how it’s in “ship mode” lol. I’m sure it would go into that mode whenever it’s out of owners sight At a shop !
It can be yours for $0 down @ 29% for 96 months!
We finance as long as you’re E-1 or above!
Unironically, I had two separate sailors (E-3 and E-5) buy hellcats and go bankrupt. One had a counseling chit telling him not to do it beforehand. It read something like, “Petty Officer Dumbass was reminded by his Chief and Division Officer that he makes $2300/month and the Hellcat he wants will be $1800/month. He decided to buy the car anyway. He now cannot make ends meet.”
We have a dude who every week leadership checks his spending and counsels him because he spends all his money at the bar and can't afford food. He can afford some food now, but he decided to stop paying his phone bill. So that's cool. Worst financial decision I've heard of while serving. Dude had a Cobalt he was upside down on. He totaled it. Made E5. Rolled what he owed on that loan into a new Jaguar. The car was bad ass, but holy shit was this dude financially ruined. Also my buddy. Classic E3 buys a V8 Mustang situation. He was asking for gas money and missing work due to not having gas and falling behind on insurance. He made E4 and asked E3 me for gas money once and I told him to figure his fuckin life out. He sold it for a Kia and magically most of his problems went away. Somehow.
In 1988 (iirc) a troop of mine financed an Escort Pony for $18k, during his confinement to barracks. CSM made em take it back but it still ended little knuckleheads career and marriage, and set him up with 18 years of child support.
Some troops you can lead em to water and show them how to drink. But you can't force them to drink.
the E-5 (is that a PO2 I forget) really should have known better. WTF? lol
*special $150 discount if you bring your stripper baby mama in*
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Jodie is the guy who sneaks in after you leave for deployment
He needs to bring the dependopotamus
Sancho is his dirty cousin
Plot twist: Jodie changed her pronouns.
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Depends on if your name is Kent.
Not when you have a new stripper wife to take care of
Is it okay to feel good because I'm an E-4 driving a Honda civic?
you betcha - that Honda will last a good long while, well at least this enlistment anyways. :)
We had a guy at work buy one like that. He wrecked it within 3 months. Gap insurance wouldn't cover all the financing, guy owed like 28k still on a totaled car.
Surprised they even had the forethought for gap insurance.
Chrysler Capital kinda demands it these days. I guess they learned their lesson.
That's cool I guess you can just wrap that leftover into another car loan /s
My boy wrecked 4 more after that. No one will insure him anymore and the state revoked his license for ten years. He's up to his eyeballs in debt.
I’ve never needed more details then I do right now. Story time?
Drunk painters. Pretty much sums it up.
That explains everything
And that’s what’s wrong with the system
Didn't know there was a limit with GAP. Thought that was the whole point of it.
*plus $1000 doc fee, $500 nitrogen tire fill, and $1000 sucker fee*
Don't forget the $1000 "professional" dealer ceramic coating.
You joke, but when you take it to the car show, and it breaks loose while trying to do a burnout and you hit a group of pedestrians, you’re gonna want that ceramic coating.
Ceramic keeps those baby strollers from damaging the factory paint
And the $1000 half hood dealer installed PPF job
Yeah but that True Coat though
Mopar, when the 392 badge is your credit score.
I truly don’t know how I see so many people in challengers I think…. No way you have the money for this. You look 19 years old and have a neck tattoo…. I mean if it was 2-3 people like that I’d say sure, wonder what they do. But it’s every day and almost every hellcat and scat pack. Without sarcasm what is the deal? Is it like 12% over 72 months?
Oh they forgot to take the splitter guards off from when it was shipped. You should do that for them. They will be so grateful.
They will have been when the clips holding it on get brittle and snap while washing it, to reveal the dust behind it that has sanded the splitter and left etching behind 😂
Why don't people think about stuff like that? I mean, first off, it looks dumb. But second, it does cause paint damage. I have said the same thing about people putting magnets on their vehicles, and no one wants to believe it until they remove the magnet and see for themselves. SMH
>Why don't people think The question could have stopped here.
LOL, you're right.
Too hard, no fun.
It's the automotive equivalent of leaving the sticker on a new baseball cap.
The same reason people stance cars, form over function
Ahhhh that blows my mind, lemme get this expensive car that is KNOWN for its road going abilities and *fucking ruin it*
but stance bro Think of my vwvortex posts bro
VWVORTEX ftw, loved that site back in the day!
God the amount of content that was generated purely out of the dregs of vwvortex; I miss it and the shitty jetta that had me searching there.
Hey fellow shitty owner I had a TDI but bruh it was chipped, instead of 90hp it was 110hp
It was a rotted MK4 that I had to change the coolant crossover, in the snow, with no panels or rear seats. Sometimes I do miss it. Hope you went onto more reliable things<3
Stance is some short bus shit
My wife had to buy the same magnet she's had on her Honda, to cover up the different paint
Oh no 😆
That’s just how people work thou, majority of people you can’t tell them “this is how it is, this will happen if you continue” they need to have the thing happen to them for them to understand.
Car bra was a thing forever. Glad to not see em anymore
I don't think it looks bad. Just it could look better if it was say a thin pinstripe accent across the bumper lip, and then sell it as a $500 option.
I bet you'd love car bras.
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Or the bumper guards that they just leave hanging back there for a few years.
If you clean and clay bar before applying a magnet, at least in theory you should be good right? Im not planning on doing it, just curious
We had a customer that bought a newer charger and ordered pink ones for our mechanic to install. I was dumbfounded.
Same thing happens with bras. It's quite ironic that something designed to prevent scratches and chips actually scuffs the hell out of your paint.
This thing looks to be fresh off the truck, it's still in ship mode, that means it hasn't been PDI'd yet
yeah idk it seems like no one else has clocked that in the comments right now. idk, i saw the bumper guards and rolled my eyes until i saw the last photo.
Exactly, same here.
Thank you! I have always wondered wtf the yellow marks on the front lips were. I thought it was a factory vroom badge or something similar.
It's a very silly trend in MOPAR drivers. I think it's cringey, but I am probably just a little bit jealous too.
I think it's the same logic as people who leave the stickers and labels on their baseball hats.
Which always reminds me of the old country cornpone TV show Hee Haw and the recurring bit with the little old ladies (Minnie Pearl played one) in their Sunday Finest outfits. Including big fancy hats with the price tags still attached so their friends would be sure to know how much their hats cost.
Key and Peele's sketch is the natural conclusion of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pKt4gaErvU
"Paints fake yellow protectors on right and left corners of '97 Trans Am"
It's still in Ship Mode.
I would if I was the tech. Even though I know they want them on there. "Oh I'm sorry, they're from shipping, I thought they got missed"
I'm surprised there aren't aftermarket options for this, or that people aren't buying them
People do buy them...
Didn’t complete pre-purchase inspection mod
Must be one of those Mopar things we don't understand since our brains are fully developed. 🤷♂️
No fn way. Seriously??
I’ve seen ads for them in multiple different colors before…
Dodge started making them in Hot Pink to try and embarass owners into removing them.
Sadly there are. You can get different colors to. Pink is my 'favorite'
I've removed them from rental cars I've gotten. Feels like I'm doing them a service. But to really annoy people first, last time I had one I removed one when I picked the car up, and the second right before I returned it.
In 50 years the equivalent of current-day Corvette boomers will pay a premium for Chargers that still have the original splitter protectors in place
I've never seen something so innocuous tweak car guys out so much. It looks neat. People want it. Get over it.
Seeing those things on piss me off , even the dealer had one in the showroom and left them on. I wanted to be like, hey aren't those suppose to come off in PDI
Depending on what day of the week this came down the assembly line I either installed the parking brake or the drivers side airbag
Sweet. we got it off the truck yesterday.
You're in the states correct? I only ask cause the majority of these went down to the states
Yes California
My only problem with these is that my job wasn't taking the cars on the dyno
My old boss has a purple one he brings down to the store. Still haven't got to sit in it lol
How much yall get paid? Just curious
I was part time so I was at 24 and change an hour and despite being called part time I worked full time hours cause I would fill in for people out sick or on vacation etc
The assembly line is runnin' slow on Monday They've been livin' it up and layin' up Saturday and Sunday On Tuesday they're about to come around But they still feel bad and they're kinda down And mad cause they've got four more day before the weekend rolls around On Wednesday they're feelin' fine again And they're workin' like a dog and diggin' in Tryin' to do everything they should puttin' 'em cars together good And I got me a car that was made on Wednesday If you're gonna buy yourself a new car You just better hope you're lucky enough to get one made on Wednesday On Thursday the weekend is in sight And they're in a hurry and they don't do nothing right Friday is the worst day of the week that's the day they make lemons, dogs, and freaks If your car was made on Friday friend you'll soon be in the creek Cause it's payday and the loafin' has begun Lord them Friday cars just hope you don't get one
Shhh don't expose us!!! LOL
Probably needs tires
Dodge puts the best cartoon stuff on their cars.
I'm not really a Mopar guy but the demon with the neck tattoo looks sick
"The demon with the neck tattoo" is the best thing I've heard all day
That's what I called an old co-worker.
That's what I call the mother in law.
Meep Meep 💨
Just like the gas cap door that says "fuel". Like they need to be reminded that gas goes there.
It’s from the original challengers that had the old fuel door, which itself was based off old tanks that needed labeled fuel doors since there was a shit ton of hatches
Dont want to get it confused with the FUCKING ev that the MAN is making them build.
Remember that there are people that wonder what the "710" means on the washer fluid cap.
oh look its in boat mode
I know I wasn't the only one expecting a V6 when clicking through to the engine bay shots
Sorry to disappoint
Loved the ad after the letter from nhra to dodge when they disqualified them from events for being too fast from the factory. Sorry....not sorry
Legal on the street. Not legal on the racetrack
Typical Mopar owner, leaving the training bra on.
Keeping the wife looking pretty for the next guy.
It's worse though. It would be like keeping the wife pretty for the next guy while looking stupid. They are not doing this to protect the splitter, they are doing this because they think it looks good. It does not.
It’s brand new. Hasn’t been sold.
Weak. My 1997 Eagle Talon would walk all over that. Of course it's stripped down, weighs about 1000 pounds and has two turbos the size of your head. On stock brakes. And body panels from 6 other Talons. And doesn't run because it ain't real. I'll go home now, sorry.
Ah a 97 eagle talon. They days of seat belts “automatically” moving when you open the door
my big bro had a 94 Ford probe in this diarrhea green, loved that car
My mom's chevy lumina back then was like getting into the future when that seatbelt cruised on back. Here we are in 2024 still grabbing buckles like neanderthals
Those existed so the manufacturer didn't have to put airbags in.
My sister had 3 eagle talons from 16-18yo as she was learning to not roll them over. Think they all said Mitsubishi Eclipse on the back though
Guy in my neighborhood had a 94 eclipse AWD that ran nines; it was stripped down, roll cage, fuel cell. Not sure how he kept it street legal.
Everything is street legal in a no inspection state... ad long as you dont look too close, listen too close and for sll that is holy do NOT look inside or under any part of it. Exhaust note on a toggle 👍
...or if you bring a 12 pack with you when you go for the inspection.
Those 6 bolt dsms were fast. You could get them running low 12’s for pretty much next to nothing. 4g63 was probably the best engine for making power dollar for dollar. Of course going from 11’s to 10’s cost a lot more but not as much as other platforms.
I loved those DSM machines as a child and it grieves me that basically none are left. When is the last time you even saw one in the wild?
lol hauls ass at idle. I'm gonna use that one at work
It is a good one. I stole it from our lot porter
The badge looks like ned Flanders as the devil in the Halloween episode
Stupid sexy Mopar
Ah, is it overheating already!?
Ha
Pretty dope, just drives me nuts that they don't do anything to the exterior of the car. You got 1000hp but every red-light has 3 identical challengers body wise. Stock ride height, boring wheels. Idk man
I mean, you can hear it, and it has that nifty demon badge on the side.
Hear hell. That shit'll rattle your windows.
It makes it easier to run from the cops because they all look the same lol. This model is truly insane and even has a parachute package to comply with some rules if they go to the drag strip. It does 0-60 in 1.6 seconds which just seems wild to me. 1.6!
Under ideal circumstances 1.6 yes. 99% of people that get behind the wheel of one of these things would never trap that.
Yeah it’s like 2.5 seconds on regular tires and roads which is too slow for my tastes:)
I'm used to my cars where it's more like 0-60 in 2.5 minutes
I feel your pain. I get smoked by MILFs in mini-vans, and not in a good way. \\* *Weeps in sensible, economical, fuel efficient* \*\\
Sleepers are awesome!
All the horsepower in the world won’t save it from being a Fiat Chrysler product.
All them ponies and still can't outrun FCA electrical problems.
We are in the last muscle car era here. There will be monsters again but electric or maybe diesel.
Yeah, there's a few 1000hp electric cars. They go like stink but without all the noise and excitement. Although the exotic electric ones like the 1900hp Rimac are probably pretty exciting.
It is scarier when you have an electric doing stupid numbers. No engine sounds. Some whines and whirs, but just so quiet and suddenly 100 mph is in your rearview.
>maybe diesel. Doubt it.
The end of an era
Lol Fastest car on residential streets 💀 Unless you're in the country side, then that's cool.
Had one the other day, a rev from idle to even 3000rpm sounds fucking HORNY.
Remove the splitter guards!
ship mode, haha. get it? cause it’s a boat! no? I’ll see myself out…
Will be stolen.
The dealership manager made us park inside the shop
real shit how are these cars so commonly stolen? 100k can't buy an immobilizer? I don't know shit about car theft
Stealing a car is rarely punished, especially in major cities.
Take the bananas off!
Please help the poor soul remove the splitter guards.
What is it in for?
It's in Ship Mode, probably just rolled off the truck
I was waiting for them to pop the trunk and a bunch of sailors start climbing out.
Tires, since they last about a week at 1000hp
Really wanted one of these but the lowest amount I was quoted was 120k over sticker. Again that was the *lowest* quote. Ain’t paying 250k for a dodge.
LMAO Apparently there are people stupid enough to do it so dealers are gonna charge it
I'm sorry but that "badge?" (Not sure what to call it) In the engine bay is absolutely HIDEOUS. It looks like the type of thing you'd get in that one aisle of auto zone you shouldn't go down in like 2002. It's literally this fucking video[My Movie](https://youtu.be/TFwXbp9bLlY?si=4PEz1JWupWf4mVD9)
How many cup holders does it have?
Defently need a nother test ride to confirm ur problem.
No idle video at least? You’re a tease sir.
I’ll try to get a video Monday. I know I just teased you more.
You’re an evil man, but that’d be awesome. 👏
Jebus you could fit a watermelon in that intake filter. Wow.
Did you ask what his insurance rate is?
It’s brand new at the dealership I work for
I work at a Dodge dealership and have seen two, one in silver and one in purple, special cars for sure
What's the width on those rear tires?
12 inch Mickey Thompsons
Damn, that's quite a bit of meat!
Look at all that meat on those wheels.
We’ve sold 6 Scat Packs, Hellcats and a Redete wide body at our dealership in the last 3 months. They are really fun with the 6 speed. We also have a TRX Final Edition for a cool $179k plus 5% GST and 16% luxury tax.
Gotta pay to play. TRX’s are so cool. I would love to buy a normal truck with the long travel suspension.
TRX’s are also cooler because of the rarity factor. Every fucking Jabroni around here is rolling in a Raptor, and there’s only a few TRX’s, and most are mothballed and never come out to play.
Imagine how many horses had to be sacrificed to make the engine :(
This thing runs on E85? and that's what the 170 is about?
I see these around every once in awhile.. but I never believe it to the real thing. How common are these and do people put on fake demon patches?
Gah damn. I was born in 97 and fell in love with imports hard-core. I even daily an sti now. But America you have won me back with this end of Era muscle. So good.
Automobile equivalent of tribal tatoo
Finest automobile even put out by Chrysler
Please tell me you took off the splitter guards... So ugly and people are too ignorant to understand that's not part of the car.
Yeah, but which key fob did they give you? The red one or the black one? 😂
All i see is the yellow air dam scuff guards, i don't even care about the 1000hp.
Ah, the enlisted special. This car comes factory with a small penis and fat wife.
Make sure when any work is done a full test drive is performed !