A Challenger Appears

"Dunnik" (dunnik) 04/28/2014 at 16:52 • Filed to: RENTAL CARS, DODGE CHALLENGER

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"Did you see we got Challengers?!?" a co-worker and fellow enthusiast asked me the other day. "Yes," I said, "but did you see the motor?" We walk over to one, and he pops open the hood. "Oh, what the fuck!" he exclaims, and almost slams the hood down.

"Yep, the Pentastar," I needlessly point out. "And check out the hood scoops." He peers at them. "Fake," I say, equally needlessly. He seems rather glum, so I point out that even though its an automatic, its the 5G-Tronic from MB, and that on a lighter car the Pentastar does have good power, and that it's still RWD. He brightens a little at that, and we both ask ourselves why the powers-that-be didn't order up the R/T version, like a couple of our competitors.

"Because its a rental stripper," would be the usual answer, but trim levels for cars above the Economy and Compact classes have actually been improving of late.

I do feel sorry, though, for any customer who is asked by some yahoo at a stoplight whether his engine has hemispheric combustion chambers.

505Turbeaux > Dunnik 04/28/2014 at 16:55

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I never get asked that, though it is

offroadkarter > Dunnik 04/28/2014 at 16:55

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Isn't the guy in the passenger seat the guy who hosts " R U Faster than a redneck"?

Dunnik > offroadkarter 04/28/2014 at 16:56

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Yep

Dunnik > 505Turbeaux 04/28/2014 at 16:57

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Clearly you need to slap one of these on your Alfa:

505Turbeaux > Dunnik 04/28/2014 at 17:03

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clearly...