How long will this take to happen to the current Challenger?

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 01/05/2017 at 20:11 • Filed to: None

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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 20:14

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Five years. They’re junk.

Scary__goongala! > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 20:15

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They are probably beat to shit V6 models already living in the weeds.

punkgoose17 > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 20:19

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That car needs TLC and I need a car... I really want that Challenger even in that shape.

punkgoose17 > punkgoose17 01/05/2017 at 20:20

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O and new ones 9 years for the V6 models.

E90M3 > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 20:20

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To what, turn into a classic? Never.

Urambo Tauro > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 20:21

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Barn find, low miles, ran when parked, just needs AC recharge and UConnect update, make me an offer

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > punkgoose17 01/05/2017 at 20:23

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I used to want a old e-body, trust me you really, really don’t want one. (somewhat professional fixer of rust.)

crowmolly > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 20:34

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I have never seen an old MOPAR stored like this that wasn’t in dire need of major surgery.

Dsscats > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 20:43

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Can’t happen soon enough IMHO

jimz > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 20:55

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I give Chrysler credit back then, they were the best at designing 5 mph compliant bumpers which weren’t enormous battering rams.

ranwhenparked > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/05/2017 at 21:02

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Some examples of that generation started looking that way in the early to mid 1980s.

The current car has been out for, what, 9-10 years now? The oldest examples are already pretty cheap buy here/pay here lot material, but modern cars hold up a lot better, so very few of them look that bad. I’d say, maybe another 6 years or so, and some of the ‘08s and ‘09s will start getting to that condition.

My bird IS the word > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/06/2017 at 00:45

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about 35 years, if my experience is anything to go by.

Schaefft > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/06/2017 at 10:26

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My guess is about 15 years from when they were manufactured. Its one of those typical cars that’ll end up in the wrong hands with the 3rd/4th/xth owner who just doesn’t have the interest/money to maintain it anymore. One curb jumped too hard and it’ll end up in someones driveway rotting away. You can already see the first Chargers getting into the beater territory, especially if they have been rental/fleet cars before (cheaper to buy for the kind of people mentioned above).

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Schaefft 01/06/2017 at 10:34

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that’s too bad, I grew up on Lee Iaccoca era Dodges, from that point of view the charger is a masterpiece. It happened to the original chargers too.

Schaefft > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/06/2017 at 10:41

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Considering the sheer masses of RT and SRT8 Chargers produced, Im not too worried about the V6 ones falling into the wrong hands.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Schaefft 01/06/2017 at 10:48

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I’ve seen some charger R/Ts in the wrong hands, Mopar guys: Ruining everything for everyone, Dodge never made a car that wasn’t rare/fast/valuable.

AfromanGTO > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 01/06/2017 at 18:52

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I saw a picture of a newer red Challenger with weeds growing all over it.