Cool, I have a Charger RT right now....great engine, great power. I have driven a friends 300 with the 6.1L and, wow!, what a difference. Do you know the difference in performance specs between the 09 5.7L with a stick and the 08 6.1L with auto?

I personally used to feel a car was not a car without a stick.....but I really enjoy the auto stick in my Charger and know I will love it in the Challenger. And, besides as I got older, I really hate using the clutch in slow moving traffic.

As far as the differential goes, I am not personnaly planning on drag racing this car and I believe most will not. THe actual practical use for this feature is probably close to zero. Could this be a sales ploy for the old school minds that gets them to spend a little more....what do you think?

Also, I did an informal survey on this site and most spent $5k over down to MSRP. The high prices have been paid by those who did not order their car. Also, when they build the SRT8 09, I believe we will see markups on those also.

Hope you build goes smoothly, please keep us up to date.

Dave