The amount of attention I get is astounding.
 

Hello all,

I've been lurking here since April in anticipation of receiving my Challenger, and never felt a need to post until now. I finally took possession of one about three weeks ago. It's black, it's baaaaaaad, and I'm beyond being in heaven when I drive it. It's more like it's open bar in heaven, there's free Chex-mix, and Megan Fox is asking me to play pool with her, forever. I've never been so moved by a car before. It's instant elation whenever I take hold of that sturdy, thick wheel.

I am not new to driving flashy cars. My father collects 1957 Chevy Bel-Air hard-tops and convertibles. I've also commandeered a 1978 Corvette for most of my adult life. And I drove a 1993 GMC Typhoon for the majority of the 90's. That was fast. But this is a whole new type of fast.

This is raw power.

Every day I drive to work and back, I feel like a rock star. Fellow male drivers don't know what to do with themselves when they see my Challenger. It's almost as if they are stealing my car's soul with their eyes. I feel like I am on display, yet it is fun.

Does this make any sense? I know that it is only "that new car smell" phenomenon for my fellow motorists, and it will fade away once the 09's and 10's get to market. But it is a new sensation to me, at least since 2001. I've been driving PT Cruisers since 2001, and people freaked out back then when I drove my hard-to-find Cruiser way back then.

-Dnbhead

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Welcome and I know what your saying along with most the people lucky enough to have one.
The grin is stuck on three weeks later for me. I dont think it will disappear soon either because I have Silver and they are fastest.
If you dont believe me ask Andre.

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Do you feel like the car is your paramour?

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Sorry but I quit the readers digest word games years ago paramour! damn right and lighting them up since 7/26/2008.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm-KBlfEVJ0

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If you are predispositioning yourself in front of your peers, asking if the car in question is my 'lover' in 'high-speech', I am here to reply in the 'negative', and I respond to your retort in the 'gainsay'.

Enjoy your self-propelled enclosure of ostracism.

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Unecessary. Let this jovial person be. :D

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Ohhhhh those are the fastest ones! Good choice.

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i cant wait to get my R/T. if its anything like the attention i get in my road runner, i know what you mean, but i'm sure its more in your case!

the last two times i've had my RR out, two different groups of girls said they love the car. usually its a guy asking about it, but i love when it catches the eyes of a car load of girls! yesterday, they almost rear ended the person in front of them trying to yell out the window to me. i guess i'm becoming an attention whore.

maybe it was just cause I was drivin' ;)

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I agree

I previously owned 1996 and 2000 Viper RT/10's and this car gets twice the attention that they did !

It is amazing the reaction from both young and old, male and female.

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who needs e harmony ...i have my man magnet ...i get more action now then ever lol

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I got a friend who traded his Viper for a Challenger. He loves his Challenger and does not miss his Viper one bit.

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Sadly, I think mine is going to become more of a cop magnet than anything. :eek:

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One cop town...you have problems..lol

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Wish that were the case... I would already know the cop then. Unincorporated King County. Patrolled by King County Sherrif of which I only know a couple of them. [:@]

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Strange. I would think the Black ones would fly under the Radar, so to speak.

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They patrol with airplanes alot around here...

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My last 2 tickets were from airplanes..well I have 2 tickets from airplanes.It sucks you get pulled over 20 min after the fact.

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Takes them a while to land that plane on the road huh? Even with the blue lights going?

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LOL...

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This is Mrs. 04RAMSRT10. This car is everything you could or couldn't have imagined. Yes, it gets the attention of EVERYONE. The day after my husband picked his up at the railyard (it didn't even make it to the dealer), he called me and asked me what color. I didn't know what in the world he was talking about until he said what color do you want? "This thing is too much fun for you not to have one." That pretty much sums it all up. I'm holding out for a plum crazy purple convertible MTM.

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I'm in the same boat with my 94 Viper. Can't decide between keeping it and ordering an SE or trading it in on a 6 sp RT

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You cant go from Viper to SE you will regret it like I regret buying Magnum SXT.Sure it gets great gas mileage and goes good but it aint got a HEMI!

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I ordered a 2009 Hemi-orange SRT and got to be careful. I live on the border of 3 police jurisdictions in New Jersey. Police are behind every tree.

I once got a speeding ticket only 6 seconds after accelerating onto a 35 mph road from a side street. He was coming from the other direction and got me on radar doing 51 mph.

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Well with the SRT, that 6 seconds will have you over 70+ and headed down the road in a bigger hurry. May be in time for the cops not to see you leaving!

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Read his post again - he said he would keep the Viper AND get an SE, or trade it for the RT.

Oh, to be faced with such a dilemma... I guess I'd go with Option A.