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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 06:51 AM
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It Finally Begins! I for one can't wait to have these magazine issues as hermetically sealed keep sakes. This must be the cover story on every major rag.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/..._gt/index.html

http://blogs.motortrend.com/6474694/...ars/index.html

I love this line!
almost exactly 20 years since I drove my first ponycar...I'd managed to borrow a Pontiac Trans-Am. It was metallic brown, with the 245-hp L98 under the hood. And it was the biggest piece of crap I had ever driven...The body had the torsional rigidity of overcooked linguini, and the steering was approximate at best. It rode like a Conestoga wagon, and cornered like a drunken sailor. The brakes caught on fire after just five hard miles on the Angeles Crest Highway.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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Popular Mechanics chimes in liking the Challenger better than MT.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blog...s/4309423.html
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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Not that there is anything wrong with the RT and the GT. They are both fine cars but I find it funny how they take the Top of the Line Camaro (SS) to go against the middle-tier Dodge and Ford cars.

All three are nice cars but show me a Challenger owner and I will show you an owner with a grin from ear to ear!

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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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I was glad to see one comment that the Camaro is harder to see out of than the Challenger. That's why whenever I know I'm going to be in heavy traffic, I use my Mustang.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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There's only one thing to see and it's nothing in front of you but asphalt who cares about what's behind us! Most likely it's just a little Mustang, or Catmaro anyway lolol.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 05:29 PM
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The retro styling of the Challenger really stands out.
The rear of the Mustang looks like the Ford Probe...
The Camaro is down right sad,,,LOL
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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and so it begins
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by MaryAnn
There's only one thing to see and it's nothing in front of you but asphalt who cares about what's behind us!
You obviously don't live in a big city full of crappy drivers.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by MaryAnn
There's only one thing to see and it's nothing in front of you but asphalt who cares about what's behind us! Most likely it's just a little Mustang, or Catmaro anyway lolol.
To quote Raul Julia (Franco Bertollini-Ferrari Team) from the 1976 movie "Gumball Rally":

Franco: And now my friend, the first-a rule of Italian driving.
[Franco rips off his rear-view mirror and throws it out of the car]
Franco: What's-a behind me is not important.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 08:38 AM
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Well the general must have deeper pockets because based on price the SS Camaro with 6.2 liters making 426hp weighing 3900 pounds is being compared to the 5.7 R/T. Someone needs to run the SRT8 against the SS and surely it will handle better than the GT.
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