Then you are saying people need "babysitting" of the throttle because they suck as a driver then they should just get a Honda. I am the controller of all things that happen in my car so I "drive" it, not the other way around. I'm not denying the power potential or creature comforts but at that price I'll take an "old skool" original 60`s-70`s REAL muscle car over the modern stuff AND I'll smoke em street or strip pretty sure unless they run in the mid 9's and can 60 ft in the 1.3`s.............

So basically all the computer crap enables people to possibly not kill themselves in a car they shouldn't have been driving in the first place? Gotcha. Trying to idiotproof everything.

All the computer and electronic stuff on these cars is what I don't like about them. After some time they will start having all sorts of expensive hard to diagnose issues made worse by modifications. No thanks. I'll keep my carb'd big block stuff I can fix w/ some wrenches and screwdrivers.
And I've had my share of late model performance vehicles, although none were Mopar...I was into the LS GM stuff for a while. Now I just have a couple of daily drivers and the old school Mopars around.

I like em all.

They could build an 800hp G3 challenger make it 3300lbs list it for 30k and you guys would still bi tch


Killing me with the censorship, do we sell these transcripts to grade schools??

I'll take one, love to have a hellcat for sure. They are sitting on lots everywhere at this point new and used. There is a dealer down the street from me right now(in DC) with 5 Hellcats sitting out front. Prices on them are dropping and can be bought most places UNDER sticker. Still expensive but every new car is these days it seems.

AS for old VS new. They both have their place. I would not be one to by a Hellcat or similar and sit on it, I would buy it to do what it is designed for DRIVE it and ALOT. We buy what we enjoy driving, I have not had a "fast" street car in a long time, well we have one just sits in the garage though. Guess getting old has made me soft.

There are at least 10 sitting on the Dodge dealers lot right about a mile from me and they're under sticker.

I like the engine, but the car is too big for me. So I took the best parts and put them in my Roadrunner.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dRSM8SGuBM

If you have good tires on these new rides it
will haul a$$.. the traction control will let
it IF it has traction... I'll take any one of
these new cars with all the luxury stuff over
any of the old junk.. but they would have to
give me a hell of a deal so I could own it...
being I pay cash for all my cars

How Long before the Richard Rawlings Gas Monkey commercials are out? Be nice if we had some recognizable Drag racers that could be used in these commercials. Ala the Old Ronnie Sox Commercials from the late 60's and early 70's.

I always said I would never have one of the new cars either. Until my wife brought one home one day and I drove it. Man it is nice and runs decent for a base RT. IF I had the $$ I would buy one of the Demons in a heartbeat. that video reminds me of the 69 1/2 six pack cars for some reason. Built to rule on the strip and street from the factory show rooms.

Hey people, Dodge sells the most brutal yet user friendly modern muscle car in existence. Yes its a tank, has useless 275 wide tires and the interior is near Bently standards. So what, it is bada$$ and will embarrass anything offered from the "heyday" of musclecars and still manage mid-20's for fuel mileage. Nothing WRONG with a car like that but on Moparts, people are just to much more refined in their intellect to give credit where its due.

Plenty mid 9 and lower Gen III cars Dom. As for longevity, they'll last a lot better than the pre '73 cars you hold near and dear. Not hating on the old stuff at all.

Also what you lovers of all things old red to realize (or accept) is the more new performance stuff Mopar sells, the better it is for the old stuff as well

At what price though...........I'd rather have a fast dependable 9-second n/a car anyday but I get your point(s) loud n clear.......now I'm going to put a CARB on my 72 Dart and go do some testing again when the weather breaks..............

Your issue Dom is your just close minded to
new technology.. what you should be thinking
is opening up from just old carbs to doing
injection and at least E-85 stuff.. if you
think about it you would be opening up your
horizons to make more money.. you could drill
intakes and learn to tune injection.. I can do
the intakes and rails but I'm still learning
the electronics part... this is not meant as
a cut down

Hellcats go 200 right? I think the closest thing back in the day would be NASCAR specific or maybe a 427 Cobra. 0-100 and back down to 0 in less than 14 seconds? Engineering and technology get better and better as years go on. We are lucky to be alive at this point in history with all this goodness everywhere!

These new cars are bad ass and I will not call them junk. They exceed the old iron by a long shot. To have those amenaties and power for a daily driver would be great. Will I ever own one? No. I cant bring myself to spend the money on new cars these days. I love driving my Road Runner. If I'm out screwing around, give me the Runner. If I were to be going on a 250 mile road trip with my Chick in the summer when its 90 degrees out, give me the new car with the amenaties and power.

Not close minded but hell, I struggle w/carbs at times and would loose the other 1/2 of my mind trying to tune efi............. Now E-85, I will do some testing on my stuff in the future just can't get it locally so not sure how that will work out..........

The Demon probably means that current Hellcat prices will drop even further and faster. Too bad for those owners.

BUT GREAT FOR SOME OF THE REST OF US!

The next year or two, I should be able to buy a used Hellcat for less than many Mopar muscle cars. I don't anticipate getting rid of my '70 Cuda anytime soon, but I have sold my other cars so that I can add just the right Hellcat at just the right price. Kinda like having my cake and eating it too.

I prefer the "chicks" that like it rough and don't need all of the creature comforts who aren't scared their face mask, I mean make up won't smear...............

Same here, never thought I'd want a new car til I drove a new ScatPack last summer, what a blast. Made my big block Duster feel like a pile of crap lol.