So Long folks
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From: Arlen Texas
So Long folks
My 2006 coupe drove off into the sunset yesterday with a nice older couple as the new owners. I feel good that she will be taken good care of and driven to the beach a whole lot with the top out.
Price was fair and deal went extremely smoothly
Now here's the good part:
My 2015 Challenger Scat Pack came in last night and we picked it up late last night (paperwork already done) I did the clean up myself today so as not to have to buff out scratches from dealer detail shop
Same color(arctic white with red/black leather interior.) as the c6
Impression: Challenger is a beast.
In retrospect re c6: thing I didn't like was the 6 sp automatic. A weird transmission. Mopar 8 speed is much better and knows just when to shift. To be fair, 7 years of software development is probably the reason along with the superb design of the ZF unit.
Glad I didn't get the 6 speed Tremec on the Challenger. This auto car is a great cruiser and avoids guzzler tax. Funny, manuals used to get better MPG than autos. Not so much now.
I have enjoyed the forum.
Peace
and PS I'm not really an army barber from Arlen Texas (for all you King of the Hill TV show fans) I'm really more like Boomhower.
Bill
Price was fair and deal went extremely smoothly
Now here's the good part:
My 2015 Challenger Scat Pack came in last night and we picked it up late last night (paperwork already done) I did the clean up myself today so as not to have to buff out scratches from dealer detail shop
Same color(arctic white with red/black leather interior.) as the c6
Impression: Challenger is a beast.
In retrospect re c6: thing I didn't like was the 6 sp automatic. A weird transmission. Mopar 8 speed is much better and knows just when to shift. To be fair, 7 years of software development is probably the reason along with the superb design of the ZF unit.
Glad I didn't get the 6 speed Tremec on the Challenger. This auto car is a great cruiser and avoids guzzler tax. Funny, manuals used to get better MPG than autos. Not so much now.
I have enjoyed the forum.
Peace
and PS I'm not really an army barber from Arlen Texas (for all you King of the Hill TV show fans) I'm really more like Boomhower.
Bill
Racer
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 327
Likes: 101
From: Houston
Enjoy the Challenger!
We just went the other way. We sold my wife's orange '09 R/T and bought a red 2008 3LT with manual tranny.
The Challenger was a great car, and very comfortable on road trips, but the Vette is a monster!
Very happy!
We just went the other way. We sold my wife's orange '09 R/T and bought a red 2008 3LT with manual tranny.
The Challenger was a great car, and very comfortable on road trips, but the Vette is a monster!
Very happy!
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