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Ashful

Ashful

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Mar 7, 2012
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Ordering a 2016 Dodge Charger SRT 392 (6.4L Hemi). What color? On the fence here, but leaning toward Tri Pearl White, with all blacked trim and black Laguna leather interior. Debating black vs white roof, stripes, etc.

Liked Maximum Steel on the web, but color looked too tame (mom-mobile'ish) on the lot. Mostly debating white vs the two reds. Loved the black, but not practical for a daily driver color, I think.

Car will be driven in all weather, except snow. Yes, a 6.4L Hemi daily driver / kid hauler.
 
You need to have a quart of testosterone drained off. ;lol
 
Nah... I'd really rather buy something sporty and Euro, but given the distance to the closest BMW, Audi, Volvo, Jaguar dealers, it's just more practical to go Dodge. There's really no Dodge I love, as the Challenger has too few doors, and the Charger can't be bought with manual transmission. So, I'm making up for it with motor. ;-)

Now, about that paint color...
 
My neighbor down the road has the 392 in black, he has driven it all year. I enjoy watching it roll by as it does have a nice stance. I vote black even though you said it wasn't the color for you haha.
 
Hemi Charger story. In 1971 I was working for the Mopar retail parts division of Chrysler. I was in one of their stores in Texas one day when the owner of the local Dodge dealership came in to say hi. As he stood looking out at traffic through the front window two of his car salesmen stopped at the red light out front. They were in the first new hemi Charger the dealership had received, one of only 63 built that year and special ordered for a customer, and had bagged it to drive to lunch. When the light changed the tires lit up and poured blue tire smoke for half a block. Red faced Ralph calmly left and got in his car. Two car salesmen were looking jobs as soon as he got back to the dealership.
 
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Love the black! Just think it will never look clean. Leaning toward Jazz Blue, at the moment, which almost looks black.
 
I like them in Red but it is the most ticketed colour
so its what to you
Dark Blue maybe !
 
Yep, the Jazz is the dark blue.

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Original choice: Ivory Tri-coal pearl:

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Alternative: jazz blue:

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Wife's favorite: Redline

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Your preference?
 
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I prefer Ruby Black Metallic.
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I guess the color choice of my 1970 440 Six Pack Challenger is off the table. Purple with black vinyl top. They called the color Plum Crazy. Won a lot of six packs on 1/4 mile back roads with that thing. My boss called it an engine with two doors.

ETA: Came home at two in the morning one night and in the mail was my car insurance bill for $700 in 1970 dollars. Saddled up and when the guy opened his insurance office in my parent's town 250 miles away I was sitting there waiting for him wanting to know why it was so high. He said "When did you leave Lubbock?".

I got up and headed back home.
 
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Pearl would never work where I live ... at the end of a 28 mile gravel road:( My vote is for the jazz blue.

BB, they still have the plum crazy:eek: Doesn't look that purple but likely different in the sunlight.
 
Test drove a Plum Crazy purple Challenger last week. 6.4 liter Hemi with a 6-speed manual transmission. Great car, and my son loved it, but I think peeling him out of that back seat each morning at school would get old real fast. Driver's seat doesn't even move forward, meaning everyone in back probably has to go in/out thru passenger door.

Lake Girl, my thinking was the Ivory would show less dirt than any dark color. Our primary "dirt" here is road salt and pollen. No dirt or mud roads, and local driveways are generally asphalt, except for farms. I do love that Jazz Blue, but have seen some videos on YouTube where they look very dirty with pollen on them.

Wife is still voting for Redline Pearl. Going to another dealer to put my eyeballs on one today.

BroBart... I got hit with a $3600 insurance bill when I was 17, and bought a red Camaro. Assuming that was a full year's worth, but honestly can't remember now. I just remember not being able to drive the car a few weeks, while I flipped burgers and saved up the money to buy the insurance.
 
Ashful said:
Ordering a 2016 Dodge Charger SRT 392 (6.4L Hemi). What color? On the fence here, but leaning toward Tri Pearl White, with all blacked trim and black Laguna leather interior. Debating black vs white roof, stripes, etc.

Liked Maximum Steel on the web, but color looked too tame (mom-mobile'ish) on the lot. Mostly debating white vs the two reds. Loved the black, but not practical for a daily driver color, I think.

Car will be driven in all weather, except snow. Yes, a 6.4L Hemi daily driver / kid hauler.
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What kind of rear end with this new charger have?
 
Not much published, that I can find on that, gzecc. It's a programmable limited slip / anti-spin rear diff, but I don't know ring size or ratio.

The amount of programmable attitude is really amazing, versus muscle cars I've owned in the past. I can program the RPM and aggressiveness of the torque converter, suspension (dynamic magnetic fluid), shift points, etc. The test cars have track mode locked out (must get thru 500 mile break-in period before it unlocks), but even in Performance mode the lock-up of the torque converter becomes fairly aggressive.
 
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I got hit with a $3600 insurance bill when I was 17
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Hasn't got much better over the years ... guys under 25 get hit hard with high insurance premiums no matter what the car. Gave my son my old Aveo when he first got hired on as a firefighter in Thunder Bay. PL/PD alone was close to $3000 so can't imagine what the insurance bill is for his new Silverado. Shake my head as he frequently drives a $500,000 vehicle as part of the job!

Speaking of colour, that little Aveo was yellow ... Hubby's idea which was a good one although I was unsure at the time. Brother-in-law had the blue and another son had a burgundy red. The yellow was easy to find in the parking lot or snow storm and that particular yellow was far nicer in tone than some others I have seen. Affectionately nicknamed by the kids ... the Bumblebee! Missing that car as it handled far better in the snow than the Spark:(
 
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amount of programmable
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I'm hoping you have more success with the on-board computer than Hubby has had with the fire trucks. New one has gone through 5 ... lasting only a couple of years each time. Not a maintenance or high mileage issue.

Ashful said:
peeling him out of that back seat each morning at school would get old real fast.
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Tried out the G5 when we were waiting for the Aveo. Bigger car but the interior had less leg room in the back (issue as we range from 5'5" to 6'2" now), 2 door only, and nasty blind spots.
 
I'd go with the red or white. I like the blue but if your concern is cleanliness that color will be just as bad as black. I've owned one black vehicle and loved it but I won't own another - way too tough to keep clean. Is that the only red available? I'm partial to red as well but I like bright over the darker versions. My current pickup is Race Red and the previous one was Victory red. When I bought the Race Red F150 with lots of chrome everyone asked who bought the firetruck !!!
 
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I like that bright blue color. The factory blue looks more like midnight blue or a dark navy though.
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Pics are deceiving. Its darker than it appears due to the flash. Its actually iridescent (changes colors with sun light).
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