I ordered a new Challenger GT ( I got mine, with pictures )

[Ponch ®]

Congrats! You are going to love it! I love mine. It is surprisingly fast for a V6. According to the timer in the car, it did 0-60 in 6.1 seconds with the transmission in drive.
I can't wait to hear your impressions of the car.

In all the write ups I understood you could adjust how much front wheel drive kicked in... any idea on this or how to program? All I can find is Comfort / Regular / Sport settings on the steering and Regular and Sport on the ride - traction control. 

id recommend joining challengertalk.com

different vibe at that forum, but an excellent source for this type of tech question.

[66FBCharger]

Congrats! You are going to love it! I love mine. It is surprisingly fast for a V6. According to the timer in the car, it did 0-60 in 6.1 seconds with the transmission in drive.
I can't wait to hear your impressions of the car.

In all the write ups I understood you could adjust how much front wheel drive kicked in... any idea on this or how to program? All I can find is Comfort / Regular / Sport settings on the steering and Regular and Sport on the ride - traction control. 

I don't know about you, but I didn't get any owners manual or paperwork to explain anything about the AWD. I didn't see anything in print about being able to adjust the front wheel drive portion of the AWD.
My understanding is the split is set at 68% rear and 32% front when in AWD.  I would think the gear(s) in the transfer case would determine the split.
What I have learned (mostly by putting the screen up that says whether you are in RWD or AWD and trying different things).
If the temperature is 39*F or less, you will be in AWD, If you shutoff the ESC or turn the sport mode on, you'll be in AWD. If you go into the manual shift mode (either paddle shifters or with the console shifter) you'll go into AWD. If your wipers are on, after a short period of time you will go into AWD.
I'm not sure if any of that helps you.
How does your wife like the car so far?
John

[birdsandbees]

WIFE?... haven't seen her for 24 hours now LOL... already put 300 Km on the car!

Hard to believe, considering the charger has had AWD for 5 years or so, that there is nothing in the quick manual that came in the glove box. Searching Challenger AWD brings up nothing, but Charger AWD last night brought up just what you talk about. Paddle or manual mode.. sport mode.. wipers etc. Driving reviews I saw stated stuff about being able to adjust the "dedication" or amount of front drive, but maybe they were blowing smoke.

Guess I'll just have to wait for her to come back again today and go try and do donuts on the runway with it!  

[tcs69rt]

You can get 2 each long toggle bolts from the hardware store. Run the bolt and expanding nut into the lower valance grille. I also grabbed some 3/8 inch fuel line and split it up the middle to put on the edge of the license plate holder, to avoid chaffing on the lower valance and painted bumper. 

[birdsandbees]

Too late when it's already drilled and mounted.

Also you can't do this on the wife's car, where you have your plate is exactly where the big "eye" is to sense for adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance putting on the brakes for you.

[tcs69rt]

Really? Guess my 2011 is outdated, LOL

[birdsandbees]

Waited a long time to get to do this... wife knew it was coming!! Car is amazing in the snow, I even purposely parked it nose down into a 1 foot + drift on a 20% slope and simply backed right up the hill. No spin.. no slipping and I had traction control off.

https://youtu.be/BXlZSYxz4uI

https://youtu.be/Q-huYEcDzyM

[alfaitalia]

You have snow there already? Just go easy....and remember no matter how good the awd system is you can't beat the laws of physics....or sheet ice!

[birdsandbees]

Lived in snow for 55 years Alfi.. I know about all the rules of physics!  

Part of teaching my 3 kids (boy and 2 girls) to drive was letting them practice doing 540's in front of that hangar door IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE. They weren't allowed out on the roads until they could pin point a straight out departure perfectly to head back down the laneway!

[alfaitalia]

Cool...I lived on a big farm as a kid (my parents still do) and as soon as us kids could reach the pedals (12 or 13 for most of us) we drove the ancient farm Series 1 Land Rovers. Not much snow here in the South but since it was thick clay mud most places I learnt to drift a car before I could change gear properly. Was quite a shock at seventeen to realise you don't have to drift everywhere on the roads....but you do need to signal changes of direction.....I had wondered what that little stick on the column was for!

[66FBCharger]

Waited a long time to get to do this... wife knew it was coming!! Car is amazing in the snow, I even purposely parked it nose down into a 1 foot + drift on a 20% slope and simply backed right up the hill. No spin.. no slipping and I had traction control off.

https://youtu.be/BXlZSYxz4uI

https://youtu.be/Q-huYEcDzyM

Very cool!
I'm glad you like the car. I love my GT!

[birdsandbees]

It sure shows up in the snow!!! Just what the wife wanted, so they could find her in a blizzard. Can never understand why people buy White vehicles in Canada... 

[birdsandbees]

I HATE washing vehicles, but I think I could do this one weekly just to see it shine again!  (keeps me in the good books as well...  )