My quick impressions: '07 SRT/8:

[Brock Samson]

for the review of the '07 SRT/8 the S.F. Chronicle is doing...

must be knowlagable...

p.m. me asap.
thy can't interview me as i already work here. DAMMIT! 

telephone interview BTW..

our automotive writer needs an enthusiast, he asked for a '68 owner cause i belive he wants to compare it to the '68,..
i guess he's trying to keep it simple... The papers' ethics policy doesn't allow him to interview me...
i don't belive he wants a magnum sedan hater just some one to compare the cars without the liberal media bias... 

[Chris G.]

must be knowlagable...

Nice edit Strat. 

[RD]

must be knowlagable...

You're asking for '68 owners, but you are mad because you can't do it? You own a '69 correct? Help me understand you Strat...please.

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[BigBlockSam]

 

[Brock Samson]

shall we vote?..

two vote for TROY so far...

Mike The automotive writer now wants to do a phone interview Weds. afternoon.

[Chad L. Magee]

Make that a third vote for Troy.....

[69charger2002]

agreed

[Neal_J]

Damn, and I wanted to see my name in print in the local rag.

Can't they talk to a 69 owner instead?  After all, they are the BEST looking year!!

Neal

[Brock Samson]

No sign of the guy though,...


oh, the Irony...

[triple_green]

I had my 15 seconds of fame in the Wall Street Journal.



3X

[PocketThunder]

What if you own both years?   

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

are they going 2 show the car? if so try for the owner of that black 68 r/t on the site-MATT

[Brock Samson]

He only needs a "CLASSIC" Charger owners Opinion on the new one.
  they're doing the interview now as i type, thanks Troy and everyone else who offered...   

[Neal_J]

That's it.  I'm cancelling my subscription.  I can read the Examiner instead.

Neal

[Ghoste]

So do you know who they are interviewing?

[Brock Samson]

Troy

[Lightning]

hmm.....if I was a Classic Charger owner, my opinion would be..."While the '07 SRT-8 keeps up with the performance of the Classic Chargers, the designers must have been very, very high while they were designing a car that looks like a catfish."

[Troy]

Well, if I get quoted it won't be too much. It will be interesting to see how much of the interview gets into print. I totally forgot about the catfish remark though...

Troy

[Brock Samson]

  Thanks Troy! glad we could hook ya' up..
i overheard the bit about the weight issue..
That's the same point i had made when he asked me...  but he said he couldn't use me due to the ethics policy...

< brock upon first seeing the new Charger....

see?..  we didn't even have to get our stories straight...

That's my other point, that's also tied into the four-door issue,..  the thing would sure be alot quicker without the extra doors, then there's the brutal just hit a wall look...    hey look my smilie has a cross hair grill!

I'm goin for a ride tomarrow,.. they got new wheels on the '07s... BTW...

[Brock Samson]

That's it.  I'm cancelling my subscription.  I can read the Examiner instead.

Neal

It's OK cupcake,..
we got Bloomers now... 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/24/MNGNSLBRUS1.DTL&hw=bloomingdales&sn=010&sc=069

[Neal_J]

Sorry, without the amusement park rides on the roof plus the trains at Christmas, it's just not the same as the old Emporium.

SF is really headed downhill. Glad I live on a island.

Neal

[bull]

I totally forgot about the catfish remark though...

Troy

Curses!! How could you forget that?!

[Silver R/T]

Make that a third vote for Troy.....

I vote Jesse

[Brock Samson]

this should be good... 

[Brock Samson]

today when i go for my spin i decided to drive this down... 

[Brock Samson]

Well, I drove to work and pushed my car as a subject for comparison with the SRT/8, Now originally i was told when i offered they were just gonna use a DCX handout photo... 
  but yesterday after a consultation between the writer and the photo editor and a photog. they agreed,.. and said they'd meet me in the lot... you'd think it was a no brainer... but these things are done by commitee general lee... 
here's some pics... I took..

[Brock Samson]

 notice how the fenderline is so much higher on the sedan...
The photographer Eric after walking around both says "they didn't carry over a single line between them", the writer agreed.

[Brock Samson]

 Mike the writer Revved up the 6.1 Hemi and it was pretty smooth and a quick revver,.. when the loud pedal was depressed it seemed to me that at first there was the V-8 blurble followed quickly by a zipping sound,but  not loud, the ground didn't shake... It sounded smooth and disarmingly quiet at idle.. a sweet sound when revved but none of the thunder or the fury of mine or as you might expect a "Muscle Car" to make,..
We took a too short drive around the block, with me in the passenger seat, Mike sort'a attempted to get some scratch, but it wasn't happenin,... Reminded me of my spin in the regular R/T Hemi,.. the traction control puts the damper on that fun,.. I don't belive Mike has alot of experiance in burnouts or in this particular car,.. so i'm not gonna bust his balls cause we were in traffic,.. me? I would'a power braked it after waiting for the traffic to clear and get on down the street...
                                   (Can ya' tell I've done this before?..  )

  Mike says,.. "your Kind'a nuts about these cars huh"?

  Upon climbing from the '07, I asked him if he wanted a ride in mine,..
he said "No,.. That's o.k."... 
He's the first person to refuse a ride in my car since i bought it in '84.   

I did a "mild" burnout leaving the lot...

[Johnny SixPack]

Maybe the tiger stripe seat covers scared him, Strato.



Love the comparison pix though.

Definitely shows the total lack of similarities between the classic 2nd gen. and its modern iteration.

The same would be said if it were a 1st or 3rd gen. too (so you fellows don't get yer drawers in a wad ).

[Neal_J]

When is the article to be published?

Neal

[Charger_Fan]

  Upon climbing from the '07, I asked him if he wanted a ride in mine,..
he said "No,.. That's o.k."... 
He's the first person to refuse a ride in my car since i bought it in '84.   

Sounds like he needs to be slapped. Definitely not a car guy.

[Recharger]

 
The photographer Eric after walking around both says "they didn't carry over a single line between them", the writer agreed.

I still say if you compare the lines to the 66 & 67s, there are a lot more design similarities than most people are willing to admit. 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

I had my 15 seconds of fame in the Wall Street Journal.



3X

I got mine in USA Today   Aug 3rd 2005

Congrats Troy & Dave for the hook up

Keep us posted when it comes out

[Lightning]

 
The photographer Eric after walking around both says "they didn't carry over a single line between them", the writer agreed.

I still say if you compare the lines to the 66 & 67s, there are a lot more design similarities than most people are willing to admit. 

True, especially at the start of the 1/4 panels.

[Ghoste]

I don't see that personally.  I do it see it very slightly in the silhouette.

[Schuler]

Most will disagree here, but I'm sure some would agree with me that an srt-8 would look great in the garage next to a '69. They are cool in completely differant ways (other than fun) IMO.

[Brock Samson]

wouldn't that be kinda like comming home and finding this...


in your bed next to this?...

[Brock Samson]

common,..

...anybody?...   

[Schuler]

Just give it up. I don't see how the new charger can be considered ugly when you look at all the other large sedans.

[Ponch ®]

the new Charger pwnz j00.