2008 'charger' commercial

[Crazy Larry]

What really sucks is that I loved my Dodge Intrepid - with it's front wheel drive, I never had a problem driving in the snow (especially in upstate New York). I wish they never did away with that line. The "Charger" disappoints me in more ways than just being a poor excuse to the name, but it also eliminated a front wheel drive full-sized sedan from Dodge's line-up....something that I always wanted.

Driving a rear wheel drive in the snow is horrendous. I do believe they offer the Charger in all-wheel drive, but that is the RT, I think - not the base model.

Remember there are a lot of Intrepid name plates in auto yards these days - I would have no problem doing the ol' change out with the "Charger's" decals. It's just that rear wheel drive thing sucks in the snow. I already have a '68 Charger toy, so I need my other vehicle all year. The "Charger" just wouldn't help visually or performance wise.

[Silver R/T]

What really sucks is that I loved my Dodge Intrepid - with it's front wheel drive, I never had a problem driving in the snow (especially in upstate New York). I wish they never did away with that line. The "Charger" disappoints me in more ways than just being a poor excuse to the name, but it also eliminated a front wheel drive full-sized sedan from Dodge's line-up....something that I always wanted.

Driving a rear wheel drive in the snow is horrendous. I do believe they offer the Charger in all-wheel drive, but that is the RT, I think - not the base model.

Remember there are a lot of Intrepid name plates in auto yards these days - I would have no problem doing the ol' change out with the "Charger's" decals. It's just that rear wheel drive thing sucks in the snow. I already have a '68 Charger toy, so I need my other vehicle all year. The "Charger" just wouldn't help visually or performance wise.

I do not think there is AWD 'charger' there never was one

[TheGhost]

They offer base model Chargers with the AWD.

[RD]

I remember when everyone (including me) just wanted to have a rear wheel drive car with a V-8...now we have that and people are still unsatisfied. I wonder of the people complaining, how many are really in the market to buy?

well red ram, its like this... all those people who bitched about that are the same people who could get a free screw in the parking lot and then bitch because they didnt get a BJ.

If someone gave me a "Free" 'Charger' I'd sell that POS and put the money into a real charger (my '68). How 'bout them apples? 

i wasnt even talking about you, I was referring to red ram's initial statement regarding a specific personality type who just loved to bitch about the request for a rwd v8 car, not his actual "those in the market" comment... You have a guilty conscience? 

[Rack]

I remember when everyone (including me) just wanted to have a rear wheel drive car with a V-8...now we have that and people are still unsatisfied. I wonder of the people complaining, how many are really in the market to buy?

well red ram, its like this... all those people who bitched about that are the same people who could get a free screw in the parking lot and then bitch because they didnt get a BJ.

If someone gave me a "Free" 'Charger' I'd sell that POS and put the money into a real charger (my '68). How 'bout them apples? 

i wasnt even talking about you, I was referring to red ram's initial statement regarding a specific personality type who just loved to bitch about the request for a rwd v8 car, not his actual "those in the market" comment... You have a guilty conscience? 

I was just messin' around, dude. No need to get pissy. 

Guilty conscience? Yes I must admit, I have gotten upset over not getting a BJ before. You got me.

[bull]

All I know is the new "Charger" reminds me of a band like Nickleback doing a half-assed cover of a classic Led Zeppelin song.

[Crazy Larry]

All I know is the new "Charger" reminds me of a band like Nickleback doing a half-assed cover of a classic Led Zeppelin song.

Good point 

[RD]

I remember when everyone (including me) just wanted to have a rear wheel drive car with a V-8...now we have that and people are still unsatisfied. I wonder of the people complaining, how many are really in the market to buy?

well red ram, its like this... all those people who bitched about that are the same people who could get a free screw in the parking lot and then bitch because they didnt get a BJ.

If someone gave me a "Free" 'Charger' I'd sell that POS and put the money into a real charger (my '68). How 'bout them apples? 

i wasnt even talking about you, I was referring to red ram's initial statement regarding a specific personality type who just loved to bitch about the request for a rwd v8 car, not his actual "those in the market" comment... You have a guilty conscience? 

I was just messin' around, dude. No need to get pissy. 

Guilty conscience? Yes I must admit, I have gotten upset over not getting a BJ before. You got me.

[Silver R/T]

I think this "i like/don't like 06 Charger" threads can be solved very easy. This site should be only for 68-74 Chargers. That way if you dont like 06+ ones you can enjoy this site without bs threads popping up all the time and other "lovers" worshiping  06. There are numerous sites for 06's so if they want to talk about 06's performance, options, how do I fix and that they can go ahead and stay there while everyone else keeps enjoying 68-74 Chargers. Of course this is up to Troy to decide if he wants to have separation. I think majority should prevail (who are 68-74 owners) In real world you listen to majority not the minority, that's how even government works.

[Ghoste]

Personally,I like it this way though and I can't help but think that most others do too?  As much as I dislike the styling of the new car and as little as 4th and 5th gen Charger owners participate here, I think it's really great that we at least make an attempt to be the single all inclusive Charger site on the net.
If we were to just listen to the majority, this would be a 2nd gen only site and from that we could be a 68 only site and that is only a few polls away from something like the "green 383 automatic trans 68 Charger forum" or similar breakdown.

[TheGhost]

I think this "i like/don't like 06 Charger" threads can be solved very easy. This site should be only for 68-74 Chargers. That way if you dont like 06+ ones you can enjoy this site without bs threads popping up all the time and other "lovers" worshiping  06. There are numerous sites for 06's so if they want to talk about 06's performance, options, how do I fix and that they can go ahead and stay there while everyone else keeps enjoying 68-74 Chargers. Of course this is up to Troy to decide if he wants to have separation. I think majority should prevail (who are 68-74 owners) In real world you listen to majority not the minority, that's how even government works.

Why make those of us who DO like the car leave, simply because you can't deal with it?


And why aren't you including the first gen Chargers in with "real" Chargers.  Last time I checked, a 66-67 Charger was pretty real.

[Shakey]

I think this "i like/don't like 06 Charger" threads can be solved very easy. This site should be only for 68-74 Chargers. That way if you dont like 06+ ones you can enjoy this site without bs threads popping up all the time and other "lovers" worshiping  06. There are numerous sites for 06's so if they want to talk about 06's performance, options, how do I fix and that they can go ahead and stay there while everyone else keeps enjoying 68-74 Chargers. Of course this is up to Troy to decide if he wants to have separation. I think majority should prevail (who are 68-74 owners) In real world you listen to majority not the minority, that's how even government works.

And while we're showing members of the board the door, let's also put a boot to the ass of the resident fools that constantly post idiotic statements.

Also, since there are a few of these members, the members that own a Ford get moved to the front of the line and said boot must be frozen first. 

[69_500]

Well if we were going to boot people on the board for just owning a Ford, you would have to boot some of the Moderators. Oh, and probably boot the person who runs the whole forum as the last show I went to he was there in a toyota truck. 


These threads would go much smoother if the people who like the new charger posted in them, and the ones who don't like them just moved on to the next thread. Which is generally the way it works for threads on all of the other generations of chargers. I know a lot of people who don't care for the first gen chargers, but I don't see them constantly bashing on them in the threads that are for them? Same goes for people who prefer the 3rd gens over the first two, I don't see them bashing on the other generations because of personal preference. Same goes for even the FWD versions of the 80's/early 90's. People who dislike them don't costantly feel the need to get their  opinions in on every topic that there is about those cars.

[bull]

Well if we were going to boot people on the board for just owning a Ford, you would have to boot some of the Moderators. Oh, and probably boot the person who runs the whole forum as the last show I went to he was there in a toyota truck. 


These threads would go much smoother if the people who like the new charger posted in them, and the ones who don't like them just moved on to the next thread. Which is generally the way it works for threads on all of the other generations of chargers. I know a lot of people who don't care for the first gen chargers, but I don't see them constantly bashing on them in the threads that are for them? Same goes for people who prefer the 3rd gens over the first two, I don't see them bashing on the other generations because of personal preference. Same goes for even the FWD versions of the 80's/early 90's. People who dislike them don't costantly feel the need to get their  opinions in on every topic that there is about those cars.

So you're saying there wouldn't be any disagreements in this world if only people who shared the same opinions talked to each other? Quick, someone call the UN with that idea!

I don't know about your example. There is almost never any fourth and fifth generation Charger and/or Ford and Chevy owners showing up here let alone showing up two or three times a month. And more often than not (unless they're a troll) when they do show up here they come with their hat in their hands and they and their supporters are showing some respect rather than yakking about how superior their sedan is to the older two-door muscle cars. And everyone knows, whether they say it or not, that the muscle car era ended in 1974 and they know that whether they're driving a newer RWD V8 or not. And like it or not this site is primarily about the '66-'74 Charger so your not going to get many tips on 22" spinners, superchips or how to work your GPS so basically that means we're stuck focusing on either the interior or the styling.

And there is a distinction between "bashing" someone over personal preference and pointing out the fact that there are glaring differences in all but a couple aspects between the two-door '66-'74 collector muscle car and the recent four-door sedan. The only thing that's really a problem is that the new car is misnamed. If the car had a different name the classic Charger owners would be fine with it and the new "Charger" owners would never show up to talk about it because the name wouldn't (as it shouldn't) be associated with a modern sedan. I still just can't understand for the life of me why it's ok to complain when someone says something negative about the new LX version of the "Charger" on this site but it's not ok to complain about Chrysler ignoring the legacy of the Charger name by putting it on a grocery-getter. Why is one opinion more valid than the other in that respect? People like me are offended that the Charger name has been disrespected; why can't we voice our distain for that without getting a sermon every time?

[Shakey]

Well if we were going to boot people on the board for just owning a Ford, you would have to boot some of the Moderators. Oh, and probably boot the person who runs the whole forum as the last show I went to he was there in a toyota truck. 

Read what I posted again.

[Silver R/T]

Well if we were going to boot people on the board for just owning a Ford, you would have to boot some of the Moderators. Oh, and probably boot the person who runs the whole forum as the last show I went to he was there in a toyota truck. 


These threads would go much smoother if the people who like the new charger posted in them, and the ones who don't like them just moved on to the next thread. Which is generally the way it works for threads on all of the other generations of chargers. I know a lot of people who don't care for the first gen chargers, but I don't see them constantly bashing on them in the threads that are for them? Same goes for people who prefer the 3rd gens over the first two, I don't see them bashing on the other generations because of personal preference. Same goes for even the FWD versions of the 80's/early 90's. People who dislike them don't costantly feel the need to get their  opinions in on every topic that there is about those cars.

or just have a 06+ forum section just for those guys, that way whoever doesnt like them just stays out of it.

I think this "i like/don't like 06 Charger" threads can be solved very easy. This site should be only for 68-74 Chargers. That way if you dont like 06+ ones you can enjoy this site without bs threads popping up all the time and other "lovers" worshiping  06. There are numerous sites for 06's so if they want to talk about 06's performance, options, how do I fix and that they can go ahead and stay there while everyone else keeps enjoying 68-74 Chargers. Of course this is up to Troy to decide if he wants to have separation. I think majority should prevail (who are 68-74 owners) In real world you listen to majority not the minority, that's how even government works.

Why make those of us who DO like the car leave, simply because you can't deal with it?


And why aren't you including the first gen Chargers in with "real" Chargers.  Last time I checked, a 66-67 Charger was pretty real.

my mistake, I apologize. I ment to say 66-74 year Chargers.

[Rack]

I think this "i like/don't like 06 Charger" threads can be solved very easy. This site should be only for 68-74 Chargers. That way if you dont like 06+ ones you can enjoy this site without bs threads popping up all the time and other "lovers" worshiping  06. There are numerous sites for 06's so if they want to talk about 06's performance, options, how do I fix and that they can go ahead and stay there while everyone else keeps enjoying 68-74 Chargers. Of course this is up to Troy to decide if he wants to have separation. I think majority should prevail (who are 68-74 owners) In real world you listen to majority not the minority, that's how even government works.

And while we're showing members of the board the door, let's also put a boot to the ass of the resident fools that constantly post idiotic statements.

Also, since there are a few of these members, the members that own a Ford get moved to the front of the line and said boot must be frozen first. 

Well hell, Shakey, if you want me to leave all you have to do is ask. 

[69_500]

The comment I was making about your post Shakey was a sarcastic comment.


I never said that people should only talk to each other if they are of the same opinion. I purely stated that people tend to stick to what they like on most of these threads. IE people who prefer first gens, tend to post in the first gen threads. The people who prefer the 3rd gens tend to post mainly on the 3rd gen threads. People who prefer the aero cars tend to post mainly in the aero section. Just because they all post in the same section doesn't mean that they all agree on things however. IE some people are more into rods and customs, others like OEM Stock, others just like to have a Charger and drive it.

The pure and simple reason that there are constanlty new threads on the new Chargers is because they are excatly that. NEW. If the internet was around and as popular as it today back in 1983 there would have been the same thing going on then. People with the older cars ripping on the newer Chargers. Saying that they misnamed them because they were FWD cars. People can always find something about a new vehicle that they dislike, same goes for older ones.