The Legend of the Fake Mopar 10

[Dodge Don]

There were only 100 Mopar 10 Challengers built for Canada. There were 4 or 5 at Moparfest. A guy locally has one he brings to the local cruise night and he has info on all 100 in his trunk. I'll try to get more info next time I see him. It details each of the 100...what stripe and tranny combo for each numbered Mopar 10. I know he has car #40.

Of the 100..

41 auto
59 manual

80 with blue stripe, 11 with red and 9 with silver.

[bill440rt]

There was a silver striped one at The Whiskey Cafe cruise in Lynhurst, NJ on Saturday night....damn thing screams Mopar!   

Yess!! I remember that car! I wonder if it was real... 

[Chryco Psycho]

Wicked cars !!
I didn't know about the silver stripe , Still like the Blue one best !!

[ChgrSteve67]

I'm still missing something....

What does the "10" stand for?
When I first say the badge I thought it had a V10 in it.
Then I though maybe they only made 10 of them.
I'm still confused.

Anyone remember the PT10?  God I wanted one of those.

[resq302]

The Mopar "10" refers to the year.  10 short for 2010.  This years car is a (cough) charger and is deemed the Mopar 11.  Hope that clarifies.

[TexasStroker]

Yeah, any info from your buddy up in Canada would be cool...I'd be more than happy to help him compile the info etc.

They've released the breakdown (stripe color total, stripe color auto, stripe color manual) but that is about it.  I'd really like to break it down with more of the options (stereo 130 or 430), and then various other odds and ends...dealership, story, awards, and most importantly facilitate regional gatherings of the cars!  A lot of folks won't drive them, or only bring them out for big shows etc.

And yes, that is correct what resq302 posted...it is just the year...hence the Mopar 11 for the Charger this time around.  Not the most creative, but it works, lol.

[Charger_Dart]

I saw my first one last Sunday at Musclepalooza. It was a black with a blue stripe and was a very nice car. Interesting concept.

[Bigblocktony]

well you did a hell of a nice job 
it looks factory to me.
friggin haters that cant afford one and really dont have a clue about cars
GO GET EM
HANG EM HIGH
CALL DODGE
PUT A ADD IN THE PAPER ABOUT BUYING A LEMON FROM THEM
there are ways too put a hurting on a dealer  there crooks anyway

[ChgrSteve67]

 

[TexasStroker]

Thanks again for the support guys.  I posted here right after my own sites.  I regret putting it on Moparts.  Instead of folks reading the post and picking up that it was satirical they just kind of started drawing their own conclusions and take things out of context and tried to pass me off as seeking 15 minutes of fame etc.  I really don't know how you'd come to that conclusion, but to each their own.

I could have posted "f that dealership, they talk trash" and probably had a lot of support, lots of smilies, and everyone hell bent on not doing business with them for 2-3 days.  I chose this route because it should in all honesty be a laugh fest and thus more memorable--And that accomplishes the number one goal, do not do business with texas dodge, all star dodge, or the lot in lubbock.

If I was after 15 minutes of fame I could have dang sure done a better job of it and I wouldn't be labelling the car "fake" in the title    If anyone is under that impression it is wrong and I'm sorry if it comes off that way...my intent is for people who read it (and have the background when necessary) to laugh as hard as they have in a long time and remember not to give these guys business.

I don't have as much free time as I'd like so I'm limited on posting to forums basically after work and after everything else is done...if I enjoy it, I'll stay up later (cough, Stuart's Charger Fever pics, cough lol).  I don't think it is even possible to attempt to save the thread on Moparts and get across the underlying idea...I asked the mods to close and delete it, hopefully that happens.  I'm sure most got it, but the people that post largely just want to bash someone for whatever topic is at hand.  It is a great site and you can get answers to dang near anything...Race Only is truly invaluable, but I kind of underestimated how a few could misinterpret things and send it down the drains, lol.

I've said it before regarding late model sites in general, but I don't think this site gets enough credit for how well it is run and how the members tend to stay on topic.  Or maybe Charger owners just have a higher IQ and take the time to figure stuff out before posting, lol.  I really don't know, but I assure you this is far and away one of the best places to post!

[ChgrSteve67]

Yeah posting things like this on mopars it just looking for trouble. They love bashing people that have issues with dealerships.


Honestly I think the members here understand how important it is to let people vent thier problems.

[Aero426]

Yeah posting things like this on mopars it just looking for trouble. They love bashing people that have issues with dealerships.

Honestly I think the members here understand how important it is to let people vent thier problems.

Actually, I thought the responses to the original post on Moparts were pretty much on-point.     Could have been summed up in three sentences.

"I went to look at a car."
"The dealer jerked me around."
"I bought the car somewhere else."

As to the alleged "car is a fake" statements.   Who cares?  It's your car.  You know it's real.  Anyone else who cares about a Mopar 10 will know what they're looking at.  
This is much ado about nothing.

[nh_mopar_fan]

 

Life is too short. If your time is limited, why spend it doing this? I mean, at the end of the day, who really gives a crap what some moron at a dealership says?

[ChgrSteve67]

So I went over and found the thread on Moparts and it was no where as bad as I thought it was going to be.  For the most part they agreed that dealers suck and didn't try to defend what they did. As for the rest it was what I expected, a bunch of bitching about the thread for the sake of bitching.

It was just a matter of time, after all that site gets 5-10K visitors a day.

I have no problem with people spending some time to spread the word about what the dealership did but I also agree that spending too much time on this isn't good.

Spread the word but its best to be short and concise when you explain this to others.
Remember the current attention span of most people is only about 20-30 seconds


I get to go to the dealership tomorrow for round three on getting a issue with my new car resolved.
Wish me luck.

-Steve

[TexasStroker]

The dealership not knowing anything and wasting time in January is not a concern, it just plays into the story...This is about the same people spreading lies about a car for no reason.  I left politely and figured it was a thing of the past...I gave them no reason to think ill of me or have a desire to defame a car.

Again, the whole point is to advise others to avoid the dealer.  

I don't know of anyone else that would have something similar happen and wouldn't tell their friends about it.

If this was an individual I wouldn't have posted this...coming from the brass at the dealership is another story and one I felt worth sharing with the Mopar faithful.

Best of luck Steve, lol.

[TK73]

I enjoyed the way you wrote the story.  3 sentences would not have been as fun, I appreciate sarcasm so...

[Aero426]

I don't think I will ever attend a show and wonder if a new Mopar 10 Challenger I saw was real or not.

[64dartgt]

All I would say is..."who are you going to believe...me or a car dealer?"