Bought Another Hellcat

[427.060]

I sold my 2023 ZL1 a couple months so I had an empty space to fill. I have been looking at Challenger Hellcat Redeyes for the last several weeks. Toward the end of last week one showed up online with the options I had been looking for and a color I like. After talking for a couple days the dealership accepted my offer Saturday afternoon. Tuesday we finalized everything. Tuesday evening I flew to New York and drove across the state line to Rochelle Park New Jersey. Wednesday I went to the dealership to check out the car and sign all the required papers. At 1:25 Wednesday afternoon I pulled out of the dealership and made the 12 1/2 hour 752 mile ride home. The car is a 2020 Challenger Hellcat Redeye Widebody with 4310 miles when I got it. I really like the color. I think like it more than my other Hellcat.

[markinnaples]

That's sharp, congrats. Love the color too.

[Crush]

How would you compare it to the ZL one.? It’s cool to see these are still out there. I haven’t looked in a while.

[427.060]

How would you compare it to the ZL one.? It’s cool to see these are still out there. I haven’t looked in a while.

I like the looks of the ZL1 more but, as a big guy, the Challenger is much more comfortable. I took the ZL1 on a 1000 mile 3 day road trip last year and it about beat the heck out of me. The 750 mile trip home Wednesday was pretty comfortable.

[njsteve]

Looks great (but I'm a little baised toward that color any way.)

Too bad the dealer put that %$^'n front license plate bracket on. There's plenty of grill-mounted aftermarket plate brackets. I can't understand why they still insist on screwing 2 damn sheetmetal screws through a $2,000 front fascia. Ugh!

How do like the Redeye? Gotta love the extra 100 horses over the regular Hellcat. BTW, I assume you checked out the SAE report on the emission certification testing for those engines. The engines were actually tested out by SAE to be 812hp at 6,400 rpm for the Redeye/Superstock/OG Demon engine. Dodge played the old "Pick Your Redline" game for their advertised ratings. The narrow-body 797hp was rated 100 rpm below (6,300 rpm) the 807hp wide-body Redeye/Superstock's rating at 6,400 rpm.

We had ours out this morning for a carsNcoffee event down south. Put a leisurely 100 miles on the old girl. Got 2,390 on her now!

I just had to buy the Mopar extended warranty for her since the original warranty expired in April. I used these guys: https://www.buymoparwarranty.com/ They sell the Mopar MaxCare at $25 above cost. Ended up getting the 8-year, 60K mile, $100 deductible plan. Cost around $3,700 but well worth it since any of the electronics or dash screens cost more than the warranty price, right off the bat. Not to even get started on any drivetrain parts.

[GM Powertrain]

Love my "regular" Hellcat. So much damn fun! 10.90 @ over 126mph stock in bad DA and a lousy 60 foot all while getting 23.6 MPG on the way to Milan doing 80/85 mph with the M/T drag radials on, AC blasting.
Big, roomy (I'm a bigger guy too) and fast. What more do you want in a late model?

[njsteve]

You're not big, you're "Full-Figured". :grin:

[dykstra]

“Athletic”

[njsteve]

it’s “Husky”. That’s what my mom used to call me and my brothers.

[Crush]

it’s “Husky”. That’s what my mom used to call me and my brothers.

Funny, my mom used the “ husky” term for me and my brothers!!

[COPO]

Funny, my mom used the “ husky” term for me and my brothers!!

I remember looking through the Sears and JC Penny catalogues as a kid and "Husky" was one of the clothing sizes. These days it's probably equivalent to "slim cut" :-)

[427.060]

Looks great (but I'm a little baised toward that color any way.)

Too bad the dealer put that %$^'n front license plate bracket on. There's plenty of grill-mounted aftermarket plate brackets. I can't understand why they still insist on screwing 2 damn sheetmetal screws through a $2,000 front fascia. Ugh!

How do like the Redeye? Gotta love the extra 100 horses over the regular Hellcat. BTW, I assume you checked out the SAE report on the emission certification testing for those engines. The engines were actually tested out by SAE to be 812hp at 6,400 rpm for the Redeye/Superstock/OG Demon engine. Dodge played the old "Pick Your Redline" game for their advertised ratings. The narrow-body 797hp was rated 100 rpm below (6,300 rpm) the 807hp wide-body Redeye/Superstock's rating at 6,400 rpm.

We had ours out this morning for a carsNcoffee event down south. Put a leisurely 100 miles on the old girl. Got 2,390 on her now!

I just had to buy the Mopar extended warranty for her since the original warranty expired in April. I used these guys: https://www.buymoparwarranty.com/ They sell the Mopar MaxCare at $25 above cost. Ended up getting the 8-year, 60K mile, $100 deductible plan. Cost around $3,700 but well worth it since any of the electronics or dash screens cost more than the warranty price, right off the bat. Not to even get started on any drivetrain parts.

Thanks Steve. I love the color, especially in the sun.

With the 752 mile drive home from Rochelle Park NJ and what driving I've done since I got home, I've put almost 900 miles on it in 5 days. I was surprised at the gas mileage on the drive home. I checked if after both fill ups. It got 21.3 mpg each time.

Yeah, I hate the front license plate bracket. I need to take it off to see how bad the mounting holes look. I have seen that Dodge sells body color plugs to cover the holes. I also thought about painting the bracket Octane Red and getting a cool plate to put in it. I haven't seen any with painted bracket to see how it looks.

I knew about the actual horsepower from the info you posted when I bought the blue 2023 Hellcat. The extra horsepower is nice to have but I can't tell much of a difference. The widebody package makes the car handle and ride a little better.

I checked that extended warranty site a couple days ago. After entering my info it told me that someone would have to come to inspect the car before giving me a price. I didn't continue after reading that. I'll check into it again.

[njsteve]

If they asked for the dealer pre-inspection that is because your car is out of the 3/36 factory warranty. That is standard for any vehicle that is no longer under warranty. I made sure and got mine a month before the 36 month expiration date in late April of this year.

An added suggestion: get some of the clear PPF protection film and cover the entire rear flares. Those flares are rock magnets. Even worse than the old 2nd Gen Trans Am rear flares. I believe there are some companies that make precut PPF kits for just the flares.

[427.060]

A little over a week ago I took the new Challenger on a road trip with a group of other guys to The Tail of the Dragon. It was my first trip to TOTD. I had a blast. The car handled the curvy road better than I thought it would. On the 11 mile road, there are 318 turns and curves. I did the round trip two times. The first was with cars from the group I was with, mostly import sports cars and a few Corvettes. It was a pretty aggressive drive but I kept up with them. The second trip was by myself so I took it a little slower so I could just enjoy the drive. On the drive up there we were on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a little while. I stopped and got a few pictures from there. There is not really any places on the TOTD to stop for pictures but there are three different companies set up along the drive that take pictures as you pass and have them for sale on their websites. It the link below there are over 50 pictures of my car that were taken by one of the companies.

https://killboy.photoreflect.com/store/Photos.aspx?e=14597950&g=04RK04T60A&gf=false&page=0

[njsteve]

Glad to see you're enjoying the ride!

[markinnaples]

Your Challenger looks great.