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Old 06-22-2010, 06:02 PM
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I went to the dealership earlier today and looked at a 06 Dodge Charger Daytona Go Mango R/T....What a ride!!!!! It's a beautiful car and it rides really good. Its not as smooth as the SS but my god is this thing fast!!! The sales lady didnt drive with me so you know i had to drive like i robbed a bank. It pushed all the way up to 130 like it wasnt nothing. Im looking to hear from them and see what they say as far as payments go..

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IDK too much about these. Are they easy to mod?? I just bought my GXP like a year ago, and already I am having doubts. I really want a Camaro SS, but I owe a lot on my GXP, and buying a new camaro would put me over the limit
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Um...they are slower than LS4 cars. I've racked 4 Charger R/Ts in the monte. MOPAR= move over people are racing.
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I raced a charger R/T and raped it pretty bad.....my GXP was stock at the time.
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ive raced one at the track also, demolished it lol
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I test drove a Top Banana Daytona, before the GXP, and you see which one I chose. Plus they're bland, but that's just my opinion.
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way over rated car IMO. If your SS isn't as fast as the R/T its NOT your car's fault its the driver.
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dodge =
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What everyone here said. I hate the RTs all of them, i dont care what edition they are. They suck.
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we all have our personal opinions. i have beaten a couple R/T's too but this thing is way easier to mod and is a better performance car by far. lets not forget the bulletproof transmision
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Only new V8 sedan I'd get in this price range is the G8, but that's just me.
G8 GT > Charger R/T AND SRT
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they dont have any G8 GT's for under 20k where im from
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Originally Posted by JP_GXP
Only new V8 sedan I'd get in this price range is the G8, but that's just me.
G8 GT > Charger R/T AND SRT
Same here JP, I'm just waiting for the price to drop....In Canada there still between $28,000 to $32,000 for a used G8 GT.
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I've tried many times to get out of the LS4 game..can't convince myself in the end. Its always going from a 08 to an older car with more miles, no warranty, at a higher price. Sucks when you can't sell a 08 GP GXP for more than $10k
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I had at bad dream that I got rid of my GXP for somthing else (forgot what) I almost cried.
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Actually thought about trading in my Impy this week for an 02 Grand Prix GTP Coupe
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Just a question...but when have "dodge" and "bullet proof transmission" ever been used in the same sentence?

The upside to the R/T that I see is aftermarket and RWD.
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when he says "more aftermarket" i think of things like - headers, catbacks, tunes, CAI, intake manifolds, headers, rockers, cam, spray, turbo's, etc,,, we have all of this stuff for LS4's too
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Originally Posted by SSCoop
I went to the dealership earlier today and looked at a 06 Dodge Charger Daytona Go Mango R/T....What a ride!!!!! It's a beautiful car and it rides really good. Its not as smooth as the SS but my god is this thing fast!!! The sales lady didnt drive with me so you know i had to drive like i robbed a bank. It pushed all the way up to 130 like it wasnt nothing. Im looking to hear from them and see what they say as far as payments go..

http://images3.ecarlist.com/photos/1...125/640/00.jpg

Dude either way you look at it modding a cars,is gonna cost you a pretty penny...Just get sum headers,tune,and find yourself a good exhaust setup(cuz it seems like you change your exhaust every wknd,lol)J/P


Originally Posted by StealthV8
way over rated car IMO. If your SS isn't as fast as the R/T its NOT your car's fault its the driver.
LOL,gotta be the driver mod


Originally Posted by Nacho SS
Um...they are slower than LS4 cars. I've racked 4 Charger R/Ts in the monte. MOPAR= move over people are racing.
That is true,I've beatin plenty of R/T's on the streets...I like that MOPAR abrevation,How about this one HEMI=hardly enough motor inside
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the LS4 cars have somewhat of an aftermarket but not enough like the HEMI. im not worried about how much its gonna cost to mod it but i dont want my tranny to blow up because these trannys are sh*ty compared to dodge's transmissions. plus they have some R/T's in AWD so thats definitely a plus. dont get me wrong i love my impala but hearing everyone talk about how weak these transmissions are and blah blah blah, u would tend to go with a different car as well


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