💬 OT Gladiator’s Official Stroke-ing Thread
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I have mentioned on TCG in the past, I think a Hellcat Charger would be a great daily driver. But paying $60k for a 5 year old Dodge, for me, is tough to justify. When that stickered for $70k 5 years ago. Although I guess this one only having 6K miles isn't horrible. What would also help justify it is that the only new model you can get in 2024 is the Jailbreak model which is $85k.
But I'm not shopping for a Hellcat. So doesn't much matter. And Juan isn't shopping for one either. Although he should. lol
I don’t want a daily driver. I want something special/unique for the weekends or cruise nights.
If I am spending $80ish I rather get a SGT500, but, if I am willing to spend $80 ish I rather look for a Demon for $100ish. The demon is rare and unique which is what I am looking for…and lords HP.
Put a demon badge on a hellcat and most would never be able to tell the difference. If you’re going for unique or rare, a demon/HC is not the car.
- $40k gets you a narrow body, probably ragged to shit, stolen, or accident, high mileage one with stupid mods and tacky hellcat logos on the rear quarter panel/door. High percent of the color being black, white or octane red because that's all that seem to be in this bucket.
- $50k - $60k gets you a more reasonable mileage, still high percentage of narrow body's (An occasional Wide body will drop in to this bucket), but you start weeding out the "Falling Price, Falling Quality" (FPFQ) membership, mods are tasteful, cars are clean/cleaner.
- $70k gets you a little less mileage, it becomes more evenly split between narrow body and wide body, quantity of stolen cars is very low, cars are generally very clean and nice. An occasional Redeye stumbles in.
-$80k+ You're getting Redeye's, Jailbreak's, and other "this is our last of the last... we promise" editions. Cars are generally bought and put in the garage and are very low mileage.
Unfortunately, this is the pricing. You want a HC, Charger or Challenger, this is what you're stuck with. I don't like it, but I want a cat, so that's what's gonna have to get spent.
And it's not as ludicrous pricing as say a Chevy SS. Me being a Holden nut, I shop these too...
A super clean, low mileage and certainly an M6 version, going for more used than what they were new back when Chevy had the 20% discount on the hood.
This is one I kick myself over not doing, ignoring the wife. We just had tight finances at the time. But in 2015/16 you could've walked out with a fully loaded SS for $38k to $40k with that discount. Now go look at them... Fucking lunacy.
A super clean, low mileage and certainly an M6 version, going for more used than what they were new back when Chevy had the 20% discount on the hood.
This is one I kick myself over not doing, ignoring the wife. We just had tight finances at the time. But in 2015/16 you could've walked out with a fully loaded SS for $38k to $40k with that discount. Now go look at them... Fucking lunacy.
You’re going to be on your 4th replacement after the mustang by the time he actually is semi-serious
This gave me a good laugh just now...
The car;
Their description...
- Perfect first car...
- New Paint. Uhh, with no accidents, it shouldn't need new paint
- Never seen snow. It's in Texas... Now LOL, I get it could've come from somewhere else.
- Custom Wheels. Those are OE Brass Monkey wheels.
But the "perfect first car" got me going.
The car;
Their description...
- Perfect first car...
- New Paint. Uhh, with no accidents, it shouldn't need new paint
- Never seen snow. It's in Texas... Now LOL, I get it could've come from somewhere else.
- Custom Wheels. Those are OE Brass Monkey wheels.
But the "perfect first car" got me going.
"Ice cold A/C"... I would hope so, the car isn't that old.This gave me a good laugh just now...
The car;
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Their description...
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- Perfect first car...
- New Paint. Uhh, with no accidents, it shouldn't need new paint
- Never seen snow. It's in Texas... Now LOL, I get it could've come from somewhere else.
- Custom Wheels. Those are OE Brass Monkey wheels.
But the "perfect first car" got me going.
That description would be half as long if it didn’t repeat several things.This gave me a good laugh just now...
The car;
View attachment 200383
Their description...
View attachment 200384
- Perfect first car...
- New Paint. Uhh, with no accidents, it shouldn't need new paint
- Never seen snow. It's in Texas... Now LOL, I get it could've come from somewhere else.
- Custom Wheels. Those are OE Brass Monkey wheels.
But the "perfect first car" got me going.
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