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We have received our first 2009 Ram 1500.
All new design.
Very comfortable, big improvement on the inside.
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We also had two 2009 Challengers drop too. We have an R/T on the way.
One orange, one black!
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~Brian
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me likey the interior update on the ram :clap: but they should have left the exterior alone :(
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
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me likey the interior update on the ram :clap: but they should have left the exterior alone :(
You don't feel like you sit up as high in this truck as the other Ram models.
The bed is also shorter.
~Brian
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me likey the interior update on the ram :clap: but they should have left the exterior alone :(
You don't feel like you sit up as high in this truck as the other Ram models.
The bed is also shorter.
~Brian
:poke: :bash: :hair: :thud: :box: :slap:
Dumbasses!!!
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
great just what we need another 3/4 truck on the market :rolleyes:
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Here's a picture of the suspension in this link: 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/12/detroit-2008-2009-dodge-ram-breaks-through-the-gate/)
~Brian
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Where's the black Challenger!!!!!!
BLACK = SEXY! :clap: :clap: 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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$24790 MSRP (It's a V6)
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~Brian
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I saw one here too. Not so good. Looks old. :confused: That black Viper coupe they had gave me a stiffy though. :lol:
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i actually REALLY like the new dodges :thumbs:
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those challengers look badass. and the exterior of the new ram looks like shit in my opnion
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I'm reeally impressed with the ride of the Ram. It rides like a GM truck now.
~Brian
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ooh and my dad wants a new truck :lol:
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The 1st thing I am gonna do when I get my US driving liecense is go test drive loads of muscle cars lmao and the challenger is gonna be one of the 1st, it looks really nice can't wait to get my lead foot on the gas pedal. :thumbs:
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It's not that impressive.
It's a heavy car.
~Brian
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My 1991 BMW 5 series is a heavy car with only a 2.0i engine but I still got that to hit the redline in 5th :) .... it's all about seing how much abuse an engine can take nothing more as quoting from a film "Speed is just a by product" :rofl:
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hey brian what do you think of the new powerwagons? i know this is a thread about the ram but i'm just curious if you like the new powerwagons.
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hey brian what do you think of the new powerwagons? i know this is a thread about the ram but i'm just curious if you like the new powerwagons.
I've yet to see the new power wagon.
~Brian
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power wagon is same as the new ram. Just as fugly. :(
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hey i like the new powerwagons. i wish i had one. i was one up at silver lake setting in the hotel parking lot. they look nice. well i havn't seen a new 09 one yet. but the 08s look good.
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The demand for the power wagon is pretty low at our store.
We have ordered one only a a special order, in 2007.
~Brian
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oh. well if i can ever afford one. i willl order it from you. how about that. lol
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oh. well if i can ever afford one. i willl order it from you. how about that. lol
If you ever need anything, let us know.
We'll honor supplier or employee pricing if you have access to it. If you don't, we will order anything for invoice price, plus give you the rebate or other incentives at the time of delivery.
~Brian
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me likey the interior update on the ram :clap: but they should have left the exterior alone :(
You don't feel like you sit up as high in this truck as the other Ram models.
The bed is also shorter.
~Brian
I have really come around and started to like the mega cab (first thought it was fugley) but I need a bigger bed. My next truck will hopefully be a long bed. And now they are making them shorter! :(
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You can get a longer bed, but only 2500 or 3500 series applications.
~Brian
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
great just what we need another 3/4 truck on the market :rolleyes:
What the hell does everyone need a 1-ton in 1/2 ton clothing for? The vast majority of the trucks on the road rarely leave the highway, what's the point of a 1/2 ton truck that tows 10k pounds? I think Dodge went the right way and you're stuck in the "bigger is better" mentality :moon:
Still looks like a ford though. :grin_nod:
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
great just what we need another 3/4 truck on the market :rolleyes:
What the hell does everyone need a 1-ton in 1/2 ton clothing for? The vast majority of the trucks on the road rarely leave the highway, what's the point of a 1/2 ton truck that tows 10k pounds? I think Dodge went the right way and you're stuck in the "bigger is better" mentality :moon:
Still looks like a ford though. :grin_nod:
My statement is about a car like ride. I like my truck to feel like a truck. If i wanted a car's ride i would buy ridgeline O0
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
great just what we need another 3/4 truck on the market :rolleyes:
What the hell does everyone need a 1-ton in 1/2 ton clothing for? The vast majority of the trucks on the road rarely leave the highway, what's the point of a 1/2 ton truck that tows 10k pounds? I think Dodge went the right way and you're stuck in the "bigger is better" mentality :moon:
Still looks like a ford though. :grin_nod:
Agreed.
Most people here are hell bent on buying too much truck, thus the reason they are in bad financial shape!
~Brian
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
great just what we need another 3/4 truck on the market :rolleyes:
What the hell does everyone need a 1-ton in 1/2 ton clothing for? The vast majority of the trucks on the road rarely leave the highway, what's the point of a 1/2 ton truck that tows 10k pounds? I think Dodge went the right way and you're stuck in the "bigger is better" mentality :moon:
Still looks like a ford though. :grin_nod:
My statement is about a car like ride. I like my truck to feel like a truck. If i wanted a car's ride i would buy ridgeline O0
The 2009 Ram does ride ten times better, but it's still a truck. It's much improved over the previous series in ride quality.
~Brian
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
great just what we need another 3/4 truck on the market :rolleyes:
What the hell does everyone need a 1-ton in 1/2 ton clothing for? The vast majority of the trucks on the road rarely leave the highway, what's the point of a 1/2 ton truck that tows 10k pounds? I think Dodge went the right way and you're stuck in the "bigger is better" mentality :moon:
Still looks like a ford though. :grin_nod:
big trucks need to feel sexy too. ;) :grin_nod:
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You can get a longer bed, but only 2500 or 3500 series applications.
~Brian
I'm looking at the dodge web page, says I can get a 5'7" bed crew cab w/ or w/o rambox, 6'4" bed with a quad cab or regular cab, or 8' box with a regular cab.
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
great just what we need another 3/4 truck on the market :rolleyes:
What the hell does everyone need a 1-ton in 1/2 ton clothing for? The vast majority of the trucks on the road rarely leave the highway, what's the point of a 1/2 ton truck that tows 10k pounds? I think Dodge went the right way and you're stuck in the "bigger is better" mentality :moon:
Still looks like a ford though. :grin_nod:
My statement is about a car like ride. I like my truck to feel like a truck. If i wanted a car's ride i would buy ridgeline O0
So you want vague steering and a bumpy, juttery ride that is unstable at highway speeds? You want excessive body roll and an ass end that breaks loose at the slightest touch of throttle? There's a heck of a long way to go between a half ton pickup and a car, heck the ridgeline is on a van platform (not a car's) and isn't exactly smooth as silk.
You referred to it as a 3/4 truck, indicating that you didn't feel it was "truck enough". I don't consider better on-road manners a bad thing, especially since few of us do off roading that a ridgeline couldn't handle. There is the TRX version, but it's not hardcore enough to be an offroader. Get a powerwagon if you want a mean, beefy dodge truck.
I heard there wasn't going to be a new version of the power wagon, or at least it was on hold.
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Quad cab comes in 6'4'' box, regular cab has the 6'4'' and 8' box, and the new crew has the 5'6'' box.
We have the new crew in stock only.
~Brian
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I grew up with 60's and 70's trucks. It's what I learned to drive in. Maybe it's nostalgic, but I want a truck to feel that way. (although, I'll pass on a resurrection of the three on the tree :lol: )
everything is just softer and gentler is this screwed up world. Leave my Pick-up alone :mad:
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But you can get a longer box than the 5'7" in a 1500, you just need to get the smaller 4 door cab (quad vs crew) right?
Kind of like the old models where you get the shorter cab and longer bed as standard and if you want the bigger cab you have to give up some bed space to keep the wheelbase the same and keep costs down, instead of having to do an expensive 2500 series scale down with a mega cab and call it a 1500 mega like they did with the last generation. I see the downside of not being able to have the bigger back seat with a bigger bed though.
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I grew up with 60's and 70's trucks. It's what I learned to drive in. Maybe it's nostalgic, but I want a truck to feel that way. (although, I'll pass on a resurrection of the three on the tree :lol: )
everything is just softer and gentler is this screwed up world. Leave my Pick-up alone :mad:
Well you're talking to a guy who drives them everyday for work, mostly on the highway and often through the city. I grew up in late 70's GM blazers and pickups, and 80's fords. Nostalgia is a great idea, but it quickly loses it's luster when you have to live with those archaic chassis everyday.
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But you can get a longer box than the 5'7" in a 1500, you just need to get the smaller 4 door cab (quad vs crew) right?
Kind of like the old models where you get the shorter cab and longer bed as standard and if you want the bigger cab you have to give up some bed space to keep the wheelbase the same and keep costs down, instead of having to do an expensive 2500 series scale down with a mega cab and call it a 1500 mega like they did with the last generation. I see the downside of not being able to have the bigger back seat with a bigger bed though.
Correct.
Dodge is really pushing this shorter bed. The first 15 we get are the short bed.
One is a $42,000 4x2. Our dealer is really happy about Dodge cramming that up our ass.
~Brian
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I grew up with 60's and 70's trucks. It's what I learned to drive in. Maybe it's nostalgic, but I want a truck to feel that way. (although, I'll pass on a resurrection of the three on the tree :lol: )
everything is just softer and gentler is this screwed up world. Leave my Pick-up alone :mad:
Well you're talking to a guy who drives them everyday for work, mostly on the highway and often through the city. I grew up in late 70's GM blazers and pickups, and 80's fords. Nostalgia is a great idea, but it quickly loses it's luster when you have to live with those archaic chassis everyday.
Understood, but there's also a safety issue that goes ignored by most who drive the modern trucks. The more you make them drive and ride like a car, the more people will treat them that way and not respect the fact that a 6200 lbs vehicle will not stop or turn like a car. I think the SUV accident statistics are a fairly good indication of that problem.
Aaron
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I grew up with 60's and 70's trucks. It's what I learned to drive in. Maybe it's nostalgic, but I want a truck to feel that way. (although, I'll pass on a resurrection of the three on the tree :lol: )
everything is just softer and gentler is this screwed up world. Leave my Pick-up alone :mad:
Well you're talking to a guy who drives them everyday for work, mostly on the highway and often through the city. I grew up in late 70's GM blazers and pickups, and 80's fords. Nostalgia is a great idea, but it quickly loses it's luster when you have to live with those archaic chassis everyday.
Understood, but there's also a safety issue that goes ignored by most who drive the modern trucks. The more you make them drive and ride like a car, the more people will treat them that way and not respect the fact that a 6200 lbs vehicle will not stop or turn like a car. I think the SUV accident statistics are a fairly good indication of that problem.
Aaron
well put. :thumbs:
case in point: I have a neighbor like 5'1" drives the big ford diesel. I start reciting the lords prayer when I see him coming. :lol:
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I grew up with 60's and 70's trucks. It's what I learned to drive in. Maybe it's nostalgic, but I want a truck to feel that way. (although, I'll pass on a resurrection of the three on the tree :lol: )
everything is just softer and gentler is this screwed up world. Leave my Pick-up alone :mad:
Well you're talking to a guy who drives them everyday for work, mostly on the highway and often through the city. I grew up in late 70's GM blazers and pickups, and 80's fords. Nostalgia is a great idea, but it quickly loses it's luster when you have to live with those archaic chassis everyday.
Understood, but there's also a safety issue that goes ignored by most who drive the modern trucks. The more you make them drive and ride like a car, the more people will treat them that way and not respect the fact that a 6200 lbs vehicle will not stop or turn like a car. I think the SUV accident statistics are a fairly good indication of that problem.
Aaron
well put. :thumbs:
case in point: I have a neighbor like 5'1" drives the big ford diesel. I start reciting the lords prayer when I see him coming. :lol:
He's not an Asian is he?
That's like even worse.
:lol:
~Brian
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I grew up with 60's and 70's trucks. It's what I learned to drive in. Maybe it's nostalgic, but I want a truck to feel that way. (although, I'll pass on a resurrection of the three on the tree :lol: )
everything is just softer and gentler is this screwed up world. Leave my Pick-up alone :mad:
Well you're talking to a guy who drives them everyday for work, mostly on the highway and often through the city. I grew up in late 70's GM blazers and pickups, and 80's fords. Nostalgia is a great idea, but it quickly loses it's luster when you have to live with those archaic chassis everyday.
Understood, but there's also a safety issue that goes ignored by most who drive the modern trucks. The more you make them drive and ride like a car, the more people will treat them that way and not respect the fact that a 6200 lbs vehicle will not stop or turn like a car. I think the SUV accident statistics are a fairly good indication of that problem.
Aaron
Sorry but I don't subscribe to the argument that the best way to promote safety and responsible driving is to make a vehicle that handles so poorly that you can never get going fast enough to properly hurt yourself or others in an accident.
If they're going to keep stuffing 300-400hp engines under the hood and advertising 0-60 times they should have the suspension to handle it. Kind of like most of the muscle cars we have today have a lot of power but weigh more than a luxury sedan and couldn't turn a corner if the factory's future depended on it. (4x4 Ram SLT Crew is 5500 pounds, about 1500 more than muscle cars and full size sedans). Otherwise put 200hp naturally aspirated diesels with 500lb-ft of torque in every one and let people use them for the tasks we used to use trucks for. Without limitation on power and speed we keep pumping into these trucks I just don't see the logic in that viewpoint. You can engineer presence and feel into the suspension, you seem to be suggesting the number the better like the days of yore. IMO a vehicle is easier to control if you can feel the weight rather then being surprised by it as it pushes you past an apex.
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I grew up with 60's and 70's trucks. It's what I learned to drive in. Maybe it's nostalgic, but I want a truck to feel that way. (although, I'll pass on a resurrection of the three on the tree :lol: )
everything is just softer and gentler is this screwed up world. Leave my Pick-up alone :mad:
Well you're talking to a guy who drives them everyday for work, mostly on the highway and often through the city. I grew up in late 70's GM blazers and pickups, and 80's fords. Nostalgia is a great idea, but it quickly loses it's luster when you have to live with those archaic chassis everyday.
Understood, but there's also a safety issue that goes ignored by most who drive the modern trucks. The more you make them drive and ride like a car, the more people will treat them that way and not respect the fact that a 6200 lbs vehicle will not stop or turn like a car. I think the SUV accident statistics are a fairly good indication of that problem.
Aaron
Sorry but I don't subscribe to the argument that the best way to promote safety and responsible driving is to make a vehicle that handles so poorly that you can never get going fast enough to properly hurt yourself or others in an accident.
If they're going to keep stuffing 300-400hp engines under the hood and advertising 0-60 times they should have the suspension to handle it. Kind of like most of the muscle cars we have today have a lot of power but weigh more than a luxury sedan and couldn't turn a corner if the factory's future depended on it. (4x4 Ram SLT Crew is 5500 pounds, about 1500 more than muscle cars and full size sedans). Otherwise put 200hp naturally aspirated diesels with 500lb-ft of torque in every one and let people use them for the tasks we used to use trucks for. Without limitation on power and speed we keep pumping into these trucks I just don't see the logic in that viewpoint. You can engineer presence and feel into the suspension, you seem to be suggesting the number the better like the days of yore. IMO a vehicle is easier to control if you can feel the weight rather then being surprised by it as it pushes you past an apex.
You need to see the idiots drive their trucks out here then MD. less than 3 inches of snow over ice. These assclowns lock in the 4x4s and haul ass, because they feel like they have grip and control. 5 miles later their upside down in the ditch or T-boning someone else because 4 wheel drive doesn't equal 4 wheel stop. 3 tons of steel is still 3 tons of steel regardless of the ride. It's just easier to lull you into a false security now days.
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You can get a longer bed, but only 2500 or 3500 series applications.
~Brian
Just checked the web page and if I wanted a mega cab those only come with a 6'3" box. I really need something to pull a goose neck and need 3/4 or 1 ton. The new body style is only the 1500, maybe they can lengthen the bed in 2010 for the mega cab.
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hey is it true the new ram's have a 4 link rear suspension? a guy i work with said that.
5 link with coil suspension.
It rides VERY good. It rides twice as good as last year's model.
~Brian
great just what we need another 3/4 truck on the market :rolleyes:
What the hell does everyone need a 1-ton in 1/2 ton clothing for? The vast majority of the trucks on the road rarely leave the highway, what's the point of a 1/2 ton truck that tows 10k pounds? I think Dodge went the right way and you're stuck in the "bigger is better" mentality :moon:
Still looks like a ford though. :grin_nod:
+1 I think it looks alot like a ford!
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I agree. An old ford. :(
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Do you'all remember when Dodge changed the body style back in 94? The Ford redid there truck in 99 and renamed it the Super Duty? I thought Ford was copying Dodge back then!
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I have in my hand an order form.
Steve Sallen is building Challengers out of a new company, SMS.
Press release:
Steve Saleen and his company SMS are well on the way to production with the first vehicle in the line of Signature Series ultra-high performance vehicles. The SMS 570 Challenger will be the first vehicle with a host of aesthetic and functional innovations including the patented SMS Red Butterfly Induction™ hood and a full compliment of SMS ultra-high performance components including: drivetrain, suspension, aerodynamics, tires, wheels and interior.
The fully certified and street legal SMS 570 Challenger and SMS 570X Challenger will be based off the 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T platform and will feature a SMS designed and engineered SMS 296 Supercharger atop the 5.7L Hemi, with power ratings from 500 to over 700 horsepower respectively.
The MSRP's for the 2009 SMS 570 Challenger and SMS 570X Challenger are targeted to start at $60,000 to $70,000 respectively with production commencing in 2008. Both models will carry a bumper-to-bumper factory warranty.
This is an exciting opportunity for the Mopar community to finally take part in the ultra-high performance niche production vehicle market! So act now to reserve yours.
Each of these limited edition vehicles will be personally signed by Steve Saleen as part of the Signature Series product line, complete with unique badges and graphics. Production numbers will be limited per year depending on the model, so the opportunity to be one of the few owners is limited to a first come first served basis. So act now, by placing your pre-production orders though any Dodge dealer in the US.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/sms-570-front-093008.jpg)
Anyone wanting one, give me a call. $5000 deposit required.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/sms-570-rear-093008.jpg)
~Brian
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I really like the looks of the new Dodge. I stopped and looked at it yesterday and they really made some nice improvements.
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Saleen does some trick shit :clap:
But can they shave off 750-1000lbs. Those damn things heavy ::)