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#1 Muhammad

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 01:53

Well not really... Faced with the prospect of a Focus, I decided to accept the Avis customer service representative's offer and 'upgrade':

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Dodge Charger baby!

Honestly think it's quite ugly LOL! The arse end is quite nice though. It seems to go quite well and I guessed ~300hp, and looking at the specs, I wasn't far off! It handles surprisingly well for a big muscle car, and sounds good when you give it some.

Annoyances: it takes ten bloody steps before you actually get moving! Kick down is accompanied by a sudden lurch forwards which kinda reminds me what Irf was saying about new auto/semi-auto cars.


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Posted 18 May 2012 - 04:59

Thats what they drive on NCIS :P

How much do u wish it was a 1969 one?


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#3 jimbobsimmonds

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 08:09

View PostMuhammad, on 18 May 2012 - 01:53 , said:

... and yes, I'm in Los Angeles at the moment Posted Image


Anybody else feeling the hate right now....

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 08:13

Hmm, needs bigger rims... :)
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 08:26

View Postjimbobsimmonds, on 18 May 2012 - 08:09 , said:

Anybody else feeling the hate right now....

Not at all, I was going to say that'll be costing him a fortune to hire... But then worked out that even if it is, it's less than the depreciation on his last car, let alone the previous XYZ ones :lol:

Sorry Mo :P :lol:
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 08:43

Looks nice is it the Hemi? Either way you need to be riding on 22" chrome rimz.

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 09:01

Drove one of these when I was out in Az 2 years ago. I know what you mean about the gearbox....infuriating!

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 09:04

With different wheels and tinted windows, that car could look one helluva mean SOB Posted Image

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 09:07

....and a black grille.

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 09:40

i hear theres a beauty spot in LA mo, think they call it compton? and if you go there and make your fingers into a gun and shoot someone the nearest female has to service you. best go at night apparently.

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 09:41

About the wheels... There is a big 300C parked up at the airfield outside my window...

Big wheels with a huge tyre profile? It just ends up making the wheels look smaller than they are. Is this a trend for US manufacturers, maybe to retain big wheels but keep the "softness" of thick tyres?

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 09:59

View Postirf, on 18 May 2012 - 09:40 , said:

i hear theres a beauty spot in LA mo, think they call it compton? and if you go there and make your fingers into a gun and shoot someone the nearest female has to service you. best go at night apparently.

Mo is way too short to be ridin' dutty like that.

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 10:07

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Posted 18 May 2012 - 22:44

It's fooking ugly but still a million miles more interesting/different than a Focus so there's the plus side Posted Image.
Have a good time Mo.


Why they could make it more in line with the old muscles cars I never know. I mean the Challenger is lovely.

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Edited by GazT4R, 18 May 2012 - 22:47 .

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Posted Today, 22:03

Business trips have their perks...hotel's not bad...

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View is 'ok' too...

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Saw one of these in the car park too, looked lush and well looked after. I want one when I get back!

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