First Challenger Hellcat sold in Colorado crashed after an hour

[Paratus]

Needs more " Fuck Ya!"

 

[TridenT]

You know what's funny? This was already posted in ATTG, mother fucker!
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2413867

 

[JEDIYoda]

That'll buff right out.

Bondo

 

[Pocatello]

It's Chrysler/Dodge, so it was junk before the idiot crashed it.

 

[sdifox]

Would buyer remorse law apply here? :awe:

 

[Scarpozzi]

Hopefully they had Liberty Mutual, otherwise that drive-off depreciation is gonna suck.

And "good". That's a fucking butt-ugly color for a car.

Hah....perfect response to a Dodge. For the money on an American sports car, I'd take a 2015 Corvette Stingray. I'm not big on Corvettes, but I just feel like it'd hold its value better and probably handle better than the Hellcat. Buying a car merely on HP is ridiculous if it doesn't have handling to match....

The wreck happened in Colorado....who knows, maybe the guy driving was stoned or he hit an icy patch in the road.

 

[IronWing]

Good to see Chrysler getting back to its roots.

 

[Spungo]

If you can't drive it, don't buy it. Can't stress that enough.

It's difficult for people to comprehend how much power 700 HP is. Even having AWD wouldn't be enough to make this safe. You could spin all 4 tires at once, and you could probably do that in third gear.

It just turns into a dick measuring contest. It's just like computers. Does anyone actually need a 12 core CPU overclocked to 5ghz? No, but penis++. Can anyone actually use 700HP? Not really, but some people have really sucky lives and they need something to brag about.

 

[sdifox]

Hope he even had it insured to begin with.

I really don't think they were intended to be F-1's

:hmm:

you cannot drive off the lot unless you have insurance. at least here in Ontario.

 

[manimal]

It's Chrysler/Dodge, so it was junk before the idiot crashed it.

I would have agreed with you a decade ago but not they have much improved build quality which was their achilles. Fiat actually fixed them lol fix it again tony

 

[ControlD]

If you can't drive it, don't buy it. Can't stress that enough.

Unfortunately, you might not know you cannot drive it until after the accident!

 

[SunnyD]

http://www.torquenews.com/galleries/2015-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-sublime

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lance-utley/19/b59/877
A Quality Assurance Engineer/Structural Designer who can't drive/take control of a 707hp car. Will the car be replaced by insurance?

Tree-1, Car-0

See that's a color that should be licked, not driven around. aka: Popsicle, lollipop, etc.

The only cars that I can see with that color should be riding low with purple groundFX and white shag interiors with the back seats ripped out for full bass boxes. Oh, and the driver's seat reclined all the way back so the young dude of colah with his flat-rim ball cap cocked to the side about 30 degrees, saggy-ass drawrs, bright white kicks and NY Knicks jersey that can't even sit up high enough to see over the steering wheel.

Yes, my racial stereotype prejudicing is showing through. But that's how I imagine cars of this ilk and color. I'm a car racist.

(To be fair, in retrospect around here it'd be the latinos that'd drive that, but with the exact same garb)

 

[Paratus]

You know what's funny? This was already posted in ATTG, mother fucker!
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2413867

 

[Carson Dyle]

That color looked hot circa 1972, with lots of black decals and racing stripes. 2015? You should have your head examined.

 

[Scarpozzi]

That color looked hot circa 1972, with lots of black decals and racing stripes. 2015? You should have your head examined.

Yet that color wasn't original to 1972....and that picture you posted is a pretty recent repaint.

This page has the short list of 1972 colors and the greens are kind of lackluster.
http://www.challengerspecs.com/1972challenger.htm

 

[Carson Dyle]

Yet that color wasn't original to 1972....and that picture you posted is a pretty recent repaint.

This page has the short list of 1972 colors and the greens are kind of lackluster.
http://www.challengerspecs.com/1972challenger.htm

"Circa 1972", as in: 1971 - Green go

http://www.challengerspecs.com/1971challenger.htm

Sheesh

 

[CoPhotoGuy]

The wreck happened in Colorado....who knows, maybe the guy driving was stoned or he hit an icy patch in the road.

Definitely no ice in Brighton on that day.

 

[Smoblikat]

My guess is the insurance for these cars, which was likely to be high already, is going to get even higher. So, if you were thinking about getting this car and were pissed at the insurance quote you can thank morons like this guy.


Brian

If youre buying a 70K car you really shouldnt care about maintenance, gas, and insurance.

 

[Fritzo]

They really should offer driving classes with the purchase. That's too much power for the standard "Well, I used to own a Civic Si" driver to handle.

 

[LevelSea]

275 tires lol. who didn't see this coming a mile away?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

They really should offer driving classes with the purchase. That's too much power for the standard "Well, I used to own a Civic Si" driver to handle.

It's also too much power for the "Well, I used to be a Dodge Aries" brakes and suspension to handle. It's the perfect storm of idiot driver, too much power and badly engineered car that's selling on retro chic rather than BMW-level design.

 

[OutHouse]

Lol I drive Riverdale road often. I can see how this dumbass wanted to test out his lack of diving skills on a curvy road. good thing he didnt kill anybody there are quite a few blind curves on Riverdale.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Can anyone actually use 700HP?

HELL YEAH. It's a sad day to see such a great car ruined by incompetence.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

It's also too much power for the "Well, I used to be a Dodge Aries" brakes and suspension to handle. It's the perfect storm of idiot driver, too much power and badly engineered car that's selling on retro chic rather than BMW-level design.

I never really thought about it that way but I understand now that you are correct. BMW level of design means all your time is spent at the shop drastically reducing your potential for crashing. You are a deep thinker.....

 

[IronWing]

HELL YEAH. It's a sad day to see such a great car ruined by incompetence.

I need this because of reasons.