Rental Car Roulette
Had a Dodge Challenger RT for a few days this week. I can?t believe I had a charger RT last week and the 2 door sibling a week later.
Things I like with the challenger: seats were good, I found that there?s lumbar support and you can move it up and down. It made my chicago to Indianapolis trip much more comfortable. I don?t recall if the charger had that but, I?m sure it does. Somehow it felt more comfortable on the road, especially after I lowered tire pressure. Since the stretch of I65 I was in has a lot of potholes, I didn?t want to blow a tire off. Cylinder deactivation is still annoying but, for some reason in the challenger, the hum was less of an annoyance. Much lower rumble frequency that I could tune out. It felt faster but, I think that hearing was slightly taller. 75mph in the charger had the engine at 1600-1700rpm while the challenger was closer to 2000. No electronic gas door. Just like my mustang, when the pump clicks off, you?re full. Don?t try and round up to the next dollar. Trunk had better access to the back. What I found interesting is, in the rain the rear window doesn?t really get wet. It seems like the airflow doesn?t carry rain and there?s no road spray that reaches it. There?s something about the challenger that makes me feel like I?m sitting deep in a tall couch and I love that.
Things I like about the charger. Alpine radio sounded so much better. I recall the trunk opening on its own when you press the button. Better visibility.
I wish I could like the smaller more basic radio that I had in the challenger. What I can?t stand is the fact that it?s like they?re not using high resolution text. everything?s slightly blurry. The larger screened radio has much better text quality.
The 8-speed Auto is so good. You?re always in power band and it shifts smooth in normal mode and sport mode makes it sound even better, I absolutely love the loud bark you get. It?s magically. While leaving work yesterday, I heard the bark echo off the office buildings.
Had a Dodge Challenger RT for a few days this week. I can?t believe I had a charger RT last week and the 2 door sibling a week later.
Things I like with the challenger: seats were good, I found that there?s lumbar support and you can move it up and down. It made my chicago to Indianapolis trip much more comfortable. I don?t recall if the charger had that but, I?m sure it does. Somehow it felt more comfortable on the road, especially after I lowered tire pressure. Since the stretch of I65 I was in has a lot of potholes, I didn?t want to blow a tire off. Cylinder deactivation is still annoying but, for some reason in the challenger, the hum was less of an annoyance. Much lower rumble frequency that I could tune out. It felt faster but, I think that hearing was slightly taller. 75mph in the charger had the engine at 1600-1700rpm while the challenger was closer to 2000. No electronic gas door. Just like my mustang, when the pump clicks off, you?re full. Don?t try and round up to the next dollar. Trunk had better access to the back. What I found interesting is, in the rain the rear window doesn?t really get wet. It seems like the airflow doesn?t carry rain and there?s no road spray that reaches it. There?s something about the challenger that makes me feel like I?m sitting deep in a tall couch and I love that.
Things I like about the charger. Alpine radio sounded so much better. I recall the trunk opening on its own when you press the button. Better visibility.
I wish I could like the smaller more basic radio that I had in the challenger. What I can?t stand is the fact that it?s like they?re not using high resolution text. everything?s slightly blurry. The larger screened radio has much better text quality.
The 8-speed Auto is so good. You?re always in power band and it shifts smooth in normal mode and sport mode makes it sound even better, I absolutely love the loud bark you get. It?s magically. While leaving work yesterday, I heard the bark echo off the office buildings.
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