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hey guys. just thought id let you know what was going on with me.

just bought this on friday. recently got promoted at my job and picking up my masters degree at the end of the summer.

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Chargers are such beauties, as lomg as they're not heavily cosmetic modded. I wish they had fallen in budget whem I was looking for a car.
does it have the racetrack taillights? those things are beautiful.
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Sweet! I almost bought a Hemi Charger or 300 instead of the GXP in my siggy. They're great cars.
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SSEiMan01 wrote:Sweet! I almost bought a Hemi Charger or 300 instead of the GXP in my siggy. They're great cars.
I never cared for the 300's, but the hemi . . . wouldve been nice. but ill take the mpg!
drift7one wrote:Chargers are such beauties, as lomg as they're not heavily cosmetic modded. I wish they had fallen in budget whem I was looking for a car.
does it have the racetrack taillights? those things are beautiful.
indeed it does. id planned to get a dart, but somehow i think ill make do with this beautiful creation ;)
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Looks great Jeff. I'm assuming it's the V6 and the 8 speed auto?

Congrats on the promotion and the degree as well!
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00Beast wrote:Looks great Jeff. I'm assuming it's the V6 and the 8 speed auto?

Congrats on the promotion and the degree as well!
Indeed. v6 w/ auto. 8 miles on it when i picked it up.

thank you! thinking of going back for a second masters -- this one in math.
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Love those things. And I will admit, I have purposely followed one at night time just to gawk at the taillights...they're gorgeous and like nothing else on the road, lol. And that new 3.6L is impressive....how many other cars of that size offer nearly 300 hp and 31 mpg?

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I obviously didn't base my purchase on gas mileage! :lol:

The V6 Chargers are supposed to be pretty good too though!
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I like! I love the taillights on those! Normally I would say it needed the factory spoiler, but for some reason I don't mind the lack thereof on your car.
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ga93sle wrote:I like! I love the taillights on those! Normally I would say it needed the factory spoiler, but for some reason I don't mind the lack thereof on your car.
Yeah, I'm still not sure if i like it better with or without the spoiler.
SSEiMan01 wrote:I obviously didn't base my purchase on gas mileage! :lol:

The V6 Chargers are supposed to be pretty good too though!
Clearly. and honestly i havent seen particularly good gas mileage on this vehicle. better than the ssei, but nowhere close to the impala (which makes sense, given the difference in hp...)
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My first thought when I saw this car was 'NCIS'!

Great looking cars these. I prefer the current model Charger to the 2006 shape.
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Saturn Simon wrote:Great looking cars these. I prefer the current model Charger to the 2006 shape.
you and me both -- it just looks a lot more aggressive now than it did before.

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Nice! My 20% lifetime warranty was $220. Which isn't bad around here... Looks great!
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Hey lookie there! Forgot you were around these parts...

Did you pick it up at Fowler or Westpoint?
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sandrock wrote:Hey lookie there! Forgot you were around these parts...

Did you pick it up at Fowler or Westpoint?
Neither, actually. David Stanley, near tinker afb.
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Looking good Jeff!!

I honestly hate following these cars at night, it's hell on my eyes...
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