Pretty much nailed it.
The news that more Hellcat engines have been ordered effective 1-1-25 is awesome. Right now looks like Durango/Ram but hopefully it'll trickle down to the new Charger as well. Tim Kuniskis is going to try his hardest to save the company.
I have the Steeda "power pack" which is just the CAI and their tuning on my Gen 1 Coyote and I have to say it really did wake the car up. Noticeable power gains on 93 octane from the driver seat. Car is an animal now and spins tires through the first 3 shifts. Also, I hand logged all my fuel...
They keep teasing a 4-door Mustang. I think they should do it, but they should call it Thunderbird and it should have the 5.0 V8 and 10-speed trans with rear drive and optional AWD. That would sell like hotcakes. Dodge already proved that.
I wouldn't screw with it until you drive more miles. I've seen these Ford systems take 5 to 10 miles of driving to start reading.
Also, "pencil" style tire pressure gauges are notoriously bad. The guy who runs the Project Farm channel on YouTube did a test of all the commonly available gauges...
This is true. I live in a very safe area but my insurance went down when I traded my Challenger for my Mustang.
Something I've thought about: WHY are the Dodge cars stolen so much more often? Is it because they are just so much more popular? And if that's the case, WHY are they so much more...
It was a '22 or '23 model. Can't remember which. 10A. My car is a Gen 1 stick shift car with nothing but a Steeda power pack. Might be making 400 at the wheels if I'm lucky. And it's not just my car that would run fenders with that 1LE. I saw stock Scat Packs and several other things...
This summer my father traded his SS 1LE with around 5,000 miles on it for a 2007 GT500. He couldn't stand how hard it was to get in/out of the Camaro, the horrible visibility, how slow it was for the money, or the cost of upgrades. It just didn't feel like a muscle/pony car at all. Felt like...
The leather seat covers have been wrinkled up like the face of a Pug on more than one GT Premium that my dealership has gotten. Fit and finish inside and out is horrible on these S650s. I still can't get over how sloppy the transition from the hood to the grille/headlight area is. A high...
I dislike "Summer Performance" tires because they only work when it's HOT outside. When it gets cool at night they start slipping. In spring and fall they are particularly dangerous. I've tried several brands. Just don't like them on a daily driver.
I also learned years ago that Pirelli...
Funny that I typed that almost 18 months ago, because looking at the 2025 order guide has me thinking that Ford is in that thought process too. Hmmm.....
67% V8 and around 27% manual trans at launch? What do those numbers look like 1 year later? Anybody have recent data?
Mainly I'm interested in the manual trans take rate. I'm curious about the lack of stick shifts on the lots, combined with the A10 trans becoming "no cost" for 2025...
Some of the '24 engines have had misfire and engine issues right out of the factory, but usually it leads to CELs being set in the computer. Scan the car and see if you have codes.