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Automotive News & Views Daimler's abuse of the Dodge Charger legacy.
659 messages, Last post on Jun 21, 2006 at 2:03 PM
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Replying to: xtec (Dec 05, 2005 2:32 pm) Thanks for your unbiased views. It plays right into the negative stereotypes of the muscle car owner, ensuring that a portion of the car buying populace will never buy such a car for fear of being associated with such people. Why do people think being insulting and ignorant adds to their argument? I doubt people generally buy Acuras to get in hopes of having their choice validated by people at drive-thrus. I also doubt owners of Acura EL's are cross-shopping Chargers anyway. As Rodney King says "Can't we all just get along?" (and have a friendly discussion about cars). I believe Rodney drove a Hyundai in the past. |
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Let's not fall into the trap of making things personal here. Stick to the cars please. Thanks! |
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isn't an Acura EL a Canadian Civic? That's almost the polar opposite of a Charger! We might as well save our breath here, because this type of argument would be about as productive as explaining the merits of a Mercedes to my buddy who proudly owns two Mark V Diamond Jubilees! Just as a Benz and a pimp-barge are going to appeal to two totally different types of people, so would a Civic and a Charger. Lemmer, I believe a Hyundai Excel was what started the whole Rodney King thing in the first place! Supposedly he was doing around 115 mph in it when the police chased him down.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Dec 06, 2005 5:10 am) The mark of a true car guy - we have a supposedly defining moment in our nation's history, and me and Andre are trying to figure out what kind of cars are in the background. |
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| as I recall, Hyundai even tried to capitalize on that event, by showing a Hyundai outrunning the cops in a tv commercial! It was yanked pretty quickly though, as it was considered in poor taste. | |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Dec 06, 2005 5:10 am) Is this an insult against Acuras, or Canada?? 
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First of all you people come on this forum trash talk the Charger ,but I'm not suppose to defend I car I own and think its one of the best cars out there.Why do you people even care about the Charger if you don't like them? Stay on your own forums and talk about your own cars or are they to boring to talk about. 
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Replying to: xtec (Dec 06, 2005 2:32 pm) I really like the new Charger. I have been defending it. But don't be alarmed if someone else criticizes the Charger here. Check the title of the discussion. |
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just don't say "rice" in these forums. The hosts hate it when you say "rice". And to be fair, yeah, considering the forum title, some Charger bashing is to be expected here. Now if it were a Charger OWNERS' forum, that would be different, although even there things could get heated. I remember about 5 years ago, things got nasty on the Intrepid owners forum. There was one guy who had nothing better to do than slam the car all day long. And he either had multiple personalities (and multiple IDs) and would post so that he could carry on conversations with himself, or he'd get his buddies to jump on and rag on the Intrepid, too. And then, of course, you'd get the owners defending their cars, and it just got to the point that even when someone came on with a legitimate complaint about the car, some of the owners would jump on the poster, thinking it was that guy trying to stir up trouble. Admittedly, the Charger does have its job cut out for it. Not only is it going to get ragged on by people who just hate this type of car (big, domestic, muscular, etc), but also by the die-hards that think the only way it would be a "real" Charger would be if it were a Hemi coupe with a stick-shift option. Heck, I'm just glad they're building the thing! Even if it's not everybody's idea of a perfect car, at least it's something different. If you want a competent but somewhat generic, roomy FWD car, there are plenty to choose from...500, Impala, and any number of Japanese models. At least the Charger gives us some more variety. |
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Replying to: xtec (Dec 06, 2005 2:32 pm) As for the "opposition", don't let them get you down too much...so far, nobody has been able to offer any compelling reasons other than the 4-door thing as to why it's not a proper Charger. Andre, did this guy really carry on conversations with himself, via different accounts/screennames?! Wow...in the realm of internet lameness, that takes the cake... 
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