[Imperial One]

Hi everyone. I'm a long time Mopar guy (45 years or so). Back in the day had a Hemi Satellite and a Superbird. Raced a Duster with a 426 Max Wedge. Now I have three 1973 Imperials and a Grand Caravan.

I've been nosing around at buying a Hellcat for a few years now. Was first looking for a used one and was warned off 2015-2016 models because of alleged issues with the supercharger. I might have pulled the trigger a year ago but FCA dumped Plum Crazy and Limelight (or whatever they call them now) which pissed me off. And now I find I can't order a manual transmission (I read the thread here about the issue).

In the meantime I ordered a "Brand X". First time I bought a car from the General. When Chrysler's cars really sucked in the late 80's and early '90's I had a pair of Ford Taurus SHOs. For the time those were great cars. Then I was a truck guy with a Ram 2500 with a V-10 followed by a Ram 1500 with a 6 cylinder and a stick. Then I've been a mini van guy (yep, it's true - they are a VERY practical work vehicle and much less costly to operate than a truck).

So I plan to take advantage of the C8 shortage out there and sell it and then order a Hellcat once the transmission issue is sorted out. This is one advantage of being a geezer: I am never in a hurry!

That's me on the right. Santa's sled.

Cheers

Imperial One (from Canada)

p.s. I live not far from the Hellcat plant in Brampton Ontario, and on my way home yesterday I saw an Octane Red Charger Hellcat on the car carrier. Maybe it's your car on the way.

 

[Dennis H]

Nice Imperial. Lets see the other 2.

 

[williamshills87]

It’s beautiful


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[2ndAmend]

You are a crazy man! And I mean that in a good way! (Mostly.) LOL.

My father was a huge Mopar fan, decades before the term “Mopar” was part of the language. I grew up in a ’56 seafoam green Chrysler station wagon with the chrome push button auto shifter on the left side of the dash.

He had a body shop and owned nothing but mid 60’s Mopar 318 and 383 2bbl cars because they could run almost forever without maintenance. Personally I hated the torsion bar suspended boats!

After owning Camaros, Mustangs, Corvettes, and the best car ever: the modern GTO, I was ready to move on. Advice: Do not die without owning a HC!!! M6 or A8, just do it!!!

BTW: The A8 is (from what I understand) better in every respect over the M6, except fun. I think I would be happy with a A8, but I think I am happier with my M6!

BUY IT NOW!

 

[Himmelkat]

A) Don't buy one from a dealership that has been modified in any way unless you hire a team of lawyers to bind and gag the dealership with a bulletproof warranty.
B) if you buy one past warranty that is stock, such as mine, you know pretty well what to expect, as I did.
C) No one ever regrettted upgrading to the Redeye (797hp versus 717)
D) Mopar 4 life!

 

[Imperial One]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I am going to hold out for a manual transmission.

 

[vrwebster]

Your timing sucks and plan to pay over market by a large margin than just one year ago, good luck!

 

[Hoffman]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I am going to hold out for a manual transmission.

Good Move. I did as well.."dont tell me when to shift" hahha

 

[SICKAT]

Good Move. I did as well.."dont tell me when to shift" hahha

Good Move. I did as well.."dont tell me when to shift" hahha

I feel lucky buying my redeye wide body end of 2019. Yes it’s an automatic with a sunroof, but driving that car makes me smile every time I get in it. With crazy traffic in Massachusetts I wouldn’t consider a standard transmission. I had a six speed Chevy ssr. And was shifting all the time. Pain in the balls.

 

[Himmelkat]

Ah, yes, traffic and manual transmissions. Fun to make big noises with an audience that can't escape haha.