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Took the cat half way across country and back last week. Probably not the best time to road trip in the hellcat but with that said I averaged 21mpg!!! I'm actually proud of this lol
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Never ceases to amaze me the mileage these things can get. Driving mine pretty spiritedly around town and I still get @ 16 mpg or so. And it’s an animal with over 700hp. I had a 1978 Z28 back in the day that had 185hp, and I was lucky if I got 9 in town. Just nuts.
Nice! We've gotta take the little victories when we can.
Now I know that we don't buy these cars for fuel economy, but was that 23.9 freeway? mixed? If that's freeway, that's kinda horrible.
30+mpg on the freeway was a regular thing with my SP as long as I kept it around 70~75. I was driving from Jacksonville down to S.Fl on a regular basis, and even doing 85+, I was still getting 27+mpg.I don't plan on road tripping my car too too much, but I sure wouldn't mind having MDS on the RE for those trips. I was getting 22mpg and change on the way back from Kentucky after picking the car up.
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Just curious… did you stay at motels? We’re you worried? What security measures do you run?
Wife and a drove Missouri to Yellowstone last year. Driving Missouri to the Florida Keys coming up.
Although I have about every security setup imaginable (including Ravelco, and portable GPS with geofencing and smart phone alert)…I just can’t get behind taking our 2020 SPWB.
Our 2010 Buick Lacrosses is our interstate traveler.
Curious to hear your thoughts and experience! 🤠
Wife and a drove Missouri to Yellowstone last year. Driving Missouri to the Florida Keys coming up.
Although I have about every security setup imaginable (including Ravelco, and portable GPS with geofencing and smart phone alert)…I just can’t get behind taking our 2020 SPWB.
Our 2010 Buick Lacrosses is our interstate traveler.
Curious to hear your thoughts and experience! 🤠
Car break in/theft is a bit of a concern, but not enough to put me off of reasonable road tripping.
I've driven between CA and MO numerous times starting back in the late 1990's to last time was April 2021 (from AR to CA and back). Have driven a VW Golf TDi to my Hellcat. Most expensive car was my 2003 Porsche Turbo which retailed for $119K (but which I bought used at 6 years/10K miles for less than half that, for $57.7K). The Hellcat purchased new cost more than $57.7K.
My security measures are I stay at nice hotels. In nice areas. I like Best Western, Holiday Inn Express. Fairfield, Hampton Inn, Drury Inn, etc. I try to park where the car is under good lighting and is in view of the hotel's CCTV system. If I can arrange to park the car where it is visible from my hotel room so much the better.
Or sometimes my car -- in this case my blue Porsche Boxster -- attracts some "security"....
(Pic taken at Drury Inn Amarillo TX. The LEO vehicles were not there when I pulled in the night before.)
I don't leave anything visible in the cabin.
I am careful to observe the surroundings when I pull into a hotel parking lot and before I get out of the car. Likewise I scope out the situation before I leave the lobby to walk to my car. This is true if I'm on the road 1000 miles from home or at the local Walmart grocery store.
My habit is to avoid touristy areas and parking the car on a dark/lonely street for a dinner at a restaurant. I eat during mid afternoon at a nice restaurant (I have my favs along my routes) and the car is only parked for an hour maybe. And in sight as I eat.
My reasonable pre cautions I mentioned above give me peace of mind. The car is insured. While I would not like to lose it to theft or even have a window smashed it is not the end of the world.
Also, while I have not had any car break ins or thefts I hit some road debris late one night in the middle of nowhere KS and then another time I hit a mule deer in the middle of nowhere NV.
And another time the night before I was due to leave on a road trip in a 4 week old new car my car was hit and ended up being totaled.
I can't speak for the OP, but I'll be making a Pacific Coast run next year and I've given this some thought. Any threat of theft will be a theft of opportunity (professional jobs require some planning and scouting, not likely in this scenario), so I plan to immobilize my clutch pedal with an AutoLock brake lock, use a plain car cover (no Hellcat logos), and a Tirelock Pitbull on at least one of the rear wheels with the nose facing out (I already own these things).
I'll also scout ahead and reserve rooms at a hotels with restricted parking lot access (parking lot protected by an access gate. You swipe your room key to gain access) and hopefully also with underground parking garages. Also, scout out criminal activity for your hotel. Go to crimemapping.com and enter the address of your planned hotel. Set the radius to 500 feet (sufficient for most hotel parking lots). Search for automobile related crimes for the previous four weeks. If I see any auto burglaries or auto thefts, I look for another hotel.
Good luck!
I've had scat packs and Hellcats. Both got almost identical mileage on the freeway. MDS wasn't worth it in my case. I for one am glad they left the Hellcat motor alone. No MDS or that stupid stop-start feature.Nice! We've gotta take the little victories when we can.
Now I know that we don't buy these cars for fuel economy, but was that 23.9 freeway? mixed? If that's freeway, that's kinda horrible.
I don't plan on road tripping my car too too much, but I sure wouldn't mind having MDS on the RE for those trips. I was getting 22mpg and change on the way back from Kentucky after picking the car up.
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I’ve gotten 25 mpg in my Scat - never more than that, but I also usually cruise at 80+ mph on the thruway. I feel like mds is the only way to achieve such mileage in these beasts.
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I averaged 22.3 mpg and 435mi range per tank. Took a 1200mile road trip, had a blast even though I was concerned about rock chips. Don’t think I’d do it again though lol
We have taken our 2016 HC on many road trips. Hot Rod Power Tour 3 times, Arizona to St. Louis several times. We did the Tail of the Dragon last year. Awesome road trip car. 26,000 miles of road trips so far. Always get low to mid twenties on mileage.
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Preventing car theft
https://www.hellcat.org/threads/dodge-releases-3-new-security-measures.248913/post-4409588 yeah with my plan, they will be able to tow it, but I'm a creature of habit, I only have ONE time slot to worry, 6-7pm Fridays, we go to the same restaurant, half the time I park rite by the patiio...
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Haha… I use a 1/4 tank on every 25 trip, I just can’t seem to put it reg drive mode, so it never gets out of 5th gear 🤷♂️
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