[Clovishellcat]

 

[Long Island SRT]

So people with a handicap can park closer to the building.

 

[JCloss]

So people with a handicap can park closer to the building.

BUHAHAHAHA! Indeed!

 

[Xylander]

The truth on this topic is there's 2 major kinds of car people. People who respect the cars, and people who want respect because of the car. They like and enjoy their cars, or they desperately want people to see them driving that car. To really hammer on this, it's the difference between someone who is primarily given some joy or fulfillment by owning, maintaining, and driving their car. It's an internal thing. These other folks want the car for a prop. It's about them, not the car. We're basically talking pride vs. vanity.

In the real world, 90% of drivers have no clue what a Hellcat is. Of the remainder, maybe 8% knows what a HC is by name, but they don't KNOW what a Hellcat is. Drive thru window employee, "IS THAT A HELLCAT?!" Is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. The other 2% knows that a car like this is a BS fake. These attention seekers want the fake Hellcat because they're of the group that knows what a HC is, and what people like them think how cool it must be to own one. So, in an effort to be cool, they spawn a fauxcat. The people who take personal pride in their vehicle tend to respect it for what it is. They don't turn Scat Packs into HC fakes. The opinion of a 16 yr old teenager walking down the sidewalk doesn't matter. It matters a lot to someone who does make a fake HC. For them, a wet dream scenario would be to drive past 4 women at the beach and one of them says, "NICE HELLCAT! TAKE ME FOR A RIDE!"

These cars have "Panty Dropper Mode" start button covers. Their car's entire purpose is to attract attention to try and make that dream a reality, and they're usually driven by younger people in their 20s. Vanity tends to peter out the older they get. Unless they're a narcissist.

I think that's pretty much the answer.

 

[JCloss]

The truth on this topic is there's 2 major kinds of car people. People who respect the cars, and people who want respect because of the car. They like and enjoy their cars, or they desperately want people to see them driving that car. To really hammer on this, it's the difference between someone who is primarily given some joy or fulfillment by owning, maintaining, and driving their car. It's an internal thing. These other folks want the car for a prop. It's about them, not the car. We're basically talking pride vs. vanity.

In the real world, 90% of drivers have no clue what a Hellcat is. Of the remainder, maybe 8% knows what a HC is by name, but they don't KNOW what a Hellcat is. Drive thru window employee, "IS THAT A HELLCAT?!" Is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. The other 2% knows that a car like this is a BS fake. These attention seekers want the fake Hellcat because they're of the group that knows what a HC is, and what people like them think how cool it must be to own one. So, in an effort to be cool, they spawn a fauxcat. The people who take personal pride in their vehicle tend to respect it for what it is. They don't turn Scat Packs into HC fakes. The opinion of a 16 yr old teenager walking down the sidewalk doesn't matter. It matters a lot to someone who does make a fake HC. For them, a wet dream scenario would be to drive past 4 women at the beach and one of them says, "NICE HELLCAT! TAKE ME FOR A RIDE!"

These cars have "Panty Dropper Mode" start button covers. Their car's entire purpose is to attract attention to try and make that dream a reality, and they're usually driven by younger people in their 20s. Vanity tends to peter out the older you get. Unless they're a narcissist.

I think that's pretty much the answer.

Xy, as per usual….well stated and “spot on” assessment/sizing up! I’m not sure if it could be better expressed, nor presented with more truths!

 

[covidcommander]

Least it's on a vehicle manufactured by dodge

 

[PurrKitty]

This guy with the new HellCat Avenger must get laid all the time. Talk about a panty dropper car!

 

[Big Swede]

Am I missing something. Other than parking in a way too tight spot that I would never do it doesn’t appear to me that he is in a handicap spot. The handicap spot appears to be sideways to the Hellcat.

The handicap person pulls in and essentially parallel parks and then has the crosshatch area to get out into and has a clear path to the ramp. The Walmart by my house has the spots at a 90 angle like that.

If the thread has nothing to do with the handicap spot and everything to do with tha crappy parking job then it’s a weird angle to take the picture, besides there are crappy parkers of every make of car.

 

[PurrKitty]

Am I missing something. Other than parking in a way too tight spot that I would never do it doesn’t appear to me that he is in a handicap spot. The handicap spot appears to be sideways to the Hellcat.

The handicap person pulls in and essentially parallel parks and then has the crosshatch area to get out into and has a clear path to the ramp. The Walmart by my house has the spots at a 90 angle like that.

Boy do I have a deal on a HellCat for you!

 

[Slowpoke387]

Am I missing something. Other than parking in a way too tight spot that I would never do it doesn’t appear to me that he is in a handicap spot. The handicap spot appears to be sideways to the Hellcat.

The handicap person pulls in and essentially parallel parks and then has the crosshatch area to get out into and has a clear path to the ramp. The Walmart by my house has the spots at a 90 angle like that.

Went right over your head…

 

[Spoolin]

The truth on this topic is there's 2 major kinds of car people. People who respect the cars, and people who want respect because of the car. They like and enjoy their cars, or they desperately want people to see them driving that car. To really hammer on this, it's the difference between someone who is primarily given some joy or fulfillment by owning, maintaining, and driving their car. It's an internal thing. These other folks want the car for a prop. It's about them, not the car. We're basically talking pride vs. vanity.

In the real world, 90% of drivers have no clue what a Hellcat is. Of the remainder, maybe 8% knows what a HC is by name, but they don't KNOW what a Hellcat is. Drive thru window employee, "IS THAT A HELLCAT?!" Is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. The other 2% knows that a car like this is a BS fake. These attention seekers want the fake Hellcat because they're of the group that knows what a HC is, and what people like them think how cool it must be to own one. So, in an effort to be cool, they spawn a fauxcat. The people who take personal pride in their vehicle tend to respect it for what it is. They don't turn Scat Packs into HC fakes. The opinion of a 16 yr old teenager walking down the sidewalk doesn't matter. It matters a lot to someone who does make a fake HC. For them, a wet dream scenario would be to drive past 4 women at the beach and one of them says, "NICE HELLCAT! TAKE ME FOR A RIDE!"

These cars have "Panty Dropper Mode" start button covers. Their car's entire purpose is to attract attention to try and make that dream a reality, and they're usually driven by younger people in their 20s. Vanity tends to peter out the older you get. Unless they're a narcissist.

I think that's pretty much the answer.

Spot on!

Don't forget those that are just smart asses and also do it just to be funny or poke fun. I have a few friends like this but typically most know they are just being a retard, like for instance the Avenger car with the Hellcat emblem. Most likely this is just a character trying to poke fun and be funny.

 

[Tampa Cat]

Faux Cat that resides in Tampa.
Not mine!!

 

[GOING TO HELL 19]

Spot on!

Don't forget those that are just smart asses and also do it just to be funny or poke fun. I have a few friends like this but typically most know they are just being a retard, like for instance the Avenger car with the Hellcat emblem. Most likely this is just a character trying to poke fun and be funny.

On my Malibu I used to own I put a license frame bracket the said "Yeah, it's got a Hemi". It was on my 2006 Charger Daytona but I kept it for a couple of other Hemi cars I had. Just tongue in cheek worthy of a slight snicker.

 

[9secSRT]

I’ll prolly get banned for saying this bcuz everybody so butt hurt here.. but oh well.. a lot of you ppl need to get a real life , who cares if a dude with a rt or less out a cat in there car ?? Lol seriously who cares?? Maybe you bcuz all you have is a hellcat but I sure don’t care .. and I own multiple. To each is own . If that’s what they wanna do so be it . You don’t Gota sit here and write 9 run on paragraphs shaming sumbody about what they want to do with their life/car. A lot of you people are jokes in here 💯

 

[Hemi_Life]

The truth on this topic is there's 2 major kinds of car people. People who respect the cars, and people who want respect because of the car. They like and enjoy their cars, or they desperately want people to see them driving that car. To really hammer on this, it's the difference between someone who is primarily given some joy or fulfillment by owning, maintaining, and driving their car. It's an internal thing. These other folks want the car for a prop. It's about them, not the car. We're basically talking pride vs. vanity.

In the real world, 90% of drivers have no clue what a Hellcat is. Of the remainder, maybe 8% knows what a HC is by name, but they don't KNOW what a Hellcat is. Drive thru window employee, "IS THAT A HELLCAT?!" Is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. The other 2% knows that a car like this is a BS fake. These attention seekers want the fake Hellcat because they're of the group that knows what a HC is, and what people like them think how cool it must be to own one. So, in an effort to be cool, they spawn a fauxcat. The people who take personal pride in their vehicle tend to respect it for what it is. They don't turn Scat Packs into HC fakes. The opinion of a 16 yr old teenager walking down the sidewalk doesn't matter. It matters a lot to someone who does make a fake HC. For them, a wet dream scenario would be to drive past 4 women at the beach and one of them says, "NICE HELLCAT! TAKE ME FOR A RIDE!"

These cars have "Panty Dropper Mode" start button covers. Their car's entire purpose is to attract attention to try and make that dream a reality, and they're usually driven by younger people in their 20s. Vanity tends to peter out the older they get. Unless they're a narcissist.

I think that's pretty much the answer.

OR......They are just trolling us Hellcat guys!
I still agree with what you said, and they are definitely attention seeking.

 

[6lbSsFt]

I’ll prolly get banned for saying this bcuz everybody so butt hurt here.. but oh well.. a lot of you ppl need to get a real life , who cares if a dude with a rt or less out a cat in there car ?? Lol seriously who cares?? Maybe you bcuz all you have is a hellcat but I sure don’t care .. and I own multiple. To each is own . If that’s what they wanna do so be it . You don’t Gota sit here and write 9 run on paragraphs shaming sumbody about what they want to do with their life/car. A lot of you people are jokes in here 💯

Bruh!!

 

[Xylander]

Spot on!

Don't forget those that are just smart asses and also do it just to be funny or poke fun. I have a few friends like this but typically most know they are just being a retard, like for instance the Avenger car with the Hellcat emblem. Most likely this is just a character trying to poke fun and be funny.

Yeah, there's a guy here in town with an SXT badged up with HC badges. It has a muffler and resonator delete. He's one of those 19-21yr old street drifter wannabes that has moderate body damage on all 4 corners of the car. He does it to intentionally annoy people. I've met him at C&C a couple times. It's offensively loud and sounds horrible. However, he still falls into the "my car is a prop" group, as he's doing it for attention. Overwhelming negative attention is still a lot of attention. When you talk to him, he comes across as one of those guys who's just taking the piss all nonchalant like. "Yeah, this car is stupid, everybody in town knows this car." That attitude is learned behavior though because he went a long way to try and make it a semi-believable fake. HC hood, SRT performance spoiler, the big HC billboard stickers, HC front fascia. Of course he doesn't have the Brembo brakes and he left the fog lights in the lower fascia, which are dead giveaways. When the car fires up, there's no denying that it's a V6 though. He used to try telling people it was a Super Stock due to the small brakes on the front, but folks started calling him out... hence the current flippant attitude about owning a joke car. That thing started out as a serious attempt at passing off a clone, but he started getting called out a lot.

What I see a lot of down here in Tallahassee are actual Hellcats that are trying to be Redeyes. I went to C&C this past weekend and there were 4 HCs including mine. 1 "normal" Hellcat, and 2 other Redeyes. Both of those Redeyes were fakes. Before I got my Redeye, I never really paid attention under the hood as to the differences between the two when the hood is open. Both of those fake Redeyes had green belts and Redeye supercharger emblems. However, neither of them had the driver's side plumbing for the chiller. I ran their VINs for fun and both of them were 2015 and 2016 Hellcats that had done hood swaps and upbadge jobs. Both owners were representing their cars as Redeyes. One of them came over to my car and said, "That's my Redeye over there, how are you liking yours?" I told him that I was really enjoying mine, but asked him where his Redeye was because that one was a 2015 Hellcat. "You're a funny guy..." and he walked off.

I get honest fun. Cars like that Prius with the HC engine in it or overtly stupid upbadge jobs like 98 Ram trucks running around with TRX badges (it's a thing). Sadly, those folks are a minority, as most of the fakes I see are attempts at misleading people. The intent of the build matters. I've got no issue with people who want to build something silly for fun... it's their money, do whatever. But, when a car is built to try and mislead people by an owner who's serious about trying to pass it off as the real deal... that's not cool.

 

[Xylander]

I’ll prolly get banned for saying this bcuz everybody so butt hurt here.. but oh well.. a lot of you ppl need to get a real life , who cares if a dude with a rt or less out a cat in there car ?? Lol seriously who cares?? Maybe you bcuz all you have is a hellcat but I sure don’t care .. and I own multiple. To each is own . If that’s what they wanna do so be it . You don’t Gota sit here and write 9 run on paragraphs shaming sumbody about what they want to do with their life/car. A lot of you people are jokes in here 💯

If they want to make a fake and try and lie to my face by saying their car is a real HC, then that just shows lack of integrity and a flawed character. I for one "care" because douchebags who try and pass off fakes at car meets and car shows are just patently dishonest people... and I don't generally waste time with people like that. Younger folks think it's no big deal, but left alone, they grow into older people who bring '70 Chevelle SS 396 cars to vintage car shows that are actually VIN'd for 6 cylinder or lower common CID V8s. It's people like them that requires people like me to be hired to evaluate classic cars up for sale because the fakes often outnumber the originals. For example, '69-'70 Boss 302 Mustangs. I've seen maybe 100 or more in my lifetime... only 2 have been real. You see this a lot with Mopars on Super Bees in particular. At least half of all Super Bees up for sale are just Coronets that somebody's painstakingly upbadged and modified to try and look like a real Super Bee. These blatant fakes are called tribute cars once they're found out... but you'll note at car shows, their display boards say nothing about it being a tribute car in most cases.

The moral of the story is that young people trying to pass fakes today become old people who own fake classics tomorrow. That whole, "I can do whatever I want" mentality is all well and good, but it often ends up in the attempt to fraudulently sell a tribute car to an even dumber buyer. These types of people lack integrity and they end up doing harm to the entire market as a result.

For example, I take my very real factory original '67 GT500KR out to a major show 1-2 times per year. I'm always the only real Shelby. There might be a few tribute cars there, but mine is the real deal. All day long, I usually get met with a handshake and something like, "This is the best tribute I've ever seen," because the Shelby tribute thing is massively overdone. When I say that it's not a tribute, then I have to spend the next 20 minutes trying to prove it because nobody believes it. It's literally that bad. I also own a '70 429 SCJ Torino that's equally ridiculed for being a fake. That's because Ford made a lot of "Thunder Jet" 429s, and almost all of them have been upbadged to SCJ clones over the years. In fact, I have never seen a VIN'd Thunder Jet car in original format in person. They always have the CJ badges, shaker hood. Always. People naturally assume that it's a tribute car because 99% of the SCJs you see are in fact N code Thunder Jets that have been modified to look like J code SCJs. Mine is a numbers matching J code car, so it's pretty easy to prove.

 

[Big Swede]

Went right over your head…

So this whole thing is because of upbadging?

 

[COSlacker]

One of my favorite things about my Challenger was the lack of Hellcat badging. Hard to even see the two on each side being on a black car. So only people who know what it is pay any attention.