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Alvin 12-23-2014 08:41 PM

Can U Beat This time? '15 Hellcat crashed 1 hour after purchase
 
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2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat crashed 1 hour after being bought
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/2015-do...083512851.html

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...6&d=1419381940

Alvin 12-23-2014 08:42 PM

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goatless 12-23-2014 09:15 PM

Apparently not everyone needs 700 hp. :old:

Bob Dillon 12-23-2014 09:17 PM

Too much car, too little driver. :(

Alvin 12-23-2014 09:37 PM

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Looks rebuildable

b-man 12-23-2014 09:38 PM

I'm sure plenty of 350 HP GTOs and other assorted muscle back in the day met their demise in much the same way. :(

Alvin 12-23-2014 09:38 PM

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Looks rebuildable 2

goatwgn 12-23-2014 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by b-man (Post 5326616)
I'm sure plenty of 350 HP GTOs and other assorted muscle back in the day met their demise in much the same way. :(

A lot of drivers out there don't need hardly any HP to total a car out. I have seen diesel Wabbit pickup trucks smashed beyond repair in "single car" accidents. Somehow people manage to find ditches with Priuses and such.:2cents:

Chris65LeMans 12-23-2014 11:13 PM

When I was 16, I crashed my first car a hour after buying it. Halfway through a left turn in the rain, I grabbed second gear and stepped on it.

Survived with just a nick on the rim, although the positive battery cable popped off and killed everything until I popped the hood and found it. Sure gave me a scare...

BubbleTops 12-23-2014 11:58 PM

ouch! what a shame..

1969GTO 12-24-2014 12:04 AM

ahh the 60's and early 1970's are baaaack.
to much muscle too little brains

JSPONT 12-24-2014 12:09 AM

I guess he did not have the traction control on. LOL. It goes to show how hard it is to put that power to the ground!

Drag Star Le Mans 12-24-2014 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by b-man (Post 5326616)
I'm sure plenty of 350 HP GTOs and other assorted muscle back in the day met their demise in much the same way. :(

I talked with a guy that worked at a Pontiac dealer in 65. He told me they had front clips in popular colors ready to install? Don't know how much truth there is to his story, but I believed him.

Tambo 12-24-2014 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Alvin (Post 5326614)
Looks rebuildable


Body wise yes, but the original pic out at the crash site looks like the motor copped a pizzlin (Aussie slang for smashed). And if so, could have destroyed the rest of the drive train. Don't know what the cost component is in that motor and ancillaries.

A.J. 12-24-2014 06:55 AM

Only old men can afford such car, then they drive as they still have the skills as when they were 18......

The Boss 12-24-2014 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris65LeMans (Post 5326671)
When I was 16, I crashed my first car a hour after buying it. Halfway through a left turn in the rain, I grabbed second gear and stepped on it.

Survived with just a nick on the rim, although the positive battery cable popped off and killed everything until I popped the hood and found it. Sure gave me a scare...

That was a sign! Whether or not somebody else was in the car, somebody was riding shotgun with you that day! ;)

Sirrotica 12-24-2014 09:49 AM

700 HP on street tires is just an accident waiting to happen, this won't be the last one to be totaled due to heavy foot and light head. I'd hate to see what the insurance premiums will be in a year or so for these cars.

carbking 12-24-2014 11:45 AM

How about selling it on ebay?

One owner Dodge Hellcat, very low mileage, minor damage, VERY restorable ;):D

Jon.

David Jones 12-24-2014 12:16 PM

**** happens.
Many have done the same or worse with much less.
Kudo's to those that didn't end up dead.....or plastered across the internet.

71GP76TA 12-24-2014 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by A.J. (Post 5326780)
Only old men can afford such car, then they drive as they still have the skills as when they were 18......

Owner/driver was 35. Define old...


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