[unruhjonny]

Originally Posted by getmygoat

I own the hellcat but agree it is really more power than practical for the street, or at least as the power is applied.

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Anyway, of course I immediately got out of it and recovered - but about crapped myself. I hope this car doesn't kill me.

The last part of this quote might be the best thing I've read here in a long time!

I would think that anything over 500hp would often be unusable/dangerous if you were not paying attention.

Being that I love solid axle cars, and hate leather interiors, I would love to have something like:
2013-2014 Challenger SRT Core (never offered in Canada)
2015+ Challenger RT-Scatpack
2012 Boss Mustang (styl-wise, I prefer the 2012 over the 2013)

I don't get why all Challenger SRT's (aside from the 2013-2014 Core model) always required leather...
And I really like that the Shelby's never required (to the best that I can recall) a leather interior.

It's pretty amazing how much the power levels of late model cars have jumped in the last decade or so - just yesterday I was talking to the proud owner of a 2010 Mustang GT - after re-looking up the spec's (315hp) I was thinking to my self, "jeeze, my wrong wheel drive car is more powerful than xxx's Mustang!?"

I remember reading of Carrol Shelby giving the 2013 GT-550 a shakedown before it was officially released/debuted, and he turned to the guys at Shelby American who made the car (with his input of course), and asked

Originally Posted by Carrol_Shelby

So when are we going to break 1,000hp?

- so they made the 'Shelby 1,000' lol...

I'm pretty sure that even fifteen years ago, if someone suggested that we would have a 662hp Mustang (2013-14 GT-500), or a 707hp Challenger (Hellcat) with a warranty, let alone being able to order a 1,000hp Mustang, or a 526hp naturally aspirated Mustang (2016 GT-350) - that the scoffing wouldn't stop.

If I can get my current daily-driver to a dyno proven 400whp, I'll leave it alone, and put away any thought of getting something 'cooler'.
(Too bad I have too many things (Firebird included) fighting for my spending money!)
Regarding the stability control, my Cobalt was the first vehicle to get a version of the stability control developed for the Corvette ZR1 - I love it, and totally know what 'dataway' means by being impressed by the stability control...