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First Driving Impressions.

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His initial giggles are legit.
 


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It's all perspective. I use to think my Hellcat was a monster when it was stock. Now that it's been modified, a stock Hellcat feels relatively slow to me now. I drive my wife's Hellcat which is stock and I call it the Snailcat. It's a matter of what you get used to.
 


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Imagine if it had been an automatic
He’d been ecstatic 😂😂😂
 


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Imagine if it had been an automatic
He’d been ecstatic 😂😂😂
I want to drive a manual one of these days for the Hell of it. I love manuals in a car with power but not for a daily driver.
 


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It's all perspective. I use to think my Hellcat was a monster when it was stock. Now that it's been modified, a stock Hellcat feels relatively slow to me now. I drive my wife's Hellcat which is stock and I call it the Snailcat. It's a matter of what you get used to.
I thought my charger hellcat was really fast until I just felt the power of the Redeye with 3.09 gears the past few hundred miles. Big difference. Whats nice is it’s making me recognize how the charger hellcat has just enough power to make it tame-able on the street. Where the RE is getting to the next level making it a little bit absurd in terms of straight line acceleration. Quite a different animal. I prefer the hydraulic steering on the charger. But the Redeye is very precise in sport steering just doesn’t give the same feedback.
 


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I thought my charger hellcat was really fast until I just felt the power of the Redeye with 3.09 gears the past few hundred miles. Big difference. Whats nice is it’s making me recognize how the charger hellcat has just enough power to make it tame-able on the street. Where the RE is getting to the next level making it a little bit absurd in terms of straight line acceleration. Quite a different animal. I prefer the hydraulic steering on the charger. But the Redeye is very precise in sport steering just doesn’t give the same feedback.
I understand, I'm 300hp above stock. I had 3.09 gears too at one point, had to go back to 2.62s because the 3.09s were almost impossible on the street unless I put an egg under the gas pedal.
 


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For those that haven't driven something like this before, its certainly an experience.

It's the fastest CAR I've ever driven or rode in.

But it's SLOW compared to the bored/stroked hayabusa I used to ride.

However - I couldn't fit multiple passengers, a car seat for the toddler, and a couple of dead bodys on the busa. That's why I went with the 4 door. Plus the 4 door version looks better :)
 


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Nope, just a kindred spirit. Plus, I don't find the clutch heavy because I don't skip leg day.
 


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What’s that thing he is doing with his right hand? It really seems to be slowing him down.
 


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What’s that thing he is doing with his right hand? It really seems to be slowing him down.
Just ask Reese McGuire...
 


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What’s that thing he is doing with his right hand? It really seems to be slowing him down.
Last time I heard that...the next thing I heard was...get outta the car..and put your hands behind yur back
 


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