[cdahl383]

Four years ago today I went to the dealership to pick up my brand new 2010 Hemi Orange Challenger R/T 6 speed! I wanted to get one since I saw the first prototype car at the 2006 Detroit Auto Show and finally made it happen in December 2010.

Since then I have put almost 60,000 miles on it including countless commutes to work and back, several family vacation trips, and some passes down the 1/4 mile as well. I haven't owned a ton of vehicles in my life, but this one by far is my favorite new vehicle I've ever owned. It's still as much fun to drive now as it was when I first bought it four years ago.

Both of my little girls love riding in the back of "Daddy's Dodge". Hopefully as they get older they'll appreciate and love cars as much as I do. And I hope I still have this car many many years from now, maybe even to show my daughters how to drive a stick when she's ready to drive!

Here's a few pics from over the years...


Picking it up from the dealership!

First pic of it at home in the backyard...

My daughter when she was just a baby hanging out with me...

In the staging lanes at Milan Dragway...

Family vacation in Gatlinburg, Tennessee...

Both of my girls in the back...

Challenger meet n greet on Woodward Ave this summer...

My oldest daughter at 4 years old in back just the other day...

Pic from the other day, still looks great at 4 years old and 59,000 miles!

Life is good! :smileup:

 

[boyohboy]

Congrats! The memories are just piling up! Many more Happy Miles to you! Enjoy the Journey! Lou.

 

[bad8nti]

Congratulations, Carl! Looks like 4 happy years with your Challenger! :smileup:

 

[KeysB5Blue]

Happy Challeversary Carl! Many, many more happy miles together (all of you!)

 

[vin57]

Happy anniversary!!! here is to the next 4 happy and safe years ....cheers :beerchug:

 

[TikiMan]

Happy 4th Anniversary. Great stepping stone photos. Here's to another 12 when you'll tech your daughter how to learn and drive a car.

 

[bones007]

Nice Pictures Carl, I am with you on this, a lot of people may trade and upgrade as time goes on, but I am content to keep my lowly 3.6 for the duration. I dreamed of owning one also and plan on keeping it until I'm pushing up daisies... then my kids can fight over it...LOL

 

[dodge boy]

Happy anniversary Carl!! Great pics too.

 

[cdahl383]

Thanks everyone! It's been a great 4 years with my Challenger! Looking forward to the next 60,000 miles!

 

[cdahl383]

Nice Pictures Carl, I am with you on this, a lot of people may trade and upgrade as time goes on, but I am content to keep my lowly 3.6 for the duration. I dreamed of owning one also and plan on keeping it until I'm pushing up daisies... then my kids can fight over it...LOL

I feel the same way, it'd be cool to upgrade and technically I could do it, but it just doesn't make a lot of sense for me right now. I could trade my R/T in for a new Scat Pack and have a newer car with 110hp more, but then I'll have a monthly payment again for another 3-4 years. With my current R/T it'll be paid for in a few months and the money I'd be using to pay for the new Challenger could be used to put my oldest daughter into preschool 3 days a week. Higher priority for me right now, but I can certainly see why people would upgrade if it's doable, the new ones are sharp and that new Scat Pack is crazy fast for a factory stock car.

The 3.6L is no slouch either though. When the base engine has 305hp that's pretty cool! My wife's 300 has the 3.6L in it and it's lots of fun to drive and has plenty of power. It'd be nice to upgrade, but it doesn't always make sense for everyone. Your car is awesome as it is. As long as you're happy and enjoy driving it that's all that matters! :smileup:

 

[MOPARMOM]

Congratulations Carl on 4 years! That car still looks showroom!! Since you just got done breaking your Challenger in, what mods do you see in the future???

 

[Dodgeguy]

Carl congrats on 4 years, time sure flies.

 

[MommaBetty]

Congratulations Carl!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! You did all that work at the end of this year, so she should be great for many more miles. We will have to converse in the spring on detailing plans!!
For Christmas my son got me a Bose speaker for my ipod.
The bluetooth connection hooked up so easy that I am trying it out now (first songs playing are AC/DC). Now I can keep motived while doing all that washing on the driveway!

 

[RunningWithBeers]

Congratulations on your 4 year anniversary Carl your car is still looking like it's brand new.


Take it easy
Jay

 

[cdahl383]

Congratulations Carl on 4 years! That car still looks showroom!! Since you just got done breaking your Challenger in, what mods do you see in the future???

Thanks Susie!

Well I have a Razor's Edge front strut bar on order from Speedlogix right now, hoping it'll come in sometime next week. Hoping to pay it off early this April to get rid of that payment. Probably won't be doing any major mods to it for a while though. I want to do a couple things to my Nova next year (recurve distributor, get new double pumper carb, etc)

Down the road though I'd like to either put a supercharger on the current engine providing the mileage isn't too high or possibly get a factory 6.4L from a place like Modern Muscle and have that installed and tuned, etc. Won't be able to do anything like that until my wife is back to work again. That won't happen until at least 3-4 years from now when our youngest starts school. Then I'll have some extra $$$ to blow on car parts again haha!

I think this spring I'm going to look into getting a DA polisher like Betty has and see how my car turns out using one of those.

 

[cdahl383]

Congratulations Carl!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! You did all that work at the end of this year, so she should be great for many more miles. We will have to converse in the spring on detailing plans!!
For Christmas my son got me a Bose speaker for my ipod.
The bluetooth connection hooked up so easy that I am trying it out now (first songs playing are AC/DC). Now I can keep motived while doing all that washing on the driveway!

Thanks Betty! Yep it should be good to go for quite a while now. I just changed the oil and filter today since it was in the 40's here and sunny.

I agree, I'd like to try using a DA polisher on my paint in the spring sometime. I'll have to get all the details from you once winter is almost over.

Sounds cool, good music too! I just washed the car after changing the oil today and had some AC/DC playing on the stereo in my garage. Excellent music for doing car stuff! :smileup:

 

[challengerfan56]

Carl, Happy 4 Year Anniversary to you and the Challenger! Keep on adding the miles and the memories! That is a nice selection of pictures! :smileup:

 

[cdahl383]

Thanks man! Hard to believe 4 years has gone by already but time flies when you're having fun haha!

 

[Dirtkicker]

Congratulations Carl. She still looks beautiful and brand new. May you have many more years with her. :smileup:

 

[cdahl383]

Thanks! The key has been spraying it off religiously in the winter and putting 3 coats of wax on it a year. I used a clay bar kit this past summer and that really restored the factory shine to the paint. Looking forward to many more miles in that car!