Racer X is a good guy.

[Bobo]

I'd buy a cheaper house

Oh, I did! House was less than the SS🤣🤣🤣 but I bought it 25 years ago

 

[Speedy!]

At some point $300 and $400 seemed like a lot. Its all about what you can afford and are willing to pay

For me I can build what a 170 can do for less. What the factory did is great but a cant buy a 100k+ car

This is something I too contemplated when making the decision to buy the 170. Let's start a thread on what it takes to buy then build a high 8 second Hellcat and see where we end up price wise. At the time I made the purchase decision a Hellcat Redeye was over $100K. I'm sure we'll talk about new vs used, warranty vs no warranty etc. Should be a good discussion.

 

[jonx96]

Maybe I'm giving people too much credit (see what I did there), but I "assumed" people financing a car like the 170 were more financially stable and would use something like a HELOC to fund the purchase. At least then the interest is a tax write off if my memory's good.

No way I'd finance a car with $100K plus balance at 6-8%. It's mostly a depreciating asset so that's just a lose lose. 170 "might" be an exception, but you never know on a car. It's not like a house or something that's all but guaranteed to appreciate.

My .02 cents.

You have to remember some people at least one sold their house for one....

 

[Unholy707]

Who was it

You have to remember some people at least one sold their house for one....

 

[Hellcatcfp]

You have to remember some people at least one sold their house for one....

And moved back to Commiefornia? Not the trade off I'm looking for.

 

[1971demon]

Oh, I did! House was less than the SS🤣🤣🤣 but I bought it 25 years ago

I built mine in "77"..realestate has gone insane the past 3 yrs. in WNY..it's now worth over 10x the build cost in 77...but I'm gonna die in this house...

 

[1971demon]

You have to remember some people at least one sold their house for one....

Now that's scarry

 

[1971demon]

And moved back to Commiefornia? Not the trade off I'm looking for.

I wouldn't live there if you gave me the state

 

[ButterDaGreat?]

My TRX was like $1400 a month and my YT ad revenue paid for it. I cringed at car payments over $600 and luckily everyone who's watched my videos over the years gave me the opportunity to experience a great vehicle I would never have been able to afford when I just became a dad.

The Demon 170 when I checked rates last for me would be about $1500 for 72 months but the trick is, can you get approved? Banks don't think the Demon 170 is special enough even though I have revenue from YT to justify carrying a high payment like that

 

[1971demon]

This is something I too contemplated when making the decision to buy the 170. Let's start a thread on what it takes to buy then build a high 8 second Hellcat and see where we end up price wise. At the time I made the purchase decision a Hellcat Redeye was over $100K. I'm sure we'll talk about new vs used, warranty vs no warranty etc. Should be a good discussion.

RE over 100....170 @ 130 ish....even if yer not gonna race it...it's a no brainer..the 170 has a better shot @ holding more of the original price...@ MSRP of course...

 

[1971demon]

My TRX was like $1400 a month and my YT ad revenue paid for it. I cringed at car payments over $600 and luckily everyone who's watched my videos over the years gave me the opportunity to experience a great vehicle I would never have been able to afford when I just became a dad.

The Demon 170 when I checked rates last for me would be about $1500 for 72 months but the trick is, can you get approved? Banks don't think the Demon 170 is special enough even though I have revenue from YT to justify carrying a high payment like that

Generally no matter what you buy...it always come down to income vs.debt ratio...

 

[Bobo]

I built mine in "77"..realestate has gone insane the past 3 yrs. in WNY..it's now worth over 10x the build cost in 77...but I'm gonna die in this house...

We used our HELOC to buy property to build our "forever" home in the next two years (well, septic and an out building for storage and equipment to keep property up are done), we raised our kids in our current home and will die in the next.

 

[Bobo]

This is something I too contemplated when making the decision to buy the 170. Let's start a thread on what it takes to buy then build a high 8 second Hellcat and see where we end up price wise. At the time I made the purchase decision a Hellcat Redeye was over $100K. I'm sure we'll talk about new vs used, warranty vs no warranty etc. Should be a good discussion.

I'm curious as to where I would be starting, what is real world numbers for a bone stock 22 Super Stock?? High 10s? 130s?
I honestly do not know what the real world is producing, on average. Then what does it take to go a full 2 seconds and 20mph faster?

 

[jonx96]

My TRX was like $1400 a month and my YT ad revenue paid for it. I cringed at car payments over $600 and luckily everyone who's watched my videos over the years gave me the opportunity to experience a great vehicle I would never have been able to afford when I just became a dad.

The Demon 170 when I checked rates last for me would be about $1500 for 72 months but the trick is, can you get approved? Banks don't think the Demon 170 is special enough even though I have revenue from YT to justify carrying a high payment like that

I guess at this point you look at it like a business loan and not a car loan

 

[vortecd]

I'm curious as to where I would be starting, what is real world numbers for a bone stock 22 Super Stock?? High 10s? 130s?
I honestly do not know what the real world is producing, on average. Then what does it take to go a full 2 seconds and 20mph faster?

Lower 10s should be close in good DA. Most people that take Hellcats, Redeyes, SS, etc, to the track go on stock tires and it could be the middle of the summer.

In 0 DA with tires 10.7 is where at least a Hellcat should be. 100 more HP for an SS 10.3ish. There will be other factors like weight (my TAXI is nearly 4700 where some Challengers removing seats can be in the 4300 range)

This to me should be middle ground and there will be faster.

 

[DavidKFla]

I'm curious as to where I would be starting, what is real world numbers for a bone stock 22 Super Stock?? High 10s? 130s?
I honestly do not know what the real world is producing, on average. Then what does it take to go a full 2 seconds and 20mph faster?

It should run mid 10s with drag radial and a diff brace. At least in florida type of air.

 

[Bobo]

It should run mid 10s with drag radial and a diff brace. At least in florida type of air.

Well, like the original Demon it comes stock with the 18” Nitto 05DRs all around and I have three sets of those but have switched it over to Nitto G2s for street driving in the summer

 

[DavidKFla]

Well, like the original Demon it comes stock with the 18” Nitto 05DRs all around and I have three sets of those but have switched it over to Nitto G2s for street driving in the summer

John's ran 10.50-40s with a street r stock if I remember correctly.

 

[vortecd]

Well, like the original Demon it comes stock with the 18” Nitto 05DRs all around and I have three sets of those but have switched it over to Nitto G2s for street driving in the summer

Better tire then a normal radial but as far as a drag radial far from the best. M/T would hook better. If you were ever to do some drag racing I would go with a 17" wheel and 305/45s

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

Maybe I'm giving people too much credit (see what I did there), but I "assumed" people financing a car like the 170 were more financially stable and would use something like a HELOC to fund the purchase. At least then the interest is a tax write off if my memory's good.

No way I'd finance a car with $100K plus balance at 6-8%. It's mostly a depreciating asset so that's just a lose lose. 170 "might" be an exception, but you never know on a car. It's not like a house or something that's all but guaranteed to appreciate.

My .02 cents.

Most of the stories/rumors here cited Chrysler, they doing home equity now? lol