Fun with Magnum RT AWD
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Fun with Magnum RT AWD
On my way home a hour or so ago from school a Black Dodge Mangum RT AWD flies up next to me (I use to want one of those so bad). So we play chase a little bit back and forth for a few miles or so on the highway. That was until we get to a wide open spot on the highway with no cars and relatively straight lanes. The Magnum RT pulls up next to me, we both are doing 65 mph, then I hear the Hemi rev, he pulls maybe a 1/4 length on me by the time I could react with a quick down shift into 4th and stomp my accelerator. I start pulling away from him, I got about 1 car on him when we stopped around 90 mph and slowed back down to 65 mph. He proceeds to lean over the passengers seat and give me a HUGE thumbs up with a smile . I turned off a little up ahead and he was going straight, he gave me a honk and a wave.
#3
Wow... surprising to me. I had a Magnum before coming to the HHR. Am assuming it was an RT and not an SRT-8.
Wonder if the RWD model would have hung better with you since it's lighter.
I always wondered who'd have won between my old 'Maggie' and my new 'SSuzy-Q'.
Wonder if the RWD model would have hung better with you since it's lighter.
I always wondered who'd have won between my old 'Maggie' and my new 'SSuzy-Q'.
#4
I was curious as to how fast a magnum rt awd was stock, the awd is faster then the rwd in the quarter mile according to car and driver.
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from car and driver
What one doesn't notice is the extra 157 pounds the all-wheel drive adds to the Magnum. Strangely enough, acceleration is a tick quicker than in the last rear-drive Magnum we tested ( C/D, January 2005). A sprint to 60 mph takes 5.9 seconds, and the quarter-mile falls in 14.5 seconds at 97 mph. The previous Magnum posted a 6.1-second 0-to-60 and a 14.7-second quarter-mile at 97 mph. The primary difference is that in the rear-drive Hemi-powered Magnum it's easy to break the back tires loose, not so easy to do with all-wheel drive.
What one doesn't notice is the extra 157 pounds the all-wheel drive adds to the Magnum. Strangely enough, acceleration is a tick quicker than in the last rear-drive Magnum we tested ( C/D, January 2005). A sprint to 60 mph takes 5.9 seconds, and the quarter-mile falls in 14.5 seconds at 97 mph. The previous Magnum posted a 6.1-second 0-to-60 and a 14.7-second quarter-mile at 97 mph. The primary difference is that in the rear-drive Hemi-powered Magnum it's easy to break the back tires loose, not so easy to do with all-wheel drive.
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