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Originally Posted by motorhead
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You keep bringing up your abilities and accomplishments and I respect them. But how do they relate hear? ...
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Because I've watched the parade, and driven the floats.
The Hellcat wasn't the first OMG!!! car. Many of them, nobody even remembers anymore. Because the HP Wars are still going strong. Even the Hellcat will be forgotten eventually.
Many things still hold true today as they did decades ago.
Like you mentioned, seat-time is often more important than ad campaigns, mfr claims, and brochure HP.
Buying a Hellcat is not going to buy you an 11 second timeslip. You will still have to earn that. Most people get discouraged or embarrassed with their first attempts, and retire from the strip.
Lastly, the guys who don't hide in shame from a 13 second slip, often go on to mod their cars and put in the seat time. That 10.80 claim from Dodge will be surpassed fairly soon after hotrodders get their hands on them.
But imagine if you read the forums, and hear of guys running 10's with their Hellcats, and many owners are struggling in the 12's. And it will happen.