[JimMC]

Originally Posted by pyroguy

If you have Instagram you can follow us on the link in my signature. The events we try to hit up are posted there. Also, keep an eye on the NY/NJ/PA regional forums for additional meets and info on the meets themselves. Being in Reading you might also check out the SEPA5 folks too (Southeast PA 5th gen + Camaro owners).

Thanks, I'll definitely do that!

Originally Posted by pyroguy

I'm not sure how big of a guy you are, but at 7' tall I enjoy driving my Camaro. Obviously I had to opted for a sunroof free car. The 5th gen is much better on room than the 6th gen. I will agree that the Challenger is the most spacious of the three pony cars. The '15+ Mustangs interiors are the best I've been in (post fox body) for room. Really 5th gen Camaros aren't as bad as people sometimes say they are for room though.

I shoulda said fat, haha. Maybe if I have a pair of cowboy boots on I'm at 6' but in sneakers I think I'm 5'11". I was really surprised when I sat in the Camaro at the auto show. I'm sure I could have reclined the seat a bit and it wouldn't have been a problem, but it definitely got my attention. I didn't realize my head was sticking out until I noticed how high on the windshield my eye-line was. I'll definitely have to keep that in mind when we start going out to look at cars. I'm also going to compare the interior specs of the 5th & 6th gen cars to see how different they are. Might even compare them to my Challenger since that will give me a good reference point.

Originally Posted by Royal Tiger

My buddy is 6'6" or there abouts and has a Challenger. I love the way they look, but the girlfriend has a Dodge work vehicle (Grand Caravan) and both of them have such crappy interiors. Cheap plastics that break and parts falling off. His steering column cracked and he babies that car. Then his rear rotor seized. Their quality is so much lower than ford and GM. I wish you luck with both cars.

Thanks. I've not had a lick of trouble with my Challenger. I have about 28K on my car in 4 years of owning it (bought it new...actually I ordered it exactly how I wanted it). There was 1 serious recall on it that was to do with the timing chain guard breaking. Talk among owners is that we feel it had to do with the timing chain slapping when the MDS system kicked in/out while at highway speeds. Of the people who had the failure, on the Challenger forum I'm on reported, all were doing around 70mph in cars with auto transmissions. None were in autostick mode, which disables the cylinder cutoff MDS system. Chrysler never copped to the cause but it seems likely that was it. MDS was disabled on my car via tuner when the S/C was installed. Enough about Challengers, eh!