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Automotive News Call to Ban Dodge Demon Reminiscent of Similar Calls against Guns
ammoland.com ^ | 5/4/2017 | David Codrea

Posted on 05/05/2017 9:55:15 AM PDT by rktman

“The 840-hp Dodge Challenger SRT Demon from Fiat Chrysler is so inherently dangerous to the common safety of motorists that its registration as a road-worthy automobile should be banned,” Automotive News effectively shrieks, even while admitting “There are more powerful, and even faster, vehicles available from other automakers that are rightly street legal.”

“From its barely legal slick tires to its monstrous acceleration, the … Demon may comply sufficiently with the letter of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to legally be registered for on-road use, but in its current form it certainly doesn't fulfill the spirit of those standards,” the editorialist fumes indignantly.

Heavens! The slick tire loophole! There’ll be blood in the streets! Something must be done! Ban it! For the children!

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
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To: Army Air Corps
The original article:

Oddly enough, for a vehicle designed to be a purpose-built drag racer, the Demon -- as delivered from the factory -- has already been banned from regulated drag strips by that sport's sanctioning body, the National Hot Rod Association, allegedly for being "too fast." M/I>

It was banned for not having a built-in roll cage..............

21 posted on 05/05/2017 10:16:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: Red Badger

Well, it is a whiny leftist screed, so it goes without saying. :)


22 posted on 05/05/2017 10:17:39 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Red Badger

And ONLY if you have 1/4 mile runs below 10s. Plus, there are already aftermarket cages for the Demon so that you can be NHRA compliant if you want to dip into the nines.


23 posted on 05/05/2017 10:18:52 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

There are dozens of car models with 400 or more hp, or that are otherwise blinding fast in street conditions. This one has no real practical performance advantage over many others not attracting attention.


24 posted on 05/05/2017 10:21:06 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: rktman

It’s a MAN car! That’s why women want it banned!!!!


25 posted on 05/05/2017 10:21:51 AM PDT by SandRat (s)
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To: Army Air Corps

Being disingenuous is one thing, but that excerpt was an outright lie................


26 posted on 05/05/2017 10:21:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Wait until you run into some one dicking with their cell phone driving a demon. That’ll really piss you off. LOL! State law in NV against it as well. Ignored pretty much everyplace it looks like.


27 posted on 05/05/2017 10:22:21 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Red Badger

Yes, the author completely misstated the NHRA rules.


28 posted on 05/05/2017 10:23:00 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Red Badger
This editorial has been updated to make clear the Demon has been banned from regulated drag strips as-is from the factory upon delivery.

Probably NHRA/IHRA regulations require certain safety devices when cars hit certain track times/speeds, which Dodge probably failed to incorporate into its factory drag car. My understanding is this is a sub-10-second car in factory trim. That automatically makes it subject to a whole lot of safety rules, number one being roll cage. It also requires NHRA/IHRA approved safety restraints. It comes with neither from the factory.

29 posted on 05/05/2017 10:26:58 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Yes, that is correct. The car is banned ‘as-is’ because it has no roll cage, though they can be bought.

The writer of the original story basically lied...................


30 posted on 05/05/2017 10:29:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: rktman

This press release sounds like the kind of thing written in newspapers at the turn of the 20th century about those scary “automobiles.”


31 posted on 05/05/2017 10:32:10 AM PDT by JennysCool
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To: JennysCool

So, what’s next? Self driving uber/lyft Dodge Demons? ;-)


32 posted on 05/05/2017 10:34:12 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
People dicking around with their cellphones

Can yoo bolt-face your coment? I'm follwin=g along on ny ipone and noon traffuc is hel

33 posted on 05/05/2017 10:34:24 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Figment
Just hope they don't take innocents with them.

Automotive one-vehicle accident Darwin has been at work a long time. See link below way back in '83. (Lord, I feel like an OLD geezer even writing that!)

CORPORATE TRIUMPH, THEN DEATH IN A FERRARI

34 posted on 05/05/2017 10:34:59 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Red Badger

“...Oddly enough, for a vehicle designed to be a purpose-built drag racer, the Demon — as delivered from the factory — has already been banned from regulated drag strips by that sport’s sanctioning body, the National Hot Rod Association, allegedly for being “too fast.” M/I>

It was banned for not having a built-in roll cage..............”

Which, BTW, can be had. One would also need an NHRA Competition License to drive and compete with it as it’s faster than 9.90 seconds. But the car is not “totally banned”. It just needs to meet NHRA’s requirements like any other 9.90 second car does....and there are plenty out there, and the driver needs to be appropriately licensed.


35 posted on 05/05/2017 10:40:08 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: lgjhn23

The Left never lets facts get in the way of a good skreed.......


36 posted on 05/05/2017 10:43:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: rktman

Great promotional stunt by Dodge.


37 posted on 05/05/2017 10:44:38 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: rktman

38 posted on 05/05/2017 10:45:00 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: rktman
While driving the interstate 10 thru Palm Springs, you see a lot of high end cars, Ferrari's, Bently's, Cobras... guess what they are all doing?

The speed limit.

39 posted on 05/05/2017 10:45:01 AM PDT by umgud
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To: rktman

Sounds like a perfect car for a drive-by.


40 posted on 05/05/2017 10:49:02 AM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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