Selwyn Times: June 28, 2016
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Tuesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
MY PRIDE & JOY<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
A 2008 DODGE<br />
CHALLENGER<br />
Nev Croy has been a Chrysler fan<br />
ever since his father, Wilfrid Croy and<br />
Pat Keating owned the Sheffield garage<br />
in the early 1950s through to the 1970s.<br />
They were sub-dealers for Cooper<br />
Henderson Motors, the Chrysler dealers<br />
in Christchurch so Chrysler was the<br />
family’s car of choice.<br />
Nev has always owned a Chrysler<br />
replacing his previous car, a valiant<br />
Charger with a brand new 2008 Dodge<br />
Challenger, which he imported from<br />
the United States. It was the first left<br />
hand drive vehicle of its kind that<br />
arrived in New Zealand and car number<br />
6,<strong>28</strong>9 off the production line with only<br />
6,400 produced in the first edition of<br />
Challengers.<br />
“Chrysler had not intended to produce<br />
more Dodge Challengers but the car was<br />
so popular that they carried on making<br />
them. you can still buy a new model<br />
today,” explains Nev.<br />
The car is a five speed automatic, fully<br />
equipped with a reconfigurable display<br />
that shows the car’s g-force just like in an<br />
aeroplane. The driver can set a timer to<br />
calculate the 0-60 miles per hour time,<br />
activated when putting the foot on the<br />
accelerator so a handy feature for saloon<br />
racing.<br />
It has a response system that<br />
automatically turns off the fuel supply<br />
to the engine, turns on the lights and<br />
unlocks the doors if the airbags are<br />
triggered, as well as a tyre pressure<br />
monitoring display button on the<br />
dashboard that shows the pressure of<br />
each tyre.<br />
Under the bonnet is a 425 brake<br />
horsepower 6.1 litre engine, claimed<br />
to go from 0-100 miles per hour and<br />
back to zero in just 16.5 seconds, and<br />
0-60 miles per hour in 4.9 seconds. Nev<br />
and his partner Heather Taege have<br />
not quite reached that. When tested by<br />
the manufacturers it reached 13.5 in<br />
a standing quarter mile, however Nev<br />
and Heather could not quite reach that<br />
at the recent oamaru drag racing with<br />
Nev achieving 13.8 seconds and Heather<br />
tipping him at 13.7. english Top Gear<br />
featured a SrT8 Challenger on their<br />
programme which reached 155 miles per<br />
hour on the Bonneville salt flat.<br />
The car’s interior is beautifully fitted<br />
out and has leather seating that Nev says<br />
are heated and really comfortable.<br />
“It’s a two door four seater so not<br />
huge in the back though we have had<br />
six foot passengers in there and as the<br />
driver’s seat is electric and has a motor<br />
underneath it, it is difficult to climb into<br />
the back from that side,” explains Nev.<br />
The vehicle also has a 320 AMP sound<br />
system with hard drive that will store<br />
1,200 tunes and play DvDs when in<br />
neutral gear.<br />
Nev’s best fuel consumption has been<br />
8.8 litres per 100 kilometres though<br />
on average he achieves 12-13 litres per<br />
100 kilometres. He considers this quite<br />
affordable and has found the Dodge<br />
cheaper than his earlier valiant Charger.<br />
Nev and Heather have travelled 33,000<br />
kilometres in their 2008 Dodge Challenger.<br />
“Every kilometre’s been immensely enjoyable.<br />
We just love it,” says Nev.<br />
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