Howard
07-14-2006, 11:46 AM
My fellow Charger owners,
I am constantly reading posts about handling and weight of our Chargers and seeing both good and bad opinions on the subject. Here's a first-hand experience I'd like to share that happened to me 2 weeks ago.
Setting: 2 lane open road, 3:00am, 120 kph (75ish mph for our US friends)
Circumstance: Next to no traffic... coming up behind a big-rig (1/2 mile) down to low beams.... truck drops behind a rise in the road. Come up over rise and ....
Middle of the Road: Grey/Black Moose (best guess 1000lbs) 3 car-lengths ahead
I'm not too proud to say that was the scariest moment in my life.
End Result: As my heart stopped beating at that moment (as the passenger told me after) that I put the car on the center-line and then swurved (is that a word?) by the ass end of the moose.
I will NEVER EVER doubt the handing abilities of my Charger. EVER :grin:
P.S. To our urban readers.... very few people walk away from a collision with a moose. Not to even mention a car, when hit these things will TOTAL a big-rig. When a car hits one, the thing is most likely to come right in the windshield and will ruin your whole day.
I am constantly reading posts about handling and weight of our Chargers and seeing both good and bad opinions on the subject. Here's a first-hand experience I'd like to share that happened to me 2 weeks ago.
Setting: 2 lane open road, 3:00am, 120 kph (75ish mph for our US friends)
Circumstance: Next to no traffic... coming up behind a big-rig (1/2 mile) down to low beams.... truck drops behind a rise in the road. Come up over rise and ....
Middle of the Road: Grey/Black Moose (best guess 1000lbs) 3 car-lengths ahead
I'm not too proud to say that was the scariest moment in my life.
End Result: As my heart stopped beating at that moment (as the passenger told me after) that I put the car on the center-line and then swurved (is that a word?) by the ass end of the moose.
I will NEVER EVER doubt the handing abilities of my Charger. EVER :grin:
P.S. To our urban readers.... very few people walk away from a collision with a moose. Not to even mention a car, when hit these things will TOTAL a big-rig. When a car hits one, the thing is most likely to come right in the windshield and will ruin your whole day.