{"id":1866,"date":"2014-11-01T08:40:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2016-07-15T07:09:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T14:09:29","slug":"charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/charger\/","title":{"rendered":"Charger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After many years of driving my faithful 1995 Chrysler LeBaron and driving a hand-me-down car gifted to me by my beloved father for a few years, it was time to finally get a new ride. Brandee had been encouraging me to do this for a long time but I kept resisting. I just wasn&#8217;t into status of a new car when the car&#8217;s I had still worked well.<\/p>\n<p>So on one fine Saturday morning in the summer of 2014, Brandee, my parents and I head out to the dealerships. I had no intention of making a purchase. It was my plan to just do some investigation. Others had different ideas apparently :-).<\/p>\n<p>I was very open-minded in my choice of cars but I knew I wanted a muscle car for sure. I narrowed-down my selection to 3 different manufacturers and models. These were a Chevy Camaro, Ford Mustang or Dodge Charger\/Challenger.<\/p>\n<p>In the end I selected the Dodge Charger. Of all the choices this was the one car that had the best combination of sporty and practicality. I like the fact that the Charger is a four-door and, in retrospect, this was a wise choice. I couldn&#8217;t have imagined trying to chauffeur business associates in a two-door or lift Jack&#8217;s 95-pound body into a two-door.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodge Charger is worthy of 9 out of 10 Steeler Stars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small.png\" alt=\"steeler_star_small\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small_silver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-628 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/steeler_star_small_silver.jpg\" alt=\"steeler_star_small_silver\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2012 Charger, V8, 395HP, Hemi<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/charger_front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1867 size-medium\" 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Brandee had been encouraging me to do this for a long time but I kept resisting. 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