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Only thing Disappointing About The HC Charger

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The only thing disappointing about the new Hellcat WB Charger coming from the Scat Pack Charger is loss of the auto high bean headlights and the rain sensitive wipers! What I do not miss from Scat Pack is the adaptive cruise control, but with the Tazer I had on the Scat Pack I had mapped the Sport,Track modes to adaptive buttons on the steering wheel which I wish was on the new Hellcat. But over all really enjoy the new WB Hellcat very much so far.
 


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Auto high beams blow if you're the guy in the other lane.

Rain sensing wipers are a big meh personally.

You could've carried the tazer over to the hellcat and purchased the aux buttons for the steering wheel just like the scat had... this is how my 18 is set up.

Coming from a CTS-V...best move I ever made was this car.
 


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I do miss adaptive, I use it alllll the time in my other car.
 


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??? Both work fine in mine, push it to hi beam and leave it, should auto switch...wipers same way, can't remember if I had to set it up in settings screen or not, thought it was standard with electronics upgrade when ordering.
 


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My 19 challenger hc has adaptive, rain sense, and auto high beams.
Ordered it with all that.
Only thing I don't like is the adaptive.
About gave me a heart attack the first time I went for a holeshot.
 


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It is knot a Challenger.
 


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Unless I just missed the order, its not on the Charger for 2021. I do have the power tilt wheel, and all options I had on Scat Pack but I never wanted adaptive and do not miss it at all...lol.
Auto high beams blow if you're the guy in the other lane.

Rain sensing wipers are a big meh personally.

You could've carried the tazer over to the hellcat and purchased the aux buttons for the steering wheel just like the scat had... this is how my 18 is set up.

Coming from a CTS-V...best move I ever made was this car.
RSW are really nice when your used to them on Trck and car and all of sudden they are gone and its raining....lol.
 


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Yep you missed the tech package. I had it on my last two Challengers and hated it. Auto hi beams worked for beans on both, was completely annoying on both and I never drive in the rain so that's a non issue for me personally. Ordered my RE w/o it and saved a couple of bucks.
 


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Hell of your old enough just play the old man routine and have the high beams on all the time😳😳
 


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Yep you missed the tech package. I had it on my last two Challengers and hated it. Auto hi beams worked for beans on both, was completely annoying on both and I never drive in the rain so that's a non issue for me personally. Ordered my RE w/o it and saved a couple of bucks.
You have a good point I will hardly drive in the rain ....but did like the feature.
 


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had auto high beams on all 3 of my challengers. worked great all 3 times. Adaptive cruise is nice. auto wipers piss me off.
 


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Minor issue. It only rains 3 months out of the year in Florida. Right now,,, o to o rain. Good time fer the track. Lots of rubber laid more than Diamond Dolls on US 19.
 


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On my Challenger, auto high beams work great.
I'll pick my wiper rate, thank you very much. I never use any cruise control.
 


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Cruise control and M6 just don't go together. Espicially a hot rod.
 


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had auto high beams on all 3 of my challengers. worked great all 3 times. Adaptive cruise is nice. auto wipers piss me off.
that's not much of a track record if it only worked once on each of the 3 cars [scratch]
 


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Unless I just missed the order, its not on the Charger for 2021. I do have the power tilt wheel, and all options I had on Scat Pack but I never wanted adaptive and do not miss it at all...lol.


RSW are really nice when your used to them on Trck and car and all of sudden they are gone and its raining....lol.
I'm trying to picture how drunk I'd have to be to not notice that it's raining. And while I've never been to a gym in my life, I'm still capable of turning the wipers on manually, as needed.
Also, I can somehow sense when it's time to turn the lights on and off, and when to dim them.

And just for the record, that's without having to read the owner's manual first. Actually, it's almost as if it's instinct.
 


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I love the rain sensing wipers in my truck.

But in a polar opposite way, they're useless in the Challenger, it never sees rain... :unsure:

:cool:
 


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I'm trying to picture how drunk I'd have to be to not notice that it's raining. And while I've never been to a gym in my life, I'm still capable of turning the wipers on manually, as needed.
Also, I can somehow sense when it's time to turn the lights on and off, and when to dim them.

And just for the record, that's without having to read the owner's manual first. Actually, it's almost as if it's instinct.
Well you may be the one who cares not to use air when its hot out and roll the window down and your elbow hangin out the window with your steering wheel fixed in one position just after dusk with your head lights off where you forgot to turn them on the one time you somehow never sensed it was near dark! Then blind hell out me once I flashed my lights for you to turn your lights on where you left them on bright the last time you had used them! Then you could stop stick your head out the rolled down window , look up and feel rain in your face, now you know its time to turn on the wipers! Cheers to you!!
 


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Well you may be the one who cares not to use air when its hot out and roll the window down and your elbow hangin out the window with your steering wheel fixed in one position just after dusk with your head lights off where you forgot to turn them on the one time you somehow never sensed it was near dark! Then blind hell out me once I flashed my lights for you to turn your lights on where you left them on bright the last time you had used them! Then you could stop stick your head out the rolled down window , look up and feel rain in your face, now you know its time to turn on the wipers! Cheers to you!!
Jimmy is not a Taxi fan😬
 


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Cents we are on the subject of in ster mants. I had the earl changed the ottah day and the dealer changed the oil life on the panel where the MPH waz. Now it tells me the oil life and I want to change back to MPH digital read out. The proceedure to return it back,,dumbass redneck don't get it. Help.
 




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