Remember Your First Dodge? Share Your Story! |
 
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Posted on April 13, 2012
Remember your first Dodge? Cars have the power to inspire great memories.
Maybe your first Dodge was a hand-me-down clunker from a brother or sister.
Or maybe you rescued the Dodge from a junkyard and restored it yourself.
Maybe you fell in love or took your first cross-country journey in your Dodge.
Whatever your story, we know the memory is special to you. Your personal Dodge story could be happy or bittersweet or just plain silly. We don’t care. We just want you to share it with us here at Redline Dodge.
Click here and simply follow the instructions to share your story. Your prose doesn’t have to be anything fancy. Just tell your story in your own words, and be sure to include a photo or two. If you are drawing a blank for a story right now, come back any time and click on “post your story” on the right side of the page.
We can’t promise that we will publish every story we receive at Redline Dodge but we’ll do our best. Thanks in advance for sharing your story – we can’t wait to read it!
Apr 13, 2012 @ 18:13:00
My Dodge Neon 2002 Standard, “LuvTap” she is my pride and joy of a car. Wish it was a SRT-4. First car that I’ve fallen madly in love with. She is great, keeps a smile on my face every time I drive her. I like to call her my little Transformer. Also the maneuverability on her is amazing and the power for such a vehicle is greatly appreciated. Like I said my pride and joy. I would not have any other car. Specially Dodge has impressed me with the vehicles through the years, I would have to say that Dodge is my favorite company other than Lamborghini, but for the less expensive I would have to go with Dodge. And when I saw the New Dodge Dart, I was impressed and very amazed. Almost like a new Dodge Neon, but revamped! =)
Apr 13, 2012 @ 18:17:21
My first Dodge was a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere that my Dad and I purchased for 100 dollars except we never got the chance to do anything with it. It was white with 2 doors a nice car just needed some work Interior was in decent shape too. It had a 318 V8 One of the most reliable motors dodge made.
Apr 13, 2012 @ 18:25:58
My first Dodge was and still is a ’02 Dodge Ram 1500 QC 4×4. I bought it in 2004 with 44,440 miles and now has 118,000 give or take a few. I’ve driven my “TanRam” to Texas from Michigan twice now but the last trip, which was a couple weeks ago was special because it was just me and my daughter. We had so much fun being silly and taking pictures of all the cool sites along the way. We even slept in the truck when we were going and coming back. The truck ran smooth with no problems at was if all. The only thing that would have made it better was if she was old enough to drive so we wouldn’t have to sleep over but either way we had a blast. I have some plans for my TanRam; 6″ suspension lift kit, 35′s, hide-a-way side steps and custom audio system. These are my plans for my toy!
Apr 13, 2012 @ 18:28:43
Dear Redline,
where do I start? I’m a newly graduated student and have recently began the cycle of the “working world”. Let me tell you it sucks! That isn’t completely true … I enjoy the pay and I enjoy the work but waking up at 5am and not getting home till after 7pm… sucks! The drive to work is 45 to an hour and 15 each way and I have never done well in traffic – why do people loose all ability to drive sensibly when there is snow or rain on the road? However, my life has recently changed. My entire childhood has always been Chevrolet and Pontiac for vehicles but that all changed this past March. I did my research, I did the test drives and I am proud to say I am a new owner of a red 2011 Dodge Charger! WOW! I enjoy waking up at 5am because I get to drive “Rosier” to work every day. I enjoy leaving work an getting into my car to drive home. I enjoy washing Rosier every time she gets dirty. I enjoy EVERYTHING about her! I get to see people stare at her and and smile when I drive by. My biggest regret is NOT buying a Mopar earlier. The quality, the power and, excuse my language, the fucking awesomeness of the charger! My second regret is not buying the Redline model of the charger. You men and women made an outstanding vehicle look bad ass!!! Thank you for giving me a new background picture on my phone / laptop / and work computer. Thank you for designing a car that inspires me to work hard and become successful… because when I have the get cash – The Redline will be mine!
Cheers,
Seb.
Apr 13, 2012 @ 19:00:44
Loved my first dodge sad to say i dont have pics. I do have pics of my second dodge does thst count? First one was a 74 dart custom slant six. Second was a 73 dart custom 318!
Apr 13, 2012 @ 19:27:48
I got my first Dodge on December 7,2007
she is a silver 2005 Dodge Neon named Gadget… She had been wrecked twice in the front and once in the rear before I got her… 5 months after I got Gadget on May 4, 2008 I got hit on my way home, after just washing her, by a drunk driver… But luckily she was fixable… Then on July 17, 2009 on my way home from work one morning at 2am I got hit by a deer… That did some pretty good damage to Gadget but I got her back again a month later. She hasn’t ever failed me. She takes me on my many trips around the southeast… But her favorite place to go is the beautiful Smoky Mountains and the Grand Rod Run…. Out of fun she is my “driving miss daisy” in the day and my “NASCAR speed demon” at night. I don’t ever plan on getting rid of this car but this car is almost as memorable as my Radioflyer. She may not have a Hemi but she gets me where she gets me 
Apr 13, 2012 @ 19:33:29
My first dodge was a 68 dodge charger. Had a 383 auto on the colum, front discs, sure grip rear, and some really nice and loud glass packs. This was in 1983. What was so funny about this car is, it was my wifes, then girlfriends car, before I bought it. I bought it for $400 because it was hit in front of her house, while she was away at her grandmothers.
I drove that car my whole senior year of highschool, with a bad looking drivers side 1/4 panel and all.
I was planning of getting the body work fixed but, when I founfd out how much($3200), it sounded like a small fortune, for an 18 year old. I finally wound up parting it out, and making close to $3000 doing so. Every last nut and bolt was sold from that car, I was really lucky. I loved that car so much, i put the word out that I wanted another one, not needing that much body work of course. haha.. My mom told me of a gold one, with a tail stripe that she saw. When I went to go look for it, I struck out but, to my amazement, I saw another 68 sitting in a driveway with years of dust on it. What was even more cool was the fact that it was the same exact color combo of my first one. white body, black vinel top. This one was better cause it also had white interior. I spoke with the owner of the car, and made my year when she told me that she would sell it to me. The price of $1000 was reached. I towed it home with my dads olds delta 88, 455 by the way. I changed some simple parts, and got it running, and driving.
I still own this car!! I have since 1986. It has been through a few differant changes, with parts combos but, this time the combo I am currently putting on the car, I know it will stay like this for a while. I have bought and sold 6, 68-72 chargers since I bought my 68 in 86, and never even once thought of selling it. Will always have MOPARS. Drive a 2006 sebring convert, roadrace a 2003 srt-4, and still have my charger…
Apr 13, 2012 @ 19:37:31
My first dodge was 1979 aspen R/T with a 318 . Was fun to drive . I added a 360 4bbl intake , 340 j heads and a 533 lift cam
Apr 13, 2012 @ 19:54:59
dodge neon r/t 98 my first car buy in 2008 my second car is dodge neon ex98
Apr 13, 2012 @ 22:10:52
2011 Dodge Challenger SXT, My first car, and my first dodge. I pick it up April 17th, 10 days before my 17th birthday. Payed in cash, my money.
Black, Auto, 3.6L, Not my preferred Challenger, but she is beautiful anyways. Just need to swap out the stock wheels once i get the chance and remove the stripes…(those are god awful choice in my opinion dodge) but I love the car, cant wait to drive it home, and clean it. I want to upgrade to a R/T or a SRT in 2-3 years. 6spd of course. Also black.
Apr 13, 2012 @ 22:59:35
Mhttp://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.412741572086799.112436.100000528808498&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=412742855420004&set=a.412741572086799.112436.100000528808498&type=3&theatery My first Dodge was a 1968 Dodge Coronet 500 Convertible. It had a 318 4 barrel carb. and was such a great car. My father and I worked on it when I was a boy and when it was finally completed it I sold my 71 Chevelle and purchased this car from Dad. I made payments with money from after school job at Mcdonalds. I drove this car every day to school and my Karate lessons. Also drove it on weekends to cruise the town after work. Such a great car. Many good memories.
Apr 13, 2012 @ 23:02:43
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Apr 14, 2012 @ 10:50:09
The first Dodge that I drove was my dad’s 1963 Polara 500. Buff color with red trim and matching interior. Under the hood a 413 4-barrel hooked up with push button torquflite. I actually used to offer to do mom’s laundry at the laundromat just so I could drive that car. Of course back then if I combined a few loads of laundry I ended up with an extra dollar or two in quarters and at $0.25 a gallon that was 1/2 a tank of gas to run around with. After a while the guys in town learned that I would be at the laundromat on Saturdays and there was a new stretch of 4 lane highway that had a great 1/4 mile section that ran right in front of the plaza where the laundromat was. Soon they started to show up a 389 GTO, 390, 427, and 406 Fords, a 455 Olds, a 421 2+2 Pontiac, and a whole bunch of others. As soon as the clothes were in the wash cycle I had 30 min. to hit the 1/4 mile. This is what made me a Dodge lover forever. We sat on the line and with one foot on the brake and the other on the gas the 413 cocked it self to fly down the strip. The other guys all got lost at the line burning their tires but the 413 was gone and they never caught me. I was the “king of route 17″ until Chevy dropped the 427 into the 1965 Vette but I never lost my love of my Dodge. I just purchased a 2012 Dodge Journey and I believe it is the finest car I have ever owned.
Apr 15, 2012 @ 10:17:32
Very bad experience with you dealer in Ottawa “Metro”.
What price a customer has to pay if he didn’t finish his home work before going to any dealer to buy a new vehicle??? I trusted your dealer and in result, paid more than $3000 extra to him.
I was about to buy a new Dodge Caravan 2012 CVP and went to your dealer “Metro” in Ottawa. Price was $19995 at that time everywhere including all just taxes excluded and right not it is $18995 in Ottawa at other dealer, I checked yesterday. I traded my HONDA DX-G 2010 Sedan Car with just 26600 KMs and in excellent condition with even no scratch and as per Canadian Black Book It should be in between $13300 to $14900.
I am stupid and I trusted the dealer and in result I get the worst deal of my life, I paid at least $3000 extra just in good faith.
What a system, Dodge has no control over the dealers and do not want to make them angry.
OMVIC says that if you signed the contract, it is not easy to push the dealer to reconsider the deal.
Dealer got my written complaint by registered letter and he never even replied me.
What a stupid I am if I did not do HOME WORK before reaching the dealer. Great, great, great, what a way to buy a new vehicle in Canada?
Why dealers do not charge the actual sale price of the vehicle on sale invoice and than deduct the trade in price?
Why they charge like this that they raise the vehicle price on invoice and than deduct the pay off amount of your trade in?
I will say again and again that Government should see this issue and push dealers to make the deals fair and transparent. It should be clear in front of everyone, not hidden and tricky.
Everything will be posted here, if I am not stopped by Dodge. Sale Invoice, Agreement, All The E-mails from OMVIC and Dodge and the copy of complaint letter to the dealer.
I am cheated but I do not want anyone else should pay extra money to the dealer and that is the reason, I am posting this.
I challenge the DODGE to check with the dealer that how much money “METRO” got when they sold the car which I traded with them? Everything will be clear if they see the copy of the sale invoice of that car.
Thanks and waiting for your reaction.
Apr 17, 2012 @ 12:33:22
I still have my Very First Ram. it’s a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500, SLT, 4.7L Magnum V8. brought up in a house hold where all we had was SUV’s and Trucks, and never cars, i wanted to make a change. My whole family has always (and still does) continue to buy only GM products. my first vehicle was a 2002 GMC Envoy, and loved up, but the six cylinder engine wasnt enough power, and has alot of problems. So i called up a friend of mine who lived in Boston Mass in 2009, and asked him what he had for V8 engine vehicles on his used car lot. he had some Fords, GMC’s, and Chevy’s, but they were all way way to expensive. so i saw This SandStone Metallic 4 door Dodge Ram, and man was i hooked! First off, i think Dodge makes the best looking, and most agressive looking trucks in the world, so that was a plus. second, i under estimated dodge because everyone said their money pits and nothing is right with them.
I took the dodge out for a test drive in the City of Boston, and i fell in love! it’s the biggest 1500 on the road, i felt safe, and i loves the way the dodge drove. for it being a 7 year old vehicle, iw as impressed. i bought it for a few grand and took it home with me. Since i got it, i’ve put Dual flow-master Super 44 series straight pipe exhaust on it, and you can hear my truck a mile away. My dad being a GM fenatic, took my truck out for a drive, and asked me if he could buy it off of me because he like it so much. Anyway, i still have my ram, it has 185,200 miles on it, and it hasnt had one problem wrong with it inthe three years i’ve owned it. I learned one thing about V8 engines, they’ll last a million miles if you take care of them. and another thing, having a V8 is an upgrade from a V6, i love the power of Dodge’s V8, it has a superb turning radius, and i get good gas mileage, im averaging 20 miles per gallon highway under 65 MPH. I want the New dodge Ram Laramie, because i am really impressed with how dodge upgraded, and i will continue to buy Dodge vehicles from here on out.
Apr 17, 2012 @ 17:30:35
69 DODGE CHARGER 383 4bbl a/t
F6 green with white vinyl top
remember the winter of 1977-78?
I crashed it in the 2 feet of snow