NY Dealer Refuses To Sell 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 for $166,000

With GameStop, amateur investors were already feeling bullish coming off their Crypto high. This also represented a chance for them to unite and control a small piece of the market for a change, as opposed to always feeling vulnerable when following a certain stock.

Since that all-time high in 2021, the stock has steadily declined. You really can’t fight Wall Street in the long run. Sure, maybe you can land a punch or two here and there, but ultimately the system is set up to win and HODL-ing indefinitely without a strategy for when to sell is a surefire way to lose money.

Alright, you’re not here for financial advice, I get it. But if you’re looking to “invest” in a barely driven Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170, odds are you’re either better off HODL-ing if you already own the vehicle – or waiting a while longer so that you can keep riding this bubble bursting wave, as a buyer.

The similarities between this situation and what happened with GameStop are striking, albeit somewhat reversed. Like with that stock, people are now united in mostly making lowball offers for the Demon 170, forcing sellers (mostly flippers) to reject their bids and pull the cars from auction – these babies are failing to hit their reserves in record numbers, which let’s face it, is kind of refreshing to see.

The car in question here is Demon 170 #1,356 or 3,300, with just 30 miles on its supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V8. It’s finished in Sublime Green, and it also comes with satin black accents, the SRT Performance rear spoiler (with integrated rear-view camera), and a set of black 18” front and 17” rear alloy wheels wearing Mickey Thompson tires and four-piston Brembo brakes (also black).

Meanwhile, interior highlights include the black Alcantara and leather front seats and rear bench, carbon fiber trim for the dashboard and center console, a suede headliner, Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel, a blind spot monitoring system, an 18-speaker Harman Kardon sound system with a trunk-mounted subwoofer, plus amenities such as sat-nav, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

As for the engine, it’s the High Output variant, which means it’s rocking a 3.0-liter supercharger. On conventional E10 fuel, it’ll give you 900 horsepower and 810 lb-ft of torque, whereas on E85, you get the full 1,025 horsepower and 945 lb-ft of torque, with everything going to the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission.

Originally, this car sold for $123,341 courtesy of a Dodge dealership in upstate New York. The days in which this gets flipped for $200k are over – so that $166,000 rejected bid really doesn’t seem too outlandish.