Disclaimer: I wasn’t on the road to click these pictures. I was quietly sipping my overpriced coffee at a café on Church Street, just doing my thing. But then… the Charger happened.
☕ From Cold Brew to Car Show
There I was working peacefully, minding my own business, and nursing a cup of evening coffee. And then, like the Fast & Furious soundtrack cut through my noise-cancellation headphones, I heard it.
That unmistakable, unnecessarily loud reeeeevv.
At first, I rolled my eyes. “Ugh, someone showing off again.”
But it got louder. Like, “shut-the-window” loud.
So I turned around. And what I saw was straight out of a YouTube vlog that I didn’t ask to be part of.
A Dodge Charger. Not just any Charger, but a custom, wide-body, candy-apple red beast with a Dubai number plate. On Church Street. Just chilling. Like a mall Santa in December.
📸 The Street Turns Into a Stage
The car wasn’t just passing through.
No, sir. This man parked the car right in the middle of Church Street.
And just like that, a crowd gathered faster than mosquitoes at a summer wedding.
Selfies, reels, random street interviews, a drone stick popping out from somewhere, people posing like they were cast in the next Vin Diesel movie.
No one cared about the traffic behind. Or pedestrians. Or, you know, common sense.
This wasn’t a spontaneous moment.
This was planned.
The car wasn’t just here to flex.
It was here for its OJ moment.
(OJ as in Opening Jamboree. What did you think?)
🛑 Enter the Cops
About 30–40 minutes later (yes, that long), the Bengaluru cops finally rolled in a full-fledged police car, flashing lights and all.
(📹 Yes, I caught that moment. You can see them arriving in the video pulling up right behind the crowd like it was the climax of a movie.)
I thought that would be the end of the spectacle.
But no. People kept clicking, talking, posing and the car? Still parked, still basking in the spotlight.
🤔 Some Thoughts I Can’t Shake Off
1. Why always Church Street?
Why does this sort of thing keep happening here?
Is it the guaranteed foot traffic? The vibe? Or is this the unofficial Instagram red carpet?
2. Is this even allowed?
Let’s talk about that number plate.
Dubai-registered car. On Indian roads. No temporary Indian registration visible.
It screams “I skipped customs, bro.”
Quick reality check:
Indian law requires foreign cars to be registered locally if driven beyond a short temporary period.
Import duties = sky high (often 100–125% of value).
And the rules are stricter when it comes to left-hand-drive cars, pollution norms, and insurance.
So, how is this car driving around like it’s on Sheikh Zayed Road?
3. What happened to the No-Vehicle Zone idea?
Remember when Church Street was meant to be a beautiful, walkable, no-vehicle zone?
Yeah, good times.
🏎️ What Car Was This, Anyway?
Turns out, this wasn’t even the latest Dodge Charger.
The newest Dodge Chargers (2024–25) are electric the Daytona EV lineup, with:
Dual-motor AWD
670 horsepower
0–100 km/h in just over 3 seconds
And fake “Fratzonic” exhausts because it’s too quiet otherwise.
The one we saw? Most likely the 2023 Dodge Charger Hellcat or Jailbreak:
Gasoline V8, real loud revving
717–797 hp
Wide-body mods, custom rims
Loud enough to drown your espresso machine
Which makes sense because this car made noise. The electric ones don’t.
More info on the newer models: dodge.com/charger
Final Thoughts
I came for coffee. I got car drama.
All I wanted was to meet a deadline. Instead, I met a Dodge Charger from Dubai.
This wasn’t just about a car. It was a symptom of a larger problem:
Where content trumps courtesy.
Where a public street becomes a personal runway.
Where legality is grey and engagement is king.
But hey that’s just another day on Church Street.
Where everyone’s a creator.
And everything even a parking violation is performance art.
Want to weigh in? Seen something similar?
Comment below, share this post, or better yet let’s finally bring back the No Vehicle Zone.
Or else next time, it might not be a Charger.
It might be a tank.
