Well, it doesn't take a hot rod Dodge to run faster than the posted speeds, easily! My company truck is a Texas Edition Sierra 5.3L 4-dr 1500. When we got the 2016s, I found that I'd be on the Interstate, behind a perceived slower car, then nudge the pedal for a "few mph more", only to find that the other car was doing the speed limit and it just looked slower. So it was something to get used to!
Also, in the DIC of the GM pickups is a speed warning alert, which can be set to whatever speed is desired. I have no doubt that something of that nature is hidden in the FCA electronics too.
Two things probably need to happen. One is to lose the attitude which owning a Scat Pack is probably putting in your head. People know it's fast as it's got a Hemi in it, plus the spoilers and wheels, etc. Learn to profile and cruise rather then to seem to desire to prove it's superiority and power.
Second thing is to learn how to use the steering wheel controls for the CRUISE CONTROL. Not only will it save the tickets but also on fuel, too. Provided you set it at the posted speeds and use the buttons to vary the speed up and down.
Back about 1980, CAR AND DRIVER did a radar range test of a group of vehicles. Quite interesting, in the time before LIDAR! And they had a then-new Escort radar detector in each one, to see what the "cushion" was between when the alarm went off and when the radar got a speed reading.
KEY THING is that when the radar pulses ONCE, then the speed reading happens on the radar. Which is why you have to hit the brakes hard immediately when the alarm goes off. In that earlier test, there was a certain decel rate that kept the radar from getting a reading that it would lock onto. More modern electronics have probably negated that possibility?
ANY radar-type unit is only as good as its calibration, which should be done with a tuning fork rather than an internal check. Get one of the books on "beating tickets" for more information on that.
So, end result, it might be nerve-racking to always have one foot on the brake pedal for when the detector goes off. No real enjoyment in that, to me! Learn the feel of the car AND set the DIC to indicate road speed so it's always right in front of you at all times. Also learn the tach readings for cruising speeds, too, as a secondary indicator of "too fast".
For when you want to play . . . in an appropriate venue . . . find the Performance Pages and see what all's there! The cars are awesome in so many respects, other than assisting the local municipalities in their annual budgets. Nobody said you had to drive like there was an egg between your foot and the accel pedal, but getting up to posted speeds can be fun. Then punch the cruise and enjoy the ride.
With time, you'll discover (as I did on the company vehicles) how much throttle you do NOT need in order to get to speed briskly and feel the first three trans shifts/hear what engine sounds are being made. It's all about getting to know the equipment more than anything else.
No intent to offend, just to point out a few things.
CBODY67
