I'm Outta Here (sold GS, bought Dodge Magnum SRT-8)
05-17-06, 04:06 PM
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I'm Outta Here (sold GS, bought Dodge Magnum SRT-8)
GS400 and all the parts are sold, so it's time to move on. Replaced the Lexus with a Dodge Magnum SRT8, which is a hoot to drive, and ratchets heads like no new car I've ever had.
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05-17-06, 04:30 PM
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Good luck with the Dodge. Too bad you couldn't have kept it for comparison. After I drive another car for a while then get back in my car....that's when I really notice and appreciate the difference. Power...I've got plenty and great top end. And I just give my car a bath and drive around...it turns enough heads for me. 
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05-17-06, 08:41 PM
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And below's a stock photo of mine, in "Inferno Red".
SRT-8s (not SRT8 - sorry) are way trick. 425 hp with all kinds of special engine internals (heads, cam, valves, crank, pistons), plus induction and exhaust. It also comes with Brembos (best brakes on any car I've had in 30 years of driving), 20 x 9 wheels, Goodyear F1s, killer seats, shorter/tighter suspension, quicker steering, and some other goodies. It has Autostick, which is kind of like e-shift, but you can manually select 1st gear, which I like.
The GS4 was a fine car. Smooth, decent power, good mileage, easy to work on, and stone reliable. OK brakes, OK handling. It was also... zzzzzzzzz... boring. When I bought it, the guy who sold it to me had just replaced it with a 540i, after having the GS for only a year; he had a 540 previous to the GS. Having had a 540/6, I couldn't understand why anyone would buy one a second time (as unreliable as the GS is reliable), but now I get it - fun trumps practicality.
I like American cars. I've had Toyotas since I had a trick '75 Celica in college in the late '70s, and I drove what was probably world's trickest '86 Cressida wagon for a number of years in the '90s. But I always had an American toy car. Now I have a toy as a daily driver. It's fast (guys on the forums are turning low - mid 13s all day long), it handles really well for what it is, and, again, the brakes are killer. It's also the first car I've had since my new '96 Impala SS that I'm going to leave almost stock - all I'm going to do is a K&N drop-in, open the stock airbox, and change the exhaust for some more tone. It's that good.
Pete
SRT-8s (not SRT8 - sorry) are way trick. 425 hp with all kinds of special engine internals (heads, cam, valves, crank, pistons), plus induction and exhaust. It also comes with Brembos (best brakes on any car I've had in 30 years of driving), 20 x 9 wheels, Goodyear F1s, killer seats, shorter/tighter suspension, quicker steering, and some other goodies. It has Autostick, which is kind of like e-shift, but you can manually select 1st gear, which I like.
The GS4 was a fine car. Smooth, decent power, good mileage, easy to work on, and stone reliable. OK brakes, OK handling. It was also... zzzzzzzzz... boring. When I bought it, the guy who sold it to me had just replaced it with a 540i, after having the GS for only a year; he had a 540 previous to the GS. Having had a 540/6, I couldn't understand why anyone would buy one a second time (as unreliable as the GS is reliable), but now I get it - fun trumps practicality.
I like American cars. I've had Toyotas since I had a trick '75 Celica in college in the late '70s, and I drove what was probably world's trickest '86 Cressida wagon for a number of years in the '90s. But I always had an American toy car. Now I have a toy as a daily driver. It's fast (guys on the forums are turning low - mid 13s all day long), it handles really well for what it is, and, again, the brakes are killer. It's also the first car I've had since my new '96 Impala SS that I'm going to leave almost stock - all I'm going to do is a K&N drop-in, open the stock airbox, and change the exhaust for some more tone. It's that good.
Pete
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05-17-06, 09:42 PM
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Congrats. My cousin has a 300C SRT-8. I almost sold my GS for a black 300C SRT-8. Those Brembos are sweet and the seats are nice too. Im just curious to see how those cars hold up over time.
