ORIGINAL: lieu910

I'm guessing by your post here that you are a younger guy, so let me give you a 40 y/o perspective here onyour "they're no fun to drive" remark.

I could not disagree more. We have two children, and need room.Prior toour SRT8, we owned a Denali. Now, that wasa land yaught,although itwas comofortable.

I'll agree that I wish there were a 6-speed option, and it is coming next year, butour Magnum SRT8 isvery fun to drive. In spite of it's size, ithandles exceptionally well, and better than my 06 GT.the Brembo brakes are top shelf, and so are theF1's.

the 6.1 hemi makes all the right sounds, and the performance is really impressive for a car of it's size. I have had several runs against LS2 GTO's, and the SRT8 hangs right there with them door handle to door handle. Amazing attributes considering I can haul 5 in comfort with navigation, rear DVD, a sunroof, etc.Again, a stick will be welcome, but the autostick feature is fun to play with now and then.

I paid 38kand tax otd. That's 6k less than I paid for the Denali and it was 3 yrs old when we traded it. For the practicality, content,and performance the SRT8 offers it's a raging bargain.

ORIGINAL: s197richie

I'm 30 y/o, no kids and never will have any (snip-snip...get it?), so I can't really relate or participate in any SUV or sedan discussions, so yeah I guess for what it is the LX body (that's a charger/magum/300 for anyone not familiar with DC) is a good car; fast for a four-door sled and very little problems, but I think they're ovepriced (r/t, daytona and srt8 all three) for a single person with no kids and the occasional good-lookin chick in the passenger seat. I'm done some seat time in an R/T and yes I got that good ol' american v8 (although it's a mercedes engine) feeling, but I just wanted a car with a manual trans and solid axle, less expensive and smaller. I was very frustrated when I learned you couldn't get an LX with a true stick...

ORIGINAL: Gone2

+1

I'm 38 with a 5 year old. Flipping up and then re-setting the mustangs front seats gets old quick putting the kid in the backseat all the time.

BTW, The SRT-8s have some of the best seats I've ever sat in.

ORIGINAL: lieu910

Yes, atthe pointwe are at itcomes down to what can makelife easier. The perfect scenario really for a car guy like me is having an SRT8 as a daily driver, and being able to keep the Mustang for recreation only. It's a dilema decididing which car to take. It's funny, when I brought the GT home, my neighbors came over and instantly assumed it was faster than the SRT8. They could not believe it when I told them the SRT8 wasthe faster car, and that my wife easily pulled away from the GT on the way home from the dealer. Of course, I had tosave face and bought a blower!

I'm very pleased with both, and if I had to for any reason I would replace them with another. They are both great bargains, and really in a class by themselves right now. I'll be tempted to pull the trigger on the Challenger when it comes out.

ORIGINAL: GT_Stang

srt8 is not a mercedes engine. everything BUT the engine is from mercedes. good thing on those the tipronic on it. if shifts for you perfectly you pretty much have nothing to shift (kinda sucks) its like putting it on Sport mode.

ORIGINAL: moparrr07

actually the srt-8 charter you can get for about 33k once you go through all the dealer crap, a 4 door that runs low 13s and has lots more feature than most cars

ORIGINAL: ModernMuscle

As I said, I started basically giving him a length lead, and ended up 1.5 ahead before I had to hit 5th. so technically, that would put me out about 2.5 lengths from 70-130. From a dig, I would have put more...