What was your first thought when you drove an SRT for the first time?

Mine was: "wow this thing is ****ing fantastic!! Good thing too, since it's in my name already!

(traded cars with guy in NY - had never even sat in an SRT before it was dropped off at my house )

What was yours?

 

I didn't know car manufactures made fast cars any more.

 

Mine was sadly "this thing is way too quiet" lol

 

I was working at a dealer and was the first one to test drive it once it got unloaded off the truck and my first thought was what the fuck is with the late trans shift and hitting the limiter on the 1-2. hahahaha.

 

Many many cuss words uttered loudly in succession.

 

i was damn this rides smooth and huals azz.
my srt4 i was freaking out only being in highschool i think my pants were wet lol.
my diesel was it rides like chit but has power to spin the tires with the 6 speed

 

Underwhelmed... I test drove the car I wound up buying and the salesman only let me drive on local roads with limits of 40 or less. He refused to go near the highway or on even a road with a 55 limit... and insisted on being in the car.

I left, kept looking, and wound up testing other SRT8s and a R/T R&T at other dealers mostly just to get a feel for the REAL car... and to drive them without supervision. LOL

Came back for the one I didn't really test because it was the one I wanted.

 

Honestly, I love the feel of the car but was dissapointed at the HUGE lag at WOT and between 1st and 2nd, almost felt like it was shutting off between gears. Took awhile to get this part figured out. My 06 computer program was written on April of 04. Had this overridden with a 2009 program and it felt like a BRAND NEW car and so much more power.

 

I tried to do a peel-out from the dealer's parking lot and it felt like someone threw pillows in the intake manifold. It took me a while to learn what traction control was...lol.

 

Whoooo Hooooo! This thing is way too much FUN, to still get 30MPG!

 

I lost my mind and hit 125mph during the test drive. Salesman was cool and didnt say a word when i said " i need to open it up". I was sold and he knew it

 

Same here....I bought my former 2006 Charger SRT8 unseen on Nov 12, 2005....my dealer picked it up in West Virginia.....the first drive I left the dealership in a cloud of tire smoke....didnt even realize it was spinning the tires till I looked in the rear view mirror..I remember telling my brother who was riding with me "damn!..I havent driven a car that could do that in decades"......why did I ever trade that car???:cry2:

 

Definitely going to jail with this thing.

 

Yeah, my SRT still brings out the Ricky Bobby in me.

 

On the Challenger I tested...Cool, I can spin the tires while in motion 10mph...late braking is nice too for a car this size...me think me likey SRT-8s!

 

I think I prefer the stopping power to the go power, its just that damn cool to experience a car that big stop that well. Plus the howling downshift, like the car is expressing its displeasure at having to slow down. "Nooooooooooooooooo!"

 

My first thought was, "Holy Crap! I gotta get me one of these!"

 

Very comfortable car. Didn't seem as big as it looks for manuvering in parking lot in between cars.
Test drove in rain and car is safe and when traction control kicks in car stays straight with no fishtailing. I want one

 

srt4

can't believe this thing eats fuel like my old 350 z28 with a big holly carb.

 

Dont have to be that way