New from the Swamp lands of NC

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  1. bigrussteg

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    Little back ground on me, prior Navy, musician, and family man. I've been on the hunt for an SRT4 Caliber since I returned from the middle east in 09. At the time no dealer in Cali could get there hands on one so I waited. Fast forward 4 years and the perfect one popped up for sale near me. 08 with Nav and the Kicker SRT audio upgrade 61k miles on it.. Almost perfect.... Hope to have her back tomorrow afternoon thanks to a faulty throttle body sensor... I'm not unfamiliar with SRT vehicles (worked for a local dodge dealer when I moved back east) and I look forward to learning some things from you guys about my new car.




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    Welcome man! Did the dealer fix your car? I am on calibersrt4.net to and have been reading your threads over there. I just found this site out myself. But I have owned a SRT since 04-05.
     
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    Yeah they have me in a Dart till it gets fixed

    It's because I'm an A55H0L3
     
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    LOL. At least they gave you a good loner car!
     
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    The dart makes my scion look like a Benz

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    Really? When I test drove the dart when they first came out, I thought it was really nice. My wife used to have a 08 xb and ehhhh.... Wasnt a fan.
     
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    Got an 05 XB and that's been my baby since 07... But this one is total crap.. Rides nice but no cruise, Bluetooth or anything special

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    Ahh, yeah I test drove the 1.6T Rally 6 speed and it was amazing, I almost pulled the trigger and bought one just for the hell of it. Yeah I am not a big fan of scions but I am a dodge guy and really only buy chrysler cars. We sold my wifes 08 xb a year after we got it.
     
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    The scion and my s10 are my play toys, the SRT4 is my new daily... Was gonna turbo my box but bought something that came with one instead

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    Nice! Yeah one of the young kids I work with had a 05 xb and I talked him out of get and he bought a neon srt4 and now he is liike why did I ever the xb. Once I get back from deployment I will be getting another SRT?.
     
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    My box is a blast to drive but 100HP and a 5 speed make anything kinda fun... I'm allowed to pimp it out but cant mods the caliber till she's almost paid off

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    True, but I will never mod my caliber, to me its to rare to mod and thats what my neon srt4 is for. My caliber is completely stock with only 78k miles on it. My neon only has 46k miles on her and I have owned it since new.
     
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    Only plans for the caliber are better shocks and the black headlight housings with maybe a retrofit... Nothing that's not reversible.. Sunday if I have it back i'm going to pull my intake and upper charge pipes And give them a nice clean coat of paint.. Either crinkle black or gold

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    Nice man! Yeah I the black housing headlights would look really nice.
     
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    thinking about Plasti Dipping some ACR stripes because if it looks bad I can remove it

    It's because I'm an A55H0L3
     
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    Im not a big fan of plasti dip, but it is way cheaper and easy to remove than paint. You said you were navy right?
     
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    Yeah.. I'm a Gator Sailor

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    LOL, I am navy also. What is a gator sailor? Hope it means your not a UF fan!
     
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    I spent my time on an amphib... USS Comstock...

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    Oh got ya! Yeah im a flyer so I dont know what a boat is!!!!!! P-3's man.