Test Drove New Srt4

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tunersteve said:
Life isn't about straight line performance...it's about living daily with a vehicle.
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my wife drives an sxt caliber and while the interior is lacking it's actually a very managable car for daily driving...it does extremely well in snow in ice as we just had a storm and she was very very impressed how well it handled in that type of weather...now will the srt be the same i don't know but as a daily driver it's a nice car.
 
boostdog said:
my wife drives an sxt caliber ...as a daily driver it's a nice car.
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Fair enough.

I think there are several different opinions happening here that don't necessarily even conflict with each other.

We have:

1. It's much scarier to corner in than an MS3.
2. It's got massive potential to go fast in a straight line.
3. Some of of us want more than "fast in a straight line" from our cars.
4. It's ugly.
5. It's too SUV-ish.
6. It can be a practical car.
7. The SRT guys know how to make "fast" happen.

Really, these aren't even contrary ideas, just different ones. I agree wholeheartedly that the Caliber is/has the potential to be really fast, I just don't care. It is interesting to read a direct comparison to an MS3 from an MS3 owner, though. I'd like to read about a SRT4C owner's test drive of an MS3!
 
Foolish said:
Fair enough.

I think there are several different opinions happening here that don't necessarily even conflict with each other.

We have:

1. It's much scarier to corner in than an MS3.
2. It's got massive potential to go fast in a straight line.
3. Some of of us want more than "fast in a straight line" from our cars.
4. It's ugly.
5. It's too SUV-ish.
6. It can be a practical car.
7. The SRT guys know how to make "fast" happen.

Really, these aren't even contrary ideas, just different ones. I agree wholeheartedly that the Caliber is/has the potential to be really fast, I just don't care. It is interesting to read a direct comparison to an MS3 from an MS3 owner, though. I'd like to read about a SRT4C owner's test drive of an MS3!
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1. opinion
2. fact
3. opinion
4. opinion
5. opinion
6. opinion
7. fact

2 out of 7, not bad
 
I thought the funny thing about all that in the 1st post was that the dealer practically begged him to drive the speed3 and was in shock when he found out that it just had a CAI. I thought that was pretty funny. Cause you know the dealer has drove the CSRT4 too and I think that speaks volumes about this as well.
 
more ppl keep their cars stock and just car about the stock driving ability..i really dont care what you can do to "make" the caliber run better than the ms3..big whoop..hondas with thousands of dollars can kick my camaros and mustangs ass..do i care..no..its just about what you can have fun with..you cant compete with eveycar out there..

get what im saying..
 
Since it's already a pig, I think AWD, at least offered as an option would make it a lot more appealing. What sense does it make to offer AWD on an SXT and not on the beast of the bunch? Bad dog, Dodge....Bad dog.
 
most people don't buy these lil sport compact to keep them stock. Look at this board. There are probably like 5 people bone stock on here
 
Can someone pull up comparo tests between the Caliber and MS3? Let's see what the media can say about this. I'm not saying their perfect, but hell, they do this for a living.
 
Yeah, they all said the SRT4 sux and the MS3 is full of win.
Even the numbers proved it, the skidpad numbers we're embarrassing next to the MS3's.
 
^^^ Lost to the MUCH less powerful C30 ^^^

It was also a version 1.0 that has the base suspension.
C/D said:
Lightest at 3134 pounds, the C30 was the slowest from 0 to 60 mph at 6.3 seconds—Houston, we have wheelspin!—but the quickest from 5 to 60 at 6.5 seconds. The Volvo was also fleetest in the 30-to-50 top-gear slog. You say you want usable power more than big horsepower numbers? The C30 serves it up, no waiting. Lift your foot, and it also vanishes, no waiting. The engine shuts down abruptly when the fat boost blows off.
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Also, 0-130, the SRT4 wins, by .2
 
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BlackCherry06 said:
Since it's already a pig, I think AWD, at least offered as an option would make it a lot more appealing. What sense does it make to offer AWD on an SXT and not on the beast of the bunch? Bad dog, Dodge....Bad dog.
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interesting you say this...there is a post on the caliber forum where a member posted that when he calls dodge and told them he has an srt that is being built...they always asked him is it an awd or a fwd model....now I wonder why they would do that? it would be nice if it were awd!

and you know the ms3 and the csrt weigh almost the same right? so you drive a pig too i guess?!?
 
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