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Old 06-24-2012, 06:45 AM
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Soooo been thinking long and hard and kinda want to trade in my 09 for the new 2012 jeep srt8.

Anyone on the boards have one?
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and the reason for that?
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Originally Posted by camuman
Soooo been thinking long and hard and kinda want to trade in my 09 for the new 2012 jeep srt8.

Anyone on the boards have one?
Talked to a guy at a gas station with (I think) a 2012, not sure. Anyway a CAI and a tune and he says he's running mid twelves.
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i have a decent amount of equity in my truck, so thought maybe step up to the newest one and try to keep the payment near the same.

ehh, gonna hold out a bit more and see what kinda aftermarket support the new one gets.
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They look like a ton of fun. I'm just not willing to pay the gas mileage penalty.
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Originally Posted by Slithr
They look like a ton of fun. I'm just not willing to pay the gas mileage penalty.

most fun i ever had driving an suv. and i agree with the gas penalty. i drive 50 miles a day for work. sucks ass. thing gets 11.7 mpb combined. yeah, you read that shit right. and 45 of the 50 is highway. oh well, gotta pay to play rofl.
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Originally Posted by camuman
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They look like a ton of fun. I'm just not willing to pay the gas mileage penalty.

most fun i ever had driving an suv. and i agree with the gas penalty. i drive 50 miles a day for work. sucks ass. thing gets 11.7 mpb combined. yeah, you read that shit right. and 45 of the 50 is highway. oh well, gotta pay to play rofl.
It takes you over 4 gallons of gas to go 50 miles?
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Originally Posted by camuman
Originally Posted by Slithr' timestamp='1340736586' post='21813155
They look like a ton of fun. I'm just not willing to pay the gas mileage penalty.

most fun i ever had driving an suv. and i agree with the gas penalty. i drive 50 miles a day for work. sucks ass. thing gets 11.7 mpb combined. yeah, you read that shit right. and 45 of the 50 is highway. oh well, gotta pay to play rofl.

holy shit..
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if they were not sooooo expensive..... they can tow now, which is a big plus.... the older SRT8's couldn't tow much if anything (after moving the exhaust out of the way)......i have a trailblazer SS which tows my 7k trailer fairly easily, does a 14 flat qtr all stock but it only cost $32k brand new after negotiations...(sticker was $39,500)..... to pay double that for a jeep that does the same shit but is a little quicker is hard to want to do....

the new jeep is a good bit heavier than your version... i think that is pretty much why in the qtr mile they are about even... new one looks very nice... not $65k nice though..
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its sad. my jeep cant tow for shit. i have a hideaway hitch to put my bike carrier on. i had to borrow a friends kia sorrento to tow my s2k.

that being said, i did look at the trailblazer ss, but i wanted to run 12's ;p i bought used though, i might just wait until these are a year old, or until they shove the new auto trans in these things. i think i read they are looking into putting a 6-8speed unit in them to replace the 5A.

oh well, gonna hold out, cause ill be damned if i am gonna spend 65k on that thing. 55 new and loaded, maybe, MAYBE.


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