srt8 wk's
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WKs hold up fine and the SRT8s have a very stout drivetrain. I've seen a lot of them that have been beaten on mercilessly and still drove great. However, one would make a shitty DD. Gas, brakes, and tires would own you. I drove one for a week and averaged 14 mpg in mainly hwy driving. I did drive the hell of it, but still....
SRT8 WKs held their value pretty well, much better than other Jeeps (minus the JK), last time that gas got expensive.
SRT8 WKs held their value pretty well, much better than other Jeeps (minus the JK), last time that gas got expensive.
One thing I've come to believe...
Any time you find people in a forum claiming horrid reliability with a car marketed as performance oriented....
Take their co-claims of superb maintenance and never abusing with a lot of salt. On NASIOC, most of the posts I've seen complaining of spun bearings and failed turbos also come with a detailed list of mods...
Of course they never beat the piss out the cars. Never in a million years.
Any time you find people in a forum claiming horrid reliability with a car marketed as performance oriented....
Take their co-claims of superb maintenance and never abusing with a lot of salt. On NASIOC, most of the posts I've seen complaining of spun bearings and failed turbos also come with a detailed list of mods...
Of course they never beat the piss out the cars. Never in a million years.
Make sure to post pictures of your garage with Z06 & SRT8 to make speed freaks hub themselves.
Play on then playa.
I've abused plenty of WK Hemehh's, nearly slid sideways in to a parked Volvo with the stability control off, and transported another tech to the ER in another Hemehh after he got a strut spring to the chest. they handle the narrow deeply pot holed 30mph city streets decently at 60 mphplease let taz drive it so he can finally have some decent to brag about abusing. His tall tales of ragging out his customers' geo metros are getting old
zamboniman
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hit him in the sternum, knocked the wind out of him, nothing broken, just bruised. he's lucky it didn't take his head off.
HDC
Fiercely mediocre
Damn you! Now I'm gonna be jonesing all weekend for a set of those in gray.
HDC
Fiercely mediocre
Helluva lot cheaper than the Mopar units.Damn you! Now I'm gonna be jonesing all weekend for a set of those in gray.
HDC
Fiercely mediocre
You're welcome. They also have matching Jeep labeled center capsYeah, I just gotta decide now what tire sizes I can get on those that'll give me a decent selection. Thanks a lot for creating another hole in my wallet.
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I think I would rather have a saab 9-7x Aero. As much as it pains me to say this, the GM interior is actually better. They're not that much slower and they generally ride just a little better than the WK SRT8. I like the firm ride of the WK SRT8, but NE roads are going to eat up wheels and tires like crazy. Guy I know in MI had one for a year and he bought two or three new wheels for it until he sold it.
I can't find any snow tires for the WK SRT8 btw.
Or... I would just keep your Vette for speed and buy a WK CRD. The last ones had upgraded interiors and they all had smaller wheels.
I can't find any snow tires for the WK SRT8 btw.
Or... I would just keep your Vette for speed and buy a WK CRD. The last ones had upgraded interiors and they all had smaller wheels.
I was waiting for you to chime in with your oil change guy hijinksI've abused plenty of WK Hemehh's, nearly slid sideways in to a parked Volvo with the stability control off, and transported another tech to the ER in another Hemehh after he got a strut spring to the chest. they handle the narrow deeply pot holed 30mph city streets decently at 60 mph
I'll post up anything off the top of my head just to get a comment out of youI was waiting for you to chime in with your oil change guy hijinks