C5Dobie

Its the tires not the vehicle, it comes w/ max performance summers - you need AT's in the very least, or like my buddy has on his '14 GC SRT - blizzaks.

As far is being $75k....NOBODY except Forrest Gump would be paying anywhere near MSRP for a dodge/chrysler product, I thought it was pretty much common knowledge they wack prices down more than any other brand, hell you get $10k discounts on a Ram just sneezing on it!

jsmbluecar

I think the transmissions are fairly comparable. I love the A8 in the Z and in the Jeep so far.

anders1118

Yeah loving my A8 in my stingray as well!

davepl

Sure, you can get a Costco deal on a RAM Tradesman. Doesn't mean you can get a deal on a vehicle that might be in high demand and low in production.

Calling people stupid for buying the vehicle they want probably does nothing to improve their enjoyment of the vehicle or their purchase, so why make other forum members feel bad?

As for Range Rovers, the ones before BMW redesigned the entire platform were terrible. Now they're rock solid.

C5Dobie

I'm just stating the obvious- it's dumb to pay msrp for a domestic vehicle, particularly a Chrysler product. From personal experience, I know 2 people (1 coworker and 1 friend) who both bought SRT products (300c and a GC) and neither paid anywhere close to msrp.

I will say the 300 was probably even more steeply discounted since it had the outgoing 5 speed auto.

Case in point, I have a 2014 GMC sierra fully loaded, and I bought it only a few months after the release (a time when they typically don't discount vehicles much since they have that "new" factor) the truck listed for $52,000 I was able to get them down to $47,899 before it even dealt w/ trade in or my gm card points.

But- to the point of the thread, it is pretty cool how well you can track the progress from dodge/Chrysler.

kw1

Not to beat a dead horse but the other point is no matter what car brand we are talking about when you have a hot seller you can't expect much of a discount and your lucky to buy it for MSRP. Case in point, try getting a discount on a Hellcat or even MSRP. Hellcat as in Chrysler.

C5Dobie

Hmm...that is true, but that isn't necessarily a run of the mill car now is it? The Viper gets discounted.

TBH I think paying full $65,000 MSRP for a factory blown, 707HP, manual tranny, fully loaded warrantied beast of a muslce car is already a deal IMO

leadfoot4

I just bought a 2015 Grand Cherokee, to use primarily as a winter driver, here in the snow belt. I actually thought about looking into the SRT, but A) I don't need to spend $68K for a "winter car", and B) finding snow tires in a 20" size, is both limited and costly. Yes, you MIGHT be able to scale back to a 19" wheel, which opens up the snow tire availability, but at my age, I'm no longer into the 2 sets of wheel/tires, and dragging them up and down the basement stairs, twice a year.

I did get the 5.7 Hemi, however.....



One other "cool" thing that Jeep did, because I specially ordered my GC, across the top of the window sticker, it said "Built Especially for Leadfoot". My Corvette didn't say that!!

khoeysr

Folks, I am the OP.

All I really wanted to do was point out how Jeep can help you track a car, but I am excited that some of you think it's a good choice. I am in Fla vacationing right now and will pick up the SRT when I get back.

I think it is a good stablemate for a Z07.😊

LowFlight

It is easier for me to talk about the one thing I don't like about our 14 SRT...the tires. The Pirelli's Suck. They flatspot just sitting overnight and take forever to get heat into them to ride smooth. You really don't have any other options for the truck that's worth a darn.

Otherwise, it's great. It even does ok in the snow and ice. Snow mode it starts out in 2nd gear etc and does well given the summer tires. Much better than my 07 SRT8 does.