Caliber SRT-4
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Caliber SRT-4 - 12/6/2007 7:24:39 PM
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Rodge57
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Worth it? Gimme your thoughts. Pros/Cons
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 12/6/2007 7:43:45 PM
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Rodge57
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LoL.. Well.. You answered me in the Neon thread heh! I do to. I love the looks of it. Specs. Engine. Everything.
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 12/12/2007 4:51:28 PM
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TUNDRA_schumacher
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I'm gonna test drive one as soon as I find one on a lot.
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 12/14/2007 12:57:20 PM
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srt4ever
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GOING TOMM. TO TEST DRIVE ONE. I will let you know.
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 12/14/2007 4:53:13 PM
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bigtsr
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If the ride seems harsh in the front end make sure they have taken
the shipping lock blocks of the front struts as a number of dealers
have not done this on the SRT4s.
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 12/15/2007 6:20:21 AM
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Catholic Damage
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not worth it. buy a used, well kept skittle.
they have tq steer like a bitch, are slower than the neon srt, dont handle near as well, and i absolutely HATE the shifter position.
i drove one for 4 months, 450 miles a day, every day, 5 days a week. fun to drive yes, as fun as the neon? no. seems faster, but thats cause of the tq steer and 6 speed. they also have a bit too much road noise for my taste. very reliable, though. could handle whatever we threw at it, and when it reached end of test, we sent it back to chrysler with 150k miles on it. body was a lil beat, but still ran good. to the best of my knowledge, it lived off the last 30k miles of its life on a dyno for emissions testing, meaning it lasted 180k miles.
so i guess with the correct mods, it can be a great little car, but for me, its just a good little car, and i like my skittle better...
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 12/17/2007 1:58:37 PM
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TUNDRA_schumacher
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Pretty interesting read, CD.
Least the 2.4 sounds like a rock solid engine.
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 12/28/2007 9:31:58 AM
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srt4ever
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I have driven the production SRT-4, one of the December batch...
Things I saw:
- Terrible torque steer.
- The Sunroof is a complete joke
- Engine screams power
- The lock stops were not removed, so the front end was all jumpy!
- Rims were nice and shiny
- Shifting was exceptional
- Clutch action was weird and could take some getting used to
- had 1 mile on the odometer
- 6th gear was nice
- It had cruise
- Overall, I wanted to hop back in my Skittle.
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 12/28/2007 2:45:50 PM
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DBESTSALESMEN
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I JUST GOT THE FIRST SRT-4 CALIBER ON MY LOT AND IT'S INCREDIBLEY FAST, ANYONE INTERESTED AND IN CALIFORNIA PLEASE CALL ME AT 760-245-7991 ASK FOR ERIK IN SALES!!!
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 1/4/2008 8:55:51 PM
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manatlarge2
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I just picked up my 08 Caliber SRT4 in Brilliant silver. So far i love it. The seats are supportive but not restrictive like the neon srt4's. Then there is twice the room compared to the neon based srt4's. But i do have some grips about it but so far i don't know if it was my dealer or dodge that screwed some of the options i ordered up. I ordered the kicker srt4 livin loud speakers with the dvd navigation radio. I got the radio and four suck azz speakers, on the plus the delaer gave me the cost of the option back and said they would install them for free when they showed up, so i guess that one was on Dodge. The SRT site lists it as Brilliant silver paint, the sticker list the paint as Bright Silver Metallic clear coat, Dodge's fault there, i got the SRT Option Group II, which i did not order, but has some way cool features i can't think of all of them, especially the performance display, more on that later. I ordered the performance tires but got the all season performance tires, but at least there on the polished rims i ordered. The other thing i thought was funny is that some how when i ordered the sunroof option i got side curtain air bags, which my salesman said he had my safety in mind so i will let that one ride. Well i was there today when they unloaded it off the truck, it had 2.5 miles on the odometer. And i showed up to make sure that it wasn't "Test Driven" by everyone that worked there, not to watch it being unloaded off the truck. I have been waiting almost 3 and a half months for this car. I was told production was on then it was off then on more times than i can think about. My dealer emailed me the VIN number last week so i knew Dodge was bringing it to life, just didn't know when i was going to get it. After all day of driving it i have 102 miles on it now. I will say it is way quite compared to the sxt/rt calibers, and the neon based srt4. The ride is softer but harsh when you expect it to be. And the brakes on this thing would stop my ram. There off the Charger/Magnum/300 from what i have read on them. You hit the brakes hard without your seatbelt on your hitting the steering wheel, it hauls you down that fast. The performance gauge showed 1.25 of gees doing this. If it lies i don't know but that is what it said. Also the performance gauge shows 1/8 an 1/4 mile times, 0 to 60 times, 60 to 0 times and front,rear,left,right g-meter loads, way cool option like i said. Despite my best effort i could not get below 6.3 for my 0 to 60 trials, still fast anyway you look at it. The getrag transmission is nothing like the neon based srt4 transmission, that i thought was being used for this one till i noticed the chrome shifter knob showed a 6th gear, which is a super overdrive. At 60 in 6th the engine turns around 2k rpms, and the mpg shows 27.4 so guess thats ok. And to make a fast lane change or to pass someone driving like that i had to downshift to fourth to get the peep i wanted. Boost i think is preset to i think it showed 8 or 9 psi there. I think that is low. However i did notice that there is no spike and fall back like the neon srt4. The boost is way better controlled on this engine. And i'm guessing Mopar had stage kits coming out for this car. On the downside, the torque steer is unbelivable at times, far more than the neon srt4 i owned ever experienced. The cruise control knob is in a useless position, think they could have mounted it anywhere but on the steering wheel, its the same one on all new chrysler/dodge cars. The truck set up is way better. The performance gauge should have used the covering for the add on nav and mounted right above the speedo on top of the dash in an easy to see position, you litterly have to look around, and between the steering wheel to see it, its below the gas/water temp needles. I think the exhaust is to quit it does not have the rumble of the neon srt4 2.4 engine, nor does it have the backfires and blips the neon srt4 exhaust had factory. Other than that it is a far more rounded and civalized car than the neon srt4 could ever be. So yes in a way the srt4 lost some of the in your face attitude the neon srt4 enjoyed. Another thing lost is the price...23k to 29k with all the options. One thing the Caliber SRT4 will never advertise is "fastest car under twenty grand" But it is cvil enough to take your grandmother riding in without her asking whats wrong with the muffler in this damn thing. And it can turn into a beast with a down shift and jab of the gas, i have to give it 4 stars.
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RE: Caliber SRT-4 - 1/15/2008 12:57:51 PM
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motorboy1
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quote:
ORIGINAL: manatlarge2
But it is cvil enough to take your grandmother riding in without her asking whats wrong with the muffler in this damn thing.
lol I thought that only happened to me!! omg was it funny!
thats one really messed upoptions order. Glad you like it, nice write up!
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