about the srt's... are they fast? yes they are. bone stock theyre still fast. i mean the good ones. the one that this guy at the dealership talked about, was some 'acr' package.. im not quite sure what it was.. but it was indeed DAM FAST. period. are they decent lookin cars? why yes they are. but, you can throw as much graphics, fins, wings, rims, and flat black mopar stripes from the REAL days of muscle on it, and it will still never transform that neon, to anything else..but a neon lol. Now, im not disrespecting that srt at all. all i ever said was, against a modded turbo regal, it will lose. thats all.
and as far as bang for the buck? theres absolutely no match there. that IS about the most rediculous thing ive ever heard. THOUGH, there actually is no fair comparison, as the gn, in BONE stock form, is actually worth quite a bit right now. Id say, with 70,000 miles on it, and in really good condition, youre going to fork out, about 15 grand. Unless you caught a guy that his wife is fed up, and made him sell his toys. (like i did lol) so, actually, a modded gn, (which is kinda undesireable) will usually run about 10-11 grand. A stock srt4, from say 2 years ago, with 27000 miles on her, will still fetch about 14000. a modded one? im not sure at the time. but the stock gn and the stock srt are at different times in their life right now, as the srt is too new, to appreciate right now, being used. as the gn is already coming into its own, and starting to re-demand its original price tag. we have yet to see what the srt is going to fetch 19 years from now. (it could fetch a lot, who knows) So comparing the two, is actually kinda hard. But, as for MY gn, i got it for 10,500 out the door complete, and it was in REAL good condition. it had some crappy hooker exhaust, old kenne belle chip, and ram air kit, shift kit, radial t/a's, and 2400rpm stall. pretty quick too. for what it was. they are actually terrible mods, and i can still whoop most people out there. if i were to buy a bone stocker, for 11000 like my friend jim did. all id have to do, is throw a 56 dollar plenum plate on, 100 dollar adjustable fuel pressure regulator, new pump and hot wire kit for 135, tin man cold air kit for 190, gut my cat, and right where the single exhaust starts to curve over, id just lop it off right there, and run only that for an exhaust, and throw a 75 dollar turbo tweak chip in there, and turn my boost up on some 110 octane, with an engine strap, and at that point, i would need drag radials, cuz anything less would just go up in smoke.. thats 11,000 plus 600 bucks, then if you want, an additional 300 for some good radials, and that right there, is enough, to ruin a set of tires, motor mounts, and crack the A pillars on that car.. For 12 grand, that car would DESTROY your srt... So, the more bang for your buck still goes to the buick in my book. BUT, overall, for a really zippy and fun car, the mustang still holds the title, of the cheapest fun on the road hands down lol. for 7 grand, you can get a decent V8 and have a lotta fun with it
