Was on my way home late a few nights ago, not really paying attention since I'd been on the freeway for an our and was off on surface street, but it's a holiday week and traffic was almost non-existant.
A nice black sedan goes blowing by me and I noticed the large wheels (19"s?), blacked out windows..and and SRT 8 badge :coolman: Next light comes up and we're side by side. Generally I wait for the other guy to nail it, but I am guilty of egging them on by winding it out in first a little longer than normal
First light and he wasn't interested, but we manage to catch the second light and he looks more attentive.. Light goes green and we nail it at the same time. The air is cool and the DR's have had an hour of freeway time so they hook pretty well. He's at my bumper when the DR's loose grip near the top of first and he pulls up to about the back of my door, fighting HARD (if you're not running DR's on a pullied Terminator and you keep loosing off the line, this is why. DR's make a H*U*G*E difference!!) I hit 2nd and the 315 Nitto's flat up HOOK- the SRT8 quickly drops back a full car length behind.. always worried about the picky 3rd gear, but I get lucky and nail it. By mid-3rd, he's a good 2-3 cars back and fading pretty fast.
Overall they're strong from a dig; stronger than say an Evo or STi IMHO, more like a C5 off the line, very strong cars. If I was in the market for something in that range the SRT8 (Jeep or Charger) would be my first pick, they are supprisingly quick.epper:
A nice black sedan goes blowing by me and I noticed the large wheels (19"s?), blacked out windows..and and SRT 8 badge :coolman: Next light comes up and we're side by side. Generally I wait for the other guy to nail it, but I am guilty of egging them on by winding it out in first a little longer than normal
First light and he wasn't interested, but we manage to catch the second light and he looks more attentive.. Light goes green and we nail it at the same time. The air is cool and the DR's have had an hour of freeway time so they hook pretty well. He's at my bumper when the DR's loose grip near the top of first and he pulls up to about the back of my door, fighting HARD (if you're not running DR's on a pullied Terminator and you keep loosing off the line, this is why. DR's make a H*U*G*E difference!!) I hit 2nd and the 315 Nitto's flat up HOOK- the SRT8 quickly drops back a full car length behind.. always worried about the picky 3rd gear, but I get lucky and nail it. By mid-3rd, he's a good 2-3 cars back and fading pretty fast.
Overall they're strong from a dig; stronger than say an Evo or STi IMHO, more like a C5 off the line, very strong cars. If I was in the market for something in that range the SRT8 (Jeep or Charger) would be my first pick, they are supprisingly quick.
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