New car then Matt.
Would it be a 300 hemi?
or.....a CA convoy car for Sebring.
Wishy
Hi Andy
Yes - the Suburban was beginning to depress me. It's a great work-horse/tow vehicle, but not very inspirational. I yearned for a car that makes me look forward to driving it and the Chevy just wasn't doing that for me. I was going to chop it in, until I discovered that the trade is pricing this vehicle, which I bought in December 05, for $36,000, at around $9k. Fark that bad noise, I decided to keep the damn thing!
In truth, I was looking at an R/T Charger. I covet the new Challenger, but there's the rub - "new". A while back, I made a decision never to buy a new car again, unless I somehow became so wealthy that depreciation didn't matter.
By chance, one of the dealers I was talking to offered me a 300C at a very, very competitive price-point. Now, I'm not a huge fan of the 300 - except.... this one is an SRT-8, rather than the more humble (but still fast) 5.7 liter Hemi R/T, or the puny 3.5 liter STX.
The cross I bear is "Poor mans Bentley", "Blinged-up gangster-mobile", "Old fart's barge", "Latter-day ghetto-sled".
The trade-off is 6.1 liter Hemi V8, 425 hp, enough torque to tow USS Nimitz, Brembo brakes that rearrange your innards and faster to 100mph than a Corvette.
In summary, it's well 'ard, suits me down to the ground and has me grinning again. It is somewhat thirsty, however.
