CAMARO6 - View Single Post - So I drove a SRT8 Challenger...and loved it

bshown · 06-21-2011, 06:41 PM

I loved the challenger too. I drove a 2011 R/T, 2010 SRT8 (dealer didn't have a 2011 yet), and a 2011 SS back to back. The SRT8 was just way out of my price range so I was looking at a black 2011 RT with M6 and chrome 20's. Pretty base, no leather, but nice. I negotiated the price down to 29900 at the time from 32,700 sticker. That was with a 1000 rebate. Or I could get a 2011 Victory Red Camaro 1SS M6, no options except quarter flares for 29400, sticker was 32,140. No rebates. So I considered the interior to be pretty equal, the Challenger had push button start and the 2011's had way nicer interior than the 2010's. But the pedal setup in the manual transmission challengers absolutely sucked. They were spaced way too far apart to heel toe properly. I liked the Camaro interior too and again pretty basic, no leather either which was fine because which ever car I bought I was putting my own leather in anyways. The exterior, I thought both were sexy as hell. I was really torn between the two. It really came down to performance. I considered the SS and the SRT8 to be mostly equal performance wise. I had to go with the Camaro, because I got the larger engine, bigger brakes, and better pedal setup for less than a R/T. The Camaro just seemed to have better performance hardware for the money so I considered it the better value and thats what I bought and so far I am extremely happy.

06-21-2011, 06:41 PM	#21
bshown Drives: 2015 1LE 1SS/RS Join Date: May 2011 Location: AR Posts: 53	I loved the challenger too. I drove a 2011 R/T, 2010 SRT8 (dealer didn't have a 2011 yet), and a 2011 SS back to back. The SRT8 was just way out of my price range so I was looking at a black 2011 RT with M6 and chrome 20's. Pretty base, no leather, but nice. I negotiated the price down to 29900 at the time from 32,700 sticker. That was with a 1000 rebate. Or I could get a 2011 Victory Red Camaro 1SS M6, no options except quarter flares for 29400, sticker was 32,140. No rebates. So I considered the interior to be pretty equal, the Challenger had push button start and the 2011's had way nicer interior than the 2010's. But the pedal setup in the manual transmission challengers absolutely sucked. They were spaced way too far apart to heel toe properly. I liked the Camaro interior too and again pretty basic, no leather either which was fine because which ever car I bought I was putting my own leather in anyways. The exterior, I thought both were sexy as hell. I was really torn between the two. It really came down to performance. I considered the SS and the SRT8 to be mostly equal performance wise. I had to go with the Camaro, because I got the larger engine, bigger brakes, and better pedal setup for less than a R/T. The Camaro just seemed to have better performance hardware for the money so I considered it the better value and thats what I bought and so far I am extremely happy.