Just bought a new 2016 JGC SRT! I had to order it because the dealer could not locate a local one with the options I wanted. I picked it up back in June (same month it was built!) and babied her through the 500 mile break in.
Overall I really like the vehicle, the looks and sounds are menacing. The feature set is great too. The seat bottoms aren't made for a 200 pound guy but assuming they will break in with more time -- I am at about 1600 miles today.
So why disappointed? I wish it was consistently faster. It's a pretty quick car, but most of my launches are 4.9 or even 5 seconds. I managed 4.6 once and 4.7 once but never smelled them again.
If I could get 4.6/4.7 routinely I would be loving the car, but at 4.9, with the occasional 4.8 or 5 seconds to 60, that's just OK. And reading stories about stock SRTs doing it at 4.5 or even 4.4 routinely seconds just makes matters worse.
Anyhow, I am wondering if you guys think it might need a few thousand more miles to really break in? Or maybe that's just the way it is... after all Jeep advertises 4.8 and I can hit that every couple of runs so maybe I just need to take that and deal.
Overall I really like the vehicle, the looks and sounds are menacing. The feature set is great too. The seat bottoms aren't made for a 200 pound guy but assuming they will break in with more time -- I am at about 1600 miles today.
So why disappointed? I wish it was consistently faster. It's a pretty quick car, but most of my launches are 4.9 or even 5 seconds. I managed 4.6 once and 4.7 once but never smelled them again.
If I could get 4.6/4.7 routinely I would be loving the car, but at 4.9, with the occasional 4.8 or 5 seconds to 60, that's just OK. And reading stories about stock SRTs doing it at 4.5 or even 4.4 routinely seconds just makes matters worse.
Anyhow, I am wondering if you guys think it might need a few thousand more miles to really break in? Or maybe that's just the way it is... after all Jeep advertises 4.8 and I can hit that every couple of runs so maybe I just need to take that and deal.