I will be switching from driving a diesel f350, I have had two since 03 and am worried the GCSRT8 would be to small for everyday,lol. When I drive my better halfs TBSS its fun and not too small but lets here what you went from

2006 BMW M3 and 2007 Grand Cherokee Overland. Sold approximately the same time for the SRT-8.:D

I have an '05 honda civic for my daily driver and my SRT8 as my toy.

Here is my old and new truck..... I hate to say it but, I don't really miss driving the Ford THAT much. The one thing I miss was the surprise factor of beating imports. Now the imports don't really mess with me too much. Just a few. Yes there is a HUGE interior size difference. That's about the biggest thing you'll miss....... that and gas milage. But 93 is cheaper than diesel for sure.

http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/38918/2883790880101075481S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2883790880101075481rluYKK)

2003 Ford F-150 Harley Edition S/C

04 Dodge Ram Hemi 4x4 Quad Cad. Then the wife rolled it and bam! SRT GC!:D

nice looking truck, harrison. what did you have done to it?

Durango - before they turned it into a mini-van. Prior to that a Bonneville SSI (with many mods & many trannys !!)

Had an 06 C6

This is my sig. at my diesel site...... also has 11K on mew motor with ARP studs, and EGR Cooler block off plate. Forgot to put that in my sig.

04 Harley Edition Solid Black, 8" Fabtech shocks and hangers and ladder bars, Superlift Springs, 38x15.50x20 Toyo Open Country M/T's, Weld 20x12 Cheyanne 8 rims, Fabtech Ladder Bars, AFE Intake, straight exhaust, SCT with Extreme Street from Eric at Innovative, SunCoast 5R110 tranny, SunCoast Billit Torque Converter, SunCoast Billit input shaft, SPEARCO INTERCOOLER, Mag Hytec Tranny Pan, GReddy Turbo Timer,Alpine IVAD300 Flip out DVD player, Alpine 5 channel amp, JL 6x8 Seperates, JL Audio 12W7 Sub., JL Audio 500.1 amp., ISSPRO triple guages, sunroof, diff covers powder coated comp. orange, 03 Turbo, and oh yeah... 2005 Harley Edition Headlights.

Had an 01 lighting, to 05 Magnum RT, to the Jeep.

Denali dropped on 24's

07 GC Overland.

2002 Electron Blue Z06 Corvette. Mods: Borla Stinger Exhaust, Stinger Intake, T-stat... miss it horribly but I shall have another one day :)

06 mustang

this was my everyday until i heard about the srt8 http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/jmeser/P1010408.jpg

06 Dodge Daytona Gomango

Drove this bad boy till I got my 07 Jeep GC SRT8

LX470 it was a pooper

95 Ford Ranger, sold it after buying my 04 VW GTI 1.8T which I still own after buying my GCSRT8.

JGC 5.7L

What a trade up!!

had a 2002 grand cherokee overland with a magnaflow exhaust, K&N intake, tinted windows and a whole lotta other crap.

this was my everyday until i heard about the srt8 http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/jmeser/P1010408.jpg

Very nice, I own Syclone 1616...love the ty's

this was my everyday until i heard about the srt8 http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/jmeser/P1010408.jpg


do you still have it?

PIECE OF CRAP, WORTHLESS, JUNK, HATED IT, WHO COULD MAKE A WORSE, RATTLE INFESTED, BROKE SOMETHING EVERY WEEK, DEALER SUCKED 2005 CADILLAC CTS-V....thank you for listening :) So glad it's gone!

4009

I got you guys beat!!:D

Matt this one is for you buddy!

2006 Mecedes E350 sport, still have it. Gets increadible gas mileage and is oh so comfy.

95 M3 Fully Modded, and missed, sold for a 05 Dodge Ram QC Hemi Sport on 24's, sold for the Jeep.

05' Limited Hemi Grand

A 5-speed stick shift mounted in a BMW station wagon.

2004 4.7 H.O. Jeep Cherokee Columbia Edition

03 M3 and 03 Evo. Damn do i miss those cars everyday. Working on getting another evo :)

2003 M5. Baddest There Is (was)!

Lincoln Navagator

4010
No mo GTO....

Had 2007 conv. vette with 400 miles , traded in May for the gcsrt8 . Jeep has 598 miles on it sleeping in the garage. The garage might become empty if the economy doesnt get better. Jeep is a second vehicle/toy, but haven't had any time to play with it. The only racing and mods I've had time for is the ones I've read about in the forum.

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01 Bmw 330ci, 02 M roadster, 02 M3.. RDsport mods. Luvin the Jeep!! in socal!!

01 Bmw 330ci, 02 M roadster, 02 M3.. RDsport mods. Luvin the Jeep!! in socal!!

Ditto on the Jeep

Ditto on SoCal

GC Laredo until some idiot rear-ended my Jeep while my dad was at a stop light:flame:, totaled it was looking foward to buying the new Camaro but oh well the beast was calling me:D

2000 Mercedes E320....That is of course until a stupid lady decided to run a stopsign and T-bone me just because she could not end her phone conversation. To make matters more f-ed up, she decided that it was not important to exit the vehicle or to get off of her phone until the cops got there....Not even to see if I was alright. Luckily I didnt have to kill her because I got to ride in an ambulance.....

But Im content now with my Jeep.....for now.

2004 Rubicon the nice one!!! The ones out now with the plastic bumpers and fenders, looks like sh!t....

Mercedes c320 Full loaded.

Here is a picture. I loved this car but with the new addition to the family the room in jeep was nessacery

great response guys, I have come from mustangs, had an 00 C5 vette which I was think bout getting another one of them but I just really love the jeep and think I would enjoy it, Im trying to firure If I can keep the f350 too

I guess the only worries I will have is I have to F**k with everything I own and drive,lol. Are these staying reliable with minor mods on them? I would easy do Borla S, pcm reprogram, spacers, bwoody intake, stat, and of coarse visuals

I had a '07 STI before my '08 STR8 JGC.. With old bolton's I had it down to 12.6 in the 1/4. I definitely don't miss it though. The ride in the new whip is much more enjoyable. Gotta love the Hemi Power :)

i had a 2003 slow as hell dodge dakota with nav quad cab 4x4 it looked nice but nowhere near the beast

I went from a 98 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 5.9 (Slate) to a 1993 GM Typhoon (White) then back to a 98 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 5.9 (Platinum) then to the 2007 Jeep SRT8 (Steel Blue), I really liked them all but my current jeep is the most impressive and its completely stock.

2001 Ford Lightning. Miss the open bed, otherwise thats it.

all this talk of a modern blue GCSRT8 has me all f**ked up. If this color is true, I might have to wait till its avail

2002 MB C230 Sport Coupe/2003 Durango R/T became 07' Lexus IS250AWD (for wife) and 08 BEAST. Don't miss the old rides AT ALL - but only because the new ones are so great...

2000 T/A WS-6 M6 - CAI, flowmaster, cut out, lid, filter, MAF, diablo, factory hurst short throw shifter, motive 4:10 gears, welded rear end...I loved it, still got 20 mpg in town with 4:10s but moved to the mountains and needed something that would get around in the snow! Sold to my brother in Houston who is in the process of trying to make it as quick as my jeep - good luck!

My jeepSRT8- silver 07. HHP stage II heads, cam, polished intake, DUB cai, pro-torque 2800 stall (stalls at 3300), Kooks headers (ceramic coated), high-flow cats, magnaflow cat back, diablo used to custom tune with CMR per Josh at HHP. Dashawk, FAST dual A:F gauge. Fan mod and traction control mod. Dual head-rest rear DVD players, Sony 1200 watt amp mated with single kicker 10". Last but not least my hottie that has computer duty to datalog!!! LOL

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2003 Dodge Ram Hemi, I usually keep my cars for a long time but when I saw this Jeep, I ordered it immediately.

Z06 and CTSV, nothing big!

My most recent former ride...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/DJRedBarron/Barrons%20Vehicles/2006%20TrailBlazer%20SS/2007%2003-18/DSC00556.jpg

that SS is cleeeeean....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/bmartin9122/2006%20Magnum%20SRT8/vehicles022.jpg

'94 toyota v6 pickup (the year before they came out with the Tacoma). Not a single problem with it. Had 190K miles on it. Had to upgrade tho. :D:D

a totaled srt-10 ram.

I ordered my Jeep the day after pricing was available to the dealers in Dec. 2005. Picked it up almost 2 years ago. I was very eager to replace my 2003 Audi RS6 that had spent 5 months in the shop for a variety of issues (in the first 2 years!). I won't go back to those Audi/VW etc. Ass Clowns again...

My GF liked the TBSS better for her own reasons so I got her one of them and it was alot cheaper with discount and 0%. but driving that gives me the itch to get the GCSRT8 but i love my truck too so its a tough one, I mean I have a fast as car to cruise the streets in the summer and as soon as the project car is done a 7 sec car to bring out once in a while, but I just love this damn Jeep,lol

2001 BMW 325i

This is what I traded for the new GC.

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05 Acura TL 6-speed w/ Nav.

I will definitely miss the nav in that car vs the jeeps, and the faterials used on the interior.....

2005 F250 (sold 3 weeks ago) & 2002 VW Passat (still at home).

Ford Sierra Cosworth ( 2 liter, 350hp,0-100kmh in 3.8sec.)

2003 Porsche 911 Carrerra and 04 VW Jetta

05 mustang GT

http://www.x5world.com/attachments/x5-e53-forum/2888-pin-stripping-b5.jpg?d=1130600370
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The funny things bout those pics is the M badge i put on the back...o to look back at some of the stupid things we did in the past

BTW i live in a town of about 250,000 population and over the last 4 years i have traded in 3 cars and i still see them driving around town with their new owners.

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2273578710046876856

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2655140250046876856

Durango - before they turned it into a mini-van. Prior to that a Bonneville SSI (with many mods & many trannys !!)

Same here...i drove the Durango back when it was a real truck. Loved that truck until it started to implode at 120K miles...

Had an '03 X5 4.6is (is that what you had soccerjunky?) then got an '05 JGCL 5.7 (Loved it!), but HAD to upgrade this SRT8.

I came from driving a super nice 508 rwhp Trans Am (in the signature photo). Just wasn't that practical as a daily driver. Love my Jeep. I do plan on making it faster, but most of my need for speed will be focused on a new project car. Just not sure what to buy yet.

do you still have it?no i sold it when i moved into my new place. I got tired of fixing it every week everything on it broke trans, transfercase,motor,front propshaft, rear you name it,I replaced it.With that said it was nice but dont try to go fast. i still have this

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/jmeser/morecarpics010.jpg

2003 Pt Cruiser GT w/stage1 + a few other mods.. That thing was a really cool sleeper! (No way I just got my a$$ handed to me by a beeb-beep-neeeooooow PT Cruiser!)

2006 S60R with BSR PPC tune and 2007 Jeep Wrangler.

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-s-

Had an Infiniti FX35 stock with a hitch. I was bent on getting a loaded F250 until I went to the auto show in Milwaukee and it was love at first sight. I now have my GC SRT8 along with a 1980 Jeep CJ all restored as my hobby Jeep.

a 2004 Subaru WRX STi with 420 AWHP and ran an 11.3 1/4 mile

I think my truck knos I have been looking to swap her in??? I past a black 08 GCSRT8 on sat and not 20 miles later my F350 left me stranded(pry a lift pump) hoping to hear from dealer on monday what happened :(. My truck had never givin me one problem till i started sniffin around the GCSRT8's lol

I came from a 2005 300c (hemi). Black with 22's , cai, and muffler delete w/ 4" tips. So long to the 300c, I love this SRT8.

I came from a 2005 300c (hemi). Black with 22's , cai, and muffler delete w/ 4" tips. So long to the 300c, I love this SRT8.


Dude....You can't talk about a car like that and not post a pic. Cumon, start diggin' up a pic, I want to see the duece dueces

New to the site but I thought youd all get a kick out of me trading in my daily driver, 07 Honda Hybrid Civic for my SRT8. 50 MPG to 14....And worth every penny.

I also drive a 2006 Dodge Mega Cab with the 5.9 Cummins

New to the site but I thought youd all get a kick out of me trading in my daily driver, 07 Honda Hybrid Civic for my SRT8. 50 MPG to 14....And worth every penny.

I also drive a 2006 Dodge Mega Cab with the 5.9 Cummins
Great trade Steve...it's smile per gallon to us here anyway!!!! Welcome aboard and congrats on the beast!

JGC 5.7L

What a trade up!!

I made a similar move...2004 JGC 4.7L V8....and have the same opinion! What a difference!

so how many of you regret going to th GCSRT8, lol :)

After reading about the hybrid trade, I don't feel so bad.

I gave up my '01 MR2 Spyder (since 01/01/01) for the Jeep SRT8 which I've had since 06/06/06. Perhaps on 10/10/10 I'll be getting something that runs on FUME POWER! Muhahahaha

2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7L 4X4 Special Edition. I still have it and use it as my daily driver.

Working on saving for a SRT-8

Current play toy (2001 with 49,500 miles):

http://www.truckblog.com/gallery/DCSpecial/32966.jpg

Work truck (2007 with 19,000 miles in 8 months.....jobsites are all pretty close but I do a lot of driving):

http://www.truckblog.com/gallery/DCSpecial/31777.jpg



I like the SRT 8 since it's much more "parking lot friendly" vs. what I currently drive for going out to stores, to dinner, etc... It's fun to drive and already fast. And it's gas not diesel so it won't run like azz for the first ~5 miles in the morning when I don't work over the winter.
I don't want another money pit of a vehicle so I'd only do a few mods :D


I could sell my lifted 01 and easily get one now......but I'm not sure I could do that, I have a lot of time and money put into that truck.

06 300CSRT8. Sometimes I wish I still had it.


Jack

I traded my 2006 dodge Powerwagon for the 2008 GCSRT8 but still waiting for it to be delivered and my other car is a 2004 gtp running 13.1 in the 1/4 mile

so how many of you regret going to th GCSRT8, lol :)

Not here, if mine were lost and I had to buy another vehicle it would be whatever current rev of JGC SRT/8 currently available. For a pipe dream I'd go a little smaller/lighter if possible with similar performance/cost characteristics, but Auto/AWD are a personal must. The big issue is reliability being a daily driver. The JGC meets all of those and is arguably the best in class at it, iMHO. If cost and some other items were no object the new GTR looks like it might be a winner.

I do miss the paddle shifters on that old Audi RS6 though.

Hi Folks,

I had a 2003 Porsche Cayenne S (with the V8) modded with a custom exhaust, removal of rear cats, twin K&Ns and a few other do dads. It was very comfortable but not quick. The S had a lower gear ratio than the Turbo so it felt a little quicker off the line but nothing like the GCSRT8. Then I went to a Toyota FJ cruiser for 18 months. It was fun (in a "different" sort of way) and I had it modded with a small lift, some nice wheels and tires and assorted do dads but I never went off road and it was built for that. So, now I'm back with a serious machine and am lovin it. The GCSRT8 is much better than the Cayenne S and just as comfortable and sophisticated.

Before the Cayenne S I had a 2000 Durango R/T (fully modded and customized) and that was nothin compared to the GCSRT8.

Back in 1995, 96 and 97 I had a Mustang Cobra with about 650hp (Vortech supercharged/intercooled) that was very quick and fast but harsh to drive as the power was too much for a daily driver (actually scared me to mash the pedal unless I was at Englishtown or Atco). I would drive there, air down my drag radials, put ice in the box, increase the timing with a dash mounted control knob and run low 11s at 128mph all day long (with my daily driven tires) and then air up the tires, retard the timing and drive home while everyone else was loading cars on their trailers. Then drive to work in it the next day.

i had a 2000 jeep wrnagler sahara 5 speed. had an intake, exhaust, and various exterior accessories (white blinker lenses, custom bumpers, numerous tops and doors). it was great in the summer, no fun in the winter. i'll be in a GCSRT8 for as long as they make them!

so how many of you regret going to th GCSRT8, lol :)


Sold my two vehicles (both buckets) to get into my 2008 gcsrt8. Haven't looked back, won't look back! To dust teens in dads cayenne...priceless.

As others have done, selling the durango (truck style) to make room for the SRT8 on order. Keeping the viper and stealth tt as summer toys though, as the jeep will be the daily driver.

Before I got my Inferno Red 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 I had a Midnight Blue 2004 4WD “Trail Rated” Jeep Grand Cherokee Freedom Edition 4.7 H.O.

Unfortunately, the Freedom Edition Jeep was totaled in February 2006 when my passengers and I were struck by an errant driver who slid into my lane while rounding a corner on a snow covered two-lane road in the San Jacinto Mountains near Idyllwild, California. After the impact, we were pushed off the road and went into a deep ravine. Luckily we stayed upright and stopped going down the ravine after about 40 feet - resting at a 45 degree right angle against a small tree – dangerously close to tipping over and rolling down to the rocks below. My passengers and I sustained only minor injuries, but the driver and passenger of the Suzuki that hit us were taken away from the crash scene in an ambulance. I later learned that their injuries were not life threatening.

It took awhile to get my insurance claim resolved (the 2004 Jeep was eventually deemed a total loss and I was dealing with an uninsured motorist), but once I got my insurance claim resolved, I was in the market for a new vehicle. I had been following the development of the ground breaking Grand Cherokee SRT8 with great interest while I still had my 2004 Freedom Edition Jeep, but didn’t think I’d be getting one anytime soon. The loss of my 2004 Freedom Edition Jeep provided an unexpected opportunity to seriously look at getting a new Grand Cherokee SRT8. Even so, I did briefly consider getting a new Grand Cherokee Overland, but in the end I succumbed to all of the hype and ordered a new 2006 Inferno Red Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. I have no regrets.

Still, I do miss the off-road capability that the 2004 “Trail Rated” Jeep provided and lately I have been looking at the new 4 door Jeep Wrangler Rubicon’s as a rugged “Trail Rated” companion for my brawny “Street Rated” Grand Cherokee SRT8. Then I’d have the best of both Jeep worlds.

02 F-150 HD, with minor mods. It was a great truck as a tow b***h/ daily. I don't miss it one bit though:)

I sold my 370 HP 2001 Honda S2000 and 2003 SS Chevy that is behind my dads ZO6 in the last pic. for my JEEP SRT-8 that I love!

i probably had the worse car before, an 02 girly green jetta that beat the s@#t out of everyday

01 740iL

one to many problems.. like a broken tanny at 40K KM