Do not want.
#1
In case anyone is looking for a deal on a cheap fast hatch...I was browsing through the "domestics with manual transmissions category" to see if there were any deals and stumbled upon this Caliber SRT-4. It is new and $16,769, or over $10k off sticker! Pretty cheap for that amount of power (285 hp/265 lb/ft).
http://www.carmax.com/enUS/vie...bee10
Modified by adrew at 12:04 AM 12-24-2008
Annoying proselytizing statement.
#3
Quote, originally posted by sideways89 » Do not want. x100
Torque steer even after it limits torque in gears 1 and 2.
And awful interior.
#4
No thanks. I'm pretty sure i'd rather saw my foot off.
#5
three letters...G T I the one and only...
#6
Quote, originally posted by thechamp1122 » three letters...G T I the one and only... show me a 17k GTI, with factory warranty, and 285hp.
#7
I wouldn't pay 3 figures for it.Wait, actually I might. Not 4 though.
#8
if my credit wasn't TOTALLY screwed, i'd be hard pressed NOT end up financing one of these! throw on some lowering springs, and do some free mods with the intake/exhuast and call it a day! they're based of the weeny Calibers with the dsg trans. which on the base model sounds like a tranny on it's last leg, slippin baaad. but i can only imagine how fast you could make this thing, with the dsg auto and turbo! the linear power curve i bet has to be very impressive!lots of people hate this thing, and i cant stand the base calibre, but the srt-4 is an entirely different car. hate it or not, i dont care. I love the little bastid!
#9
I'd hit both this and AND the MS3 WAAAAAAY before even thinking about the GTI. Especially with the new lifetime powertrain warranty from Dodge/Chrysler
1988 535is
Go Hokies
#10
Yuck... No visibility, and unfortunately people can still see you drive it; besides, who likes cheap plastic?
#11
Man the color his hideous, the only palatable color for the SRT Caliber is black. I would probably hit it for $10K but not $16K-Ryan
#12
6 ppl said this car sucks so far
4 of them own VW GTI's... did the emkay4 forum close?
#13
Quote, originally posted by Nourdmrolnmt » 6 ppl said this car sucks so far
4 of them own VW GTI's... did the emkay4 forum close?And only two of them have "emkay 4's"
#15
This is actually a phenomenal deal. If only it didn't look so darned akward.
#17
And yet it beat the GTI on the Lightning Lap. Interesting!
PS They neither show (as in pic) nor list the mileage.
Modified by TigerinColorado at 10:36 PM 12-23-2008
#18
Quote, originally posted by Rookie77 » This is actually a phenomenal deal. If only it didn't look so darned akward. Point taken, but it looking odd has nothing to do with how little you can see out of it when sitting in one. Seeing out the rear/side windows is almost as bad as a new land cruiser. The there are the beetle Esq A-pillars that block forward visibility and ungodly amount of plastic dash before you get to the windshield.
#19
Not a fan of it's looks or interior but performance wise it does have the GTI beat so money to hp it's a good deal.
#20
Quote, originally posted by Lepsis3942 » Especially with the new lifetime powertrain warranty from Dodge/Chrysler
IIRC, unless it changed recently, Lifetime powertrain warranty excludes SRT models.
#21
Ehh, it's alright imo.
Carmax will rip you a new one if you're looking to trade in a car...
#22
Quote, originally posted by Ubel GLI » Not a fan of it's looks or interior but performance wise it does have the GTI beat so money to hp it's a good deal. If money to HP where everything we would all be driving low buck, rattle can painted, Camaro's and Mustangs with worked engines. But day to day usability is something to look forward to in this "hot hatch". With its exterior size being what it is it hardly has much more usable room compared to the prior srt-4 it replaces.
Besides, how good will that "lifetime warranty" be if Chrysler bites the dust?
#23
Quote, originally posted by Nourdmrolnmt » show me a 17k GTI, with factory warranty, and 285hp.
Dodge to GTI: 'Your sustspension, can I has??'
#24
Quote, originally posted by ESP_OFF » Dodge to GTI: 'Your sustspension, can I has??'
Dude, the CSRT-4 gangbanged the GTi around the track. The only reason they made the interior so nice in the GTi was so you'd be occupied with soft touch materials instead of realizing how slow your car is.
#25
we had a base as a rental, and the blind spots inside are there... more so then an average compact. but to those who say they dont like the interior, i found it quite conftorable and liked it. besides its kinda of plasticy, the layout is nice, you can pull the center armrest out more so that your kind of surrounded by the interior. i like that in a car.And as for akward, i dont see the SRT-4 Calibre beign akward, it actually looks quite aggressive. Lower that thing, and in black. lil bastid looks pretty evil... there alot of hate for this car, but like is said before i like it.... and @ 16k. you can't get anymore car for the money. no way. it's a steal @ 16 IMO!
#26
I'd hit it. At $16k what else are you looking at brand new? Base model Jettas and Rabbits? Civic LXs?I'll take 285hp even if the interior is harder than calicified muscle.
PSN: PhilipGTI
#27
I NEED ONE, i will give up my firstborn, once its born, for this car
#28
still not good looking enough for a cheap car
#29
Quote, originally posted by xJeTTx » I NEED ONE, i will give up my firstborn, once its born, for this car So says the guy that has the base model...
#30
I'm slowly beginning to think that VW owners are absolutely mind washed. Have fun with your worthless little 1.8 and 2.0t's. begging and pleading for 13's
2003 VW 20th AE GTi - already slow and soon to be low
2005 Subaru WRX STi - 316WHP/351WTQ on 91oct/VF39
2007 Suzuki GSX-R600 - torqueless wonder
#31
i have the r/tits above base, but looks base
crap build quality, but where else can you get near 300hp for 16 grand?
#32
Quote, originally posted by KC Jazz » I'm slowly beginning to think that VW owners are absolutely mind washed. Have fun with your worthless little 1.8 and 2.0t's. begging and pleading for 13's
#33
Quote, originally posted by xJeTTx » i have the r/t its above base, but looks base
crap build quality, but where else can you get near 300hp for 16 grand?
there are many other cars that i would rather have used then buying this car new. If you plan on modifying cars, like i always do, then warranty is hardly a factor anyway.
hell my car was only around 13k and its an 06. the caliber is so ugly it makes my forester look good. no easy task.
i'd rather have a neon srt4 too. pretty much equally bad interior, but MUCH nicer exterior, and without a doubt better handling capabilities (many people are complaining that the caliber's proportions will never allow it to be a track machine on the same level as the last srt4).it should tell you something when you can get all that power for such little money. it tells you that the car is built like crap, with a crap interior, crap appearance, crap ride quality, crap comfort, crap sound isolation, crap vibration isolation, and just overall crap...except of course for its out of the box acceleration and handling characteristics, which are the only factors that make this car at all desirable.
#34
Quote, originally posted by KC Jazz » I'm slowly beginning to think that VW owners are absolutely mind washed... Don't knock it to you try it.
#35
im a mkII guy, so i like boxy cars, the caliber is boxy, and it isnt a neon, so i like it, plus mines orange and its pretty badass, i love it but am going to be ahppy when i get rid of it in a year and a half for a used pheaton/passat wagon
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