Today, Justin made these interesting comments ...
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> "HEMI-Powered" <none@none.sn> wrote in message
> news:Xns98EDB8B3834F7ReplyScoreID@216.168.3.30...[color=green]
>> I used to be All Things Mopar but changed last summer. It
>> simply means I have a 2006 Dodge Charger R/T with the 5.7L
>> HEMI in it, and have always loved the Chrysler hemispherical
>> engines all the way back to the 1951 FirePower. No sinnister
>> stuff, I promise![/color]
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> What!?!?! You didn't buy Charger Ultimate? I mean...the
> Charger SRT8?[/color]

I leased my car in August, 2005, the SRT8 hadn't come out yet. At
the time, as most of the time, Chrysler won't give employee
discounts on any SRT vehicle, which makes the premium over $14K
from my car. First, SRT8's just plain cost more, then, they are
all pre-configured - read: loaded - then, there's the lack of a
discount. Right this minute, all the SRT cars except Viper can be
bought or leased with my discount. Chrysler Financial is bugging
me to turn my car in early and is offering 3 payment waivers, but
that only gets me to June, which'd be a $1300 ding, so I'm still
thinking about it.

Now, as to the car with an engine tested to the same SAE spec as
the 1966 Street Hemi and dyno'd at 467 bph, I am still mulling it
over for a replacement car. I may go back on the Chrysler company
car program, but they keep dinking around with what I can order,
which is why I left and went to a dealer 2 years ago. I would
LOVE a second mid-life crisis car - my first was a 1993 Dodge
Stealth R/T AWD 30.0 Twin-Turbo - but I have to wonder if $160/hp
is worth it.

Then, too, I need to "time" my next lease to allow for the 2009
Challenger, due to launch in the summer of 2008. Chrysler NEVER
lets its lessees get first-year cars, so that is hopeless. If I
stay at the dealer, though, I wouldn't be able to pop for a
Challenger R/T or SRT8 or the rumored 500hp version, so ...

decisions, decisions, decisions!

--
HP, aka Jerry