Goodbye SRT Jeep

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driverrob

Original Poster:

4,687 posts

202 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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After over 2 years of happy motoring, The Jeep is being traded in - for a Grand Vitara 2.0 frown
No more leaving Porsches at the lights. No more V8 roar.
The wife's MR2 had just succumbed to the rust Gods and we do so few miles these days we decided to become a one car family. Unfortunately she dislikes driving automatics and always refused to drive the Jeep as it is so wide. So we had to compromise.

The garage was really tight on its trade-in as they claimed they'd have trouble shifting it on down here. So, if anyone fancies an SRT8, it SHOULD be for sale at a fair price in Saltash in a week or two.

Viper

10,005 posts

272 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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that's unlucky, what a swap

a fortnight ago my PH friend sold his SRT8 in a few days, all within the community PH,
he lives near Belfast, brought it over to Luton for a PH chap to sell for him off his drive, for the London/South market,
put a classifieds advert up and it moved onto a London'er PH'er



vaughan watkins

512 posts

210 months

Monday 9th February 2015
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Gutted for you and sad you may have been tricked to let it go cheap, could you PM me as to what they gave you for it as I may be interested in it
Thanks
Vaughan

Dr-Bob

6,629 posts

259 months

Tuesday 17th February 2015
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SRT8 Jeep was a nice jeep to run down to London in and deliver.....

driverrob

Original Poster:

4,687 posts

202 months

Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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It's now on sale, at the same garage I traded in, for £12,999 !!!!! That's two grand more than I paid for it two and a half years ago and seven grand more than they gave me for it. Greedy b*******s. They have cleaned it up, removed the PH stickers and spent some money on the wheels, by the look of it. It says 1 previous owner. Lie. It's had 3.
http://www.motors.co.uk/car-37838315/0/srs

Wilksy288

102 posts

107 months

Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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driverrob said:
It's now on sale, at the same garage I traded in, for £12,999 !!!!! That's two grand more than I paid for it two and a half years ago and seven grand more than they gave me for it. Greedy b*******s. They have cleaned it up, removed the PH stickers and spent some money on the wheels, by the look of it. It says 1 previous owner. Lie. It's had 3.
http://www.motors.co.uk/car-37838315/0/srs
Ouch!! could you have not sold it privately for a better return? Shame you got rid of it as it looks lovely. Bet it sounded lovely as well?

driverrob

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4,687 posts

202 months

Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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I still miss it - a lot.
List retail price is probably 9k5. Bargain if you could beat them down to that, given this ammunition.

Roo

11,503 posts

206 months

Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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The number of owners is normally propagated from DVLA info.

Roo

11,503 posts

206 months

Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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swerni said:
You sold it for £5999?

really?
I'd have had it for that to replace my Durango.

Butter Face

30,191 posts

159 months

Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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7 grand markup? Wow!

Matt Harper

6,613 posts

200 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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Used car prices in the UK are crazy low. OK, it's 9 years old and does 12mpg - but that's dirt money compared to what they go for here - $20k easy.

driverrob

Original Poster:

4,687 posts

202 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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swerni said:
We buy any car is offering £8395'
You're not making me feel any happier about the poor decision I made to trade it in for one that my wife would drive.

cwiklab

49 posts

125 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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Hey, Rob, just out of curiosity, was yours modded at all?

driverrob

Original Poster:

4,687 posts

202 months

Thursday 4th June 2015
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No. Bog standard. 425 bhp and huge brakes seemed good enough. A slightly louder exhaust was on the cards if and when it needed replacing.
The only thing I would have changed about it was the low-geared steering. It's all very well being able to take the chicane of a roundabout (2nd exit, straight ahead) at silly speeds but having to turn the wheel over half a turn each time wasn't ideal.

LuS1fer

41,085 posts

244 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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How is the Suzuki, you haven't posted much.... wink

driverrob

Original Poster:

4,687 posts

202 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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LuS1fer said:
How is the Suzuki, you haven't posted much.... wink
It gets us all from A to B frown

LuS1fer

41,085 posts

244 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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driverrob said:
LuS1fer said:
How is the Suzuki, you haven't posted much.... wink
It gets us all from A to B frown
No pics, it never happened.. wink

bigkeeko

1,370 posts

142 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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You took £6k?

No offence but you need your head looked at. I sold mine for just under £13k 2 months ago and it could went 5 times over.

Surely you must have checked out the prices prior to getting bummed royally by the `good `ol trade`.

I feel bad for you man.





driverrob

Original Poster:

4,687 posts

202 months

Monday 8th June 2015
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I was slightly cheered up at the weekend when we went for a drive around some of the local villages near the river. I'm sure the Jeep would have been scraping the vegetation on both sides instead of just one. Squeezing past other vehicles at the odd 'passing place' would not always have worked, either. Also, I was rarely out of 2nd gear.

So, maybe the Vitara is a better choice for this area. But, yes, I did made make a poor financial decision.

Wilksy288

102 posts

107 months

Monday 8th June 2015
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Having been looking at forums regarding these, they seem to have a big following in america. Having looked at the price of a brand new one im surprised there arent more selling over here. £67k for 6.4l Hemi V8 and 460 odd bhp? that seems like a bargain to me.