Goodbye SRT Jeep
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After over 2 years of happy motoring, The Jeep is being traded in - for a Grand Vitara 2.0 
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.
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.
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
http://www.motors.co.uk/car-37838315/0/srs
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.
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.
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.
So, maybe the Vitara is a better choice for this area. But, yes, I did made make a poor financial decision.
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