I've had my 2012 300SRT8 since May and really enjoy the car. I love the fact that not alot of people realize how well the car performs. The car can sneak up on people. As an example, I was able to catch a red light next to a new 2012 Lexus IS F. After making eye contact with the driver and waiting for the light to turn green we were off, it was nice to watch the Lexus never have a chance to pass the rear of my SRT8. We raced from a dead stop to 75mph before we needed to slow down for the next stop light. The owner pulled up next to me and said he was surprised how quick my car was and seemed a little depressed to find out the HP was higher on the SRT8. He complemented me on the SRT8, I did the same for his Lexus and we went our on seperate ways. It was a great feeling to have left another one in the dust and see the shock on his face as he drove off.
Welcome to the forum. Congrats on the win. My friend has an IS-F and it's pretty fast, but it was no faster (in terms of trap speed) or quicker (in terms of ET) than my stock SRT8 on the day he went to the drag strip with me. I had a better ET that day, but it was my friends first time at the track, and he probably would have done better with more practice. I have a previous generation SRT8. I've been down the strip over 100 times and have beaten lots of different cars, everything from fancy imports like the Jaguar X-Type S, Audi S4, and BMW 335i to Camaros, Mustangs and even a modded WS6 Trans Am with DRs.
With a 2012 SRT you have plenty of power to beat many cars out there so the kill list will definitly grow. Its funny because today i had a nice white 2012 300SRT pull up next to me on the highway. Nothing was planned at all. He looked like he was ready to go since i was watching him from far away slowly trying to make his way and get next to my car. He eventually did he had a slight hit i went left and he for some odd reason went right and ended up getting stuck with people getting on the highway. It would've been nice to race it, im sure i would've lost either way i was willing to try. Only other race ive had was with a 350Z, that one i got beat didnt have enough room to pass and his circus moves cutting through traffic wasnt worth it to save my pride. I wish i had a race with an ISF that must have been exciting to say the least they are fast cars with a fast shifting tranny, also lighter then our cars for sure.
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There are a couple of you videos on You Tube, a 2012 300SRT beat a C5 Vette and a pretty even race against a CTSv coupe. My victims so far are a 4.6 liter Mustang GT and a Porshe Caymen s.
There's a blue IS-F that will street race anything with a pulse around here. Shame he'll never take it to the track. Friend of mine in a heavily-modded SRT-4 raced him on a divided highway with no traffic a couple of years ago; the IS-F couldn't catch up. Didn't stop him from doing a ricer flyby after my friend let off.
The street scene has changed dramatically in the last 10 years; no shame in posting a kill back then, because we usually shut down before things went crazy, and didn't do crazy things in traffic. Now, the cool thing to do is condemn anything that even looks like street racing. I'm surprised we don't have armchair-quarterbacks in here berating anyone for letting the needle slip past the posted speed, or chirping the tires (oh my! sinner!).
I've left a few 350 and 370s in the dust. Couple of 'Stangs. Not really any "victorious" kills like the good old days. Not a lot of cars out there worth the fuel or potential headache if there's a overzealous cop hiding in the bushes. Now everyone with a Prelude and a black wing revs at the lights. Hell, even soccer moms use merge lanes to get in front of everyone!
Thanks to all the kids who do 100+ MPH in rush-hour traffic, or lift-off oversteer themselves into an overpass off-ramp, "street-racing" is seen as bad as arson. People who can't keep it in their pants, the rest of us who know when to put the hammer down and now suffer for it, salute you.
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It's more fun to go to a track and race. At the track, there are never any worries about getting thrown in jail with excessive lawyer fees to follow. If you live in an area like me (near Washington D.C in the suburbs), the chances of running into anything faster than a Ford Focus or a Toyota Camry are very, very slim. I have to go to the track to find fast cars.
Thanks to all the kids who do 100+ MPH in rush-hour traffic, or lift-off oversteer themselves into an overpass off-ramp, "street-racing" is seen as bad as arson. People who can't keep it in their pants, the rest of us who know when to put the hammer down and now suffer for it, salute you.
Must be nice to not lose ur car if you get pulled over speed...
Here in Ontario Canada, if you get caught doing over 90 mph, you lose ur car. It gets impounded for 7 days and u get stuck with the bill ($1000)....and they suspend ur license for 7 days automatically so u gotta walk home!
Just be careful if you ever come to Toronto
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