I went to the bank today & paid off the SRT-6 before she hit 5,000 miles . Bought new October 2006 - Paid off October 2010, glad as hell that payment is gone. I've been making 3 vehicle payments for about 2 years, 4 years on the SRT-6, 4 years on my 2007 GMC 4X4 and 2 years on my daily driver econo box (2009 Aveo -5).

 

I could never ever ever bring myself to drive a Aveo over my SRT. No way, not once, not ever.

 

how could you make payments on an SRT-6 for 4 years and have less than 5000 miles on it????

that would drive me nuts!! i have had mine for 2 years and have put 40k on it. wow

 

Does this mean you are going to start driving it more now that it is paid off? 4 years of payment for a sexy garage ornament just does not seem right. Maybe you need to do a cross country road trip to celebrate !

 

Nice collection of wheels you got in your garage Steve....

Did you part with the Limited XF?

I too own all my wheels outright - I hate payments; makes me feel like I have to be a slave to my job instead of just enjoying it...

 

It's always a great day when that happens; like a couple of bricks finally falling off your shoulders. A question though; how and where did you do 186m.p.h.???? Didn't believe this is possible.

 

Yeah, we parted the hard way. It was the one that I got run off the road with by an elderly couple & nailed a telephone pole (TOTALED).

Actually I'm working on buying Jeff Cobb's SRT-6 to use as a daily driver & try to sell the Aveo 5. The Aveo 5 isn't that bad looking with the wheels & meat I put on it, I get compliments on it all the time. I just added onto my garage to park my sexy garage ornament in, the new addition looks like a house inside, I'm just about done with the drywall and getting ready to install a PTAC unit so it won't get cold or hot .

 

some of us like low mileage sexy garage ornaments. i'm approximately 600 miles ahead of you steve with the graphite.

 

Congatulations! Always a good feeling paying something off.

 

I have a 2004 Softail Deuce I bought in 03 as another sexy garage ornament with onlt 5,700 miles on it, it sits beside the blue sexy garage ornament. And behind the blue one sits a 2001 4100 John Deere I bought new with a bucket (about $16,000 in it) and it only has 174 hours. Thing is they all look like brand new , I like it that way.

 

I just finished paying mine off a few months ago. I know what it feels like! But I have 56K miles. It was a daily driver for 4 years but now a garage ornament. I now put to many miles on a car each day so I have a daily driver that takes a beating.

 

Good deal Steve. Its time to celebrate.... with another SRT. Good luck on the buy.I remember your post of the 186 run, still cool!

 

where have you been hiding? I guess you are working overtime to pay off the toys.....that srt6 would be a great buy and a great car....we would have twins then.....don't be a stranger...I've been in your back yard a lot...and now I know why I didn't see the car...lol

 

Congrats!

It is always a good feeling to get debt paid off.

Sounds like a nice collection, NOW! get on that bike and ride

 

I just wanted to hear the story. Sorry if it sounded like I was questioning that you actually did it. I will try to search and see if I can find it; no offense was intended. Just wanted to know how you were able to do that. Because, let's face it, that is wicked freaking fast!!

 

The Aveo isn't that bad of a little car, loaded up, an unbelivable amount of room and the best thing about it is it cost me around $18 to $20 in gas a week to drive. I don't think it looks that bad.

I've been playing used car salesman to support my daughter & 2 grand kids. I've bought, fixed, cleaned up & sold 25 vehicles since a year ago this past July. Made about $5 an hour on them .

The run was on a 2&1/2 mile stretch on a road called the goose pond, when you are coming down off a hill to it you can see all the way to the BIG curve at the end of the stretch. I have a RENNtech kit (pulley & ECU) so I have no limiter with 285/35/19's on the rear.

 

Steve, congratulations, and welcome to the non-bank owned club! I paid
mine off in March of this year (bought 10/04/04) and it was a rather nice
feeling that I, and no one else owned this car. And, the extra cash in the
back pocket has been equally nice.

I must say though, that in the 6 years I've been driving this car, I've put
some serious miles on it. I'm now at about 95,000 miles. But, still pulls
like a buffalo. Thus the name I've been my crossy... Tatanka!

If you wonder where that comes from, just stick your windshield wipers up,
like you are going to wash the windshield, step back and take a profile look.
Darn'd if that don't look like a buffalo (or a Spanish fighting bull). And,
with the "Devil Horns" (which to me look more like buffalo horns. as they
curve inward and not up and out), the name just kinda stuck.

Good luck with getting a mate for your high class garage ornament.


Coyote

 

Congrats! I bet it drives a lot faster now that your not draging around that payment book!

BTW, my SRT-6 is a "garage ornament" too. Ain't nothing wrong with having an Xfire in the barn for those special days.

 

Here is the story:
New Top Speed In SRT 6

 

Thank you for that Gary. I just read through that entire thread. I felt the adrenaline flowing just reading it! I especially liked hearing most of them saying "It was rock steady" at those speeds, should I ever find the right place and time I'd like to experience 150+ in our coupe. I've only gotten to see those kinds of speeds when I took a 4 day high performance driving course at a N.Cal. raceway. Maybe it's time for a return visit there, but w/ the SRT this time. Bob