"My" 99RT10 vs my 2003 SRT10 review

[Tornado]

Well just got my red 2003 SRT10 after wrecking my red 99 rt10 6 weeks ago...

EXTERIOR= SRT10 looks better from the front and rear. RT10 looks better from the side. Over all the SRT10 looks better than the RT10 with the tops up on both vehicles. But with the tops off on both vehicles the rt10 looks better..

DEAD HEAT

INTERIOR=Holy crap the SRT10 better in every single way. From the materials to the fit and finish to the sound system..

Night and Day in Favor of the SRT10 " this is what i imagined my dream cars interior looking like"

ENGINE BAY= The SRT10 engine bay is much cleaner and the red is much brighter on the engine....It looks much better than the engine bay on my rt10...BUT...the way the hood on the RT10 opened and had that truly exotic look swings in favor of the RT10..Over all the RT10 has the meaner/exotic look...

RT10 by a lil bit..That hood sitting up in the air is just bad ass

PERFORMANCE= Well my rt10 was modded to 450 rwhp and 500 rwt..My SRT10 has KN' filters and 1.7 roller rockers..Id guess it's around 460 rwhp from the buttometer....So acelleration felt the same power wise..

BUT....The rt10's power seemed to hit a lil sooner and a lil harder while the SRT10's power didnt quite hit as hard in the lower rpm's but seemed to pull harder than the RT10 in the higher rpm's....

DEAD HEAT


So these cars are pretty except the nicer interior of the SRT10..

BUT

The SRT10 is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

MUCH EASIER TO DRIVE....


My RT10 would buck in scream in first gear if I even grazed the pedal. The SRT10 drives like my Nissan quest till "I WANT" to go fast" and press the pedal atleaste half way down...

My RT10 would scrape every single slight grade change in front of it and I always had to take my time and reverse tranverse any incline/declines that I aproached. This was very enoying for the times when i was real world driving to stores and such...

For out running at night on cruisies and all the car scraping was never an issue. but for real world driving during the day having to take your time through every minor grade really sucks and while your trying to take your time not to scrape your front end others who wernt expecting you to be so slow in your fast car are nearly hitting you....

With my SRT10 I could just go up and down these same grades just like I can any of my other cars..."Straight out" and i havent herd any scraping as of yet..

Just the drivability of the SRT10 vs my RT10 is enough of a reason to upgrade if your on the fence...

BTW....No reason to even mention the brakes differance as Im sure you probally already no

[Sir Hiss RT]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Night and Day in Favor of the SRT10 " this is what i imagined my dream cars interior looking like"

you can't be fucking serious

[Tornado]

Well Ill never be able to afford a newer Lambo or ferrari..

So used 80-90 K cars in the 50-60K range are about all that I can dream about..

My C5 that I bought brand new in 2004 was a bit of a let down on the interior..

Then my 99rt10 wasnt any better interior wise even though it was a 75K car being compared to a 47K corvette..

The SRT10 is HEADS and SHOULDERS above my C5 or rt10 and ( by my poor mans standards) "what my dream car interior looks like"

The push button start as well as leather/suede seats with those really white guages just look BEAUTIFUL to me...As well the 220 speedo and knowing the car can really hit 190's just puts a smile across my face...

Im sure that for the guys that could go buy a 120K porshe right now without even flinching, that a 80K Viper isnt any were near a "dream car" and the interior is nonthing special what so ever..

But for my broke ass in the 50-60 K range..Well that interior is the stuff my dreams are made of

[apx632]

i personally like the srt-10 interiors over the old gen II interiors myself. as far as vette's go i sat in a c6 not to long ago and it's a very different feeling then sitting in a c5. much nicer looking and the seats are much better as well. ur lucky that you can dream of a viper, i only wish i could afford a used 20k c5 right now .

[SNAKESRUS]

Just picked up a new Bentley Convertible this weekend....interior makes the SRT 's look pathetic...but still leaps and bounds over the RT 10....the RT 10 is essentially a kit car...