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Old May 25, 2009 | 08:42 AM
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Only seen one and it had a hard dealer plate.

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Old May 25, 2009 | 08:51 AM
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A co-worker just bought one. He had a Neon SRT-4 bone stock. He had a freak accident where he hit a bump and his wheel cracked right off of the hub and he slammed it into a wall and totaled it. This is a 50yr old man by the way. He ended up with a new Caliber SRT-4 and everyday he keeps trying to justify to me why he bought it. I know he doesn't like it as much as the Neon but he got it for a killer price. They sticker for just over 26K and he got one for.......19k out the door. Just goes to show you how poor the sales are.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 10:05 AM
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A co-worker just bought one. He had a Neon SRT-4 bone stock. He had a freak accident where he hit a bump and his wheel cracked right off of the hub and he slammed it into a wall and totaled it. This is a 50yr old man by the way. He ended up with a new Caliber SRT-4 and everyday he keeps trying to justify to me why he bought it. I know he doesn't like it as much as the Neon but he got it for a killer price. They sticker for just over 26K and he got one for.......19k out the door. Just goes to show you how poor the sales are.
Yeah, this is the one redeeming quality of the new SRT-4, you can likely get one for super dirt cheap. As ugly as it is, it looks like it has good interior room and would be a good utility vehicle (kinda like a subaru forester.) Drop the thing on coilovers to lower the center of gravity, then tint the windows super dark so nobody can see you driving it.

Glancing at the Caliber SRT-4 forums, seems there's a general lack of aftermarket parts, though.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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Ive seen a few regular ones driving around and only one or two SRT-4. I dont think the whole crapliber ever took off with people so the lack of SRT-4 sightings. They all seem to go towards rental car companys now.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 02:23 PM
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i have a few friends with them and they're modded making close to 400whp on stock turbo with bolt-ons and meth... im on long island and have easily seen 20+ CSRT-4's
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Old May 25, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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Avenger SRT4 would have been a better choice IMO, it is not nearly as ugly and could actually be decent looking if they cleaned it up a bit. Needs RWD too though

I have seen a a few regular Calibers around, no SRT4s, but they were probably rentals lolz

My bro got one as a rental car once, and he said it was the worst car he ever drove and had the interior to match
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Old May 25, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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Avenger SRT4 would have been a better choice IMO, it is not nearly as ugly and could actually be decent looking if they cleaned it up a bit. Needs RWD too though

I have seen a a few regular Calibers around, no SRT4s, but they were probably rentals lolz

My bro got one as a rental car once, and he said it was the worst car he ever drove and had the interior to match
Would've been even better to not get rid of the Neon, instead, just give it a massive redesign/update. Thanks to some moron in Dodge's product development, axing the Neon in favor of the Caliber left Dodge with absolutely no small car offerings.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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i have only seen 1 on the interstate
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Old May 25, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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Ive seen 2 around here,one with an aftermarket exhaust.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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i seen a couple out by me but the dealership here cant even give them away.
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Old May 25, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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i seen one at the track here in Vegas , sounded like he had an exhaust and loud bov lol running high 14s
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Old May 25, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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Ive seen three here in bama... One of my buddies has one with bolt ons but its not to appealing too me. I had a neon srt 4 and liked it hell of a lot better than the caliber.. There too heavy
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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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LOL, I found one.....here:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/04...ml#post7142342

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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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Well, I finally saw an SRT-4 Caliber. I was about to cross the street from the parking garage to my office building when low and behold one of these rare (whatever, I still can't figure out with this is: a mini van?, an SUV?, a crossover?, a sedan?, a sport compact?, ...) drove right in front of me.

I will say it looked pretty good for what it is: A soccer mom vehicle. Oops, except that soccer moms buy automatic. Well whatever. It did sound very good. Not as gnarly sounding as the Neon SRT-4, but still good. Nice lookin wheels and tires! Other than the size, I'd drive one.

It just crys out to be only 7/8 of its size. Think Matrix, with a turbo!


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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim in Tucson
I thought replacing the Neon with the Caliber was a bit like replacing the tangerine with the grapefruit. They may both say Dodge, I mean citrus, but size and taste is way different.
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