orderd my daytona on 8/27/05. added sirius & sunroof came to just under 35,000 otd. got a purchase agreement with managers signature. i dont trust dealers and this is a car that isn't really out yet. so i'm worried when it gets here they will jack me around. any thoughts or suggestions. []

 

they are nice as hell, good choice. my local dealer has one i think exactly to yours specs sitting on the lot, but that was 3 days ago it might be gone now.

 

nice choice i saw one at our dealer ship and the extra 10 horses really pays off


its sounded better then the mustang

 

If they're telling you you have to order one with Sirius and the Sunroof, tell them to look around. If you're in the mid-atlantic area you should be able to find them outfitted like that in stock somewhere. So far I've seen 6 around the DC/Baltimore area and all have been fully loaded. Serial number ranged into the high 500s on the ones I saw in person. Go to the Dodge sited and do the build and price. The default range is 50 miles from the ZIP you enter. To expand it click the New Search tab on the screen with the list of dealers. On the next screen click Advanced Search. In the Results area increase the radius to a larger number and you'll probably find a dealer with one in stock the way you want it. A check today showed two in stock at Tate Dodge in Glen Burnie, MD. The lower priced one (35,165) had Sirius and the sunroof (VIN 2B3KA53H66H234167).

Even if you have to drive a bit to get one, do it. You'll love it. The color really turns heads. Also be sure to check out the new accessories for it. Supposedly they are coming out with embroidered floor and trunk mats.

 

I was cruising the lot last saturday - thinking about a loaded 300C. Then I saw a Mango Daytona. They really punch out of a pack of cars! My dealer had 2 - one loaded, one bare bones. I picked up the loaded one late last week for around $37500. It had just been unloaded from the truck and apparently no one had made a claim to it! I was ORIGINALLY going to hold out for 1 SRT-8 that already had a VIN assigned (Black). It looked like the wait would be several months to get it into actual production though.

To be honest - after driving around the Daytona, the black SRT8 just wouldn't have pullled nearly as much attention as this very unique mango Daytona does. PLUS - with the great gas mileage the Hemi gets (25ish on a short hiway trip), paying a $2200 extra tax for the HP didn't seem worth it. You can buy a lot of toys and upgrades for 5-6k!

My dealer was great - no hassles, no tricks. (This was a lease deal BTW). Residual on a loaded Daytona = $19800 3 years from now. I may have to buy it!

Greg

 

Congrats. Yes, I too dreamt of an SRT-8 and then I learned that many of the creature comforts are still optional on it. So, I opted for the Daytona edition instead. It's probably a good thing. I hate to imagine the trouble I'd be in with the throttle of that beast under my right foot.