As I have said before, buy the car you want. There are so many variables with performance, what you can afford, insurance rates, fuel economy, etc, etc. It all comes down to this: get the car that you will enjoy for the long term (ten years no depreciation costs on a new car). I am going for an R/T and that is what I want. If I had the extra money and really wanted the performance end of the deal, SRT makes a lot of sense. No sense in arguing, flaming, or going ballistic over someone making a different choice than what you would do.