ORIGINAL: BootCamp
As far as "value" is concerned, only the person looking for something can determine the value - to them. "One man's garbage....." kinda philosophy. That will never change.
Neither will "driver ability", which is Kevin2323's argument. But as I said, that's a non-issue in this debate.
Approach this as the same person driving BOTH the R/T and the SRT8. If he sucks in one, he'll suck in both. Compare the two trim levels souly on thier merits, not influenced by the unknown and inconsistant factor - the driver.
Kris - not sure where you're getting 390HP on the R/T. The 09 facelift brought them to 370 (automatic) and 375 (manual) respectively. Still a VERY nice gain of 10% over the old '08 numbers (340 for the Charger R/T and 345 for the Charger Daytona). And yes, the SRT should be capable of similar increases with some simialr updates from the engineers.
bootcamp i agree with everything you said except the 390hp...the dynos show that it is close to 390hp than 375....which is why this debate comes up...but the srt8 is the full package plain and simple...the RT is amazing too. Hopefully dodge makes the 6.4l with vvt and mds and finally shows a big gap bewteen the RT and itself.
good debate guys