Amarillo Area Mopars was fortunate enough to be slated as one of the stops on the 2012 SRT Tour. We caught Monday, September 10th, 2012 6 PM on the tour schedule and as fate would have it had a very nice day, minus the typical wind. I opted to take the Mopar 10, which is why you are reading this...Scroll all the way down for some bonus M10 stuff.
Aerial Group Shot:
Video:
The 2012 SRT Tour is a cross country trip put on by the folks at SRT to showcase the 2012 line-up of, you guessed it, SRT vehicles. The Tour features the 300C, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Charger, and Challenger. Four drivers: Jennifer, John, Rachel, and Sean were given the daunting (cough, sarcasm, cough) task of piloting these factory fresh SRTs across the great American landscape and show them off to enthusiasts and garner attention of would be converts from brand-x platforms, or as I like to call them pieces of shit.
Driving the highways of American in a string of HEMI powered SRTs is a great way to make mustangs and camaros sweat as some 1500+ HP rolls by in the fast lane. Before any green folks panic about the impact on the environment, you'll be glad to know that every car was well over 20 MPG, despite lots of heavy traffic and construction. See if your camry can pull that off while maintaining the smug mediocrity that is life in an under-powered car that barely boasts any more gains in fuel economy. Some people still like to push that pedal on the right that actually makes a vehicle accelerate. The engineering and technology under the hood of these SRTs offers insane power levels with fuel economy no one would have dared associate with such a power level just a few short years ago.
The SRT crew rolled into town and met members of Amarillo Area Mopars at the world famous Big Texan Steak Ranch. AAM pulled out quite the showing with everything from 60s & 70s muscle cars on up to Vipers and late model Challengers. Among the local SRT population was Kat with her Crossfire, which just happens to be the fastest SRT-6 in the world. AAM was also glad to welcome back John, who drove all the way down from Kansas in his Green with Envy Challenger. Later on in the evening some red touched the landscape in the form of an SRT Charger and an SRT Viper. A couple others snaked their way in, including a Ram SRT10.
Of course, there was the usual landscape of color thanks to the AAM diehards. Everything from a 68 Dart to 2010 Challenger R/Ts were on hand to welcome the SRT Tour. Steve came all the way down from Borger in his Roadrunner and we had a few just miss getting to join us due to last minute issues that arose.
All-in-all it was a great night for everyone involved. The folks at SRT got to show off the new product line, check out some great local Mopars, and got to experience the world famous Big Texan Steak Ranch!
We were honored to be among one of the stops chosen and slated on the tour and thanks goes to the folks at SRT.
The real winner however was the regular folks travelling up-and-down I-40. There was a steady stream of curious on lookers all night. Many walking back to their cars to pick up cell phones or cameras to capture what was yet another special evening for the folks in Amarillo Area Mopars.
We hope everyone had a great time and send our best wishes to the crew as they head off for St. Louis. Have fun, stay safe, and thanks for including us in your travels!
And now that you've read all that, how about some more pictures?:
Color match:
Group Shots:
SRT Line-up:
Anyone catch the reason I took this picture?:
SRT vs AAM:
Cool shot with the Mopar 10 vs SRT:
Nice plug for the guests and the venue:
The people that made the turnout:
SRT Girls with the Band:
The Official SRT Tour Group Photo:
Fore more info on the SRT Tour, check out the official SRT Tour Website: http://www.driversrt.com/tour
You can also find more on the AAM Network of Sites: http://www.amarilloareamopars.com
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As always, I hit up everyone I can in an attempt to get the official "Mopar 10" Spreadsheet. None of the SRT crew were aware of the spreadsheet or had any info to offer up.
I was the last to leave and after telling them about some stuff to look for on their way to St. Louis (most notably the Largest Cross in the Western Hemisphere in Groom, which they did check out). It also was dark in the parking lot when we were coming out. I was talking to Hammer about exhaust tones with MDS engaged and he commented on the painted brake calipers and asked if I had done that, or if the factory did. As I told him that was me, I sat down some posters to give out to those who attended and didn't get one.
When I did that, he also noticed the blue footwell lights (ie Cloud 10 Phase 1). Since he liked that I went ahead and flipped the switch for the underbody lights (Cloud 10, Phase II). He really liked that. We talked a while longer and wondered what the others were still doing in the Big Texan.
They came out and I heard Sean say to Rachel and Jennifer, "Look it's floating on a cloud!" I told him that was ironic, since I actually dubbed it "Cloud 10." He added, "I usually hate cars with underbody lights...but that actually looks really good!" He went on to mention the other car he liked it on, an old ford street rod with purple underbody.
That was a nice treat for myself and the M10 as the 2012 SRT Tour drivers officially endorsed "Cloud 10." I've said since I've done it that it isn't for everyone, but that I like it, I think it suits the car, and it just looks killer in my opinion. I'm sure a lot of people down the road will hate it, but in all honesty, if you aren't out and I don't have the switch on no one knows it is there. That said, for everyone that dislikes it, I think you need to see it in person before you judge. So far, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. The real highlight for the M10 was getting shot for the SRT Tour Instagram and then Tweeted! For those scoring at home, that is 2 Tweets for the M10 from Official Dodge media outlets!
Here is the Tweet:
Here is the picture from the Tweet:
And here is the Full Size Pic John was nice enough to e-mail me:
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