Mike one thing you have to remember. Your not a small guy. Nothing against you but a vette would not be very comfortable as a daily. I use to work at a Jeep dealership and the SRT-8's are bad as hell. Get great gas mileage, plenty of pep, one of the best interior's of an SUV, and just a bad ass looking truck. Lightnings are nice, but for something you dont wont to mod, a srt-8 is better. Look into the 05-07 GT's, nice, plenty of pep, open interior, and can be had for around 15k. Also on the GTO's only thing about there rear's is there IRS, which if I remember is almost the same exact design as the vette rear ends.