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"You can polish a turd but it's still a turd"....
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Bryan, they never made a 67,68,or 69 Z-28 convertible. And the new ones are not avaiable in convertible form either. If you saw a Z-28, it was a fake. (Well, they did make one for Ed Cole at GM, but its the ONLY one).
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I want to send these d-bags a clip of Top Gear or 5th Gear to show them how a proper car show SHOULD look. Good freaking God, a middle-school film class could do better. I only made it 3 minutes before I became too annoyed to go on.
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I visited a fab shop today.
They were re-welding a defective Camaro 'safety item' that had been produced by a now bankrupt supplier. I have no idea how many 'defective parts' are on cars now....maybe none. Maybe lots. Just sayin'.
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I'm not a fan of the new Camaro, but remember that the old one was not a tasteful thing of subtle perfection in it's day either. It was a cheap hot pony car that guys with mullets could afford to trash. .
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I've seen two new Camaros in the last two days, they're actually pretty striking cars in person. Definitely a car that you notice. I like it better in person than in photos.
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Saw one on my street the other day - black. At a passing glance I thought it looked nice.
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My 944 got beat by a yellow one in the sportscar class at a local show.
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I like the looks but: I was checking out this SS in our parking lot. Notice the wheel weights on the Brembo calipers
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saw one at a local car show last week... the only half decent car to come from gm in the last twenty years style wise. but still a gm.
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Quote:
Probably a popularity vote thing. (edit) On second thought...a sympathy vote with GM in bankruptcy?
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Sure makes the Challenger look nice.
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If nice = bloated and heavy, then yes it does. I won't be buying a Camaro either, but the Challenger is a monster of a car. Remember how big the original muscle cars were?
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And that large car does everything performance wise better then the original, is safer then the original and gets better gas mileage doing it. Just wish it was about 5 or 6 hundred pounds less, which is what an original 70 challenger weighed. Of course the original didn't have side curtain airbags, brembo brakes and a whole host of other things required by our Safety Naxis these days.
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