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any brand loyalty i have for gm stems from working on gm vehicles. i have always done my own work, which as time progressed since the mid 90s (for me), has often required tools and knowledge only attained & needed for such. i looked long and hard at other cars before i bought another camaro. i think ultimately it came down to how comfortable i already was with the gen 1-4 engines & associated platforms. its easy to see that gm has done a lot of repetitious/piggyback engineering if you start from the beginning. be it chassis, engine, vehicle communication etc.

ultimately i think all of the vehicles in a given tier have their ups and downs and it comes down to personal choice, above all. it's funny to read how "superior" many of you think the camaro is bc it can beat a mustang on track by fractions of a second per lap. to 99.99% of buyers, that info means nothing more than a box to stand on and brag. when in reality those people can't drive the car to 85% of its ability and have no idea how anything on the car works, let alone why it is "better" and how it achieves what it does.

am i brand loyal? i guess so. not because i think gm is the best or because my car is that much better than its competitors. simply bc i don't want to start over this late in the game learning the ins and outs of a manufacturer. i think my childhood of being around all gm things molded me, but honestly it shyed me from gm on anything except performance vehicles. if i bought cars to leave alone and trade off in a couple years none of it would matter and buying fun cars would be very difficult.