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Originally Posted by Crowley
One thing Ford has seemed to do better than GM (at least for the mustangs / camaros I have owned) is that when you sit in the mustang, you don't feel the weight of the car and in driving the car, you feel like you are a part of the car .. I have never felt that same attatchment to any of the 2 camaros I have owned.
Crowley
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I agree. I felt that immediately on my test drive too. It was pure driving pleasure to feel part of the car.
Another thing too, is that I was gunning for the Z28 at first (not the regular SS), but to tell you the truth I didn't even know what a Z28 was before I found Camaro5 forums. When I see one of the older Z/28s I sort of shrug my shoulders.
My point being is that I think GM has marketed the Z/28 poorly. It's no big deal because you can find a regular ol truck with a "Z71" on it - everything has ZXX on it. The Shelby on the other hand has more cache to it, because it's got a big name attached to it, and it just gives me goosebumps saying it: "shelby shelby shelby" (rolls off the tongue like "Ferrari" or "Maserati"). The Z/28 sounds like "just" another Chevy Camaro - only a Camaro fan would really know the difference.
Put it this way: when you tell someone what car you have, what do you say? You say "Camaro SS" or "Camaro Z/28"; you don't say "Chevy Camaro" right? When you have a GT500, you say "Shelby GT500".