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evh5150vanhalen · 03-28-2012, 11:23 AM

Before I decided on my Challenger I test drove all 3, Camaro SS, the new 5.0 Mustang and the SRT8 Challenger. I drove the Camaro first. I loved how the Camaro felt, I sat in it and it felt instantly familiar. The steering was precise and I loved the overall feel of the car. Second up was the Mustang. To me the 5.0 didn't sit me back in the seat like the Camaro or Challenger did. The interior felt cheaper to me, the silver panels on the dash were really cheap hard plastic and I found the ride rough, the steering felt weird in every mode(comfort, sport ect) And I just didn't generally like the feel of the car.
Now to the Challenger. When I went and looked at the Challenger I had pretty much set my mind on a Camaro and had been for a long time. When I walked in to the dealership to look at the car the first thing that went through my head was, there's no way this is a 2009 it's too mint. When I sat in the car I found out why it was mint, there was 14,000 km's on the odometer. I PM'd a few people on allpar and got them to do a bit of digging for me, it turns out the car was owned by Chrysler. I took the car for a test drive and decided to grab it while it was still there and signed the papers and took it home the next day.
The Camaro I test drove was a 1SS no RS package with a 6spd. It was a 2011 and was only a few thousand less than the Challenger. I looked on autotrader for Camaros here in Nova Scotia and only found a few. None of them were what I wanted. When it comes to the Camaro I'm pretty picky on what it has to be. 2SS/RS, sunroof and the ls3/6spd. all that I found here were L99's and a few RS's. Had i of found the Camaro I really wanted I would have that instead of the Dodge. Unlike alot of people I'm not brand loyal, I like what I like and it doesn't matter what emblem is on the front. That's why I still browse these forums daily to see what's going on with the Camaro.

03-28-2012, 11:23 AM	#29
evh5150vanhalen Drives: 2010 ABM Camaro 2SS Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 167	Before I decided on my Challenger I test drove all 3, Camaro SS, the new 5.0 Mustang and the SRT8 Challenger. I drove the Camaro first. I loved how the Camaro felt, I sat in it and it felt instantly familiar. The steering was precise and I loved the overall feel of the car. Second up was the Mustang. To me the 5.0 didn't sit me back in the seat like the Camaro or Challenger did. The interior felt cheaper to me, the silver panels on the dash were really cheap hard plastic and I found the ride rough, the steering felt weird in every mode(comfort, sport ect) And I just didn't generally like the feel of the car. Now to the Challenger. When I went and looked at the Challenger I had pretty much set my mind on a Camaro and had been for a long time. When I walked in to the dealership to look at the car the first thing that went through my head was, there's no way this is a 2009 it's too mint. When I sat in the car I found out why it was mint, there was 14,000 km's on the odometer. I PM'd a few people on allpar and got them to do a bit of digging for me, it turns out the car was owned by Chrysler. I took the car for a test drive and decided to grab it while it was still there and signed the papers and took it home the next day. The Camaro I test drove was a 1SS no RS package with a 6spd. It was a 2011 and was only a few thousand less than the Challenger. I looked on autotrader for Camaros here in Nova Scotia and only found a few. None of them were what I wanted. When it comes to the Camaro I'm pretty picky on what it has to be. 2SS/RS, sunroof and the ls3/6spd. all that I found here were L99's and a few RS's. Had i of found the Camaro I really wanted I would have that instead of the Dodge. Unlike alot of people I'm not brand loyal, I like what I like and it doesn't matter what emblem is on the front. That's why I still browse these forums daily to see what's going on with the Camaro.