First of all, my name is Danny and this is how it all started. I was just a young impressionable 17 year old kid the first time I saw the 5th gen Camaro concept in that one movie just like everyone else. Thought it was a badass car and all, cool. I joined the Army straight out of high school, spent my younger years blowing my money and getting myself into trouble like every other private in the Army. I will also add in here that I am an avid offroading enthusiast and have never owned a fast car in my life. During these couple years I dumped all of my money into my offroading truck which I spent the majority of my down time either fixing or breaking. So then I get deployed, came home, and got married. It didn't take long to figure out that living 30 minutes away from post with only one car between my wife and I just doesn't work. By now I had fallen in love with the Camaros and wanted one pretty bad. Because now I'm settled down I just need to get myself a daily driver right? So at this point I'm still pretty much a retard when it comes to money and financial responsibility and it turns out I didn't save any money at all and now I don't have anything more than $500 for a down payment on a vehicle. Then next thing I know I start thinking about instead of what do I want, what's best for my family. I end up passing on buying a Camaro and buy a good SUV (family car). Heartbreaking.
Okay so fast forward a couple more years, second deployment is almost over, I sold one car right before and paid off the other one, so I gave the wife my SUV and now I'm trying to figure out what new car do I wanna get myself. Turns out it was a no-brainer cause I ordered a Black 2014 1SS LS3 that should be sitting there waiting at the dealership when I get back stateside.
I have a lot of plans to mod the hell out of it. I'm on a budget so it won't happen all at once. Stay tuned for my build thread that should be up in about 2 weeks or so. Additionally I'll be doing all the work myself.
Background experience: my Dad was a mechanical engineer and pretty much taught me everything I know about automotive mechanics and how to turn a wrench. I also taught myself quite a bit by having to fix almost every known problem on my offroading truck. I also consider myself an outstanding driver both on and off road. I learned how to drive originally on a 1984 Toyota Landcruiser which was a manual 4-speed. This will be my first manual in about 6 years though so I'm not gonna lie it's gonna take some getting used to.
A little bit more about me though. I'm a 12B in the US Army, been in for six years, 2 deployments under my belt, and of course I'm a paratrooper which makes me better than you and I know it (just kidding, or maybe I'm not). I'm a stone-cold patriot and I live day to day for that next big adrenaline rush. I'm married, no kids yet and I'm loving life. I can be an asshole, but I'm usually a pretty easy person to talk to. If you read this whole thing I thank you and I'm looking forward to sharing all of my Camaro-related experiences with all of you!
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