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CamaroDreams76 · 09-30-2023, 07:28 PM

~Love the car/special to me
~Paid off
~Outperforms new cars on the road
~Has a lot of mods to it now.

Aqua Blue RS/SS · 09-30-2023, 08:24 PM

That’s an easy answer. They are perfectly and timelessly styled, from a 2010 base model V6, to a 2015 Z28, everything in between styling wise is perfection. Its relatively easy to make the V8 cars much faster, and you can make all of them handle very will too. Perfect looks+easy to go fast+easy to drag or corner=perfection. Don’t forget how excellently well built they are. This along with the C7 are likely in my opinion to be GM’s last works of true art. I plan to have at least my 5th gen ABM SS till the day I die. It still gets lots of compliments even though it’s almost 15 years old.

xstuntman · 09-30-2023, 09:13 PM

Like ariZona28 it was my first new car and I've ALWAYS drove old stuff with my current daily an '85 project. I wanted something modern and cool for weekends, not another knuckle buster - turn the key and go with bonus points for red. Plus i darn near died the year before I bought it so the urge to live it up some was a factor.

After working on something modern it finally dawned on me what all the lost 10mm socket jokes were about.

ariZona28 · 09-30-2023, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by xstuntman

After working on something modern it finally dawned on me what all the lost 10mm socket jokes were about.

LOL! I still don't get it. I don't discriminate. I manage to lose ALL off my sockets equally.

I also set stuff down and wander about quickly forgetting where I placed said item. I usually start singing the old song "The Wanderer" to alleviate my frustration.

Danial · 09-30-2023, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ariZona28

I usually start singing the old song "The Wanderer" to alleviate my frustration.

Oh Gawd, now you've done it....I see myself doing just that now...

Danial · 09-30-2023, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Aqua Blue RS/SS

That’s an easy answer. They are perfectly and timelessly styled, from a 2010 base model V6, to a 2015 Z28, everything in between styling wise is perfection. Its relatively easy to make the V8 cars much faster, and you can make all of them handle very will too. Perfect looks+easy to go fast+easy to drag or corner=perfection. Don’t forget how excellently well built they are. This along with the C7 are likely in my opinion to be GM’s last works of true art. I plan to have at least my 5th gen ABM SS till the day I die. It still gets lots of compliments even though it’s almost 15 years old.

+1!

chevy pilot · 10-01-2023, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by PaulsSS

Because I can't buy a new 68 Camaro

Yep.

2010sgm · 10-01-2023, 04:24 AM

I wanted one since 2010 love the styling. It's timeless design and as close to a 69..........

CamaroCracka · 10-01-2023, 06:41 AM

I was looking for a Gen1 with a SBC when I saw an article saying GM was considering building the concept car. I actually sent GM a message, which I never do for any company, saying that if they built that car I would buy it. Picked mine up in December of 2009. Doubled down when I bought my daughter an SS vert for high school and bought it back when she had to have an F150 Platinum. Now, she wishes she had kept the vert.

I like the Gen6 and I would like a CTSV, but I know these cars pretty well and the LT platform is more difficult to mod. Plus, why start over. Both cars are plenty fast and have that 60s muscle look I wanted.

0stones0 · 10-01-2023, 08:42 AM

Because it’s…

Its my last hot rod.

acutron42 · 10-01-2023, 09:44 AM

All of the above!

1JEWLDSSRS · 10-01-2023, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Aqua Blue RS/SS

That’s an easy answer. They are perfectly and timelessly styled, from a 2010 base model V6, to a 2015 Z28, everything in between styling wise is perfection. Its relatively easy to make the V8 cars much faster, and you can make all of them handle very will too. Perfect looks+easy to go fast+easy to drag or corner=perfection. Don’t forget how excellently well built they are. This along with the C7 are likely in my opinion to be GM’s last works of true art. I plan to have at least my 5th gen ABM SS till the day I die. It still gets lots of compliments even though it’s almost 15 years old.

Totally concur with this! Back when they first came out I had a 2004 Mustang. While I was looking at all the "new" muscle coming out my eyes kept looking at the Camaro. The mustangs just still looked the same from 2005 to 2010, nothing grabbed my eye, the challenger looked too big and bulky, not even close to the 1972 challenger I had back in the day that was sleeker, the charger was just ugly, and too big, but the camaro had the style and lines of the 1969 camaro I had back in the day. When I got in it the interior was nice and roomy, comfortable, I'm 6ft 2, and the dash and gauges were similar to my 69, then when I took her for a test drive I fell in love with her!! Bought her the very same day!! The rest is history..

SaReNi · 10-01-2023, 04:44 PM

when it first came out, loved it. still my favorite of the new generations of Camaro. looks the meanest of all of them. love the front of the car, especially the stock grille.

Wizard1183 · 10-01-2023, 04:50 PM

I own one because there’s no better car unless I opted to buy the $100k 1967 RS/SS L78 or the 2014 Z/28

09-30-2023, 07:28 PM	#15
CamaroDreams76 Tri-County Camaro SWFL Drives: 2013 IOM 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: South West FL Posts: 3,079 View My Garage	~Love the car/special to me ~Paid off ~Outperforms new cars on the road ~Has a lot of mods to it now. __________________ Just bolt ons........ https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=343023

09-30-2023, 08:24 PM	#16
Aqua Blue RS/SS Drives: ABM #93 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Lotaburger Posts: 2,694	That’s an easy answer. They are perfectly and timelessly styled, from a 2010 base model V6, to a 2015 Z28, everything in between styling wise is perfection. Its relatively easy to make the V8 cars much faster, and you can make all of them handle very will too. Perfect looks+easy to go fast+easy to drag or corner=perfection. Don’t forget how excellently well built they are. This along with the C7 are likely in my opinion to be GM’s last works of true art. I plan to have at least my 5th gen ABM SS till the day I die. It still gets lots of compliments even though it’s almost 15 years old. __________________ ABM #2399 2SS/RS:SOLD ABM #93 2SS/RS Black Rally stripes, Titanium Interior 4,000 miles: GM GFX side skirts and diffuser waiting on paint, GM dovetail, GM heritage, RPI ZL1 style splitter. ‘87 IROC-Z Iroc blue. all original unmolested with 50K miles.

09-30-2023, 09:13 PM	#17
xstuntman Drives: 2012 Victory Red LFX Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: west central Texas Posts: 1,310	Like ariZona28 it was my first new car and I've ALWAYS drove old stuff with my current daily an '85 project. I wanted something modern and cool for weekends, not another knuckle buster - turn the key and go with bonus points for red. Plus i darn near died the year before I bought it so the urge to live it up some was a factor. After working on something modern it finally dawned on me what all the lost 10mm socket jokes were about. __________________ 2018 SS wheels, red Heritage grille, actual driving lights, ZL1 strut tower brace, GM Performance billet aluminum fuel door, front grille Bowtie delete, painted red rotors and calipers, 1/4 window American Flags, splash guards, AEM dry panel air filter.

10-01-2023, 04:24 AM	#22
2010sgm Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LT Join Date: Dec 2022 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 510 View My Garage	I wanted one since 2010 love the styling. It's timeless design and as close to a 69.......... __________________ David Vianu 2010 Synergy Green 1LT

10-01-2023, 06:41 AM	#23
CamaroCracka Drives: 2010 Turbo LS3 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Palm Bay, FL Posts: 2,736	I was looking for a Gen1 with a SBC when I saw an article saying GM was considering building the concept car. I actually sent GM a message, which I never do for any company, saying that if they built that car I would buy it. Picked mine up in December of 2009. Doubled down when I bought my daughter an SS vert for high school and bought it back when she had to have an F150 Platinum. Now, she wishes she had kept the vert. I like the Gen6 and I would like a CTSV, but I know these cars pretty well and the LT platform is more difficult to mod. Plus, why start over. Both cars are plenty fast and have that 60s muscle look I wanted. __________________ 2010 SS - On3 kit with downpipe cutout, CTR 78/80, CompCam 239/251 620/632 122+4, E85, Z28 suspension and ZL1 diff with Outlaw axles. Gen6 ZL1/1LE brakes. 2011 Vert - 416/w 230/236 .612/.602 115lsa, 1LE suspension w/32mm rear bar. Z28 diff. ZL1 brakes.

10-01-2023, 08:42 AM	#24
0stones0 It don’t come easy. Drives: 2010 2SS RS M6 Join Date: May 2014 Location: WI Posts: 2,206 View My Garage	Because it’s… Its my last hot rod. __________________

10-01-2023, 09:44 AM	#25
acutron42 Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS AGM Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: WNY Posts: 733	All of the above! __________________ 2013 2SS GPI built & tuned 415, spec'd by Andrew Cammer. GPI ported intake/tb/heads, Tooley springs, CHE trunnions, Callies rotating assembly, Diamond pistons, GPI SS3 VVT, ATI 10% ud damper, Circle D 3800, Kooks ceramic coated lt's with green cats, Mishimoto rad & oil cooler, Derale trans cooler, Holley efi rails.

10-01-2023, 04:44 PM	#27
SaReNi Drives: 2012 SS Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: Florida Posts: 406	when it first came out, loved it. still my favorite of the new generations of Camaro. looks the meanest of all of them. love the front of the car, especially the stock grille. __________________ 2012 Camaro SS

10-01-2023, 04:50 PM	#28
Wizard1183 Drives: ABM SS2/RS M6 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lafayette,LA Posts: 2,232	I own one because there’s no better car unless I opted to buy the $100k 1967 RS/SS L78 or the 2014 Z/28 __________________ Life is short, drive it like you stole it!