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11-17-2023, 11:37 PM
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 Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Oct 2023
Location: Souteastern Wisconsin
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Just bought my dream car! - 2023 2SS
Greetings everyone. I've been perusing these this forum for couple months now due to the search engine leading me to some good advice here. I've seen some amazing pics on here of 1LEs and ZL1s. (Tbone's panther Camaro was crazy good.) Therefore, since thid group are fans of Camaro I wanted to share my story with you.
As a teen in the late 90s, I fell in love with the 4th gen Caramo. It's looks, power, and attainabilty made it attractive to my young mind. I recall playing Gran Turismo 3 on the PS2 and driving Camaros around the track just to enjoy seeing them. After high-school, I enlisted in the US Marine Corp. Anyone familiar with military bases in the '00s knows that Mustangs, Firebirds, and Camaros abound, a long with big trucks, of course. Long story short, I purchased my first vehicle from a fellow Marine, a sleek forest green '97 SS with a V8, black wheels, blackout taillights, and T-tops. The car was amazing and, due a change of station, I fortunate enough to drive that car from coast to coast, Washington DC to Twentynine Palms, CA and later Camp Pendleton. I went way too fast across Arizona and New Mexico.  I loved that car, even if did like to eat starters and leaked oil. It was the car I took my future wife on dates with and later took on our honeymoon. Four years after I purchased the '97 Camaro, my wife was pregnant with our son in the middle of a Wisconsin winter. I was out of the military and attending University. We had little money. The Camaro was parked in a rundown garage and we were using my wife's Ford Taurus for transportation during the winter, but it had some issues, namely worn out breaks. With the baby only 2 months away, we got the breaks fixed, but when she picked up the car, it wouldn't go anywhere in drive. The transmission blew. There we were, in January with just a Camaro for a family vehicle. Needless to say the Camaro was traded in for an Impala. Ever since the 5th gen Camaro concept was unveiled, we talked about getting one in the future. Fifteen years later, we purchased a 2023 2SS V8 6MT! The vehicle is a dream. The black wheels and smoked out taillights remind me of the '97 SS. |
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11-17-2023, 11:40 PM
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Drives: 2018 2SS M6 Hot Wheels Camaro Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: MA
Posts: 575
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Enjoy your new Camaro, and post some pics when u can!
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2018 2SS M6 Hot Wheels Camaro loaded (Moonroof, Magnetic Ride Control, NPP, etc…)
Previous cars: 2017 1SS Nightfall Gray Metallic w/A8 and NPP 1988 IROC-Z (tons of mods), 1995 Z28, 1998 Z28, 2006 GTO, 2010 Camaro 1SS, 2015 Subaru STI, a couple Acuras and multiple Jeeps. |
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11-18-2023, 02:19 AM
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2020 Shadow Gray 2SS
Drives: 2020 2SS - A10, NPP, MRC, CAI Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: SoCal
Posts: 3,031
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Awesome, the 6th Gen will be the best car you've ever owned!!! The 2SS has some fantastic creature comforts!!!
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2020 SGM 2SS - A10, NPP, MRC, Red Calipers, Black Camaro Fender Badge, Footwell Lighting
Added after delivery: - GMP CAI, GMP Black Strut Tower Brace, MRR017 1LE Wheels, SS Armrest, Black Fuel Door, Stainless Sport Pedals, SS Wheel Caps, Black Lugs/Locks, GM Splash Guards, DD Smoked LED Markers, Smoked Rear Reflectors, Mishimoto Catch Can, Xpel PPF - Full Front, SunTek 35% Tint, CeramicPro coating, RST Stainless Brake Lines, Castrol SRF, MSD Super Conductor Wires Left: My "fun" ride. Right: My "work" ride: a Gulfstream G600. One's top speed is 180 Mph, the other, 620 Mph...  |
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11-18-2023, 05:56 AM
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Drives: 2023 Chevy Camaro 2LT V6 6MT Join Date: Sep 2023
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 88
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Beautiful SS. Enjoy!
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2023 Camaro 2LT V6 6MT Vivid Orange Metallic
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11-18-2023, 07:24 AM
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Drives: 2023 Camaro SS 1LE Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Virginia
Posts: 294
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Loved your story .... a walk down memory lane for me.
Congratulations on your dream car! 
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11-18-2023, 07:30 AM
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jfkheat
Drives: 2023 Rapid Blue ZL1 Join Date: Nov 2023
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 180
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Congrats. Great looking car. I just got my new 2SS earlier this week.
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11-18-2023, 07:33 AM
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Drives: 2023 2SS 1LE Join Date: May 2014
Location: Ky
Posts: 283
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Congrats...Great color choice
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11-18-2023, 08:16 AM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro ZL1 Coupe Join Date: May 2016
Location: Georgia
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Congratulations and enjoy the drive. Awesome color too!��
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ZL1 Coupe, PDR, Exposed carbon fiber hood insert, My Link with Nav, M6 6 speed and Silver Ice Metallic. Mods done: ceramic window tint, GM Accessories Camaro floor mats and Roto-Fab CAI.
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11-18-2023, 09:12 AM
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Drives: 2018 Camaro 2SS A8 Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: East Tennessee
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Congratulations, fantastic car and great color combination, the stripe works really well with it, too
 Get some real tires for it ASAP and you'll enjoy the ride even more
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2018 Camaro 2SS — G7E MX0 NPP F55 IO6
735 rwhp | 665 rwtq Magnuson TVS 2300 80mm pulley | Kooks 1 7/8" LT headers | JRE smooth idle terminator cam | LT4 FS & injectors | TSP forged pistons & rods JMS PowerMAX | DSX flex fuel kit | Roto-Fab CAI | Soler 95mm LT5 TB | 1LE wheels | 1LE brakes | BMR rear cradle lockout | JRE custom tune 1100 - 1/30/18 | 2000 - 1/31/18 3000 - 2/06/18 TPW 2/26/18 3400 - 2/19/18 | 3800 - 2/26/18 4300 - 2/27/18 | 4B00 - 3/01/18 4200 - 3/05/18 | 4800 - 3/14/18 5000 - 3/16/18 | 6000 - 3/19/18 |
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11-18-2023, 09:22 AM
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Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Oct 2023
Location: Souteastern Wisconsin
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Here's some pics.
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11-18-2023, 09:28 AM
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Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Oct 2023
Location: Souteastern Wisconsin
Posts: 8
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After reading these forums, I heard about the Eagle F1s rough ride and poor performance in the wet and cool. Therefore, based on recommendations from users on this forum, I installed some Continental Extreme Contact DWS06+ tires. They really made a difference like people said. I'm quite pleased. Thank you Camaro6!
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11-18-2023, 10:31 AM
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Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Aug 2023
Location: Leonardtown, Maryland
Posts: 11
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Well Done! Life is good.
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11-18-2023, 11:44 AM
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Congratulations and welcome to the forum. Beautiful car. I got my 2SS last year and love it.
Thank you for your service.
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'22 2SS | Wild Cherry Tintcoat | Design Package 3 | NPP | MRC | A10 | NAV | Ceramic Coating | Full Frontal PPF | New Hood and Side Stripes | Michelin PS AS 4
Range AFM Disabler | Mishimoto Catch Can | Diode Dynamics side markers | Cold Air Inductions CAI | LLoyd Velourtex front/trunk mats with Camaro SS logo ZL1addons Deluxe Rock Guards, Stealth Lift Pads, and Tow Hook | Escort MAXcam360c | Footwell Lighting | Banks gauges in ZZPerformance pillar pod | Paddle shifter extensions  |
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11-18-2023, 12:47 PM
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OSCM(SW) USN Ret.
Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS-1LE VOM 6M Join Date: Apr 2023
Location: MD
Posts: 195
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Welcome to the wonderful world of VOM! A great choice! Enjoy!
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2023 2SS-1LE VOM, 6M, SR S-TBrace, A-PDL's, Fuzzy suede KP's, NAV
1100 3/29/23 2000 3/30/23 3300 5/1/23 3800 5/4/23 4200 6/1/23 6000 6/6/23  |
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