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09-04-2018, 07:35 AM
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 Drives: 2014 2SS blue Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Socal
Posts: 689
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I grew up during the 1st muscle car era from the late 60s to the 70s. I had a couple fast cars back then. Just looking to re-live my youth I suppose.
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09-04-2018, 08:03 AM
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  Drives: 2014 1le 1SS CRMT Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Boston mass
Posts: 1,178
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Cause ,I couldn’t afford a Vett at the time !! But I do love my 1LE !!
Next sports car is going to be a Z06 !!! |
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09-04-2018, 01:29 PM
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THE Cone Killer
Drives: 2015 2SS/RS BVM; 2016 Vette Z51 Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Myrtle Beach
Posts: 114
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My father worked for GM building Camaro's. I got the bug early.
My mom had a nice 74 firebird, my dumb butt totaled it on the first weekend of my senior year of HS. Then mom bought a 77 Firebird "Sky bird". The baby blue ones. It is still in the garage at home. Looks almost new after 40 years. I hardly ever drove that one... Wonder why! Never really had a muscle car, along comes marriage, kids, mini vans, SUV's, pickups... Life goes by, the kids are gone, I was tired of driving all of the above. Went to a Chevy dealer to look at a used Mustang of all things. Numbers are not working out, the GM tosses me some keys, "here go drive this NEW Camaro.". A 2013 2LS.. 1 test ride later. It was mine. Kept it 2 1/2 yrs. A few minor mods, Then the SS bug caught me. I got my present 2015 2SS /RS. Many mods and a trip to camarofest 8 later, this 1 will stay with me a while.
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ARH Full exhaust w/ HF cats
CAI Cold Air Intake w/ scoop, Gears 3.73 BMR 1.25 inch lowering springs, Trailing Arms, Toe Links, Cradle and offset Diff Bushings, Bilstein Struts, front and rear ZL1 rear Diffuser, Rocker Panels, 1LE Front Splitter Z28 High Wing Rear Spoiler, Tuned by DynoSteve |
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09-04-2018, 01:39 PM
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Drives: 2012 M6 ZL1. 2019 Altima.07 FJR1300 Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MD
Posts: 665
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because it looked better than a Mustang...
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09-04-2018, 02:04 PM
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Drives: 2010 SS Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Hudson Florida
Posts: 150
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Always loved the 1st Gen, A guy in the neighborhood had a Dark Blue SS with a giant White stripe and a huge mailbox air scoop.
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09-04-2018, 02:45 PM
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Drives: 2014 1ss camaro Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: missouri
Posts: 705
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saw a 72' at the then st Louis international race way purple looking called "plum crazy" I was 14. been bit ever since ff to 03 bought 2 67's to build one. body shop prison for 3years sold ff 05 bought wreaked 99 z28 for 600 dollars fixed it , traded for 02 Z28 1sc car had for 10 years made it bad! found my 14 on autotrader.com flew to dallas from st. lou and drove it home all night ashen gray. personalized plates say: GRY MTR and sometimes when I drive out alone on the highway I don't use my grey matter, as such we all do from time to time for we enjoy our wheels.
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09-04-2018, 03:08 PM
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#91 |
 Drives: 2015 2LT/RS BVM Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: AZ
Posts: 244
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I've always rather liked the Camaro. Had a 4th gen, and when I saw the concept for the 5th gen, I was sold and it became a goal to own one.
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09-04-2018, 04:25 PM
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Drives: 2014 Red Hot LS3 Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: SF Bay Area, CA
Posts: 4,267
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I was looking for a car in 2014 with the Camaro on my list. I shopped the interweb and found an SS with 20% off near me.
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09-04-2018, 04:45 PM
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376 cubic inches of fun
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I bought a 2010 Camaro because in 1969, I couldn't afford one.
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09-04-2018, 04:52 PM
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Drives: ABM SS2/RS M6 Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Lafayette,LA
Posts: 2,231
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Because I couldn't afford an L78 396/375HP 1967 SS/RS Camaro. So I got a first yr (5th gen) cause thats the only color I wanted once they came out.
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09-04-2018, 05:38 PM
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Drives: 2014 1SS 1LE Red Hot Camaro Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Stockton CA
Posts: 110
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I had a 2000 firebird vert that was going to expensive in 2012. Read more parts needed than the value. So I traded it in for new 2012 1LS. It was murdered on the highway. I then found a 2014 SS 1LE and love it. IT made a huge splash at the office. One friend said " what a wicked car"
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A new to me 2014 1SS 1LE in Red Hot.
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09-04-2018, 05:45 PM
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Drives: 2015 LT RS Camaro, 1978 Trans Am Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Wadsworth, Ohio
Posts: 125
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the old fart response
When I was a mid twenty something my Father helped me rebuild a 68 SS. Two years later I traded it for some cash and a jet drive boat.... was big with women at that point (put in at this point my Father and all of you just now calling me a dumba**) I am in my second marriage an my lovely wife heard the story so many times she bought me my 2015 about 1 1/2 years ago for my birthday. It is not an SS but I am still a very proud owner and they will claw this steering wheel out of my cold dead hands
 by the way I am 58 now "yikes" Last edited by Spocktwin; 09-04-2018 at 05:48 PM. Reason: addition |
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09-04-2018, 05:51 PM
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Drives: 2011 2LT RS Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 59
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Thanks everyone for all the replies and great stories! Didn’t think this thread would get so much attention!
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09-04-2018, 05:53 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT/RS Join Date: May 2015
Location: Farmville, Virginia
Posts: 1,022
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I have been working at new car dealerships for 37 years now. Few vehicles excite me anymore. But the first Gen 5 Camaro I saw actually blew me away. Everything about the cars called out to me. If I were speaking to someone and saw a Gen 5 go by, I would lose my train of thought while it drove out of sight. From that point on, I knew that I would have to have one. I have had mine a little over 3 years now, and I still peer out of the window to look at it in my driveway and admire it.
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