80,000 mile check in

[fiascoes1]

talk about daily driver, how far away is your job 500 miles? lol! I got mine april 2010 and only have 14k on it.

[camaroitalia]

over a year, 1,100 miles lol it will take me 80 years

[Scott@Bjorn3D]

31800 since May of 2009.

[AlohaBR]

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

I drive 60,000 miles a year for my job. I get mileage reimbursement (and venture to say the OP does too) for each mile I drive past my home location. Currently my SS gets 16.3 MPG most from when it was my DD in the city. My work car gets gets 41.9 MPG on almost 100% highway miles. Figure an SS would be averaging around 20 to MPG on an 80/20 highway/city split and that SS is a waste of money, the LLT would achieve 26-30 MPG in the same scenario. Add on the price difference between an LS to even a 1SS and the scenario only gets less cost effective. You really can't make a reasonable case for driving low mileage car over 30K MSRP.



Congrats on wasting probably $40,000 when a car half that price would have done the job better. What these guys choose to do with their cars is there business, but given I'm in a similar scenario I'm going to call it like I see it and says that a waste of money. The car DD I bought for work has already paid for itself, the rest can go into savings or.....dare I say my Camaro?

Really, my DD van cost me over 28k and only got 14mpg, so going to a V6 for less money and doubling in gas mileage that now pays for the gas and the insurance!
Could have gone with the V8 but have a few of those already and why pay more for the same look?

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by AlohaBR

Really, my DD van cost me over 28k and only got 14mpg, so going to a V6 for less money and doubling in gas mileage that now pays for the gas and the insurance!
Could have gone with the V8 but have a few of those already and why pay more for the same look?

Makes sense to me. Like I said, I don't see the logic in getting an SS if you're going to put 50-75k on it every year. Might as well get some ROI with higher mileage.

["prima"Donna]

WOW!!!!

Congrats to you and here's to 80,000+ more!!!

[smokingcamaro]

Nice that is great, Keep those updates coming!!!!!!!!!!

[Stormyone]

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

Makes sense to me. Like I said, I don't see the logic in getting an SS if you're going to put 50-75k on it every year. Might as well get some ROI with higher mileage.

Some people would say what is the logic in buying a Camaro when there are other cars that get better gas mileage and are more environmentally friendly, and I know you've heard some of those arguments... Some would even say why buy a muscle car in this day/age with gas prices being what they are, to them its not "logical."

My point why must car choices be logical? I understand your rationale, and why you would never do it, i.e. buy a SS and put a lot of miles on it.... but for some it's a non-issue... Just as its not logical "to me" for a person to buy a car and never drive it, I respect the fact that they choose not to do so... Not what I would do, but I respect their choice.....

[PieNsky]

Originally Posted by AlohaBR

Great to see someone that DRIVES their Camaro!
How long have you had it?
Coming up on my 1st year and will hit somewhere @ 36k miles.

June 26 2009. It was a Saturday and to this day I regret not calling in...car sick... when I got the call while, of all things, driving to work. It was picked up on Sat. Dealer called to tell me it was on the truck on Friday.

[PieNsky]

Originally Posted by Trailnut

SWEET - keep up the good work!

p.s. Nice Hood

Yeah, I like it too
Got hit on the hood from concrete being dumped from the interstate construction weeks after getting it. It was loud and dusty combined with being around midnight. Got up the next day and thought I had hit the world's largest moth. Wiped my hand across the hood, the concrete dust had hid the gouge and dent. I felt sick.

[PieNsky]

Originally Posted by B1G-AL

Your 70k check-in wasn't too long ago...WOW! Let's see an odometer pic...I'm sure my eyes won't even believe those kind of digits on a 2010 Camaro!

Ok, if you post more pics like in your signature

[PieNsky]

Originally Posted by slick rick

How's the paint holding up?

No issues at all.

[Bell040]

Originally Posted by CamarJoe

It's not a waste if it brings you happiness. And daily driving an SS would bring most people on this board happiness. Happiness is all we really have in life.

yup... my cammed 2SS/RS at 77,000 miles makes me happy indeed. And when the engine is trash at 300,000 miles... I'll drop something even nastier in it

[AlohaBR]

Originally Posted by PieNsky

June 26 2009. It was a Saturday and to this day I regret not calling in...car sick... when I got the call while, of all things, driving to work. It was picked up on Sat. Dealer called to tell me it was on the truck on Friday.

Originally Posted by Bell040

yup... my cammed 2SS/RS at 77,000 miles makes me happy indeed. And when the engine is trash at 300,000 miles... I'll drop something even nastier in it

You 2 need to slow down, how am I suppose to catch you? You have a year to year and a half jump on me.
Picked up 8/23/2010, should hit 36k on it's anniversary.