geez this thread just goes on and on and on lol..
The reality of it is this (and I'm a V6 Camaro owner so I get the arguement).
V6 owners don't care. We don't want to "rationalize" anything. We bought a car we love and enjoy and want to share with other Camaro enthusiasts. But seriously - we come to meets and shows and are talking to people about the love for the car and the minute they find out that there's "only a v6" under the hood, they lose interest. They suddenly don't feel that we are worthy to talk to or that they just don't care.
It sucks. Because suddenly it makes us outcasts. No one else shares the love of the car with us and because we don't own a v8 - the ones that love the car like we do aren't interested in hearing about, talking about, or even seeing the cars we drive.
And thats the problem. It's not about power, its not about speed - its about loving something that really gets your emotions going, wanting to share - and getting shot down for it. I've even had that happen with my car club -- had v8 owners in it who don't care that I drive a 6 and are human beings. But every once in a while I'll get a v8 owner who wants to join, he'll talk to the v8 owners and like all of us - and then he finds out I drive a v6. Suddenly he no longer wants to join a club where the owner/operator doesn't drive a v8 (and I've seriously got this response before) - because if I don't drive a v8 I can't possibly *really* love the Camaro or Firebird (sorry..Trans/Am. T/A people hate it when you call it what it really is).
Anyway -- the point is that the v6 owner gets shut out because of a few horsepower when we are just as passionate and enthusiastic about this fantastic vehicle as you v8 owners are -- so what if we got a 6, there were reasons we did.
Thank you to the v8 owners who aren't being stupid and respect the fact that there are reasons for everything that people do and the fact that they own the car is enough to respect the people that own it regardless of engine size.
To those of you that have to hate the v6 - you will do so regardless of what anyone says and I get that. To the v6 owners who read this and identify with it - to the OP - I have to be brutal: get over it. I get what you are feeling I've been going through this since 1996 (when I bought my car) - it's never going to get better. Realize that you are just going to have to either commiserate with your fellow v6 owners, or try hard to find people that care that you own a great car and it doesn't matter what's under the hood. It's a long hard road but you've got a great car to drive on it.
Enjoy the ride
