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Originally Posted by sir5er
I took my car in this morning and drove it for the shop foreman. He heard the noise loud and clear. I left it with them and they called me back saying that they could find nothing wrong with it but they hear the noise which doesn't sound good. They said they called GM and they told them that was a characteristic of the camaro. That is TOTAL BULLCRAP! It's funny how my car seems to be getting more character by the day. The worst part of it all is that when I backed into my drive way today after picking up my car it made the most awful clanking noise coming from the transmission. Oh, just to let you know I was wrong in the description of the noise in my original post. It's not grinding, it's more like a chatter or knocking. I'm not good at describing noises. This is how my husband describes it. Daniels Chevy Land told me that if my car gets worse to bring it in and they would have a gm rep or someone come and drive it. I don't understand why it's so difficult for them to just fix it no matter what. It's not normal and even the shop foreman said it. Another thing too, my ground effects package came in today and they were going to install it but they called me after they opened it because it was a charcoal color. What I saw online was black. That's why I ordered it. Since they weren't helpful I went to a different Chevy dealer and they were wonderful. They found that only the front valance is available in black. Seems like I could just have the kit painted but Daniels said that it says paint to match is not reccommended. They said there was nothing they could do about it and didn't even check into it for me. They said I had to contact gm to try and get my money back. There is no actual color name listed on the kits so one can only go by the pictures. The pictures are very misleading. I also ordered a black stripe which will not go with a gray kit. That will really offset the look of it. If there was a stipe the same color as the kit then I could consider just gettting a charcoal stripe to go with it but that color appears to be much lighter than the kit. But again, pictures are very misleading. So now what do I do? I really want the ground effects kit and stripe but I want them to match. If the kit could be painted then great. Problem solved. But what about my transmission? Should I just leave it as is until it completely breaks down or wears out or whatever is going to happen? I guarantee something is going to happen. Not one person I know thats heard my car disagrees with me. I am very stressed about this because I LOVE my car and to be honest, I can deal with any problems that car can give me because I would never give her up. She's worth every problem there is but it's just so unfair. When it rains, it pours. Please HELP! Tell me what to do
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Relax, first of all. I've owned 3 f-bodies, 94 Z-28, 95 Z-28, 99 SS. I currently own a 2002 Z06. All of them with manual transmission. This is a characteristic of this transmission. When you said you were spoiled by your Acura, I can see why you think there is a problem. The Camaro is a muscle car, not a sewing machine. The idle is not glass smooth, the transmission isn't either. Just enjoy the car, wait a few thousand miles and see what happens after the transmission and engine work themselves in, you'll still have the warranty.