[caverman]

When I started looking for a newer car the Camaro was still only in the concept phase. The wife and I both wanted a manual car for the fun factor. We initially looked at 4 door sedans since we have 3 kids. Only options were things like BMW 5 series, Infinity, Acura TLS (which I really considered...even found one). Still, none of them really felt like it was the right one.

About 4 mths into the search GM released the Camaro and I found out I could get a new 2LT with a manual trans and RS pkg for about $28k. At the time that was my price range...$25k - $28k. In addition we've always been a Camaro familly over say a Corvette. I've had my '69 since I was 16 yrs old.

The wife agreed that the Camaro was the way to go but she really didn't think it was a good idea to go V6 because she knew what having a V8 muscle car was like. She knew we would never be happy with a V6 even if it cost a little more. So, who was I to argue. I orderd a 2SS around October '09 and took delivery in Feb '10.

The only thing I might have liked would have been HUD if it was available but not enough to spend the money and to rip apart my dash to add it afterwards. I would've also liked the backup camera in the rearview mirror. I'll probably add that eventually from Ofer.