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Originally Posted by rpepka
Ok here is the story one more time. I had a bone stock 2005 GTO automatic with 400 hp. It ran very well, shifted from 1st to 2nd with a nice chirp of the tires. My son has a 2000 Trans Am non WS6 automatic with a exaust and CAI. From time to time we would line up together and press on the gas WOT side by side and I would pull him out of the whole and finish 4 car lenghts ahead of him. We did the same thing with the Camaro and he pulled me out of the hole and beat me by 4 car lengths. The GTO was tested at about 13.5 1/4 mile times and the new Camaro was tested at 13.10. I was very dissapointed when I found out that the automatic Camaro was coming out with only 400hp and the Manual was 426. I dont care to shift and have always drag raced automatics. My last manual was a 2003 ZO6 and I just got tired of pushing the clutch in, in traffic. I have always had performance cars all my life and I know 400hp when I feel it. I went ahead and spent $46,000 for the Camaro thinking since it was 4 10th's quicker in the 1/4 mile it would be a little faster and that I could modify it. What I really wanted was the Z/28 with the LS7 engine that Chevy never made. So as it turns out I paid alot of money for a car that looks pretty but all and all is not worth the extra $31,000 I spent to trading my GTO for, ESPECALLY when my son's old ass Trans Am beats it!
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I hear ya.. And GM needs to step up to the plate on this one.. It really looks bad for the company if they do not get close to advertised speeds on the L99.