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Originally Posted by 350 HRSS
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Originally Posted by motorhead 
It really doesn't matter what direction GM would have taken with this car. Someone would still have a problem with it. I understand what this Pill fellow is saying in regard to the car missing the boat if the intension was to be a track car, but I really think the intention was for some extremely rich dude to be able play against the clock during open track events which it will do just fine. The marketing comes in when they say it is picking up where the 69 left off or that it is bred out of the 69. Anybody with any kind of brains over Fanboyism knows that's just good marketing. Other than the looks, I have no desire to own one over a ZL1 after seeing this cost. The really funny thing is that if the looks is all you're into, then grab a 2014 non rs package 1LE. They look just as good at just about half the cost. Put Z/28 stickers on too if it will make you feel better. If you got the money and want to buy a Z/28 I say go for it and enjoy it. I'm sure GM will sell everyone the build.
Agree with this post above. There are many levels of Camaro to own, everyone can't afford each level. GM will sell each Z/28 they produce, just like they did with the COPO. This thread is unreal in how it's progressed. If it's too much, you don't have to buy it. Just get a different Camaro. Go for the 2014 1LE as mentioned above. It's a sharp car, and similar in style to the Z/28. I agree also, that no matter what direction GM would have taken, some would have a problem with it. I am just glad they are back with the Z/28, and look forward to seeing what it will do in 2014 at the track  |
There is a sense that this one particular Camaro level was taken out of reach of too many of the people who would have used it as pitched - out on a track . . . with no particular intent to be run in W2W events.
It is very easy for some of us to not only appreciate but prefer its basic, no-frills, heavy on the performance content nature. And that's what's missing in the rest of the line-up. The 1979 Malibu that I bought new and which remained in daily driver service until well into the 2000's was ordered as v8/4-barrel, 4MT, sport suspension, bucket seats, no A/C, no radio, HD radiator, HD alternator and virtually nothing else (I actually begrudged the notion of having to get the "Classic" trim in order to get one of the things I did want, most likely the seats). You could say I already have put my money where my keyboard is today, and I'd do it again for my next car if whatever that turns out to be comes in at a reasonable price point (with A/C this time).
It's the price point that's the Z/28's let-down.
It's the one Camaro that so clearly puts the driving experience above the presence of technological content.
A 1SS 1LE is as close as any of the rest get, but even it is still a little too cluttered with features that are irrelevant to the driving experience.
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Originally Posted by 2cnd chance
It's not the past...it's who he is. You'll have to find out for yourself.
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All you can find out about that from here would be from reading history, history that was before my time here as well. Maybe the difference between 'difficult' (Pill's own self-description) and 'impossible' (i.e. earning ban status) all lies in how easily one's hot buttons can be pushed.
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