If someone would have told me that I would be making this post three years ago, I would have laughed in their face.
Traded in my SS Monday morning. Some of you might have seen the posts that I've made over the past three years concerning my car's reliability. I had a heater core failure at 11k miles, (requiring windshield replacement, and tearing out the entire dash. Interior was NEVER the same. Constant whistling at highway speeds, creaking.) FOUR AC belt failures. (mostly the dealership's fault since they didn't check the problem out properly until the 4th trip) driver's side window weather strip failing. Finally, on Saturday night, as I was leaving work, got a CEL . Hooked up my SCT and found that I had an evap vent solenoid that had failed. From what I read it wasn't even a major fix. Probably a few hundred dollars. (car is officially out of it's bumper to bumper warranty.) However, this was really the last straw for me. As much as I loved this car, I don't have the cash to mod it, fix it, and maintain my winter vehicle (a 17 year old Jeep that really needs a tub off restoration, axle, and engine rebuild to be reliable). I had a very bad feeling, call it paranoia that this wasn't a coincidental pattern with my car. Too many problems. Too many weeks at the dealership. It was enough to diminish my enjoyment of the car to make me realize that I just wouldn't enjoy it long term.
That being said: Thank you all for the great times, and friendship. I know I wasn't the most active member of this club. Maybe made it to a few nice'n easy meetups, and sylvan beach once or twice per summer. But I truly enjoyed meeting all of you, seeing the beautiful cars that you built and customized. Talking about future mods, past vehicles, and generally just getting to know you all. I'm sad to leave the Camaro lifestyle behind for now, but it was the right move for me.
I will stay in touch, maybe bring my new wheels out to the beach or nice n easy.
This is my new toy
2014 JK Wrangler Willys edition, lifted and sitting on 35"s. Have a few more mods planned for this before all is said and done.
It's not a Camaro, but I've been a Jeep guy since I was 17. So while I'm sad to see my car go, I am thrilled with this Jeep.
Thanks again everyone. I'll still pop in on the forums on occasion, and if you need to find me, Ron, Spike, Eric, Joe, Kevin, and Andy have my number