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stevea · 10-05-2010, 02:24 PM

Mine wasn't jumping for joy over the price but she is fine with it. She will be due for a new ride when mine is paid for and she can get what she wants.

pogiskier · 10-05-2010, 02:41 PM

UUMMMM,

The wifeie bought mine for me, birthday present!

CaniacFan · 10-05-2010, 03:00 PM

I am one of the fortunate ones as well. My hubby is just not into cars. I made him so nervious taking my Camaro to the store (where to park it, watch out for the curb, fingerprints on the paint, etc) that now he gets nervous driving it. He likes his dodge Ram which works for me.

What he doesn't understand is modding. He can't understand the obsession (and I've done very little anyway), he thinks all cars are better left bone stock. I did show him some Vossen wheels and he liked them until I told him they were $6k!!! I've asked for a new exhaust for about 6 months and I'm thinking I'll just go out and get it, then beg for forgiveness.

"prima"Donna · 10-05-2010, 03:24 PM

As some of you that have seen me on here already know, I

LOVE,

LOVE, my 'HWAY STR'...

My husband and I bought it last year for each other to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary...however, I get to be the daily driver!!!...

MY husband occasionally drives it on the weekends...he also is the one that keeps it clean and shiny for me too...

We bought a '95 'little red Corvette' 4 years ago, and I owned a '76 Firebird many years ago, so I have always been a fan of cool cars...

I didn't think it could ever get any better than the Firebird or 'Vette, but the Camaro is all that and more, to 'this blissfully happy, ecstatic, elated, permagrining, getting younger again every time I drive it, FANATIC'!!!...

I have actually been trying to get my husband to buy another one like others have done on C5, so we will have 'his and hers' Camaros...

I am the one that goes to all the car shows and cruises and meets most of the time, with or without, my dear, sweet, amazing, husband...

If you had told me last year when we got this car that I would be on a car forum, talking to, and meeting up with fellow 5thgen Camaro enthusiasts, I would never have believed it...

This Camaro, and all that goes along with it, makes it the best and happiest car I have ever owned or driven IN MY LIFE!!!...

I guess you guys will say my husband is lucky that I am a 'car girl', but I am the truly blessed, and very lucky wife, of the best man in the whole wide world...he is my husband, but also my best friend too, even after 31 years of marriage, and being together for 38 years...(don't know how that could be, since we must have met each other when we were in diapers...lol...)

Here are pictures of the two of us taken last year on delivery day - 5/19/09.....

ravensjeff · 10-05-2010, 03:50 PM

motorhead and iron head had some freaking funny quotes.

My wife has already been thru this with Harleys, so she has been well conditioned. I keep teling her its "Ours"!!!!

Yeah, right.

JAB · 10-05-2010, 04:28 PM

Haha i got lucky my Gf has a 2010 Gt so while i dont have to listen to her bit(h&n that i love my car to much i do haft to deal with the whole Mustangs better than the camaro speech. Idk witch one id prefer lol

TooCool5 · 10-05-2010, 04:42 PM

Mines all in and can't wait to go cruising the beaches every week. And it gets her out of her kitchen!
:5thgenvert:

montej23 · 10-05-2010, 05:10 PM

Mine never rides in it, she has nothing to do with it. Sometimes I wonder if i should have just married the Camaro so least i know where all the money's going lol.

Bumblebee10 · 10-09-2010, 10:43 PM

Well, I'm also 6'3 and found it uncomfortable and too many blind spots to make sense in the long run. We also have a minivan but that is no fun to drive speed wise, however it is now what I have to drive as the wife gets the Venza. The van also has tons more features than the camaro did. You can only go so fast anyways. The Camaro was a 2010 and so is the Venza. 6 yrs from now the Venza will be worth more anyways. The Camaro was only the V6. Maybe one day when the kids move out and I want to act young but be in my 60's, then I will maybe get another Camaro. It was a fun 18 months. It was #4300 made. There were alot of paint peeling problems, now they will be someone elses problem.

SATXLS3 · 10-09-2010, 10:54 PM

I even put her name on it!

Uncle Harvey · 10-09-2010, 11:07 PM

As soon as I told my wife that I wanted one, she started talking about how we needed new furniture, etc. She didnt seem to mention that when I bought her a new car a year earlier. My truck was 10 years old with 245,000 miles on it. I needed something new and loved the looks of the Camaro. I just said screw it this time I am doing what I want. It just sux that she kinda killed a little of my joy.

Like I always say, "a womans place is in the stove".

Bumblebee10 · 10-09-2010, 11:10 PM

well, everytime we had a money issue arise, she would blame me and my camaro. She kept saying we should not of gotten it. Now if we are tight on money, I can blame it on her new Venza. laugh

Bumblebee10 · 10-09-2010, 11:12 PM

My camaro I traded in is at the local dealer..you can find it on this list. They gave me 24,000, or so they say...now they trying to get more than 27,000...they wont get $25,000

http://www.wesleychapeltoyota.com/Pr...ory-Third.aspx

d69chris · 10-09-2010, 11:14 PM

No problems!

Now that it's modded, she prefers to ride, instead of drive.

10-05-2010, 02:41 PM	#72
pogiskier Drives: 2011 camaro 2ss black,hurst shifter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Logan, UT Posts: 307	UUMMMM, The wifeie bought mine for me, birthday present! __________________

10-05-2010, 03:24 PM	#74
"prima"Donna HWAY STR Drives: 2010 RJT VIN#7085 & 2014 CRT C7 Join Date: May 2009 Location: New York Posts: 13,118 View My Garage	DO I LOVE MY CAMARO?...hmm?...let me tell you a little story... As some of you that have seen me on here already know, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, my 'HWAY STR'... My husband and I bought it last year for each other to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary...however, I get to be the daily driver!!!... MY husband occasionally drives it on the weekends...he also is the one that keeps it clean and shiny for me too... We bought a '95 'little red Corvette' 4 years ago, and I owned a '76 Firebird many years ago, so I have always been a fan of cool cars... I didn't think it could ever get any better than the Firebird or 'Vette, but the Camaro is all that and more, to 'this blissfully happy, ecstatic, elated, permagrining, getting younger again every time I drive it, FANATIC'!!!... I have actually been trying to get my husband to buy another one like others have done on C5, so we will have 'his and hers' Camaros... I am the one that goes to all the car shows and cruises and meets most of the time, with or without, my dear, sweet, amazing, husband... If you had told me last year when we got this car that I would be on a car forum, talking to, and meeting up with fellow 5thgen Camaro enthusiasts, I would never have believed it... This Camaro, and all that goes along with it, makes it the best and happiest car I have ever owned or driven IN MY LIFE!!!... I guess you guys will say my husband is lucky that I am a 'car girl', but I am the truly blessed, and very lucky wife, of the best man in the whole wide world...he is my husband, but also my best friend too, even after 31 years of marriage, and being together for 38 years...(don't know how that could be, since we must have met each other when we were in diapers...lol...) Here are pictures of the two of us taken last year on delivery day - 5/19/09..... Attached Images __________________ ~ HWAY STR ~

10-05-2010, 03:50 PM	#75
ravensjeff 100% Chevy & Harley Man Drives: 2010 2SS: Blown LSX 376-B15 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eldersburg,MD Posts: 2,211 View My Garage	motorhead and iron head had some freaking funny quotes. My wife has already been thru this with Harleys, so she has been well conditioned. I keep teling her its "Ours"!!!! Yeah, right. __________________ LSX 376-B15, TVS2300 SC, Harland Sharp Rockers w/ Trunion Bearings, ATI Balancer/keyed, AR LT Headers/Borla Catback Exhaust, DSS 1400 HP Axles, DSS aluminum driveshaft, 3.70, Hotchkis Springs/Sway bars, Forgeline SO3P Aluminum Wheels (20x9.5 F/20x11 R)w/ Hidden Titanium Hardware, Nitto NT05 Tires (27540ZR20 F/31535ZR20 R), Billet LPE brake/gas pedals, Escort 9500ci Radar Detector Laser Jammer, Roto Fab CAI with Ice Silver box, Carbon fiber tube/MAF Housing Assy, LPE Aluminum coil covers, SS9 Sleeper Fiber Glass Hood (ACS), Carbotech 1521 ceramic brake pads, Elite catch can.

10-05-2010, 04:42 PM	#77
TooCool5 Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LS 3.6 LLT V6 325 HP Join Date: May 2009 Location: LS Posts: 4,244 View My Garage	Mines all in and can't wait to go cruising the beaches every week. And it gets her out of her kitchen! :5thgenvert: __________________ 2010 Camaro Auto, Inferno Orange, Titanium Interior, Gearhead Wheels AIRAID CAI

10-09-2010, 10:43 PM	#79
Bumblebee10 Bumblebee10 Drives: 2011 2LT Red Jewel RS Automatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Land O Lakes,Fl Posts: 96 View My Garage	Well, I'm also 6'3 and found it uncomfortable and too many blind spots to make sense in the long run. We also have a minivan but that is no fun to drive speed wise, however it is now what I have to drive as the wife gets the Venza. The van also has tons more features than the camaro did. You can only go so fast anyways. The Camaro was a 2010 and so is the Venza. 6 yrs from now the Venza will be worth more anyways. The Camaro was only the V6. Maybe one day when the kids move out and I want to act young but be in my 60's, then I will maybe get another Camaro. It was a fun 18 months. It was #4300 made. There were alot of paint peeling problems, now they will be someone elses problem. __________________

10-05-2010, 02:24 PM	#71
stevea Drives: just a car Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: USA Posts: 285	Mine wasn't jumping for joy over the price but she is fine with it. She will be due for a new ride when mine is paid for and she can get what she wants.

10-05-2010, 03:00 PM	#73
CaniacFan Drives: '10 SS CGM #75,288, '14 Stingray Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,938	I am one of the fortunate ones as well. My hubby is just not into cars. I made him so nervious taking my Camaro to the store (where to park it, watch out for the curb, fingerprints on the paint, etc) that now he gets nervous driving it. He likes his dodge Ram which works for me. What he doesn't understand is modding. He can't understand the obsession (and I've done very little anyway), he thinks all cars are better left bone stock. I did show him some Vossen wheels and he liked them until I told him they were $6k!!! I've asked for a new exhaust for about 6 months and I'm thinking I'll just go out and get it, then beg for forgiveness.

10-05-2010, 04:28 PM	#76
JAB C_H_E_V_Y Drives: Velocity Yellow C6 Z06 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sugar land/Houston TX Posts: 704	Haha i got lucky my Gf has a 2010 Gt so while i dont have to listen to her bit(h&n that i love my car to much i do haft to deal with the whole Mustangs better than the camaro speech. Idk witch one id prefer lol

10-05-2010, 05:10 PM	#78
montej23 Drives: 2011 VR Camaro Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arkansas Posts: 974 View My Garage	Mine never rides in it, she has nothing to do with it. Sometimes I wonder if i should have just married the Camaro so least i know where all the money's going lol.

10-09-2010, 10:54 PM	#80
SATXLS3 Drives: 2012 GMC Sierra Z71 4x4 Crew Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 1,229 View My Garage	Wife loves the car! I even put her name on it! Attached Images __________________ MBRP 3" CAT BACK, SLP SKIP SHIFT, COLD AIR INDUCTIONS INTAKE, INJEN PRE FILTER, AAC LED PODS, CUSTOM COACH WORKS PAINT,PFADT LOWERING SPRINGS AND SWAY BARS, MRR HR-6 WHEELS, RPI DESIGNS C-6 HIGH RISE SPOILER(AKA RK SPORT 3 PIECE SPOILER)

10-09-2010, 11:07 PM	#81
Uncle Harvey Drives: 2011 2SS RS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Senoia, GA Posts: 237 View My Garage	As soon as I told my wife that I wanted one, she started talking about how we needed new furniture, etc. She didnt seem to mention that when I bought her a new car a year earlier. My truck was 10 years old with 245,000 miles on it. I needed something new and loved the looks of the Camaro. I just said screw it this time I am doing what I want. It just sux that she kinda killed a little of my joy. Like I always say, "a womans place is in the stove".

10-09-2010, 11:10 PM	#82
Bumblebee10 Bumblebee10 Drives: 2011 2LT Red Jewel RS Automatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Land O Lakes,Fl Posts: 96 View My Garage	well, everytime we had a money issue arise, she would blame me and my camaro. She kept saying we should not of gotten it. Now if we are tight on money, I can blame it on her new Venza. laugh __________________

10-09-2010, 11:12 PM	#83
Bumblebee10 Bumblebee10 Drives: 2011 2LT Red Jewel RS Automatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Land O Lakes,Fl Posts: 96 View My Garage	My camaro I traded in is at the local dealer..you can find it on this list. They gave me 24,000, or so they say...now they trying to get more than 27,000...they wont get $25,000 http://www.wesleychapeltoyota.com/Pr...ory-Third.aspx __________________

10-09-2010, 11:14 PM	#84
d69chris Florida C5 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Vortech L99 IOM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tequesta, FL Posts: 2,608 View My Garage	No problems! Now that it's modded, she prefers to ride, instead of drive. __________________ Ordered 11/08/08....Del. 08/05/2009 Loving every minute of it! Don't hate me because i'm Pretty....

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