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dbotsfordtat · 02-11-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by StoutFiles

^I like Camaro Conti...he got a lot of crap for posting the IDL video a while back but at least he was being honest with us about his opinion. And his opinions turned out to be correct.

+1

AK's SS Camaro · 02-11-2009, 05:41 PM

Just heard from my dealer that there will be no 2SS camaro's produced untill August September. All V6's to start. Has anyone else heard this? If this is the case there are going to be a lot of upset people, because i doubt if anybody preodered a V6. Does anyone think this might change? This really suck for me because i am #1 on my dealers allocation list. Before this news, it looked like middle of april i would have had my car.

FenwickHockey65 · 02-11-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Edrock

My thought on that is NOPE. I doubt it seriously. There's been way too much negativity (unfortunately) for GM to do this again. Every time GM approaches the cage with fresh meat, their hand get mauled off. Not defending....just an observation. :slice:

GM is never going to do this again. I hope everyone here had fun with this launch, because it's the last time it's ever happening.

I expect the 6th gen Camaro to be tested on some lonely back roads where nobody can complain about the headlights, built in some obscure assembly plant in the middle of Nebraska, and no images would be released until they arrived at dealers so that nobody could complain about the ambient lighting.

FenwickHockey65 · 02-11-2009, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by AK's SS Camaro

Just heard from my dealer that there will be no 2SS camaro's produced untill August September. All V6's to start. Has anyone else heard this? If this is the case there are going to be a lot of upset people, because i doubt if anybody preodered a V6. Does anyone think this might change? This really suck for me because i am #1 on my dealers allocation list. Before this news, it looked like middle of april i would have had my car.

1. GM will build V6 models for dealers at start of production. This will NOT take that long.
2. A good percentage of preorders are V6 models.
3.

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Originally Posted by The_Blur

Your dealer is an idiot. The idiocy of your dealer dwarfs the idiocy of ordinary human beings. It could be that most dealers are inherently stupid by design, or it could be that your dealer was bludgeoned repeatedly to cause this intelligence gap. In any case, your dealer is clearly dumber than most people are capable of being. Don't worry. Somehow, hundreds of thousands to millions of dealers all over the country manage to do their jobs despite their colossal idiocy.

AK's SS Camaro · 02-11-2009, 05:52 PM

So does anybody know anything? Or is everyone that u hear news from completely stupid has no clue?

*GTAHVIT* · 02-11-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by StoutFiles

^I like Camaro Conti...he got a lot of crap for posting the IDL video a while back but at least he was being honest with us about his opinion. And his opinions turned out to be correct.

No they haven't, not yet. There are some out there that think V6's will be harder to get than V8's.

Camaro5's position on this is wait and see. None of the players in this debate are being endorsed at this time. There are way too many variables in the equation.

*GTAHVIT* · 02-11-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by AK's SS Camaro

Just heard from my dealer that there will be no 2SS camaro's produced untill August September. All V6's to start. Has anyone else heard this? If this is the case there are going to be a lot of upset people, because i doubt if anybody preodered a V6. Does anyone think this might change? This really suck for me because i am #1 on my dealers allocation list. Before this news, it looked like middle of april i would have had my car.

NOT TRUE!!!!!

If you don't believe me ask TAG when his car is expected to be delivered.

I swear, if I could go back in time.....

*radz28* · 02-11-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by UCF w00t

The preordering system really forced our hands. I think that's the problem... in effect forcing people to preorder (if you don't you'll be waiting a long time) their car without all the information on the table. If they didn't have the preorders out, we would have no room for complaint.

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Originally Posted by gtahvit

I'm not sure if this is true, but I was told by a dealer that this is the first time GM has done a preoder like this, on a new car prior to SORP. maybe some of our regular dealers can verify this for me...

But it goes along with what you are saying.

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Originally Posted by gtahvit

NOT TRUE!!!!!

If you don't believe me ask TAG when his car is expected to be delivered.

I swear, if I could go back in time.....

:bangdesk:

*GTAHVIT* · 02-11-2009, 06:03 PM

So, for my latest news on the ABL. I asked multiple people at the Chevy display in Daytona about ABL. half of them knew what it was. Of those only about half of them knew there was a problem and only one knew how it was supposed to work.

That one person was very tight lipped. In fairness to her she wasn't extremely knowledgeable on the Camaro.

So, my point of this useless post is to say.... "No new news."

NAHURRY · 02-11-2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by StoutFiles

^I like Camaro Conti...he got a lot of crap for posting the IDL video a while back but at least he was being honest with us about his opinion. And his opinions turned out to be correct.

yeh, hes been great!...He did tell us that ABL would not be in the first wave of cars. so well just haft to see next month if he was misinformed or correct.

NAHURRY · 02-11-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gtahvit

So, for my latest news on the ABL. I asked multiple people at the Chevy display in Daytona about ABL. half of them knew what it was. Of those only about half of them knew there was a problem and only one knew how it was supposed to work.

That one person was very tight lipped. In fairness to her she wasn't extremely knowledgeable on the Camaro.

So, my point of this useless post is to say.... "No new news."

atleast you tryed man

thanks for posting.

*GTAHVIT* · 02-11-2009, 06:08 PM

^

Rodrunner · 02-11-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by UCF w00t

The preordering system really forced our hands. I think that's the problem... in effect forcing people to preorder (if you don't you'll be waiting a long time) their car without all the information on the table. If they didn't have the preorders out, we would have no room for complaint.

C'mon....forced to order? Only the "got to be the first on the block" people, and that's their egotistical problem. Most aren't so easily intimidated into parting with their money.

And I don't think the early release of information by GM has in any way tainted this launch, nor should it affect their next one. Sure, people are finding things to complain about, but how many orders have actually been canceled because of it? I doubt more than a handful. Even if 500 to 1,000 cancel because of stripes, ABL, etc., GM's still at least 10,000 cars ahead of the game. The price for them - overlooking some whining. Not a bad deal.

JMAN311 · 02-11-2009, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

GM is never going to do this again. I hope everyone here had fun with this launch, because it's the last time it's ever happening.

I expect the 6th gen Camaro to be tested on some lonely back roads where nobody can complain about the headlights, built in some obscure assembly plant in the middle of Nebraska, and no images would be released until they arrived at dealers so that nobody could complain about the ambient lighting.

Hopefully our state gets electricity by then! Also, it might take a while to get part shipments seemings how we use covered wagons. But you're right, ya sure wouldn't have to worry about pictures of it. But I could use my telegraph to send out updates of their progress.

02-11-2009, 06:03 PM	#191
GTAHVIT Blessed Drives: 2013 Sonic RS MT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Saint Augustine FL Posts: 28,441 View My Garage	So, for my latest news on the ABL. I asked multiple people at the Chevy display in Daytona about ABL. half of them knew what it was. Of those only about half of them knew there was a problem and only one knew how it was supposed to work. That one person was very tight lipped. In fairness to her she wasn't extremely knowledgeable on the Camaro. So, my point of this useless post is to say.... "No new news." __________________ Click image to see build thread. PQ - "the love of cars. It's a boys first step toward manhood and a mans last hold on boyhood." Fbodfather - "We do not want to use the Z28 moniker on a car that does not deserve this hallowed name." The_Blur - "Let's not confuse competitors with equals."

02-11-2009, 06:08 PM	#194
GTAHVIT Blessed Drives: 2013 Sonic RS MT Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Saint Augustine FL Posts: 28,441 View My Garage	^ __________________ Click image to see build thread. PQ - "the love of cars. It's a boys first step toward manhood and a mans last hold on boyhood." Fbodfather - "We do not want to use the Z28 moniker on a car that does not deserve this hallowed name." The_Blur - "Let's not confuse competitors with equals."

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02-11-2009, 05:41 PM	#184
AK's SS Camaro Drives: 2003 Chevy Silverado Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: York, NE Posts: 36	Just heard from my dealer that there will be no 2SS camaro's produced untill August September. All V6's to start. Has anyone else heard this? If this is the case there are going to be a lot of upset people, because i doubt if anybody preodered a V6. Does anyone think this might change? This really suck for me because i am #1 on my dealers allocation list. Before this news, it looked like middle of april i would have had my car.

02-11-2009, 05:52 PM	#187
AK's SS Camaro Drives: 2003 Chevy Silverado Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: York, NE Posts: 36	So does anybody know anything? Or is everyone that u hear news from completely stupid has no clue?