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RobertRS · 10-07-2014, 12:42 AM

True story.....Last week my wife and I are out house shopping for my daughter and the realtor came up and asked whether our Camaro was a V8 and how much horsepower it made. I answered that yes it was a V-8 and made 400 hp at the crank. He gestured over to his 2012 BMW 550 and asked me if I knew how much horsepower his made. I said ....well let me guess around 350 or so? He said ...nope ..it makes 550 horsepower and explained that is what the 550 stands for. I just said wow...I had no idea.

BTW , the house we looked at was deplorable.

crc91 · 10-07-2014, 12:44 AM

Come to think of it I've been asked if I'm "having a midlife crisis?"(I'm only 23!) but my answer was yes, I need more mod money!

CruisingSpeed · 10-07-2014, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by tw78911sc

New M4 passed me going up VIR back stretch like I was standing still. I raced Porsches, tracked BMWs for 20 years, people think I fell and hurt my head when I came home with this one. My wife catches crap all day @ work about it and was asked if she was going to start wearing camo to work now, she hates it too. Cheap fun ride.

But for $75K for a DD/track car it would be a M4 all day long over a Z28. Fast, and built right. The GM build quality and the GM dealers that push back on any warranty issues scares me. Time will tell.

Yup, but I can't afford a M4 right now. Maybe a 435i with a M sport package! Lol Have you seen the luxuriously sporty interior on the Z28? Yeah...didn't think so! Plus they got the cool looking head and taillights!

But when it comes down to the American cars I'm Camaro all the way! Germans on the other hand, oh the Germans...

NYCamOwner · 10-07-2014, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by RolltideSS

Before I bought the car I told my manager I was getting it and her response was "I feel like everyone that drives a Camaro is a db. I mean, every time I see one I look to see who's driving it and it's always a db. Don't you agree?" I had no reply. Even my coworker looked at me like "did she just say that?". To put context around it I knew she was a Benz snob before I said anything and she has a habit of trolling the staff which is funny sometimes.

Nothing against Mercedes Benz cars, but too bad you couldn't have said "Funny, I heard the same thing about Mercedes owners..."

kudzu71 · 10-07-2014, 07:01 AM

Only positive so far. Had a convo with an older guy the other day who stopped me when I got out of my SS and said "I had the original". We chatted for a minute and I found out he had a 67 Z28. I told him I was jealous and he shook his head and told me not to worry...I was doing fine. Hehe. Nice guy and seemed to really dig my car. I get a lot of compliments at drive-thrus too.

enzia35 · 10-07-2014, 07:03 AM

Actually, only positive comments for me too.

CMYarb · 10-07-2014, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobbyrage14SS

First date with this chick Vanessa about 3 months ago, we walk out of the tilted kilt (her idea, not mine) and shes gonna follow me back to my house, she sees my car and says " I didnt picture you as a Camaro guy, this looks like a car an asshole would drive. i figured you to be a truck guy" Now im a little pissed, as i have an 07 Sierra also, but i love my Camaro. So i did what any "asshole" would do. performed a textbook "hit it and quit it" Now she can associate the Camaro with assholes from her own personal experience. Heffer

that's cold

CamaroCracka · 10-07-2014, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by RolltideSS

Before I bought the car I told my manager I was getting it and her response was "I feel like everyone that drives a Camaro is a db. I mean, every time I see one I look to see who's driving it and it's always a db. Don't you agree?" I had no reply. Even my coworker looked at me like "did she just say that?". To put context around it I knew she was a Benz snob before I said anything and she has a habit of trolling the staff which is funny sometimes.

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Most guys love it cuz their old ladies won't allow one. I can tell the Greenies who don't like like it but they don't say shit cuz it's fairly well known I'm about as PC as Larry the Cable guy. Probably helps that I'm the manager.

Only compliments on the street and lots of those. Most people can't carry on a real car conversation.

dyn2av8 · 10-07-2014, 10:51 AM

How do you like that Mustang??!!!!

mpiersd · 10-07-2014, 11:26 AM

Always positive comments, usually about the color.

2Fast4Mu · 10-07-2014, 01:42 PM

Like most, I'm constantly asked if it's the 8cyl and if it's stick -- which I reply that it is. Almost universally, I get the same response -- "Oh good...it'd be a crime if you didn't. They're not even real Camaros."

Admittedly, it makes me kinda mad that they dis the 6cyl so quickly as I know it's an awesome car and a great choice for a lot of people. I can't understand how people driving a ten year old beat would be so quick to be so judgmental about other people's car choices ----- it's just a car

crc91 · 10-07-2014, 03:18 PM

I find most people that make the v8or v6 comment haven't ever been in the v6 especially a well modded one. If they been in some of the kick ass v6's we have on hear they wouldn't have much to say.

trashmanssd · 10-07-2014, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by crc91

I find most people that make the v8or v6 comment haven't ever been in the v6 especially a well modded one. If they been in some of the kick ass v6's we have on hear they wouldn't have much to say.

Even a stock on has more power than the avg 8 Cylinder car from 1970 up until last 4-5 years when the car company figured out how to make power and stay in emissions compliance and keep fuel milage respectable. The V6 has more then enough power for street legal driving.

Squillo · 10-07-2014, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by trashmanssd

Even a stock on has more power than the avg 8 Cylinder car from 1970 up until last 4-5 years when the car company figured out how to make power and stay in emissions compliance and keep fuel milage respectable. The V6 has more then enough power for street legal driving.

Yeah, and the cars in 1970 had way more power than the ones from 1926. 1970 was 44 years ago.

This argument is stupid.

10-07-2014, 07:03 AM	#552
enzia35 Drives: '16 Garnet Red 1SS Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: College Station, TX Posts: 3,449	Actually, only positive comments for me too. __________________ '16 Camaro 1SS '18 Miata GT Gone: '01 Camaro, '14 Camaro, '90 Miata

10-07-2014, 10:51 AM	#555
dyn2av8 Drives: 2014 2SS Spring Special Edition M6 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 55	How do you like that Mustang??!!!! __________________ 2014 2SS Spring Special Edition 2SS M6 (LS3) Dual-Mode Performance Exhaust (NPP) w/Mild 2 Wild Performance Short-Throw Shifter CAI Cold Air Intake, Billet Customs Catch Can Traded in My 2011 2LT RS Auto V6 at 75K miles

10-07-2014, 11:26 AM	#556
mpiersd Drives: ABM #2041 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 1,561 View My Garage	Always positive comments, usually about the color. __________________ Retired United States Army Bernadette: 2LT/RS, ABM #2041 of 3903 ZL-1 Springs \| CAI \| Muffler delete \| Magnaflow resonator \| LED DRL \| RX Catch Can \| Mini me Cortana: 2015 Harley Davidson Road Glide Special V&H Power Duals Headers & Oversized 450 Raider mufflers \| Screamin' Eagle Stage 1 Chisel Extreme intake \| Screamin' Eagle Stage 1 programmer Gretchen: 1994 Ford F350 Crew Cab Long Bed 4x4 51k mile survivor Own an Aqua Blue Metallic Camaro? Click here to join us on Facebook and help us in establishing the Aqua Blue Registry to locate all 3903 of these beautiful Camaros!

10-07-2014, 01:42 PM	#557
2Fast4Mu Nothing is True Drives: Black 2014 2SS/RS Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 346 View My Garage	Like most, I'm constantly asked if it's the 8cyl and if it's stick -- which I reply that it is. Almost universally, I get the same response -- "Oh good...it'd be a crime if you didn't. They're not even real Camaros." Admittedly, it makes me kinda mad that they dis the 6cyl so quickly as I know it's an awesome car and a great choice for a lot of people. I can't understand how people driving a ten year old beat would be so quick to be so judgmental about other people's car choices ----- it's just a car __________________ ...Nothing is True, Everything is Permissible...

10-07-2014, 12:42 AM	#547
RobertRS Drives: 2014 2SS L99 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Corpus Christi Texas Posts: 1,320	True story.....Last week my wife and I are out house shopping for my daughter and the realtor came up and asked whether our Camaro was a V8 and how much horsepower it made. I answered that yes it was a V-8 and made 400 hp at the crank. He gestured over to his 2012 BMW 550 and asked me if I knew how much horsepower his made. I said ....well let me guess around 350 or so? He said ...nope ..it makes 550 horsepower and explained that is what the 550 stands for. I just said wow...I had no idea. BTW , the house we looked at was deplorable.

10-07-2014, 12:44 AM	#548
crc91 Drives: '14 1LS Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Mandeville Posts: 2,166	Come to think of it I've been asked if I'm "having a midlife crisis?"(I'm only 23!) but my answer was yes, I need more mod money!

10-07-2014, 07:01 AM	#551
kudzu71 Drives: 2014 Camaro 2SS Join Date: May 2014 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 89	Only positive so far. Had a convo with an older guy the other day who stopped me when I got out of my SS and said "I had the original". We chatted for a minute and I found out he had a 67 Z28. I told him I was jealous and he shook his head and told me not to worry...I was doing fine. Hehe. Nice guy and seemed to really dig my car. I get a lot of compliments at drive-thrus too.

10-07-2014, 03:18 PM	#558
crc91 Drives: '14 1LS Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Mandeville Posts: 2,166	I find most people that make the v8or v6 comment haven't ever been in the v6 especially a well modded one. If they been in some of the kick ass v6's we have on hear they wouldn't have much to say.