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04-21-2015, 11:37 PM
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Drives: SS Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 529
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I'm a spirited driver but I don't abuse the car.
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04-21-2015, 11:46 PM
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Would rather be riding
Drives: No car no more Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Indiana
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You are a minority on here.
There's running your car hard (which i do) and just all out abuse. The car will withstand hard use, it's the tire spinning and driveline abuse they do not like.
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04-22-2015, 12:49 AM
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Drives: 2011 2SS/ RS INFERNO ORANGE L99 Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Alliston Ontario Canada
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I drive my car hard...people chirp because its not a dd.....yes ive read the threads. im thinking my car gets driven harder in the 5 months it s on the road then most guys that dd their cars do year round.
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04-22-2015, 08:43 AM
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Drives: 13 2SS/RS HWSE Camaro # 959 Join Date: May 2012
Location: Washington Pa.
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Although I get on it now and then I don't beat any of my vehicles, I don't believe in beating or tearing something up that I am paying a lot of $$$ to own.
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04-22-2015, 08:59 AM
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Drives: 1LE Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: East Coast Man
Posts: 550
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Note to self: Do NOT buy a used, orange 2010 Camaro out of Washington.
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04-22-2015, 09:14 AM
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Drives: '17 Corvette Grand Sport M7 Join Date: May 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
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There is a huge difference between "using" something and "abusing" something. I bought mine as a weekend toy. I have fun with it, but I also don't beat the living snot out of it.
 Are you trying to see how far you can push it 'til it breaks?
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04-22-2015, 09:22 AM
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Drives: 2010 RS/SS 2SS Callaway Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Washington
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wrong answer
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04-22-2015, 09:24 AM
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Drives: 14 SS/ 1LE Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: parts unknown
Posts: 937
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I dont daily my Camaro, have an old truck for that and it is plenty fine for going slow around town. I bought the Camaro to go fast with and that is what I do with it, probably not as hard as OP but i dont baby it much.
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04-22-2015, 09:25 AM
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Drives: 2010 Turbo LS3 Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Palm Bay, FL
Posts: 3,041
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I want to treat her right, but every time I hear her wind up off the line I just keep my foot in it and end up shifting straight to fourth (non-interstate driving).
There are a fair number of guys who race these things and we all beat the chit out of them when we are doing that. I can't imagine running any harder on the street than I do at the track, especially when getting used to a new setup.
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04-22-2015, 10:10 AM
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Drives: 2014 Camaro SS Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Waco, TX
Posts: 988
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I don't ever bounce off of the limiter but i do drive mine hard sometimes, but lately i've slowed down my driving habits due to children coming into the mix...and an over protective fiance.
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04-22-2015, 10:17 AM
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Drives: '11 topless 2LT RS & '05 Altima SER Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 315
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I don't drive it like a Granny, but I will not beat my baby
I'm not going to redline the thing all the time, but I do tend to create a decent sized gap between myself and others when a red light goes green.
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04-22-2015, 10:28 AM
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Drives: something faster than you Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: where dem hoes be
Posts: 315
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There's a big difference between having fun driving aggressively and straight up abusing the car. You seem to be in the abusing the car category with your constant bouncing off the rev limiter, like those silly ricers.
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04-22-2015, 10:44 AM
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Drives: 2014 Camaro SS Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Waco, TX
Posts: 988
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It seems to be the common place thing to do for those people with anything but a V8. I guess bouncing off of the rev limiter helps them make up for not buying a V8? |
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04-22-2015, 10:58 AM
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Drives: 2010 Turbo LS3 Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Palm Bay, FL
Posts: 3,041
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I've never tried to bounce it off the rev limiter, but I have missed a gear more than once. It did not explode.
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2010 SS - Kind of an On3 kit, CTR 78/80, CompCam 239/251 620/632 122+4, E85, Z28 suspension and ZL1 diff with Outlaw axles. Gen6 ZL1 brakes.
2011 Vert - 416/w 230/236 .612/.602 115lsa, 1LE suspension w/32mm rear bar. Z28 diff. Gen6 ZL1 brakes. |
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