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2010reddevil · 08-04-2016, 02:13 AM

Shit, you guys got it easy there in the states. Come drive over here in Manila, Philippines. Then you'll know what shitty traffic is like. It took me literally 40 minutes to travel a wee bit over 1 mile or 2km. That's why owning a car here is good for long trips only. Scooter/motorcycle is where it's at here. I see all these dumbasses here trying to hurry along and cut me off or keep me from slipping by, I find another opening and laugh to myself as I slip right on by as they're stuck there in the most abysmal traffic ever. My current ride here is a Honda Click 125i scooter that has a top box and the little thing will move right on out to 80kph with ease. I think flat out it would do 110kph, but I don't wanna test it anywhere around here. And talk about dirt cheap on fuel. It gets the equivalent of 110-130mpg with me driving. It has an Akrapovic exhaust on it and for a little 125cc one popper, sounds pretty damn good. There are 2 other bikes here that I have my eye on for later. One is the Suzuki Raider 150R, a bike that falls in the underbone category. Makes 15hp from the oil cooled dohc 150cc engine and has a 11k redline. The other is the Honda RS150. It is also an underbone bike, but it's a liquid cooled dohc 150cc that makes 16bhp. There's a newer EFI Raider 150R that's got a new engine design and it is supposed to be liquid cooled and get a whopping 20hp from the little 150cc engine. The Raider has a huge following here. It's been out since early 2000's and hasn't really changed because it didn't need to. Last year the Honda debuted and that has forced Suzuki to make some changes.
You guys just don't realize how good you have it there in the USA. A used Camaro V6 goes for 30-35k USD and the SS goes for 50k+ One of the unfortunate side effects of living on an island
Everything is expensive............lol. Hell, even a new GT Mustang that goes for 35k in the States goes for 55k here. Definitely have to be a baller to afford something like that here. I'll be glad to move back sooner than later........lol.

redcoats1976 · 08-04-2016, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Clammy Clemens

LOL, am I like the only v6 owner on this forum that doesn't have buyers remorse?? What is happening to this forum... FFS like what you buy and don't care about what other people think.

no,theres 2 of us.im good with what i got.

HuJass · 08-04-2016, 06:12 AM

A friend of mine, when asked "what's it got", always answered, "an engine".
Used to confuse and/or pass people off. I think they genuinely wanted to know what he had under the hood but he just got so tired of the question.

There's so many clever ways to answer that question. Try that when asked.

djcolopi · 08-04-2016, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Clammy Clemens

LOL, am I like the only v6 owner on this forum that doesn't have buyers remorse?? What is happening to this forum... FFS like what you buy and don't care about what other people think.

Please get ahold of yourself. Plenty of LFX and LLT owners do not have buyers remorse. I do not have buyers remorse; I got the vehicle I wanted with the best paint job GM offers. Why have a generic v8 when I am building what I want.

arkentect · 08-04-2016, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by djcolopi

Please get ahold of yourself. Plenty of LFX and LLT owners do not have buyers remorse. I do not have buyers remorse; I got the vehicle I wanted with the best paint job GM offers. Why have a generic v8 when I am building what I want.

ooooh Idk about that one. SGM is def the best paint job

IOM is in a comfortable 2nd

CapeCruisin · 08-04-2016, 09:43 AM

WoodBoss · 08-04-2016, 10:35 AM

I parked at a restaurant one day and there was a kid in an RS parked a couple spaces away. When I walked by him I complimented him on his car. He told me he only liked Camaros with Halo's. I just laughed and walked away. Funny what kids like these days, colored lights, tinted lights, blinky lights. To each his own.

bto131 · 08-04-2016, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Backspin9

I got a V6 because it was going to be a daily driver and I wanted the economy while still being able to drive a car I really love. I've done a few things to mine and it runs and sounds great. It has all the power I need for a daily commute.

That said, if I was buying another Camaro and it was going to be a part-time driver and garage queen I'd go with a V8.

Exact reason why I got the v6... I'm not gunna take my car to a track anytime soon... And even if you get a v8 and get into the non stop piss measuring competition of trying to out horse power ppl you're just gunna end up not enjoying your car as much

Ragnar · 08-04-2016, 03:19 PM

I used some overkill this morning on the way to work. Will also look for overkill opportunities on the way home. A day without overkill bores me! I was so lucky to order my car with the overkill option! Best overkill DD that I've ever had.

ZED SLED · 08-04-2016, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragnar

I used some overkill this morning on the way to work. Will also look for overkill opportunities on the way home. A day without overkill bores me! I was so lucky to order my car with the overkill option! Best overkill DD that I've ever had.

^ Best post of thread. I pass at least 2 cars across double yellow every day. Then again most people here drive 10-20 under.

gpskinzhut · 08-04-2016, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by djcolopi

Please get ahold of yourself. Plenty of LFX and LLT owners do not have buyers remorse. I do not have buyers remorse; I got the vehicle I wanted with the best paint job GM offers. Why have a generic v8 when I am building what I want.

+1

I will say it does draw some interesting expressions and positive/negative conversations when you pop the hood and they see a snail on a V6. And it's uncommon which is nice.

Coors9 · 08-04-2016, 04:06 PM

If someone offered me a million bucks and all I had to do was tell them what my MPG was.......I wouldn't get a dime. Don't know,don't care.......SS driver.

qcman · 08-04-2016, 04:10 PM

I should have gotten the V6 the 1-2 shift locking my seatbelt with my tuned L99 is becoming tiresome....

JerTM · 08-04-2016, 04:15 PM

I'm getting a wee bit tired of the wife wanting some action after a drive because the rumble, acceleration, and noise get her going.

08-04-2016, 02:13 AM	#57
2010reddevil Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Victory Red 6M Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Gulf Coast, TX Posts: 1,424	Shit, you guys got it easy there in the states. Come drive over here in Manila, Philippines. Then you'll know what shitty traffic is like. It took me literally 40 minutes to travel a wee bit over 1 mile or 2km. That's why owning a car here is good for long trips only. Scooter/motorcycle is where it's at here. I see all these dumbasses here trying to hurry along and cut me off or keep me from slipping by, I find another opening and laugh to myself as I slip right on by as they're stuck there in the most abysmal traffic ever. My current ride here is a Honda Click 125i scooter that has a top box and the little thing will move right on out to 80kph with ease. I think flat out it would do 110kph, but I don't wanna test it anywhere around here. And talk about dirt cheap on fuel. It gets the equivalent of 110-130mpg with me driving. It has an Akrapovic exhaust on it and for a little 125cc one popper, sounds pretty damn good. There are 2 other bikes here that I have my eye on for later. One is the Suzuki Raider 150R, a bike that falls in the underbone category. Makes 15hp from the oil cooled dohc 150cc engine and has a 11k redline. The other is the Honda RS150. It is also an underbone bike, but it's a liquid cooled dohc 150cc that makes 16bhp. There's a newer EFI Raider 150R that's got a new engine design and it is supposed to be liquid cooled and get a whopping 20hp from the little 150cc engine. The Raider has a huge following here. It's been out since early 2000's and hasn't really changed because it didn't need to. Last year the Honda debuted and that has forced Suzuki to make some changes. You guys just don't realize how good you have it there in the USA. A used Camaro V6 goes for 30-35k USD and the SS goes for 50k+ One of the unfortunate side effects of living on an island Everything is expensive............lol. Hell, even a new GT Mustang that goes for 35k in the States goes for 55k here. Definitely have to be a baller to afford something like that here. I'll be glad to move back sooner than later........lol. __________________ 2011 2SS 6A Red Jewel Metallic, Vararam Tune CAI, Magnaflow 3" Competition c/b, Speed Engineering 1-7/8 LT's, Circle D 5C, M/T 275/40R20 S/S, HPTuners tune by Ryan@GPI 12.3 @ 112 ACM as of 12/22/19 Gone on 12/28/19 R I P 2010 2SS 6M Victory Red/Black (old ride) CAI intake, Speed Engineering 1 7/8" LT's, X4 base tune, Flowmaster Outlaw axle-back. 12.6 @ 115 SAR as of 9/19/15 Gone but never forgotten.

08-04-2016, 06:12 AM	#59
HuJass Drives: GM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CNY Posts: 1,599 View My Garage	A friend of mine, when asked "what's it got", always answered, "an engine". Used to confuse and/or pass people off. I think they genuinely wanted to know what he had under the hood but he just got so tired of the question. There's so many clever ways to answer that question. Try that when asked. __________________ 2015 Camaro 1LE 2009 Challenger R/T 2007 Solstice GXP 2004 Colorado ZQ8 2002 Trans Am WS6 Collector Edition 1999 Blazer 1994 Grand Prix SE B4U

08-04-2016, 09:43 AM	#62
CapeCruisin Daily Driver 24/7 365 Drives: '15 CRT 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Cape Cod, MA Posts: 827	__________________ NPP Fuse Pull, Z28 CAI = Previous Rides: 2005 Magnum R/T A5 CAI, Cat-Back 2014 RRM Camaro 1LT/RS A6/NPP CAI Follow Me On Instagram!

08-04-2016, 03:19 PM	#65
Ragnar Destroyed by flooding Drives: Wife's car Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 4,672	I used some overkill this morning on the way to work. Will also look for overkill opportunities on the way home. A day without overkill bores me! I was so lucky to order my car with the overkill option! Best overkill DD that I've ever had. __________________

08-04-2016, 10:35 AM	#63
WoodBoss "Old School" Drives: 2010 2SS L99 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sherrills Ford, NC Posts: 1,294	I parked at a restaurant one day and there was a kid in an RS parked a couple spaces away. When I walked by him I complimented him on his car. He told me he only liked Camaros with Halo's. I just laughed and walked away. Funny what kids like these days, colored lights, tinted lights, blinky lights. To each his own.

08-04-2016, 04:06 PM	#68
Coors9 Drives: 2011 Cyber Gray 2SS RS Join Date: May 2012 Location: Paradise, Newfoundland. Canada Posts: 121	If someone offered me a million bucks and all I had to do was tell them what my MPG was.......I wouldn't get a dime. Don't know,don't care.......SS driver.

08-04-2016, 04:10 PM	#69
qcman Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS RDP Tuned L99 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada eh? Posts: 1,889	I should have gotten the V6 the 1-2 shift locking my seatbelt with my tuned L99 is becoming tiresome....

08-04-2016, 04:15 PM	#70
JerTM Drives: 2011 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Utah Posts: 1,940	I'm getting a wee bit tired of the wife wanting some action after a drive because the rumble, acceleration, and noise get her going.