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colingordon · 12-23-2013, 01:20 AM

pretty simple of why you thought the L99 wasn't all that great, it was set on a low octane fuel map. Dealers will stick shitty gas in it, fuse pull it and put 93 in the car then come back and tell us what feels different

i2disturbedSS · 12-23-2013, 01:23 AM

Lol -

AdamEL · 12-23-2013, 02:09 AM

Back when I had my V6, I went and test drove an L99 just to see what the fuss was about. It was ragged out, probably had 86 octane in it, and the tires were bald. Still had more umph than my V6, there was no denying that. But when I test drove an LS3 a few months later, it was all over for the V6 for me. I certainly prefer my LS3, but the L99 still smokes an LFX, my friend.

Still, nothing against the V6's. I owned one and I loved it. The V8's are just a different animal altogether. Sounds to me like you have the V8 itch. Nothing wrong with that. I had it, too, and the only cure is a V8. Maybe you'll get one day. If not, enjoy your V6. It's a great car.

Norm Peterson · 12-23-2013, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by rontammy0

When a strong sounding v8 pulls up beside you at the light......99 percent of the population knows what they are hearing, yea it is self explanatory.....they are not saying is that a v6?

And if a quiet V8 pulls up beside folks at the light, it won't even occur to 99% of the population that it's anything more than just another car. Half of those folks wouldn't even be able to guess the V8 car's possible engine choices correctly.

Sort of on-topic . . . if you drive a variety of cars to about the same level of performance it may even feel like there isn't much difference. You just don't feel the performance that you aren't using in the stronger cars, and you don't particularly notice that you're running the lower performing cars somewhat closer to their limits. I can't say that this effect was clouding OP's comparison, but on the other hand I can't eliminate it as a possibility.

Norm

DRKS1D3 · 12-23-2013, 08:44 AM

*Camaro_Corvette* · 12-23-2013, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by KMPrenger

My God there is so much butthurt going on in this thread its hilarious.

I told the mods to kill the thread yet it still exists. Even one mod went so far as to call out the OP and put words in his mouth. Get a grip guys...he never said he said his V6 was as fast or faster. So much blowing out of proportion and then theres the generalization thrown out there by some of you that all V6 owners are the same.

"Go drive a ZL1 and then get back with us"........really???????

Lol.

There are a lot of great members here and great discusions. Then theres these threads.

Mods....kill it

Only reason I opened this thread was because I'm a moderator. If I wasn't, I would have read the first three sentences of this thread and clicked the back button and moved on with my life. Some of you can save yourselves a lot of time by doing the same.

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Originally Posted by Redslayer15821

Some one please kill this thread... Allot of you guys just need to grow up, get a phsyc eval for insecurity issues.

Since it's your thread, I will do just that.

12-23-2013, 01:20 AM	#113
colingordon Her Name is Mila Drives: 2012 Camaro 1LT A6, 2014 Camaro 1LS Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Posts: 1,324 View My Garage	pretty simple of why you thought the L99 wasn't all that great, it was set on a low octane fuel map. Dealers will stick shitty gas in it, fuse pull it and put 93 in the car then come back and tell us what feels different __________________

12-23-2013, 01:23 AM	#114
i2disturbedSS Drives: 2010 SS L99 IOM Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: CA Posts: 1,923	Lol - __________________ 369rwhp/392rwtq "Spending money I don't have, to buy parts I don't need, to impress people I don't know!" -Jenkins

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12-23-2013, 02:09 AM	#115
AdamEL Adam E. Lucchesi Drives: 2010 1SS/RS LS3 VR Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 1,380 View My Garage	Back when I had my V6, I went and test drove an L99 just to see what the fuss was about. It was ragged out, probably had 86 octane in it, and the tires were bald. Still had more umph than my V6, there was no denying that. But when I test drove an LS3 a few months later, it was all over for the V6 for me. I certainly prefer my LS3, but the L99 still smokes an LFX, my friend. Still, nothing against the V6's. I owned one and I loved it. The V8's are just a different animal altogether. Sounds to me like you have the V8 itch. Nothing wrong with that. I had it, too, and the only cure is a V8. Maybe you'll get one day. If not, enjoy your V6. It's a great car.