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tangorover · 04-19-2012, 06:45 PM

Alas guys, after 2 years of the most awesome experience in my life I am finally leaving the Camaro Nation. (Im getting a VOLT but thats another post).

As my volt gets closer to delivery I am really starting to contemplate what It would mean to not drive a camaro.
For 2 years I have driven with the smug confidence that I have the meanest car on the road. For some odd reason when you drive the camaro (now in its 3rd year) you really still special special. I still have people come up to me and compliment me and have vallet's get happy. I personally think short of a Lambo the camaro is the only car that you could pull up with at a 5 star Hotel and not feel awkward and out of place between all the 50K+ cars.

Anyways just wanted to get it off my chest. Maybe once I can afford 2 cars I will have another Camaro...
I really have a strong feeling I will be one of those guys that 15 years later will regret that I ever sold off my camaro and will be spending big bucks to buy a "vintage" Summit White 2010 with IOM stripes and Interior with the RS package.

jd10013 · 04-19-2012, 06:48 PM

a Volt? good luck with that.

edgehead2000 · 04-19-2012, 06:50 PM

A volt?! Id say don't bolt!

pincoin · 04-19-2012, 06:51 PM

Hate to see you go, you'll be back someday!

tangorover · 04-19-2012, 06:51 PM

I know Its gonna be some change....
The Number one factor for me is the California Carpool sticker that the volt now gets. For me that can cut my commute in the bay area (880 to 237) from > 45 mins to less than 15....

tangorover · 04-19-2012, 06:52 PM

O ill still be on here. The volt forums suck.... Bunch of pot snorting hippie...

Powhusku · 04-19-2012, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tangorover

O ill still be on here. The volt forums suck.... Bunch of pot snorting hippie...

from that I can tell you will be one of the few cool people that drives a volt!

zogster · 04-19-2012, 06:57 PM

What is a California Carpool sticker?

jd10013 · 04-19-2012, 07:05 PM

it's probably a sticker that allows vehicles to travel in special traffic lanes for high occupancy vehicle. around where I live they're called HOV lanes. they used to let hybrids use them until they started to get congested and went back to only vehicles with 3 or more people in them.

menendez1293 · 04-19-2012, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by zogster

What is a California Carpool sticker?

A sticker that allows you to drive in the HOV lane without another passenger. Atleast that's how it is in Florida

tangorover · 04-19-2012, 07:08 PM

So a lot of the highways in super congested Bay Area have HOV/Carpool lanes that allow cars with more than one person to drive in them. Usually they are not congested and due to recent changes in carpool rules They are now also access controlled (you can't just enter the lane at any point.) The Lanes now have double white lines. With a carpool sticker you can drive in the carpool lanes with only one person in the car AND free toll on bridges!!!

2010 SSRS · 04-19-2012, 07:10 PM

That sux, hopefully you have another Camaro some day

menendez1293 · 04-19-2012, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tangorover

I know Its gonna be some change....
The Number one factor for me is the California Carpool sticker that the volt now gets. For me that can cut my commute in the bay area (880 to 237) from > 45 mins to less than 15....

I was about to say if the gas is the main factor for you then you should have gotten a cruze Eco manual. They cost half the price of the volt and on the high way with windows down it gets just about 50 mpg maybe more depending on you driving habits.

tangorover · 04-19-2012, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by menendez1293

I was about to say if the gas is the main factor for you then you should have gotten a cruze Eco manual. They cost half the price of the volt and on the high way with windows down it gets just about 50 mpg maybe more depending on you driving habits.

Well gas was never a concern for me. Most of my driving happens on my old skool Celica that gives like 30MPG+. Primarily Im getting it for the HOV Sticker. In fact the HOV program ends by 2015 and the Volt will be a lease that expires in (you guessed it...) 2015.

04-19-2012, 06:45 PM	#1
tangorover Drives: 2010 Chevy Camaro 2LT Summit White Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 469	Finally leaving the Camaro Nation Alas guys, after 2 years of the most awesome experience in my life I am finally leaving the Camaro Nation. (Im getting a VOLT but thats another post). As my volt gets closer to delivery I am really starting to contemplate what It would mean to not drive a camaro. For 2 years I have driven with the smug confidence that I have the meanest car on the road. For some odd reason when you drive the camaro (now in its 3rd year) you really still special special. I still have people come up to me and compliment me and have vallet's get happy. I personally think short of a Lambo the camaro is the only car that you could pull up with at a 5 star Hotel and not feel awkward and out of place between all the 50K+ cars. Anyways just wanted to get it off my chest. Maybe once I can afford 2 cars I will have another Camaro... I really have a strong feeling I will be one of those guys that 15 years later will regret that I ever sold off my camaro and will be spending big bucks to buy a "vintage" Summit White 2010 with IOM stripes and Interior with the RS package.

04-19-2012, 06:51 PM	#4
pincoin Camaro owner since 1982 Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS-RS Conv IBM L99 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,651	Hate to see you go, you'll be back someday! __________________ 2012 Camaro RS-SS Conv IBM, L99 1968 Camaro RS Coupe 327 AT 1968 Camaro RS-SS Conv, sold 1993

04-19-2012, 07:10 PM	#12
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,187 View My Garage	That sux, hopefully you have another Camaro some day __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

04-19-2012, 06:48 PM	#2
jd10013 Drives: 2012 camaro Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: central VA Posts: 3,196	a Volt? good luck with that.

04-19-2012, 06:50 PM	#3
edgehead2000 2016 Camaro 1LT 2.0T Drives: Nemesis Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 844	A volt?! Id say don't bolt!

04-19-2012, 06:52 PM	#6
tangorover Drives: 2010 Chevy Camaro 2LT Summit White Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 469	O ill still be on here. The volt forums suck.... Bunch of pot snorting hippie...

04-19-2012, 06:57 PM	#8
zogster Drives: 2014 RRM ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: IL Posts: 659	What is a California Carpool sticker?

04-19-2012, 07:05 PM	#9
jd10013 Drives: 2012 camaro Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: central VA Posts: 3,196	it's probably a sticker that allows vehicles to travel in special traffic lanes for high occupancy vehicle. around where I live they're called HOV lanes. they used to let hybrids use them until they started to get congested and went back to only vehicles with 3 or more people in them.

04-19-2012, 07:08 PM	#11
tangorover Drives: 2010 Chevy Camaro 2LT Summit White Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 469	So a lot of the highways in super congested Bay Area have HOV/Carpool lanes that allow cars with more than one person to drive in them. Usually they are not congested and due to recent changes in carpool rules They are now also access controlled (you can't just enter the lane at any point.) The Lanes now have double white lines. With a carpool sticker you can drive in the carpool lanes with only one person in the car AND free toll on bridges!!!