opinions on GTO's?
03-06-2011, 08:37 PM
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opinions on GTO's? Hey guys, I'm a camaro owner. im having an *** ton of problems with my 98 z28 and its starting to get under my skin. Theres a dealership around here that has quite a few goats on the lot, and i wanna try to trade my camaro in for one. What is everyones opinions advice and all that good stuff? I want to think this through before i go along with it. I mean Insurance on a GTO is MUCH cheaper than itd be on my camaro. i think itd be smarter.
thanks guys
thanks guys
03-06-2011, 08:57 PM
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Insurance isn't too bad, parts for this car on the other hand are hard to get ahold of and are NOT cheap, you pretty much join a special club when u purchase a GTO simply because you just don't see to many running around, the cars are a real head turner even if people claim it has bland styling... I get about 16-22 mpg so gas isn't too bad either
id say go for it I am just in love with mine!
id say go for it I am just in love with mine!
03-06-2011, 09:09 PM
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Im just so sick of the problems im having with my camaro, every month its down and out with 120k on the clock. i LOVE my camaro, its my first car so im still really attached to IDK im just tossing this in the air, just want to get some gto owners opinions really
but everytime i see a ls2 gto i cream my pants hahaha
but everytime i see a ls2 gto i cream my pants hahaha
03-06-2011, 10:20 PM
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i just picked up my 05 ls2 goat and i love it. i would rather have this car at this point that any other car in its price range. i say go for it. tons of z28s running around. like stated before you dont see many of these cars day to day
03-06-2011, 10:34 PM
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that another reason why i want one they are pretty rare i never really see any around here, im not entirely sure how trading in a car goes but i want to try
i want to get this one
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/ctd/2216362189.html
ive seen it in person and its sick!
i want to get this one
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/ctd/2216362189.html
ive seen it in person and its sick!
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03-07-2011, 12:43 AM
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WOw that price is super high...look in the classifieds here I seen some pretty good deals on gtos...add a couple thousand more and you can get another f body, with super low miles fully built!!! Idk just be patient and look for that great deal of a life time...
03-07-2011, 01:39 AM
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I would be paying 18K for a 50,000 mile car.
The prices of them is steadily increasing over the last four months or so but its still high IMO.
To camaroboy....20K for an Fbody? I guess there is an *** for every seat but dang....lol.
The prices of them is steadily increasing over the last four months or so but its still high IMO.
To camaroboy....20K for an Fbody? I guess there is an *** for every seat but dang....lol.
03-07-2011, 07:09 AM
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I agree, they are nice cars but here are some of the downfalls. My buddy has an 04 GTO and my cousin has a G8.
-Parts are expensive, and performance/stock parts sometimes have to wait for shipping from Australia
- if you plan on modding and drag racing your half shafts will get eaten alive, my buddy went through 2 sets, second time destroyed his gears. Took 3 months to get a performance half shaft and gear set since it had to come from Australia.
In my personal opinion I would pull the engine out of your Camaro and make a stroker motor out of it and put a nice rear end in it and call it good.
-Parts are expensive, and performance/stock parts sometimes have to wait for shipping from Australia
- if you plan on modding and drag racing your half shafts will get eaten alive, my buddy went through 2 sets, second time destroyed his gears. Took 3 months to get a performance half shaft and gear set since it had to come from Australia.
In my personal opinion I would pull the engine out of your Camaro and make a stroker motor out of it and put a nice rear end in it and call it good.
03-07-2011, 12:47 PM
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EDIT: I dont know this to be true, but i spoke to an Aussie that lives and works down the road from me, and was telling him how id like to have the body kit for the HSV and he alluded to me that aussies like the look of the GTO.
However, i find this hard to believe.
03-07-2011, 02:22 PM
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03-07-2011, 02:42 PM
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I agree, they are nice cars but here are some of the downfalls. My buddy has an 04 GTO and my cousin has a G8.
-Parts are expensive, and performance/stock parts sometimes have to wait for shipping from Australia
- if you plan on modding and drag racing your half shafts will get eaten alive, my buddy went through 2 sets, second time destroyed his gears. Took 3 months to get a performance half shaft and gear set since it had to come from Australia.
-Parts are expensive, and performance/stock parts sometimes have to wait for shipping from Australia
- if you plan on modding and drag racing your half shafts will get eaten alive, my buddy went through 2 sets, second time destroyed his gears. Took 3 months to get a performance half shaft and gear set since it had to come from Australia.
03-07-2011, 02:43 PM
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I agree, they are nice cars but here are some of the downfalls. My buddy has an 04 GTO and my cousin has a G8.
-Parts are expensive, and performance/stock parts sometimes have to wait for shipping from Australia
- if you plan on modding and drag racing your half shafts will get eaten alive, my buddy went through 2 sets, second time destroyed his gears. Took 3 months to get a performance half shaft and gear set since it had to come from Australia.
In my personal opinion I would pull the engine out of your Camaro and make a stroker motor out of it and put a nice rear end in it and call it good.
-Parts are expensive, and performance/stock parts sometimes have to wait for shipping from Australia
- if you plan on modding and drag racing your half shafts will get eaten alive, my buddy went through 2 sets, second time destroyed his gears. Took 3 months to get a performance half shaft and gear set since it had to come from Australia.
In my personal opinion I would pull the engine out of your Camaro and make a stroker motor out of it and put a nice rear end in it and call it good.
I have over 400 to the wheels and I've twisted two sets of halfshafts because I can get my car to hook...they've been stock shafts...I have 110K on it. If he was "eating halfshafts" his car most likely had a wheelhop issue.
Almost any performance part for this car can be american sourced, some of the parts are expensive....it comes with owning the car. G8's suffer the same fate.
