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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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Eh, I love the way they look. Guess that's why I bought 2. I like it a hell alot better than the "catfish" Camaro look, for damn sure.
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by HRJ
Eh, I love the way they look. Guess that's why I bought 2. I like it a hell alot better than the "catfish" Camaro look, for damn sure.
And thats what I call personal taste, because thats the farthest statement from the truth there is
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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i love love love the interiors in them. I would pay $5000 to have my ta interior swapped if it would fit. Will it fit? probably not but i love the interiors. I want to buy a red or black with the red leather for a daily driver. But your question was body style. I think it should have been the next gen grand am. The ausies know how to do it right. The hsv quattro coupe is one of the most bad *** cars ever made. They body is considerably different and nice, all except the rear bumper. And all wheel drive is so awesome i wish we could fit it to our cars cause its the same transmission and all but wed have to modify our floor plan which is pricey. I called some people in australia from hsv and they said they converted one trans am but they used a system from an escalade and thats all the quattro has. But the trans am was trashed and dissassembled, it was to be unveiled at a gm auto show somewhere
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 11:13 PM
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to this day I have to double take to see if it was a GTO. I have never done a double take on a T/A, Z28, or Vette just to see if it really was that car.
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by cooltc2004
And thats what I call personal taste
No way.....really??????

LOL....that's what this entire thread is about there, Einstien.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 01:36 AM
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I dont really like them. As stated above, they just dont scream, look at me. Kinda plain. No offense to those that own one, nice interior and of course the engine is hot. But hey what do I know, I drive a catfish.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Beasst8
But hey what do I know, I drive a catfish.
Eh, don't mind me. I figured that after the 400 million "The GTO is uglier than ****" threads from the F-Bod guys, ya'll would be able to handle some "return fire."

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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 11:39 AM
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Well we are in F-Body land, its expected that half the people aren't going to like the GTO. Thats OK though, everybody cant have nice taste in automotive styling.

The Camaro is a catfish, the GTO is a Grand Prix, and the Firebird is overcompensating just like the Vette guys. I think they're all great looking cars in their respective ways.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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Dont like the body(Honda Accord Body) But can't go wrong w/the engine.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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Engine & Interior +1

Body= boring bland and ugly IMO. My friend has an 05 Midnight Blue gto and from a ways off at night it sorta looks like a celica..
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 04:15 PM
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I think they look great and I would love to have one. I like the way the body flows. The interior is amazing!!!
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 04:58 AM
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well i dont know, back in 64 the gto was originallyjust a high performance edition of the lemans, which i may say was not the most muscular looking car, it started off as a family car, and branched off into a legacy, like the new GTO, it may not be the biggest looker in the bunch but it sure has some *****
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 07:22 AM
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they are a little plain but i still like them the ar ebuilt well and comfortable it would be a nice DD with enough power to play around alittle too. I would take one in a heartbeat but i wouldnt trade my SS for one.
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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i love the look of my GTO because no one knows what it is and it doesnt look like a sports car so the cops dont look for it yet
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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I sold my 99Z28 to get my GTO and I love it. Car is on another level of quality, handles better, and I get twice as many good comments from people in general. And as much flaming as im bout to get, the GTO will roll out on a F-Body stock for stock in every instance I have had.
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 05:24 PM
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bland, boring, and forgettable...you may say a Camaro looks like a catfish and the Firebird is flashy, but at least you remember what they looked like
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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Not a big fan of it, but looking forward to the new body style
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Smoke Panther
bland, boring, and forgettable...you may say a Camaro looks like a catfish and the Firebird is flashy, but at least you remember what they looked like
Took the words right out of my mouth
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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Don't like it at all!
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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I think they are nice clean cars and i love the interiors in them. If it wasnt for the IRS, Wieght, and Big price tag i would consider one.
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