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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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I went to the opening day Texas Ranger game and they had a production Camaro SS in front of the stadium with people checking it out. I was looking in the passenger side window when a lady promptly walked up to me and said "do you want to start it?" holding keys in her hand... My response being "F^$* yeah I do!" we walked around and I got inside. Looking at the key, its the same kind of key that you would get with an Audi or VW (but GM quality - not German quality) it started very nice. Once started the first thing I noticed was how quiet it was. She even asked me if I thought it was too quiet and I told her yes and she said someone else said the same thing right before me. It revved nicely but still way to quiet.

We have a lot to look forward to guys!

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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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sweet

There are a million cats/resonators/dooflickies on the (true dual!) exhaust. Bet it would be much louder if the exhaust was freed up a bit
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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I HATE keys like that.

One would have thought they would have used a keyless push button start like in the vette.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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Dont want to lose a key like that and have to replace it....probably a $400 mistake with cutting a programming!
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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I think that key is kinda cool.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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I like the keyless style!

My Z06 has it as does my S5!!!

LOVE IT!!
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 08:53 PM
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Ugh...I despise those keys but love the car. I like leaving my key in the car while warming it up and taking my key fob inside for a bit then unlocking it when I come back out with the fob.
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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Ugh... they really blew it with the font on the gauges. Looks like default MS Word.
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if only we could spin it to 9,000 revs...
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 11:52 AM
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Love the key and the font.

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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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Same key as a G8. Have to agree on the gauges they look a little off.
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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I agree the push button woulda been better, but I have no experiences with keys like that at all, I'll hope to be lucky enough eventually to find out firsthand if I can get into a 5th gen camaro
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 01:41 PM
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Atleast its better than the GTO key...all big
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by HumanNipple
Ugh...I despise those keys but love the car. I like leaving my key in the car while warming it up and taking my key fob inside for a bit then unlocking it when I come back out with the fob.
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I like the key and dont hate the gauges. I dont like the fobs because its too easy for me to walk out of the car with it turning or with the fob in the center console
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