View Poll Results: Why did you choose a Camaro? Why did you choose a Firebird?
The Camaro is a ugly Crabface/catfish sea monster
11
5.95%
The Trans Am/Firebird has pop ups and pop ups are so 80's
14
7.57%
The Camaro was cheaper and a hair lighter also available and easy to find hardtops
10
5.41%
The Formula looks cleaner than the TA/Camaro and is the rarest
5
2.70%
The Trans Am is the meanest and has leather and so much standard
52
28.11%
I had a Camaro something happened now i have a TA/I had a Bird now i have a Camaro
3
1.62%
I like LS1's but i have a LT1 and didn't purchase new,so i had alot of choices
3
1.62%
I'm happy with my purchase because all LS1 F-Bodies kick ass
76
41.08%
I love both and had to have both
11
5.95%
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Why did you choose one F-Body over the other?
03-04-2007, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dltaskull
I like both,but i have owned two camaros prior to my LS1, '84Z and A '95Z. I could not get over the back end of a TA. They look to fat-assed and not subtle to me. Nobody ever sees me coming. They always say I didn't know camaros were as fast as TA.
03-05-2007, 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jester177
i traded my 00 z28 for a 02 z28 which had the ls6 intake,block,&heads stock from the factory.
Intake? yes. Block? possibily. Heads? NO.
03-05-2007, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jester177
i traded my 00 z28 for a 02 z28 which had the ls6 intake,block,&heads stock from the factory.
03-05-2007, 01:45 PM
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Well, I had a 25th Anniversary T/A before my SS, my brother has the T/A now, got a small cam and a tune, he loves it. When I was in the market early last year I wanted a C5 FRC, black WS6 or a black SS. I couldn't find a damn black WS6 for ****, so when I found my SS, went to look at it and the price was a steal.
03-05-2007, 02:11 PM
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this might be a lil 
but, im trying to find a 01-02 ss cause all my friends have TA's and i dont want the same car as the rest of them, but whats so much worse about the interiors in camaros than in TA's?
but, im trying to find a 01-02 ss cause all my friends have TA's and i dont want the same car as the rest of them, but whats so much worse about the interiors in camaros than in TA's? Last edited by ls1charged; 03-05-2007 at 03:45 PM.
03-05-2007, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1charged
but whats so much morse about the interiors in camaros than in TA's?
03-05-2007, 04:10 PM
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personally i always liked the camaros better the than the t/a's . I was looking for a camaro when i found my formula. I always liked the interiors of the t/a's better but the clean lines of the camaro got me. Then i stumbled across The firebird formula it was the best of both worlds clean lines like a camaro and interior of a t/a
03-05-2007, 06:40 PM
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I've had a Camaro, Formula Firebird, and now my Trans Am. I love all of the F-bodies and wouldn't have cared if I ended up back in a Camaro, but the girlfriend loved the curves of the TA so I went that route.
03-05-2007, 06:49 PM
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Had a 1999 Trans Am (my first car) that I leased (never again) in May of 1999 after I got my license in March of the same year. Car went into the divider on the highway after I had a blowout on my front driver's side tire 4 years later (June 2003) after I financed it for 17K. Insurance cut me a check for 18K then I picked up the Camaro in November of 2004 for 12K and 30K miles, financed this time.
Firebirds at that time were running for 14K+ which is why I went with the Camaro.
03-05-2007, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
You did not get LS6 heads (243 castings) stock from the factory. I don't care what the salesman said.
Intake? yes. Block? possibily. Heads? NO.
Intake? yes. Block? possibily. Heads? NO.
03-06-2007, 01:29 PM
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It was a trade off at best. I had to take a whole bunch of heavy luxury crap in even the base package (forgot the #) for a Formula, also adding cost (even factoring in the "loyalty" discount from the Poncho/GMC/Caddy dealer I would have bought it from). But then, with the Formula, I could have had a hardtop with the same color roof as the body, WITHOUT HAVING TO get a black car (I REALLY wanted silver, and NO I was not willing to paint the roof of a brand new car!). So I settled for a black, NO options (crank windows, manual everything), lightweight Z28, for < $ 21K ordered new.
- first car was a 67 bird and I still have it(29 years and counting) 
03-06-2007, 03:37 PM
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Personally, I think the Camaro looks 10x better inside and out. I'm not a fan of the "Pontiac orange" interior lights. The Camaro looks more refined and just better overall. Also, I think the Trans Am and WS6 just have way too much going on exterior-wise. Again, I think the Camaro is more refined and sleek. Hence, I chose the SS.
I am not in any way bashing the Trans Ams or WS6s. I love them both intensely. I just prefer the Camaro.
I am not in any way bashing the Trans Ams or WS6s. I love them both intensely. I just prefer the Camaro.