Daily drive your LS4?
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From: CT
Mine's my daily driver... special ordered it in October 2005... took delivery in Nov. 2005... and currently have about 88,000 miles on it....
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2014 Camaro 2SS/RS - LS3, 6-speed manual, short-throw performance shifter, NPP dual-mode performance exhaust, 1LE front splitter, ZL1 rockers, Z28 Rear Spoiler, all paint-matched Red Rock Metallic, BMR strut tower brace, Cold Air Inductions cold air intake, Apex Motorsports, Inc. catch-can, Custom DiabLew Tune
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06MonteSS / DiabLew Tune
2014 Camaro 2SS/RS - LS3, 6-speed manual, short-throw performance shifter, NPP dual-mode performance exhaust, 1LE front splitter, ZL1 rockers, Z28 Rear Spoiler, all paint-matched Red Rock Metallic, BMR strut tower brace, Cold Air Inductions cold air intake, Apex Motorsports, Inc. catch-can, Custom DiabLew Tune
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Morristown, IN
Mine's definitely my daily. I have a 104 mile round trip daily and enjoy every mile of it!
I'm hoping to have my truck back in operation for when the snow gets real deep this winter, but other than that, it'll see every mile.
I am careful though to keep the oil changed, the seats conditioned, the outside cleaned. And I take the roads that I know have the least amount of damage. It's mostly a highway trip but there are a few miles of country roads.
I'm hoping to have my truck back in operation for when the snow gets real deep this winter, but other than that, it'll see every mile.
I am careful though to keep the oil changed, the seats conditioned, the outside cleaned. And I take the roads that I know have the least amount of damage. It's mostly a highway trip but there are a few miles of country roads.
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My Monte SS is also my DD. I drive 8 miles to a train station, and then 8 miles home, 5 days a week, and just drive where ever on the weekends. I bought it last February with around 16K miles on it and it now has 27K on the clock. So I'd say I put about 10K on a year. That seems like a lot considering my 16 mile daily commute.
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Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Farmington Hills, MI
Daily driven to/from work, and it's my primary family car because my wife's Buick is getting long in the tooth and doesn't have all of the safety features that mine does. She doesn't mind me hot rodding my DD within reason. The GXP sees about 20k a year. I average over 20mpg, and I sat down and figured out once that gas would have to hit about $8 a gallon for me to break even on a second car that averaged 35mpg, thanks to good old "No Fault" Michigan insurance.
I don't think of this car as weekend warrior material at all. It's a decently quick all season driver, but of course I had to make it quicker. Personally, a weekend car should either weigh less than 3000 lbs. (probably no fenders) or weigh over 5000 lbs. and have fins or bullet lights.
I don't think of this car as weekend warrior material at all. It's a decently quick all season driver, but of course I had to make it quicker. Personally, a weekend car should either weigh less than 3000 lbs. (probably no fenders) or weigh over 5000 lbs. and have fins or bullet lights.
Damn dude, i got my 07 in 06! and i dont have that many miles, thats that i go out of town ever other week and drive all over the west side of the US!
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Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Chicago NW Burbs
My Monte SS is also my DD. I drive 8 miles to a train station, and then 8 miles home, 5 days a week, and just drive where ever on the weekends. I bought it last February with around 16K miles on it and it now has 27K on the clock. So I'd say I put about 10K on a year. That seems like a lot considering my 16 mile daily commute.
I did DD it before I started taking the train though (6 mi. commute)
So.... I've put a grand total of 3500 miles on it since I bought it in Jan 09 LOL
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Who has lost their transmission? At 51k I don't get the shuddering yet that others have described as it's about to go; just a random weird 1-2 shift but still shifts fine at WOT. I will be getting the AAA roadside soon though...if I don't get rid of it. Every other month I post her up on craigslist but in the end I wind up keeping her.
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still on my original tranny at 88,000 miles... no problems whatsoever - still strong as the day I got it...
have had my car tuned for 4.5 years as well, and even with the increased torque/power getting to the tranny, it has not affected it...
as an aside, I don't follow new vehicle break-in procedures by the book either... from the day I got it, I drove it like I wanted to... no babying it - if I wanted to get on it, i got on it! even a few gear-head techs I know at my service dept told me, don't be afraid to just get on it... that it helps to get things to seat correctly... so, I can't help but think that it does help.. because I've seen an aweful lotta monte/impala owners on here and over at naioa.com that have lost their trannie's already, and some people even 2, 3, or 4 times!!! d'oh!!
have had my car tuned for 4.5 years as well, and even with the increased torque/power getting to the tranny, it has not affected it...
as an aside, I don't follow new vehicle break-in procedures by the book either... from the day I got it, I drove it like I wanted to... no babying it - if I wanted to get on it, i got on it! even a few gear-head techs I know at my service dept told me, don't be afraid to just get on it... that it helps to get things to seat correctly... so, I can't help but think that it does help.. because I've seen an aweful lotta monte/impala owners on here and over at naioa.com that have lost their trannie's already, and some people even 2, 3, or 4 times!!! d'oh!!
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2014 Camaro 2SS/RS - LS3, 6-speed manual, short-throw performance shifter, NPP dual-mode performance exhaust, 1LE front splitter, ZL1 rockers, Z28 Rear Spoiler, all paint-matched Red Rock Metallic, BMR strut tower brace, Cold Air Inductions cold air intake, Apex Motorsports, Inc. catch-can, Custom DiabLew Tune
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06MonteSS / DiabLew Tune
2014 Camaro 2SS/RS - LS3, 6-speed manual, short-throw performance shifter, NPP dual-mode performance exhaust, 1LE front splitter, ZL1 rockers, Z28 Rear Spoiler, all paint-matched Red Rock Metallic, BMR strut tower brace, Cold Air Inductions cold air intake, Apex Motorsports, Inc. catch-can, Custom DiabLew Tune
www.diablewtune.com -- www.diablocustomtune.com -- www.diablocustomtunegm.com
